Luke 6 “haven’t you read?” The word of God: adding goodness and knowledge brings out the good (Jesus) in us. Our proper worship - hearts that are true and devoted to God will bear fruit of goodness and hearts not, won’t. (Isaiah 58)
Luke 6 “haven’t you read?” (Deut 23:25; Lev 24:5-9; 1Sam 21:1-6)
Matt 15:7-11 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 8“ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ ” 10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.” (Isaiah 29:13; Mark 7:6)
Isaiah 58:1-5, 6-12
Rabbinic statement: “Sabbath made for man, not man for the Sabbath” - that we might enjoy God’s presence and daily provision of everything we need and human need rose above the regulations of the law.
Mark 3:23-28 23One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 25He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.” 27Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Even animals and enemies were to be treated with dignity and the grace of compassion, comfort, and provision on the Sabbath.
Luke 14:1-6 1One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. 2There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. 3Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” 4But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.
5Then he asked them, “If one of you has a child or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?” 6And they had nothing to say.
