Luke 14:3
And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not? And they were silent.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
2And, behold, there was a certain man before him who had the dropsy.
4And taking hold of him, he healed him, and let him go.
Cross References
Matthew 12:2And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.
Matthew 22:35and one of them, a lawyer, asked, tempting him and saying:
Luke 6:9Then said Jesus to them: I will ask you what is lawful[6:9] on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it?
Luke 13:14And the ruler of the synagogue answering (being indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath), said to the multitude: There are six days in which it is proper to work; in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:2-7
A Man Cured of the Dropsy. 1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will… Read the whole commentary →