Luke 14:5

Luke 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
• New International Version (NIV)Then he asked them, “If one of you has a child or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”

Context of Luke 14:5

3So 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. Then 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.’ 6When Jesus said this, they could not say anything else. 7Jesus watched how people chose the best places to sit at the meal. So he told this story to those who were sitting there:

Luke 14:5 word by word

Καὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν· τίνος ὑμῶν υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ πεσεῖται, καὶ οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• ·πρόςpros · to/withG4314
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whichτίςtis · which?G5101
• of youσύsu · youG4771
• shall haveἐμπίπτωempiptō · to fall intoG1706
• an assὄνοςonos · donkeyG3688
• orἤē · orG2228
• an oxβοῦςbous · oxG1016
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a pitφρέαρphrear · well/abyssG5421
• will notοὐou · noG3756
• straightwayεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• pullἀνασπάωanaspaō · to pull upG385
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the sabbathὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the sabbathσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250

Cross-references for Luke 14:5

• Luke 13:15‘You are wrong,’ the Lord Jesus said to him. ‘You teach one thing but you do something different yourselves. On the day of rest you will undo the rope on your ox or your donkey and take it outside. You then give it water to drink. Is that not true?
• Exodus 23:4Perhaps you may find your enemy's cow or his donkey when he has lost it. If so, you must give it back to him.
• Daniel 4:24Now sir, this is what the dream means. The powerful God above has decided what he will do to my lord, the king.
• Matthew 12:11Jesus said to them, ‘Maybe one of you has a sheep that falls into a deep hole on our day of rest. What will you do? You will take hold of it and you will lift it out of the hole.

Commentaries on Luke 14:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5An ass or an ox - See on Luke 13:15; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5See the notes at Matthew 12:11. Which of you … - In this way Jesus refuted the notion of the Pharisees. If it was lawful to save an ox on the Sabbath, it was also to save the life of a man. To this the Jews had nothing to answer.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Jesus pointed out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. Hypocrisy means pretending to be righteous while acting differently. See also study note on 13:15–16.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. (See on Mt 12:11, 12).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 14:5

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sabbath

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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