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One Sabbath Jesus went to eat a meal at the home of one of the leading Pharisees; and people were watching Jesus closely.
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A man whose legs and arms were swollen came to Jesus,
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and Jesus spoke up and asked the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, "Does our Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?"
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But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed him, and sent him away.
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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?" 1
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But they were not able to answer him about this.
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Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them: