8. Yet truly, he knew their thoughts, and so he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up and stand in the middle." And rising up, he stood still.
9. Then Jesus said to them: "I ask you if it is lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? To give health to a life, or to destroy it?"
10. And looking around at everyone, he said to the man, "Extend your hand." And he extended it. And his hand was restored.
11. Then they were filled with madness, and they discussed with one another, what, in particular, they might do about Jesus.
12. And it happened that, in those days, he went out to a mountain to pray. And he was in the prayer of God throughout the night.
13. And when daylight had arrived, he called his disciples. And he chose twelve out of them (whom he also named Apostles):
14. Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15. Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon who is called the Zealot,