Getting to Know Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
Study Thirteen: Mark 2:23-28
23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as
they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the
Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on
the Sabbath?” 25 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when
he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he
entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the
bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat,
and also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 And he said to them, “The
Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is lord
even of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2)
Sabbath: the seventh day of the week, a day of
rest, central to the Jewish way of life.
Pharisees: a distinct religious party, sought to
live by external explanations of how the Law of Moses was to be observed in
every detail of life.
1. What issue did
the Pharisees have with what Jesus was allowing his disciples to do?
2. How did Jesus’
explanation differ from the mindset of the religious leaders?
3. How is it that
the Sabbath was “made for man” rather than man being made for the Sabbath?
4. How does the
description, “the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath,” expand what Mark has
already shown us of Jesus’ lordship over everything to do with our lives?
5. How does this
revelation of Jesus show us how to live between the extremes of legalism (which
focuses on man’s religious rules), and cheap grace (the mindset that we can
believe in Jesus and do what we please)?
6. What do you
think Jesus would say to you out of this passage of Scripture?
Unless otherwise noted,
Scriptures are from the English Standard Version (The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good
News Publishers.)
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