Luke 14:1–9
1When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.↗
2Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.↗
3Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”↗
4But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.↗
5He answered them,“Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”↗
6They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.↗
7He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,↗
8“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,↗
9and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.↗
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