Read Luke 6:6-ll
JESUS HEALS A MAN’S HAND ON THE SABBATH
According to the tradition of the religious leaders, no healing could be done on the Sabbath. Healing, they argued, was practicing medicine, and a person could not practice his or her profession on the Sabbath. It was more important for the religious leaders to protect their laws than to free a person from painful suffering.
Jesus’ enemies were furious. Not only had He read their minds, He also flouted their laws and exposed the hatred in their hearts. It is ironic that their hatred, combined with their zeal for the law, that drove them to commit murder – an act that was completely against the law.