Luke 14:3

Luke 14:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

Context of Luke 14:3

1One Jewish day of rest, Jesus went into the house of a leader of the Pharisees. This man had asked him to come and to eat a meal with him. The people there were all watching him carefully. 2A sick man came up to Jesus. His arms and legs had grown fat, because they were full of water. So Jesus spoke to the Pharisees and to the teachers of God's Law. He asked them, ‘Is it right for us to make someone well on our day of rest, or not?’ 4But they would not say anything. So Jesus took the sick man and he made him well again. Then he let him go away. 5Then Jesus asked the people, ‘Maybe one of you has a son or an animal that falls into a well on our day of rest. What will you do? You will pull the child or the animal out of the well immediately.’

Luke 14:3 word by word

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς τοὺς νομικοὺς καὶ Φαρισαίους λέγων· ἔξεστιν τῷ σαββάτῳ θεραπεῦσαι ἢ οὔ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeringἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• spakeλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the lawyersνομικόςnomikos · lawyerG3544
• PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·εἰei · ifG1487
• Is it lawfulἔξεστι, ἐξόνexesti · be permittedG1832
• to healθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323
• on the sabbath dayσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521

Cross-references for Luke 14:3

• Luke 11:44It will be very bad for you. You want to seem good to other people, but you are bad on the inside. You are like a grave that has nothing to show that it is there. People walk on that place because they do not know that there is a dead person there.’
• Luke 6:9Then Jesus said to the people, ‘Let me ask you something. Is it right for us to do good things on our day of rest? Or should we do bad things? Should we save a person's life? Or should we destroy their life?’
• Luke 13:14But the leader of the meeting place was angry because Jesus had made a sick person well on their day of rest. He said to the people there, ‘There are six days each week when we should work. Come on any of those days and get well. But you should not come on our day of rest to get well.’
• Matthew 12:10A man was there. His hand was very small and weak, so he could not use it. Some Pharisees asked Jesus, ‘Is it right to make someone well again on our day of rest?’ They wanted to find a reason to say that Jesus was doing wrong things.
• Mark 3:4Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, ‘Is it right for us to do good things on our day of rest? Or should we do bad things? Should we save a person's life? Or should we kill people?’ Nobody said anything.
• John 7:23You will do that so that you obey Moses' law. So you should not be angry with me because I made a man completely well on the day of rest.

Commentaries on Luke 14:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Jesus, answering - To “answer,” in the Scriptures, does not always imply, as among us, that anything had been said before. It means often merely to “begin” or to take up a subject, or, as here, to remark on the case that was present. Is it lawful … - He knew that they were watching him. If he healed the man at once, they would accuse him. He, therefore, proposed the question to them, and when it was asked, they could not say that it was not lawful.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?: The Jewish rabbis (religious teachers with authority) debated this question (see study note on 6:6–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. (See on Mt 12:11, 12).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 14:3

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sabbath

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• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
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Commentaries on Luke 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings