7. And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him.
8. But he knew their thoughts; and said to the man who had the withered hand: Arise, and stand forth in the midst. And rising he stood forth.
9. Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy?
10. And looking round about on them all, he said to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored.
11. And they were filled with madness; and they talked one with another, what they might do to Jesus.
12. And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God.
13. And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples; and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named apostles):
14. Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15. Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who is called Zelotes,