GOSPEL READING: LUKE 11:37-41
Jesus was friendly with the Pharisees. He was invited by them for dinner and he also accepted the invitation. He was not against the Pharisees as a group. But he criticized those who observed only the rules and did not care for the values. He was so friendly with them that he also was free to criticize them openly.
Pharisees were as ignorant as anyone else there. They were in need of education as everyone else. There were aware of the rules. They had studied the laws. But they did not know the values behind the rules and laws. They had to know the things in its completeness in its totality.
பரிசேயர்களும் இயேசுவுக்கு நண்பர்களாய் இருந்திருக்கிறார்கள். இயேசுவும் அவர்களோடு உணவு அருந்தச் சென்றார். அவர்களோடு பழகினார். உறிமையோடு அவர்களை சாடினார். அவர்கள் சட்டங்களை படித்திருந்தார்கள் ஆனால் அந்த சட்டங்கள் சுட்டிக்காட்டும் பண்புகளை அவர்கள் அறியாதிருந்தார்கள்.
