1. When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
2. Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3. Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4. But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5. 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?”
6. They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
7. He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
8. “When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,