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6:6-11 It happened that on another Sabbbath
he went into the synagogue to
teach. There was a man there whose
right hand was withered. The scribes
and Pharisees carefully watched (Jesus) to see if he would heal on the
Sabbath so they may find a reason to accuse him. But he knew what they were thinking. He said to the man with the withered
hand. "Get up and stand here in
the middle." Rising up he stood there.
Jesus said to them "I ask you whether it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to
destroy it?" Looking around at
all of them he said to the man "Stretch out your hand." He did so
and hand his was restored. They (the
scribes and Pharisees) were filled
with anger and they talked to one another as to what they could do to Jesus.
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9:18-27 It
happened when he was alone with his
disciples praying he questioned them saying "Who do the crowds say
me to be?" They answering said "John the Baptist. Others say Elias. Others that a certain ancient prophet has
risen again." He said to them "But whom do you say
me to be?" Peter answering said
"The Christ of God." Then He
warned them to tell this to nobody.
He was saying that it behooves the Son of man to suffer many things
and to be rejected by the elders and
chief priests and scribes. He
(the Son of man) would be killed and on the third day he would be
raised. He said to them all.
"If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up
his cross daily. Then let him follow me.
Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life for my sake, that
one will save it. What does it
profit a man who gains the whole world but loses it (his soul). Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words,
so the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in
the glory of the Father and the holy angels. I tell you truly there are some standing
here who by no means may taste death until they see the kingdom of God.
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