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Luke 6:1-11

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1One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.

2Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

3Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”

5Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

6On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

7The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.

8But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.

9Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

10He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored.

11But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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1)       According to verse 1 what was going on with the disciples as Jesus was going through the grainfields with them on the Sabbath?

o   The disciples began to

§  Pick some heads of grain.

§  Rub them in their hands.

§  And eat the kernels.

 

2)       According to verse 2 what did the Pharisees do when they saw what the disciples did?

o   They questioned the disciples.

o   As to

o   Why they were doing what was unlawful on the Sabbath.

 

3)       In accordance with the incident Jesus cited in verses 3 and 4 when was it acceptable not to keep the Sabbath?

o   It was acceptable not to keep the Sabbath in order to meet a pressing human need.

 

4)       What credential did Jesus provide in verse 5 as justification for his deciding what is permissible on the Sabbath?

o   Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath.

 

5)       According to verse 6 who was there in the synagogue on another Sabbath when Jesus was teaching?

o   A man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

 

6)       In accordance with verse 7 what did the Pharisees and the teachers of the law believe about Jesus’ ability to heal the man with a shriveled hand?

o   They believed that the man would be healed.

o   If

o   Jesus chose to heal him.

 

7)       Did the Pharisees and the teachers of the law have their sins forgiven, given that on the one hand they believed in Jesus’ ability to heal, on the other they did not have any action that would qualify their belief as faith?

o   No, because they did not have faith.

 

8)       Why did the Pharisees and the teachers of the law watch Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man with a shriveled hand on the Sabbath?

o   They did not want to miss the healing.

o   Since

o   Jesus could heal people with words.

 

9)       According to verses 7 and 8 what did Jesus know about the Pharisees and the teachers of the law?

o   Jesus knew that they were looking for a reason to accuse him.

 

10)   What was Jesus’ intent in telling the man with a shriveled hand to get up and stand in front of everyone?

o   Jesus did it.

o   So that.

o   Everyone would be able to see it.

o   When

o   He healed the man.

 

11)   What was the only acceptable answer for Jesus’ question in verse 9?

o   It was lawful on the Sabbath

§  To do good.

§  And to save life.

 

12)   Which was more important for the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, keeping the Sabbath by the letter of the law or permitting doing good and saving life on the Sabbath?

o   Keeping the Sabbath by the letter of the law was more important for them.

 

13)   Which was more important for Jesus, keeping the Sabbath by the spirit of the law for the benefit of man or keeping the Sabbath by the letter of the law?

o   Keeping the Sabbath by the spirit of the law for the benefit of man was more important for Jesus.

 

14)   What claim about himself that Jesus made earlier did he confirm through the current miracle of healing on the Sabbath?

o   Jesus confirmed that he is indeed Lord of the Sabbath.

 

15)   Which was genuine fulfillment of the Sabbath, the man being set free from the burden of his disability on the Sabbath or waiting for a non-Sabbath day to be healed?

o   The man being set free from the burden of his disability on the Sabbath was genuine fulfillment of the Sabbath.

 

16)   Given that they knew that God was behind the healing miracle Jesus did, why were the Pharisees and the teachers of the law unwilling to give up their practice of keeping the Sabbath by the letter of the law?

o   They loved

§  Their religion.

§  More than the God of their religion.

 

17)   According to verse 11 what was the response of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law to what had happened?

o   They

§  Were furious.

§  And began to discuss with one another.

§  What

§  They might do to Jesus.

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Luke 6:1-11

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