Luke 14:1
On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.
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2There he saw before him a man who was suffering from dropsy.
Cross References
Psalms 37:32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to put them to death.
Psalms 62:4From his height they are planning to topple him. They take pleasure in falsehood; they bless with their mouth, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Luke 6:7The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely, to see if he would work cures on the Sabbath, so that they might find a charge to bring against him.
Luke 11:37As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place 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 →