ho were with him, which it is not lawful to eat
except for the priests alone? (5)And he said to them: The Son of man
is Lord also of the sabbath.

(6)And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into
the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was
withered. (7)And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he
would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against
him. (8)But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the
withered hand: Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And he rose up,
and stood. (9)Then said Jesus to them: I will ask you what is
lawful[6:9] on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil; to save life,
or to destroy it? (10)And looking round on them all, he said to him:
Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored.
(11)And they were filled with madness, and conferred one with another,
as to what they should do to Jesus.

(12)And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the
mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (13)And
when it was day, he called to him his disciples. And having chosen
from them twelve (whom he named also apostles); (14)Simon, whom he
also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and
Philip and Bartholomew, (15)and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of
Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, (16)and Judas brother of James, and
Judas Iscariot, who became a betrayer; (17)and having come down with
them, he stood on a plain, and a company of his disciples, and a great
multitude of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and the sea-coast of
Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their
diseases; (18)and those vexed by unclean spirits were healed; (19)and
all the multitude sought to touch him, because power went out from him
and healed them all.

(20)And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Happy are ye
poor; for yours is the kingdom of God. (21)Happy are ye that hunger
now; for ye shall be filled. Happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall
laugh.

(22)Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall
separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name
as evil, for the sake of the Son of man. (23)Rejoice in that day, and
leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the
same manner did their fathers to the prophets.

(24)But woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your
consolation. (25)