Luke 14:6

6 To this they could find no answer.

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 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.

7 He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.