Luke 14:6

6 But they were not able to answer him about this.

Luke 14:6 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:6

And they could not answer him again to these things
The justice, equity, mercy, and humanity that appeared in our Lord's reasonings, and the cases he instanced in, being agreeable to their own tenets and practices, their mouths were shut up, and they could not return an answer to them, without being exposed,

Luke 14:6 In-Context

4 But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed him, and sent him away.
5 Then he said to them, "If any one of you had a child or an ox that happened to fall in a well on a Sabbath, would you not pull it out at once on the Sabbath itself?"
6 But they were not able to answer him about this.
7 Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them:
8 "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than you has been invited,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.