The Skeptics Annotated Bible (808 page)

(6.1b-5) Jesus and his disciples break the Sabbath, and then make excuses for it. David ate stuff he wasn’t supposed to, too, and besides Jesus is “the Lord of the Sabbath.”

(6.1b)
“He went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat.”

2 And certain of
the Pharisees said
unto them,
Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

(6.2)
“The Pharisees said … Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?”

3 And
Jesus
answering them
said, Have ye not read
so much as this,
what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

(6.3)
“Jesus … said, Have ye not read … what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him.”

4
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

(6.4)
“How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?”
193 Was David alone when he asked for the holy bread at Nob?

5 And he said unto them, That
the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

(6.5)
“The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.”

(6.6-10) Jesus heals a man with a withered hand.

6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and
there was a man whose right hand was withered
.

(6.6)
“There was a man whose right hand was withered.”

7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

9 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?

10 And looking round about upon them all, he
said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

(6.9-10)
“Jesus … said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.”

11 And they were filled with madness; and communed 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 continued all night in prayer to God.

(6.13-16)
351 Who were the apostles?

13 And when it was day,
he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

(6.13)
“He called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles.”

14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

16 And
Judas the brother of James
, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

(6.16) “Judas the brother of James”

17 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;

(6.17) “He came down … and stood in the plain.”
338 Did Jesus preach his first sermon on a mountain or a plain?

(6.18-19) Jesus healed everyone of everything.

18 And
they that were vexed with unclean spirits
: and they
were healed.

(6.18)
“They that were vexed with unclean spirits … were healed.”

19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

(6.19)
“The whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.”

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for your’s is the kingdom of God.

21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

(6.24-26) People who are rich, well-fed, happy, or respected are going to hell.
301 Is it good to be wealthy?
313 Is it good to be happy?