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35 lines
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title = "Luke 6:6–11"
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date = "2022-11-08"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk6.6-11)
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Jesus exposes the hypocrisy of the Pharisees by posing a question to them with
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a practical example. It's possible, since the text says they were watching to
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see if Jesus would heal on the Sabbath, that the scribes and Pharisees had set
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up this situation as a trap in the first place. But Jesus, with a single
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question, reverses it.
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A man with a withered hand was at the synogogue where Jesus was teaching on
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this particular day. At some point, Jesus asks the man to stand up before the
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people with Him to be an object lesson. Jesus asks the audience, "Is it lawful
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on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or destroy it?" (_v. 9_)
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No one says anything, so Jesus tells the man to stretch his hand out, and it
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becomes healthy.
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And the Pharisees are furious at Jesus. They see a miracle performed before
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their very eyes, but their pride deafens them to what Jesus is trying to say to
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them. It is more important for them to _feel_ right than to _be_ right. Notice,
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too, that Jesus did not frame His question as a choice between doing good and
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doing nothing. Failure to do good within your power is evil.
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The Pharisees were probably also frustrated that they couldn't even accuse
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Jesus of _doing_ anything on the Sabbath. All He said was, "Stretch out your
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hand." He didn't lay a hand on him or do any obvious work. Jesus navigated the
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trap on multiple levels.
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* * *
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Help us see the good works we can do in Your Name, and help us have the
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humility and wisdom to accept reproof.
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