More Questions About the Sabbath
Matthew 12:1-8 ; Mark 2:23-28 ; Luke 6:1-5
This week, we see members of the Pharisees criticizing Jesus’ disciples for breaking the Pharisees’ standards of Sabbath-keeping – eating grain out of hand as they pass through a field. Not so, says Jesus, who patiently corrects (again) their misunderstandings of God’s law. Hal opens up this passage and brings out the pattern of Jesus’ accurate teaching on the subject of interest.