Luke 6:6-7
On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.

It's amazing how people will even hate you for doing good. Here's Jesus healing a man and serving others, but the pharisees were so focused on their preconceived notions of righteousness that they couldn't see anything but a law-breaker. Verse 11 says they were "filled with fury."

In many ways, I see the same things in our lives now. If we try to help someone who is struggling? We're meddling. Give relationship advice? We're extremists. Help somebody move or buy them a meal? We have ulterior motives. The more Jesus healed, the more he was criticized.

The sad thing is that Jesus was being accused by the religious leaders and not by the Gentiles in this passage. Again, I've often seen the same thing amongst Christians today. Generally speaking, I've received more hurtful slander and gossip from "church people" than anyone else. The Church is all-too-often cannibalistic, and we bite the hands we should be holding. And because I've seen the effects of idle speech, I find myself very cautious to speak ill of anybody. I've seen how it divides and stirs rivalry. It destroys relationships and joy and fruitfulness.

How, then, should we respond to criticism?

Luke 6:22-23
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

Luke 6:27
...do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

Be careful who you accuse—you may be accusing The Savior himself.