Today's Bible reading is the 6th chapter of the Book of Luke. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6&version=NASB 

By no means is this meant to give them praise or thanks, but God, who I will thank, uses the Pharisees and Scribes to help teach us lessons we can learn from. The chapter begins with Jesus and some of His disciples passing through some grain fields on the Sabbath and as they travel along they are "picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain". Some of the Pharisees then wish to question the lawfulness of this behavior on the Sabbath. On "another Sabbath" we read that Jesus had entered the synagogue and was teaching. We see that there is a man present who has a "withered hand". The passage goes on to say that "the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath". Again, their interest is only in finding reasons to bring accusations against Him.They have no concern for the man with the withered hand. It is unfortunate that they were "watching" Him instead of listening to Him. It is unfortunate that their religiosity made it quite common to be those who would be content being those "who commend themselves", "measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves". As it says in 2 Corinthians 10:12, those who do such things "are without understanding". May we never be counted amongst those who practice such things and may we always be more concerned with hearing the word of God and growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ than being those who "watch" others. Quite simply, may we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.