1. Now during Shabbat, Yeshua was passing through grain fields; and His disciples were picking and eating heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
2. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not permitted on Shabbat?”
3. Then answering them, Yeshua said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him?
4. How he entered into the house of God, took and ate the showbread which only the kohanim are permitted to eat, and even gave it to those with him?”
5. He said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of Shabbat.”
6. On a different Shabbat, Yeshua entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there, whose right hand was paralyzed.
7. But closely watching Him were the Torah scholars and Pharisees, to see if He heals on Shabbat, so that they might find grounds to accuse Him.
8. But He knew their opinions and said to the man with the paralyzed hand, “Get up and stand in our midst.” And getting up, the man stood.
9. Yeshua said to them, “I ask you, is it permitted on Shabbat to do good or to do evil, to save or to destroy a life?”
10. Then looking around at everyone, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did, and his hand was restored.
11. But they were filled with fury and discussed among themselves what they might do to Yeshua.
12. And it was during these days that Yeshua went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent all night in prayer to God.
13. When day came, He called His disciples, choosing from among them twelve whom He also named emissaries—
14. Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and Jacob and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;