John 5 | Matthew 12:1-21 | Mark 2:23-3:12 | Luke 6:1-11

On many occasions Jesus healed people and cast out demons on the Sabbath, which drove the Pharisees crazy with anger, yet the Lord was grieved on account of their hard hearts, and lack of compassion for the needy.  Jesus told them that they did not understand that the Sabbath was ordained by God as a gift to men, and not as a means of fulfilling religious obligation.  In John 5 Jesus tells the Pharisees that they also misunderstand the scriptures and the law, since they would love Him if they followed the law of Moses as it was intended from God.  He also told them that all of the Old Testament scriptures were actually written about Himself, and everything there was included by God to point forward to the coming of Jesus.