1. And again, he entered into the synagogue. And there was a man there who had a withered hand.
2. And they observed him, to see if he would cure on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.
3. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Stand up in the middle."
4. And he said to them: "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?" But they remained silent.
5. And looking around at them with anger, being very saddened over the blindness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Extend your hand." And he extended it, and his hand was restored to him.
6. Then the Pharisees, going out, immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, as to how they might destroy him.
7. But Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great crowd followed him from Galilee and Judea,
8. and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and across the Jordan. And those around Tyre and Sidon, upon hearing what he was doing, came to him in a great multitude.
9. And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him.
10. For he healed so many, that as many of them as had wounds would rush toward him in order to touch him.
11. And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell prostrate before him. And they cried out, saying,
12. "You are the Son of God." And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.