One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?" But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?" And they could not reply to these things. Luke 14:1-6 (ESV)
Those who seek the truth do not set traps. The Pharisees were observing Jesus for a reason. They wanted to catch Him breaking their religious law. It is people who changed the principle of the Sabbath to a measurable method because they ran from the principle. They constantly found situations that needed clarification and ended up with lists of rules that probably equaled our tax code and were equally complex.
It would be like playing a table game in my home in which I would continually change the "house rules" to ensure that I win. (Wild example, I know....) This, however, is a game that nobody but the Pharisees could win.
Jesus ignored them, as He should have, and as all should have, and lived out the principle of the Sabbath.
Principles are sacred. Methods are not. The wise know the difference.
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