Luke 14:1-8

1 One Sabbath Jesus went to eat a meal at the home of one of the leading Pharisees; and people were watching Jesus closely.

2 A man whose legs and arms were swollen came to Jesus,

3 and Jesus spoke up and asked the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, "Does our Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?"

4 But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

5 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

6 But they were not able to answer him about this.

7 Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them:

8 "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than you has been invited, ²

Cross References

• 1. 14.5Matthew 12.11.
• 2. 14.8-10Proverbs 25.6, 7.