Luke 14:3
And Jews answered, and said to the Scribes and Pharisees: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2And lo, a dropsical man was before him.
4And they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, and dismissed him.
Cross References
Matthew 12:2And when the Pharisees saw them, they said to him: See; thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.
Matthew 22:35and one of them, who was expert in the law, to tempt him, inquired:
Luke 6:9Jesus said to them: I ask you, What is it lawful to do on the sabbath? that which is good? or that which is evil? to save life or to destroy it?
Luke 13:14And the chief of the synagogue, being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered, and said to the multitude: There are six days, on which it is lawful to work; on them come ye, and be healed, 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 →