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One day--it was a Sabbath--He was taking a meal at the house of one of the Rulers of the Pharisee party, while they were closely watching Him.
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In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.
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This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"
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They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.
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Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"
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To this they could make no reply.
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Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,
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"When any one invites you to a wedding banquet, do not take the best seat, lest perhaps some more honoured guest than you may have been asked,
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and the man who invited you both will come and will say to you, `Make room for this guest,' and then you, ashamed, will move to the lowest place.