Read Matthew Chapter 12
1. What were Jesus and His disciples doing according to Matthew 12:1?
2. What was the reaction of the Pharisees according to Matthew 12:2?
3. What do you learn from the following verses about the Sabbath?
Exodus 20:10
Exodus 35:2
4. What is Jesus’ response to the Pharisees according to Matthew 12:3-8?
5. What do you learn from the following verses?
1 Samuel 15:22
Psalm 40:6
Hosea 6:6
Going deeper: You can review the story of David and his mighty men eating the show bread in 1 Samuel 21:1-6. You can see how Jesus is arguing from biblical precedent (established rule) which is a common rabbinical technique.
6. Copy Matthew 12:8. Meditate on this. What does Jesus mean? Support your answer with scripture.
7. Where does Jesus go next according to Matthew 12:9? Who does He find there?
8. What do the Pharisees ask Jesus? How does He respond?
9. What does Jesus ask the man to do in Matthew 12:13? What happens?
10. What do you learn from Matthew 12:14?
11. What is Jesus response according to Matthew 12:15?
12. What is the significance of Matthew quoting Isaiah in Matthew 12:18-21?
13. Who do they bring to Jesus according to Matthew 12:22? What does Jesus do?
14. How does the crowd react?
15. How do the Pharisees react?
16. What do you read in Matthew 12:25?
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