Oholiab and Bezalel
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 l“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have mfilled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 4 to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 5 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. 6 And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7 nthe tent of meeting, and othe ark of the testimony, and pthe mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, 8 qthe table and its utensils, and rthe pure lampstand with all its utensils, and sthe altar of incense, 9 and tthe altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and uthe basin and its stand, 10 and vthe finely worked garments,1 the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, 11 and wthe anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.”
The Sabbath
12 And the Lord said to Moses, 13 “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, x‘Above all you shall keep ymy Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who zprofanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be acut off from among his people. 15 bSix days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. 16 Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a ccovenant forever. 17 It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and don the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
18 And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, etablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
1 dOn a Sabbath,1 while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples eplucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing fwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” 3 And Jesus answered them, “Have you not read gwhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and took and ate hthe bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” 5 And he said to them, “The iSon of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
A Man with a Withered Hand
6 jOn another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and the Pharisees kwatched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him. 8 But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. 9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, lis it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” 10 And after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they were filled with mfury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
The Twelve Apostles
12 nIn these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them otwelve, whom he named apostles: 14 pSimon, whom he qnamed Peter, and rAndrew his brother, and sJames and John, and tPhilip, and uBartholomew, 15 and vMatthew, and wThomas, and xJames the son of Alphaeus, and ySimon who was called the Zealot, 16 and zJudas the son of James, and aJudas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude
17 bAnd he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and chealed them all.
