Matthew 12

A great many thought are bouncing around in my head and few of them are landing. My take on this chapter really doesn’t differ much from Dan’s. God desires mercy, not sacrifice. It is more important to follow the spirit of the law than the letter of the law.

One thing I like about this chapter is that Jesus refers to Jonah as a factual event in history. Many people today, and probably even in that time, consider the tale of Jonah to be a parable. But Jesus refers to Jonah as a real person and to the three days in the fish as a real event. One question though, verse 40 says that “the Son of Man will spend three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”. Friday night to Sunday morning is only two nights. What am I missing here?

Matt 12:50 “Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother”. It’s nice that my brother is my brother.