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King James Version

Luke 14:3

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Sabbath;   Thompson Chain Reference - Lawyers;   The Topic Concordance - Sabbath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Sabbath;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Miracle;   Sabbath;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lawyer;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cures;   Discourse;   Dropsy;   Imagination;   Israel, Israelite;   Lawyer ;   Liberty (2);   Logia;   Occupation (2);   Profaning, Profanity;   Questions and Answers;   Sabbath ;   Salvation;   Walk (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lawyer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Lawyer;   Sabbath;   Scribes;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
King James Version (1611)
And Iesus answering, spake vnto the Lawyers and Pharises, saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath day?
English Standard Version
And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
New American Standard Bible
And Jesus responded and said to the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
New Century Version
Jesus said to the Pharisees and experts on the law, "Is it right or wrong to heal on the Sabbath day?"
Amplified Bible
And Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and spoke to the scholars of the Law and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
Berean Standard Bible
So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"
Contemporary English Version
Jesus turned and asked the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses, "Is it right to heal on the Sabbath?"
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua spoke up and asked the Torah experts and P'rushim, "Does the Torah allow healing on Shabbat or not?"
Darby Translation
And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said to the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it right or wrong to heal on the Sabbath day?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iesus answering, spake vnto the Lawyers and Pharises, saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath day?
George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus answered and said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
Good News Translation
and Jesus spoke up and asked the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, "Does our Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?"
Lexham English Bible
And Jesus answered and said to the legal experts and Pharisees, saying, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
Literal Translation
And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, asking whether it is lawful to heal on the sabbath.
American Standard Version
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Perushim, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Shabbat?"
International Standard Version
So Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"Matthew 12:10;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu answered and said to the Sophree and the Pharishee, Is it lawful on the shabath to heal ?
Murdock Translation
And Jews answered, and said to the Scribes and Pharisees: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus aunswered, and spake vnto the lawyers & pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heale on the Sabboth day?
English Revised Version
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?
World English Bible
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus answering spake to the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
Weymouth's New Testament
This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus answerynge spak to the wise men of lawe, and to the Farisees, and seide, Whethir it is leeueful to heele in the sabat?
Update Bible Version
And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
New English Translation
So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"
New King James Version
And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" [fn]
New Living Translation
Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, "Is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?"
New Life Bible
Jesus asked the teachers of the Law and the proud religious law-keepers, "Does the Law say it is right to heal on the Day of Rest, or not?"
New Revised Standard
And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jesus, answering, spake unto the Lawyers and Pharisees, saying - Is it allowed, on the Sabbath, to cure, or not? But, they, held their peace.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
Revised Standard Version
And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus answered and spake vnto the lawears and pharises sayinge: is it laufull to heale on the saboth daye?
Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, `Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iesus answered, & spake vnto the scrybes and Pharises, & sayde: Is it laufull to heale on the Sabbath?
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus therefore addressing himself to the doctors of the law, and to the Pharisees, said, is it allowable to perform a cure on the sabbath-day? to which they made no answer.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus asked the religious leaders and teachers of Moses's code, "Does the code of Moses allow healing on the day of rest or not?"

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5 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? 6 And they could not answer him again to these things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the lawyers: Luke 11:44, Luke 11:45

Is: Luke 6:9, Luke 13:14-16, Matthew 12:10, Mark 3:4, John 7:23

Reciprocal: Matthew 22:35 - a lawyer Luke 6:6 - he Titus 3:13 - the lawyer

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
Numbers 34:12
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Deuteronomy 3:17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus answering, spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees,.... All the Oriental versions, for "lawyers", read "Scribes": these, with the Pharisees, were got together in a body, in their brother Pharisee's house, to watch the motions of Christ; who knew their designs upon him, and the thoughts of their hearts, and made answer to them, by putting the following question;

saying, is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? The occasion of the question was the object before him, whom Christ had a compassionate regard to, and determined to cure; but knowing that these men were catching at every thing, to traduce him, was desirous of having their sentiments first; not but that he knew full well, what was agreeable to the law of God, and what was not; and what also were the traditions of their elders, which they held, and which allowed of healing on the sabbath day, where life was in danger.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus, 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.


 
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