Breaking the Word

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.

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 8: 28-34

Jesus was on the other side of the lake. There were Jews but lived among the pagans. The pagans had pigs to grow, because pigs were unclean animals for the Jews. Jesus has already shown his authority over sicknesses and the nature. Now the author was trying to show that Jesus had power over the spirits as well. Even the unclean spirits recognized him as the son of God.

This story also was an attack on the Sadducees who did not believe in the spirit. They believed in only what one could see. Spirits could not be seen and hence they did not exist for them. The author by giving this story proved to them that the spirit existed. Because the demons entered into the pigs and were destroyed. Spirits moved out of these men too.

இயேசு வியாதிகளிடமிருந்து மக்களுக்கு விடுதலை கொடுத்தார். இயற்கை மீதும் அவருக்கு அதிகாரம் இருந்தது. தீய ஆவிகள் மீதும் அவருக்கு அதிகாரம் இருந்தது என்பதை இந்த கதை வழியாக ஆசிரியர் முன்வைக்கிறார். சதுசேயர்கள் ஆவிகள் இருப்பதை நம்பவில்லை. ஆவிகளை பார்க்க முடியாது ஆகவே ஆவிகள் இல்லை என்று சொன்னார்கள். பன்றிகளின் அழிவு வழியாக ஆவிகள் இருக்கின்றன என்பது நிருபிக்கப் படுகிறது.