Matthew 12:1-8
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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.”
The Pharisees Rebuked
The Unpardonable Sin
Words Reveal Character
The Desire for Signs
Changed Relationships