7. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him.
8. But he realized their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up and stand before us.” And he rose and stood there.
9. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?”
10. Looking around at them all, he then said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so and his hand was restored.
11. But they became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.
12. In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
13. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles:
14. Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
15. Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a 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 stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
18. came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured.
19. Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.
20. And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:“Blessed are you who are poor,for the kingdom of God is yours.
21. Blessed are you who are now hungry,for you will be satisfied.Blessed are you who are now weeping,for you will laugh.
22. Blessed are you when people hate you,and when they exclude and insult you,and denounce your name as evilon account of the Son of Man.
23. Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.
24. But woe to you who are rich,for you have received your consolation.
25. But woe to you who are filled now,for you will be hungry.Woe to you who laugh now,for you will grieve and weep.