Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 9:9-13

Religious leaders at the time of Jesus kept themselves away from possible sources of moral and spiritual infection. They were the guides of the people to overcome evil and follow the directions of God. Hence they were very keen on being holy (externally) and keeping themselves away from persons who were considered morally evil.

Jesus considered himself as a doctor. A doctor cannot avoid the situations of infection and sicknesses. A doctor is supposed to be right at the midst of the sick people. He is there to treat them and heal them. If the doctor is away from the sick people then he will never do his job. As a healer Jesus is in the right place.

மதத் தலைவர்கள் தங்களை நல்லவர்கள் என்று காட்டிக்கொள்ள தீய சூழ்நிலைகளை தவிர்த்தார்கள். அதனால் தீட்டு என்று கருதி மக்களையும் தவிர்த்தார்கள். இயேசு தன்னை மருத்துவராக கருதி நோயாளிகளின் மத்தியில்தான் இருக்கிறார். நோயாளிகளை தவிர்ப்பவன் மருத்துவன் அல்ல.

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 9:1-8

Jesus went about doing good. He preached about the kingdom. Kingdom in the sense he preached about the presence of God in the world. People have lost the sense of God in creation. People were becoming secular in their thoughts and behaviours. Jesus was trying to put the sense of God in the world. He did this through his preaching and deeds (miracles).

But the scribes were interpreting the activities of Jesus as blaspheming. They were saying just the opposite of what Jesus was doing. The scribes were reading evil in the activities of Jesus. This was because their thoughts were evil. Evil thoughts tend to interpret everything as evil.

இயேசு இறையாட்சியைப்பற்றி போதித்தார். நற்செயல்கள் வழியாக இறையாட்சியை நிறுவினார். ஆனால் மறைநூல் அறிஞர்கள் தவறான விளக்கங்களை கொடுத்தார்கள். இயேசு அதற்கு அஞ்சவில்லை. தீயன சிந்திப்பவன் தீயன காண்பான் தீயன பேசுவான்.