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And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, [who was] of the Pharisees, to eat bread on [the] sabbath, that *they* were watching him.
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And behold, there was a certain dropsical [man] before him.
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And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
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But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.
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And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?
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And they were not able to answer him to these things.
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And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,
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When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,