Luke 14:1-6

A Sabbath Controversy

1 One Sabbath, when He went to eat^[a] at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching Him closely.

2 There in front of Him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.^[b]

3 In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"

4 But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

5 And to them, He said, "Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"

6 To this they could find no answer.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit eat bread; eat a meal
• [b]. Afflicted with dropsy or edema