5. Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, “The Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath day.”
6. On another Sabbath day Jesus went into the synagogue and taught the people. A man with a crippled right hand was there.
7. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely. They were waiting to see if he would heal on the Sabbath day. They wanted to see him do something wrong so that they could accuse him.
8. But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said to the man with the crippled hand, “Get up and stand here where everyone can see.” The man got up and stood there.
9. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is the right thing to do on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do evil? Is it right to save a life or to destroy one?”
10. Jesus looked around at all of them and then said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man held out his hand, and it was healed.
11. The Pharisees and the teachers of the law got so mad they couldn’t think straight. They talked to each other about what they could do to Jesus.
12. A few days later, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray. He stayed there all night praying to God.
13. The next morning he called his followers. He chose twelve of them and called them apostles. These are the ones he chose:
14. Simon (Jesus named him Peter), Andrew, brother of Peter, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
15. Matthew, Thomas, James, the son of Alphaeus, Simon, called the Zealot,
16. Judas, the son of James, Judas Iscariot (the one who turned against Jesus).