Daily Bible GNT January 12 Verses

The Question about the Sabbath
(Matthew 12.1-8; Mark 2.23-28)

Luke 6 Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. His disciples began to pick the heads of wheat, rub them in their hands, and eat the grain. ²Some Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what our Law says you cannot do on the Sabbath?"

³Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry? ⁴He went into the house of God, took the bread offered to God, ate it, and gave it also to his men. Yet it is against our Law for anyone except the priests to eat that bread."

⁵And Jesus concluded, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

The Man with a Paralyzed Hand
(Matthew 12.9-14; Mark 3.1-6)

⁶On another Sabbath Jesus went into a synagogue and taught. A man was there whose right hand was paralyzed. ⁷Some teachers of the Law and some Pharisees wanted a reason to accuse Jesus of doing wrong, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. ⁸But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man, "Stand up and come here to the front." The man got up and stood there. ⁹Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: What does our Law allow us to do on the Sabbath? To help or to harm? To save someone's life or destroy it?" ¹⁰He looked around at them all; then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand became well again.

¹¹They were filled with rage and began to discuss among themselves what they could do to Jesus.

Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles
(Matthew 10.1-4; Mark 3.13-19)

¹²At that time Jesus went up a hill to pray and spent the whole night there praying to God. ¹³When day came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he named apostles: ¹⁴Simon (whom he named Peter) and his brother Andrew; James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, ¹⁵Matthew and Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon (who was called the Patriot), ¹⁶Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became the traitor.

Jesus Teaches and Heals
(Matthew 4.23-25)

¹⁷When Jesus had come down from the hill with the apostles, he stood on a level place with a large number of his disciples. A large crowd of people was there from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from the coast cities of Tyre and Sidon; ¹⁸they had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those who were troubled by evil spirits also came and were healed. ¹⁹All the people tried to touch him, for power was going out from him and healing them all.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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