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Matthew 12:1-8
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1At that time Jesus went
through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to
pick some heads of grain and eat them.
2When the Pharisees saw this,
they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the
Sabbath.”
3He answered, “Haven’t you
read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
4He entered the house of God,
and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for
them to do, but only for the priests.
5Or haven’t you read in the
Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and
yet are innocent?
6I tell you that something
greater than the temple is here.
7If you had known what these
words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the
innocent.
8For the Son of Man is Lord
of the Sabbath.”
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1)
According to
verse 1, as Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, what was going
on with the disciples?
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The disciples
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Were hungry.
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And began to
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Pick some heads
of grain.
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And eat them.
2)
According to
verse 2 what did the Pharisees do when they saw what the disciples did?
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They complained
to Jesus that what his disciples did was not lawful 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?
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It was acceptable
not to keep the Sabbath in order to meet a pressing human need.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 5 what is the exception to the keeping of the Sabbath that he
cited and that is permissible in the Law?
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In the Law the
priests on Sabbath duty in the temple
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Desecrate the
Sabbath.
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And yet are
innocent.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 6 what made that which his disciples did permissible as the
temple made what the priests did on Sabbath duty permissible?
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Jesus who is greater
than the temple is here.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 7 what was it that if they had known, the Pharisees would
not have condemned the innocent?
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If only they had known
that God desires
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Mercy for the
needy.
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Not so much
sacrifice made to him.
7)
What credential
did Jesus provide in verse 8 as justification for his deciding what is permissible
on the Sabbath?
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Jesus is Lord of
the Sabbath.
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Matthew 12:1-8
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