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It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Perushim on a Shabbat to eat bread, that they were watching him.
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Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
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Yeshua, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Perushim, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Shabbat?"
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But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
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He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Shabbat day?"
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They couldn't answer him regarding these things.
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He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
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"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps a more honorable man than you might be invited by him,