The Jews were serious about the Sabbath. Sabbath observance was one of the principal ways they were different than their Gentile neighbors. It was a big part of their identity as the chosen people of God. In our passage from Luke 13, a synagogue leader accuses Jesus of violating the Sabbath, but Jesus sees a bigger issue at stake. He has a different idea of what it means to set aside a day to honor God. Jesus interprets the Sabbath and the rest of the Law with a different hermeneutic than the Jewish religious leaders of his day. It gets him in a lot of trouble and teaches us an important lesson about the Kingdom of God.