Luke 14:1

One day--it was a Sabbath--He was taking a meal at the house of one of the Rulers of the Pharisee party, while they were closely watching Him.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

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Cross References

Luke 6:7The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him.

Luke 11:37When He had thus spoken, a Pharisee invited Him to breakfast at his house; so He entered and took His place at 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 →

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