Thanks for that - but then that puts me back to my initial conundrum, as Christ did *not* do as the Pharisees said. He was all up in their face.
This particular verse is part of what I am studying right now, so it is simple for me to come up with several instances where Christ defied the authority of the Pharisees directly - but to my knowledge, he did not defy the Torah.
So if Christ is our example, then something is off in the translation/interpretation of this verse.
WELL SAID