8. But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle,” and he got up and stood there.
9. And Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”
10. And after looking around at them all, he said to him, “Stretch out your hand,” and he did, and his hand was restored.
11. But they were filled with fury, and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
12. Now it happened that in these days he went away to the mountain to pray, and was spending the whole night in prayer to God.
13. And when day came, he summoned his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:
14. Simon (whom he also named Peter) and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,
15. and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
16. and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
17. And he came down with them and stood on a level place, and a large crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon,
18. who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.
19. And the whole crowd was seeking to touch him, because power was going out from him and healing them all.
20. And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples and said, “Blessed are the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.
21. Blessed are those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed are those who weep now, Because you will laugh.
22. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
23. Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For their fathers used to do the same things to the prophets.
24. “But woe to you who are rich, because you have received your comfort.
25. Woe to you who are satisfied now, because you will be hungry. Woe, you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.