Christ in art/Chapter 10: Calling Of The Twelve, And Other Incidents
CHAPTER X
CALLING OF THE TWELVE, AND OTHER INCIDENTS.
ND he went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and He taught them. And as
he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting
at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, " Follow me."
And he left all, rose up, and followed him. And Levi
made him a great feast in his own house. And it came
to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and
sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And
when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, "Why
eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?" But when
Jesus heard that, he said unto them, "They that be whole need not a
physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth,
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call
the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft and make prayers, but thy disciples fast not?"
And Jesus said unto them, "Can the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bride groom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days."
And he spake also a parable unto them: "No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent,
and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better."
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn-fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? "
And Jesus answering them said, " Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiather the high-priest, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? but I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."
And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. But he knew their thoughts, and said unto the man which had the withered hand, " Rise up, and stand forth in the midst."
And he arose and stood forth. And they asked him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?"
Then said Jesus unto them, "I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?" And he said unto them, "What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? how much then is a man better than a sheep?"
But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, "Stretch forth thy hand."
And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. And the Pharisees filled with madness went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples
to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard what great things he did, came unto him. And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, "Thou art the Son of God." And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, " Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust."
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, he calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils, whom also he named apostles; Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is "The sons of Thunder": Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew the publican, and Thomas, James the son of Alphseus, and Simon the Canaanite called Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases: and they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
