Luke 6:6-11<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I really should have connected this entry with the previous one, \u201cNew Testament 111,\u201d because it concerns the same fundamental issue.<\/p>\n
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The Pharisees overlook the miracle of the divine healing in their zeal to find an accusation against Jesus.<\/p>\n
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It would be rather like criticizing the swimming technique of a lifeguard who had just pulled a drowning man from the ocean, or faulting the grammar of a note of comfort sent to a grieving family, or declining to eat nutritious food when one is hungry because the presentation is inartistic, or refusing a life preserver because you don\u2019t like its color.<\/p>\n
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Silliness, and spectacular loss of focus on what really matters.<\/p>\n
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