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Luke 14:5

Then continuing his discourse, which of you, said he, if his child or his ox fell into a pit, would not immediately draw him out, though it were on the sabbath-day?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Sabbath;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Humaneness toward Animals;   The Topic Concordance - Sabbath;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Heal, Health;   Miracle;   Pit;   Sabbath;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ox;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ass;   Cattle;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Pit;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Consciousness;   Cures;   Discourse;   Dropsy;   Husbandman ;   Ideas (Leading);   Imagination;   Israel, Israelite;   Lawlessness;   Logia;   Naturalness;   Pit ;   Questions and Answers;   Sabbath ;   Son, Sonship;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Pit;   Sabbath;   Well;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And to them, he said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
King James Version (1611)
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall haue an asse or an oxe fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?
King James Version
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?
English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
And He said to them, "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?"
New Century Version
Jesus said to the Pharisees and teachers of the law, "If your child or ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not pull him out quickly?"
Amplified Bible
Then He said to them, "Which one of you, having a son or an ox that falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to them, "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?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, "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?"
Berean Standard Bible
And He asked them, "Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?"
Contemporary English Version
Afterwards, Jesus asked the people, "If your son or ox falls into a well, wouldn't you pull him out right away, even on the Sabbath?"
Complete Jewish Bible
To them he said, "Which of you, if a son or an ox falls into a well, will hesitate to haul him out on Shabbat?"
Darby Translation
And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said to the Pharisees and teachers of the law, "If your son or work animal falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you know you would pull him out immediately."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall haue an asse, or an oxe fallen into a pit, & wil not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to them, Which one of you, if his son or his ox should fall into a pit on the sabbath day, would not immediately pull and bring him out?
Good News Translation
Then he said to them, "If any one of you had a child or an ox that happened to fall in a well on a Sabbath, would you not pull it out at once on the Sabbath itself?"
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "Who among you, if your son or your ox falls into a well on the day of the Sabbath, will not immediately pull him out?"
Literal Translation
And answering to them He said, Whose ass or ox of yours shall fall into a pit, and he will not at once pull it up on the sabbath day?
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?
Hebrew Names Version
He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Shabbat day?"
International Standard Version
Then he asked them, "If your sondonkey
; still other mss. read sheep">[fn] or ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you would pull him out immediately, wouldn't you?"Exodus 23:5; Deuteronomy 22:4; Luke 13:15;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he said to them, Who from you, whose son or his ox hath fallen into a pit on the day of shabath, doth not at once bring him forth ?
Murdock Translation
And he said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox fall into a pit on the sabbath day, doth not immediately lift and draw him out?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And aunswered them, saying: Which of you shal haue an asse or an oxe fallen into a pyt, and wyll not strayghtway pull hym out, on the Sabboth day?
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?
World English Bible
He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
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?
Weymouth's New Testament
Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he answeride to hem, and seide, Whos asse or oxe of you schal falle in to a pit, and `he schal not anoon drawe hym out in the dai of the sabat?
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, Which of you shall have a son or an ox fallen into a well, and will not immediately draw him up on a Sabbath day?
Webster's Bible Translation
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not forthwith pull him out on the sabbath?
New English Translation
Then he said to them, "Which of you, if you have 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
Then He answered them, saying, "Which of you, having a donkey [fn] or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"
New Living Translation
Then he turned to them and said, "Which of you doesn't work on the Sabbath? If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don't you rush to get him out?"
New Life Bible
Then Jesus said to the leaders, "If one of you had a cow or donkey that fell into a hole, would you not go at once and pull it out on the Day of Rest?"
New Revised Standard
Then he said to them, "If one of you has a child or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a sabbath day?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, unto them, said - Which of you, shall have a son or an ox that, into a pit, shall fall, and will not straightway pull him up, on the day of rest?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?
Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and answered the sayinge whiche of you shall have an asse or an oxe fallen into a pitt and will not strayght waye pull him out on the Saboth daye?
Young's Literal Translation
and answering them he said, `Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and answered, and sayde vnto the: Which of you shal haue an oxe or an asse fallen in to a pytte, and wil not straight waye pull him out on the Sabbath daye?
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then he turned back to them and said, "If any of you had a child who fell into a well, wouldn't you get them out—even if it was on the day of rest? Wouldn't you do it even if it was a donkey?"

Contextual Overview

1 One sabbath-day, Jesus went to dine with a Pharisee of the first distinction, where he was strictly observ'd. 2 now there happen'd to be a man just by him, who had a dropsy. 3 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. 4 but he laid his hand upon the man, cured him, and dismissed him. 5 Then continuing his discourse, which of you, said he, if his child or his ox fell into a pit, would not immediately draw him out, though it were on the sabbath-day? 6 and they could not tell what to reply to it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Which: Luke 13:15, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:5, Daniel 4:24, Matthew 12:11, Matthew 12:12

Reciprocal: Luke 17:7 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And answered them, saying,.... Murmuring secretly at what he had done:

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? being just ready to be drowned there; and therefore it must be much more right and necessary to cure a man, a reasonable creature, just drowning with a dropsy, as this man was. The Syriac and Persic versions, instead of "an ass", read "a son", very wrongly: a like kind of reasoning is used by Christ, in :-,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 14:5. An ass or an oxLuke 13:15; Luke 13:15.


 
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