Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, when he had come into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees on the sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2And lo! there was a certain man before him, who had the dropsy.
Cross References
Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him;
Psalms 62:4They study how to cast me down from my eminence; They delight in falsehood; They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.
Proverbs 23:7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
Jeremiah 20:10For I hear the slander of many, terror on every side; “Tell us something against him, and we will denounce him.” All my familiar friends, they who leave not my side, [[say,]] “Perhaps he will be enticed, So that we may prevail against him, And take our revenge on him.”
Luke 6:7And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching whether he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
Luke 11:37And when he had done speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. And he went in and reclined at the table.
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 →