Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Moses and the Messiah

¹⁹ “Moses gave you the law, didn’t he?” Jesus continued. “But none of you obeys the law. Why are you wanting to kill me?”

²⁰ The crowd responded to this.

“You must have a demon inside you!” they said. “Who is trying to kill you?”

²¹ “Look here,” replied Jesus. “I did one single thing, and you are all amazed. ²² Moses commanded you to practice circumcision (not that it starts with Moses, of course; it comes from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. ²³ Well, then, if a man receives circumcision on the sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, how can you be angry with me if I make an entire man healthy on the sabbath? ²⁴ Don’t judge by appearances! Judge with proper and right judgment!”