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Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”
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Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
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Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
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But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.
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Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
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And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.
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But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
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In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
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When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
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Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
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Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
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Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.
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They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.
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The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
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Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
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Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
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But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
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Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
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Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.