Luke 14:1
And it came to passe, that he went into the house of one of ye chiefe pharisees, to eate bread on the Sabboth day, & they watched hym.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
2And beholde, there was a certayne man before hym, which had the dropsie.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:7For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.
Luke 6:7And the scribes & pharisees watched hym, whether he woulde heale on the Sabboth day: that they myght fynde howe to accuse hym.
Luke 11:37And as he spake, a certaine pharisee besought hym to dyne with hym: and Iesus went in, & sate downe to meate.
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 →