Matthew 12:22-32, 38-40

In the text before us, Jesus speaks to an audience which did not believe that He could possibly be the promised Messiah. It was an audience which looked upon Jesus and found Him lacking in righteousness. Jesus healed upon the sabbath day (Matt. 12:13). Jesus’ disciples also violated the sabbath day by plucking kernels of grain and rubbing them with their fingers upon the sabbath (see Matt. 12:2). In the eyes of…