Unlawful

“Matthew and Simon try to get along as they search for Mary in dark places. The group fears for Mary as they struggle with lack of food and bad news about John the Baptist. Meanwhile, Jesus continues to upset Pharisees across multiple regions.”

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Scriptures

Psalms 139:8, 1 Samuel 21:1-6, and 15 more

  1. Leviticus 24:5-9

    00:33-03:10

    Ahimelech teaches Abiathar how to make and replace the shewbread.

    1. 5 ¶ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
    2. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
    3. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
    4. 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
    5. 9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.

  2. 1 Samuel 21:1-6

    02:14-03:55

    David seeks food from Ahimelech the priest at Nob.

    1. 1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
    2. 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
    3. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
    4. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
    5. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
    6. 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  3. Psalm 20:7

    10:35-10:47

    Ramah and Mary quote this verse while gathering food.

    1. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

  4. Psalm 139:8

    18:08-18:13

    Simon quotes this while searching for Mary in the dark places of Jericho.

    1. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

  5. Deuteronomy 19:15

    23:51-24:00

    Dunash and the Pharisees discuss the requirement for multiple witnesses.

    1. ¶ One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

  6. Deuteronomy 23:1-4

    34:33-35:14

    Madai reads the Law concerning those forbidden from entering the assembly.

    1. 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
    2. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
    3. 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
    4. 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

  7. Matthew 12:10-12

    35:14-37:06

    Jesus heals Elam's withered hand in the synagogue on Shabbat.

    1. 10 ¶ And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
    2. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
    3. 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

  8. Matthew 12:11-12

    35:50-36:05

    Jesus uses the analogy of a sheep in a pit to justify healing on Shabbat.

    1. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
    2. 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

  9. Matthew 12:12

    36:13-36:17

    Jesus asks if it is lawful to do good or harm on the Sabbath.

    1. How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

  10. Matthew 12:1

    38:00-38:30

    The hungry disciples pluck and eat grain on Shabbat.

    1. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

  11. Matthew 12:3-4

    38:58-39:14

    Jesus references David and the shewbread to defend his disciples.

    1. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
    2. 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

  12. Matthew 12:5

    39:15-39:21

    Jesus mentions priests profaning the Sabbath in the temple.

    1. Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

  13. Matthew 12:6

    39:29-39:31

    Jesus declares that something greater than the temple is here.

    1. But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

  14. Hosea 6:6

    39:32-39:37

    Jesus quotes 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice' (referencing Matthew 12:7).

    1. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

  15. Mark 2:27

    39:48-39:52

    Jesus states that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

    1. And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

  16. Matthew 12:8

    39:53-40:05

    Jesus declares himself the Son of Man and Lord of the Sabbath.

    1. For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

  17. Daniel 7:13

    40:51-41:00

    Pharisees discuss the significance of the 'Son of Man' title.

    1. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

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