Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, when he went into the house of a certain man of the chiefs of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
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In Context
2And behold, there was a certain man in front of him afflicted with edema.
Cross References
Psalms 37:32A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.
Psalms 62:4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Proverbs 23:7For as he thinks within himself, so [is] he. Eat and drink, he says to thee, but his heart is not with thee.
Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we sha
Luke 6:7And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.
Luke 11:37Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee asks him that he might dine with him. And having entered in, he sat down.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:1
In this chapter we have, I. The cure which our Lord Jesus wrought upon a man that had the dropsy, on the sabbath day, and his justifying himself therein against those who were offended at his doing it on that day, ver. 1-6 . II. A lesson of humility gives to those who were ambitious of the highest rooms, ver. 7-11 . III. A lesson of charity to those who feasted the rich, and did not feed the poor, ver. 12-14 . IV. The success of the gospel not foretold in the parable of the guests invited to a feast, signifying… Read the whole commentary →