Luke 14:3

The Passion Translation

Jesus asked the experts of the law and the Pharisees who were present, “Does the law permit a man to heal on the Sabbath day? Is it right or wrong?”

Cross References

Matthew 12:10

he encountered a man who had an atrophied, paralyzed hand. The fault-finding Pharisees asked Jesus, “Is it permissible to perform a work of healing on the Sabbath?” They only asked him this question because they hoped to accuse him of breaking the Jewish laws.

Matthew 12:2

But when some of the Pharisees saw what was happening, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples shouldn’t be harvesting grain on the Sabbath!”

Matthew 22:35

Then one of them, a religious scholar, posed this question to test him:

Mark 3:4

Then he turned to all those gathered there and said, “Is it against the law to do evil on the Sabbath or to do good? To destroy a life or to save one?” But no one answered him a word.

Luke 14:2

Just then, standing right in front of him was a man with his limbs suffering from edema.

Luke 14:4

No one dared answer, so Jesus turned to the sick man, released healing to him, and sent him on his way.

Luke 6:9

Jesus said to all who were there, “Let me ask you a question. Which is better: to heal or to do harm on the Sabbath? I have come to save a life, but you have come to find a life to destroy.”

John 7:23

So if you cut away part of a man on the Sabbath and that doesn’t break the Jewish law, why then would you be indignant with me for making a man completely healed on the Sabbath?