Luke 14:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?
Webster's Revision
And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
World English Bible
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?
Definitions for Luke 14:3
Barnes's Luke 14:3 Bible Commentary
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.
Wesley's Luke 14:3 Bible Commentary
14:3 And Jesus answering, spake - Answering the thoughts which he saw rising in their hearts.