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 again and again in the Gospels, Jesus is portrayed as violating the 
sacred command to rest on the seventh day. For example, he often cures 
on the Sabbath, much to the dismay of the protectors of Jewish law.</b></span></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">And
 then <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>in today’s Gospel, after his disciples pick grain on the Sabbath, 
Jesus declares himself “Lord of the Sabbath.”</b></span> It’s hard to express <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>how 
breathtaking this claim would be</b><b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> f</span>or a first-century Jew to make. Yahweh
 alone could be assigned the title “Lord of the Sabbath,” </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>so what is 
Jesus implying?</b></span></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">In
 short,<b>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">he is claiming that he is above <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">their rituals,</span> even perhaps<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> the defining
 practice of pious Jews</span>, because he is the Lord. </span></b></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Thus the rules must be 
placed in subordination to the kingdom of God, the kingdom that the Lord
 Jesus is ushering in even here and now.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>

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