1. And it happened that when he came to the house of a certain one of the leaders of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat a meal, they were watching him closely.
2. And behold, a certain man was in front of him, suffering from edema.
3. And Jesus answered and said to the legal experts and Pharisees, saying, “Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”
4. But they remained silent. And he took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.
5. 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?”
6. And they were not able to make a reply to these things.
7. Now he told a parable to those who had been invited when he noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,