11 Woe to them! For they walked in xthe way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to yBalaam’s zerror and perished in aKorah’s rebellion. 12 bThese are hidden reefs1 at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, cshepherds feeding themselves; dwaterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
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.
The Beatitudes
20 dAnd he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:
“Blessed are you who are epoor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be fsatisfied.
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall 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 gleap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the hprophets.
Jesus Pronounces Woes
24 “But iwoe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
25 “Woe to you who are full now, for jyou shall be hungry.
“Woe to you who klaugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
26 “Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for lso their fathers did to the false prophets.
