1. Read verses 1-5. Where were Jesus and his disciples one Sabbath day? What were the disciples doing? Why did the Pharisees criticize them? What was their intention?

2. How did Jesus respond to the Pharisees’ criticism and expose their poor Bible study? How and why did David violate the religious law? What should the Pharisees have learned from him?

3. What does it mean that “the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath”?

4. Read verses 6-11. When Jesus went to the synagogue on another Sabbath, who was there? Why was the man’s shriveled right hand a serious life problem for him? (Put yourself in his place.)

5. How does the Pharisees’ attitude toward this man and toward Jesus reveal their evilness? What did Jesus do to challenge them and expose their evilness?

6. What command did Jesus give to test and build the man’s faith? Why might it be hard for him to obey Jesus? When he obeyed, what happened? What can we learn from Jesus?