Luke 6:7-13

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁷ The scribes and the Pharisees ^(A)were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him. ⁸ But He ^(B)knew ^[a]what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and ^[b]come forward!” And he got up and ^[c]came forward. ⁹ And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰ After ^(C)looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so; and his hand was restored. ¹¹ But they themselves were filled with ^[d]rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

Choosing the Twelve

¹² It was ^[e]at this time that He went off to ^(D)the mountain to ^(E)pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. ¹³ And when day came, ^(F)He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ^(G)apostles: