Luke 14:1-6
One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” 4 But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. 5 And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son[a] or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” 6 And they could not reply to these things.
Questions to think about
- Are our homes used as tools for the Kingdom or social platforms?
(Luke 14:1, Leviticus 19:34, 1 Peter 4:9)
- Have we neglected to show kindness to other because of our religious, marital, or personal traditions?
(Luke 13:10-17, 14:5 [The Sabbath])
- How can we use our words to provoke people to reconsider the Kingdom of God?
(Luke 8:10, 14:6, Psalms 25:11, [C.S. Lewis/Tolkien] [Nabeel Qureshi/David Wood])