Watch and Discuss:

Watch a video clip from Season 2, episode 6: (Based on Matthew chapter 12, verses 9–13 in the Bible). As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions:

1. Where does this story take place? Describe the scene.
2. What was the leader reading from?
3. What was wrong with the man Jesus spoke to?
4. How many women were watching?
5. Describe the clothing the leaders were wearing.

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the box on the right:

Lamech: (Reading from the Jewish law) No one born of a union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his may enter the assembly of the Lord. No Ammonites or Moabites may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth , none of them may enter assembly of the Lord forever! Because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way.

Jesus: Shalom.

Lamech: Even to the 10th generation. None of them may enter the of the Lord forever.

Jesus: May I see?

Lamech: Because they did not meet you with and with wa... Excuse me! What are you doing?

Jesus: What is your name?

Man: Elam.

Jesus: Your friend Elam has a hand.

Rabbi Madai: Are you a healer?

Lamech: It is not lawful to on Sabbath.

Jesus: Which one of you who has a sheep, and it falls into a on the Sabbath will not take hold of it and lift it out?

Rabbi Madai: Who are you to speak to our in such a way!

Jesus: Of how much more is this man than a sheep?

Lamech: Stop this at once.

Jesus: Come here, come stand here. It's okay.

Rabbi Madai: Elam sit down. We don't know this person. He could be a .

Jesus: Is it on Sabbath to do good or to do harm to save life or to kill?

Rabbi Madai: This does not threaten his life.

Lamech: It does not even his health.

Jesus: Stretch it out. It's good, huh?

Lamech: If he was to be healed, God would have done it Himself!

Jesus: Interesting point.

Rabbi Madai: Get out!

Jesus: Gladly.

Lamech: !

Rabbi Madai: What is wrong with you?

Jesus: everything.

Lamech: Wait! Come back! How you!

Vocabulary Exercises:

Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.

Completion Exercise:

Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of some words)

1. The lunch special at this restaurant is really good .
2. Drinking alcohol in public areas in provincial parks is .
3. After our holiday, we returned to a back yard full of flowers and brown grass.
4. Smoking is a major cause of cancer and other .
5. The destructive hurricane the lives of many in the Caribbean.
6. He wanted to ask her for her phone number, but he didn’t .
7. Our children dug a a meter deep in the sand at Cherry beach.
8. When the tribe entered a new area, came to tap drums and bless the ground.

Discussion Questions:

1. What impression do you have of the religious leaders in the time of Jesus? Explain with examples from the clip.
2. According to the Jewish law, the Sabbath (Saturday) was to be a day of rest from work. Do you think Jesus broke the Sabbath law that day? Explain why or why not.
3. Lamech said that God Himself would have healed Elam if God had wanted to heal him and Jesus responded, “Interesting point”. What was Jesus really saying here?
4. The Jewish leaders told Jesus to get out but then a moment later they called Him to come back. Why do you think they wanted Him to come back? What do you think would have happened?
5. What did you learn about Jesus from this story?