On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him. But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there.(Luke 6:6-8 ESV)
To the self-righteous Pharisees, this man was something to use - a test case, an object, a trap. Jesus knew that, as Luke has shown us, He knows it all - our thoughts and motives. So, as he stood this man before the crowd, He was asking them all (and us all), as well as the Pharisees, "How do you see this man?" As a test case? A Project? A Problem? Or as someone worthy of the compassion of God and His people? How do you?
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