Mt 12, 1-8
Un sábado, atravesaba Jesús por los sembrados. Los discípulos, que iban con él, tenían hambre y se pusieron a arrancar espigas y a comerse los granos. Cuando los fariseos los vieron, le dijeron a Jesús: “Tus discípulos están haciendo algo que no está permitido hacer en sábado”.
Él les contestó: “¿No han leído ustedes lo que hizo David una vez que sintieron hambre él y sus compañeros? ¿No recuerdan cómo entraron en la casa de Dios y comieron los panes consagrados, de los cuales ni él ni sus compañeros podían comer, sino tan sólo los sacerdotes?
¿Tampoco han leído en la ley que los sacerdotes violan el sábado porque ofician en el templo y no por eso cometen pecado? Pues yo digo que aquí hay alguien más grande que el templo.
Si ustedes comprendieran el sentido de las palabras: Misericordia quiero y no sacrificios, no condenarían a quienes no tienen ninguna culpa. Por lo demás, el Hijo del hombre también es dueño del sábado’’.
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GospelMT 12:1-8
Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath.
His disciples were hungry
and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him,
“See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”
He said to the them, “Have you not read what David did
when he and his companions were hungry,
how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering,
which neither he nor his companions
but only the priests could lawfully eat?
Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath
the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath
and are innocent?
I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”
His disciples were hungry
and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him,
“See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”
He said to the them, “Have you not read what David did
when he and his companions were hungry,
how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering,
which neither he nor his companions
but only the priests could lawfully eat?
Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath
the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath
and are innocent?
I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”
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Meditacion:
El evangelista Mateo nos narra en este pasaje de hoy una de las numerosas controversias entre Jesús y los fariseos respecto a la observancia del precepto sabático. La ley mosaica prescribía que el sábado no se realizará ningún trabajo, aunque fuera particularmente urgente como el trabajo del campo en el tiempo de la siembra y la cosecha. Esta antigua institución del sábado como día de reposo dedicado a Dios, que «descansó el día séptimo de toda su tarea» (Gn 2,2), había cobrado una gran importancia durante el exilio en Babilonia y en el período sucesivo, hasta convertirse en una ley férrea en el judaísmo hasta el tiempo de Jesús.
La afirmación de Jesús: «el Hijo del hombre es señor del sábado» (v. 8) tiene un alcance impactante. Afirma en primer lugar que Él tiene una autoridad superior a Moisés, en base a una relación especial con Dios a quien se dedica el sábado. Él y solo Él pude establecer aquello que es lícito o no. En segundo lugar, esta afirmación nos revela el amor del Padre. Jesús reubica el ser humano al centro del verdadero culto, rendir honor a Dios no puede estar separado de la atención y cuidado del ser humano que Dios ha creado y que ama. Por ello, no se puede absolutizar la observancia de las leyes y normas. El medio para hacer la voluntad de Dios no puede convertirse en el fin, para sentirnos auto-justificados y con la conciencia tranquila. El Dios de la misericordia lo que reclama es la práctica de la misericordia y no los sacrificios.
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The evangelist Matthew tells us in this passage today one of the many controversies between Jesus and the Pharisees regarding the observance of the Sabbath precept. The Mosaic law prescribed that no work shall be done on the Sabbath, even if it was particularly urgent as the work of the field at the time of sowing and harvesting. This ancient institution of Sabbath as a Sabbath day dedicated to God, who "rested on the seventh day from all his work" (Gn 2,2), had become very important during the exile in Babylon and in the following period, until it became an iron law in Judaism until the time of Jesus.
Jesus' statement: "The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath" (v. 8) has a striking scope. He claims first of all that He has a higher authority than Moses, based on a special relationship with God to whom the Sabbath is dedicated. He and He alone could establish what is lawful or not. Secondly, this affirmation reveals to us the love of the Father. Jesus relocates the human being to the center of true worship, paying honor to God cannot be separated from the attention and care of the human being that God has created and loves. Therefore, the observance of laws and regulations cannot be absolutized. The means to do the will of God cannot become the end, to feel self-justified and with a clear conscience. The God of mercy he claims is the practice of mercy and not sacrifices.
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