Luke 14:3
In response Jesus said to the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
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In Context
2And behold, there in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.
4But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.
Cross References
Matthew 12:2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Behold, yoʋr disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
Matthew 22:35And one of them, a lawyer, asked Jesus a question to test him:
Luke 6:9Then Jesus said to them, “ Let me ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?”
Luke 13:14But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath day.”
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 →