Jesus on Men and Women, and Expressing Honour

Read Luke 13.10-17

Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost

Jesus is on the offensive here. He has something he wants to say. He wants to say something about the Sabbath day and what it means to keep it holy. He wants to say something about the synagogue leaders’ hypocrisy; men who water their oxen on the Sabbath but get twisted and bent out of shape at Jesus’ healing. And he has something he wants to say about women and men.