Jesus really doesn't like hypocrisy which appears to be an occupational hazard of religious leaders. We want to draw lines, pronounce judgements, have others live the way that we think is write and we're incapable of following the lines and judgements and way that we prescribe ourselves. And so we're hypocrites. We are better to point people to Jesus and let him lead then to stand between them and God. People aren't stupid and God doesn't hide himself from those who seek. Just point them to Jesus and let him sort out whether they need to wash their hands or if it's ok to heal on the Sabbath opt to worship with a guitar.
Lawyers get the shout out from Jesus in this reading, too.
"And to you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them." [Luke 11:46]
Do we use our knowledge of God's word to do the same thing? Then we don't have knowledge of God's word, which isn't a book it's a person.
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