Scripture Reading: John 5: 10-17 (ESV)
The Thing About the Sabbath
- “So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, ‘It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.'”
- “But he answered them, ‘The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.””
- “They asked him, ‘Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?'”
- “Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.”
The Thing About Sin and Repentance
- “Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, ‘See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.'”
- “The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.”
- “And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.”
- “But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is working until now, and I am working.'”