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Home Mark 3:1-6 NRSVue

Mark 3:1-6 NRSVue

1Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2They were watching him to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” 4Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
Jesus was being watched to see what he might do, yet it did not stop him from doing good, from bringing life. I ask God for the courage I need to do what I know to be the right thing.

Reflection
The anger of Jesus is passion for life. I let myself imagine how Jesus wants to brush away whatever it is that holds me back from living fully as he calls me to life. For my part I ask for the strength I need to stretch out whatever ails me for healing.

Reflection
Jesus was being watched to see what he might do, yet it did not stop him from doing good, from bringing life. I ask God for the courage I need to do what I know to be the right thing.

Reflection
The anger of Jesus is passion for life. I let myself imagine how Jesus wants to brush away whatever it is that holds me back from living fully as he calls me to life. For my part I ask for the strength I need to stretch out whatever ails me for healing.

Reflection
It’s the Sabbath and we are gathered at the synagogue in Capernaum for scripture readings, prayers and blessings. I watch Jesus come in. He notices the man with the withered hand and calls him forward. But first he looks around and challenges the Pharisees present who are watching him intently. He wrong-foots them – no matter how they answer they are in the wrong. So they remain silent, but inwardly furious. Technically, healing is work and forbidden on the Sabbath. On the other hand, the Jewish Sabbath is a day of rest and refreshment, not of bitterness and conflict. They fail, or refuse, to recognise that Jesus is God’s agent, free with regard to law and custom. I watch as Jesus heals the man’s outstretched hand, admiring his compassion and resolute courage.