Luke 14:6

And they could not make any answer to that.

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In The King James Version

And they could not answer him again to these things.

In Context

5And he said to them, “Which of you, finding that your son or your ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull them out on the Sabbath day?”

7Observing that the guests were choosing the best places for themselves, Jesus told them this parable –

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Cross References

Matthew 22:46No one could say a word in answer; nor did anyone after that day venture to question him further.

Luke 20:26They could not object to this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.

Luke 21:15for I will myself give you words, and a wisdom which all your opponents together will be unable to resist or defy.

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 →

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