Matthew 12:1-13

Sabbath Questions

¹At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. ²Now when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath!” ³But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions— ⁴how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone? ⁵Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent? ⁶But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. ⁷But if you had known what this means: ‘I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Lord of the Sabbath

⁸For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

⁹Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. ¹⁰And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might bring charges against Him. ¹¹But He said to them, “What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹²How much more valuable then is a person than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” ¹³Then He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.

The Pharisees Rebuked

The Unpardonable Sin

Words Reveal Character

The Desire for Signs

Changed Relationships