| Jesus sends a demon out of a man | Mark 1:21-28 |
| Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law | Mark 1:29-31 |
| Jesus heals a lame man by the pool of Bethesda | John 5:1-18 |
| Jesus heals a man with a deformed hand | Mark 3:1-6 |
| Jesus restores a crippled woman | Luke 13:10-17 |
| Jesus heals a man with swollen arms and legs | Luke 14:1-6 |
| Jesus heals a man born blind | John 9:1-16 |
Over the centuries, the Jewish religious leaders had added rule after rule to God’s law. For example, God’s law said the Sabbath is a day of rest (Exodus 20:10, 11). But the religious leaders added to that law, creating one that said, “You cannot heal on the Sabbath” because that is “work.” Seven times Jesus healed people on the Sabbath. In doing this, he was challenging these religious leaders to look beyond their rules to their true purpose—to honor God by helping those in need. Would God have been pleased if Jesus had ignored these people?