Luke 14:6

Luke 14:6

4 But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go.

5 Then He answered them, saying, ^a“Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”

6 And they could not answer Him regarding these things.

Take the Lowly Place

7 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:

8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Could not answer again (ouk isxusan antapokriqhnai). Did not have strength to answer back or in turn (anti-) as in Romans 9:20. They could not take up the argument and were helpless. They hated to admit that they cared more for an ox or ass or even a son than for this poor dropsical man.

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