No Wonder Jesus Was Grieved

On this principle

Mark 3:4 (KJV)
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

Albert Barnes says, “It seems to have been a maxim with the Jews that not to do good when we have an opportunity is to do evil; not to save life is to kill or to be guilty of murder. If a man has an opportunity of saving a man’s life when he is in danger, and does not do it, he is evidently guilty of his death. On this principle our Saviour puts this question…”

John Gill adds, “To do evil, kill, or destroy, are not lawful at any time; and to do good, and to save life, must be right at all times…”

But we need not the word of either of these men. God says, James 4:17 (KJV)
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

How hard is the heart that would refuse to do a person good or refuse to save a life for religious reasons!

It’s no wonder Jesus was grieved.

To my readers:
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