Luke 14:1-9

New American Standard Bible

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

14 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the ^[a]leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, ^(A)they were watching Him ^[b]closely. ²And ^[c]there in front of Him was a man suffering from ^[d]edema. ³And Jesus responded and said to the ^[e]^(B)lawyers and ^[f]Pharisees, “^(C)Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” ⁴But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. ⁵And He said to them, “^[g]^(D)Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?” ⁶^(E)And they could offer no reply to this.

Parable of the Guests

⁷Now He began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how ^(F)they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, ⁸“Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, ^(G)do not ^[h]take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, ⁹and the one who invited you ^[i]both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then ^(H)in disgrace you will proceed to occupy the last place.