The intent of a man's heart is often revealed as much by the questions he won't answer as by the answers he gives. It was a Sabbath and Jesus was teaching in the synagogue. Jesus looked out over the crowd that was there listening to him. He saw Pharisees, he saw Jewish laymen, and he saw a man with a deformed hand. So he asked the man to come forward and he asked the crowd a question... “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?”
For the Pharisees, who closely followed the minutest detail of the law, this should have been an easy question. They nay have been wrong with their answer, but they "knew" what the law required because they had written it and held it over the people's head. So how many Pharisees answered his question? None. Not one. Because in their heart, they did not desire to know the truth, they just wanted to keep up the status quo, and Jesus was definitely altering their status quo. The condition of the heart was revealed by their silence to an all-knowing God-Man. Jesus was deeply saddened by what he saw in their hearts. When Jesus gazes into our hearts, is he saddened or does he beam with pride?
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