January 25th

Introduction Question: Did your parents have any rules that you didn’t like?

Read Luke 6:1-11 as a group, and then again by yourselves.

Difficult Words:
Sabbath day – the seventh day of the week (our Saturday) when the Jews were supposed to stop working and rest.
disciples – followers or students.
Pharisees – the religious leaders of the Jews.
the Law – the rules that God gave to Moses, and Moses gave to the Jews.
house of God – the temple where the Jewish people worshipped God 2000 years ago.
holy bread – 12 fresh loaves of bread that were put in the temple each day as a way to worship God for providing the needs of the 12 tribes (family divisions) of the Jews.
priests – the men who did religious work in the house of God.
synagogue – the place where Jewish people met to worship God and learn about their religion.

Discussion Questions:
1. Are rules important? Explain.
2. Are there any rules that you don’t always follow exactly? Explain.
3. Which rules do you think God should care about the most?
4. What was the main issue for the Pharisees? And for Jesus?
5. What do you guess the man with the new right hand thought about the Pharisees? And Jesus?
6. What impresses you the most about Jesus from these two stories?