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Luke 14:3

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

KJV

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς τοὺς νομικοὺς καὶ Φαρισαίους λέγων· ἔξεστιν τῷ σαββάτῳ θεραπεῦσαι ἢ οὔ; οἱ δὲ ἡσύχασαν.

Greek NT

Et respondens Jesus dixit ad legisperitos et pharisæos, dicens : Si licet sabbato curare ?

Vulgate

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

ASV

And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θεραπεύω
therapeuo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νομικός
nomikos
adjective · 9×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
ἡσυχάζω
esuchazo
verb · 5×
e
particle · 346×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Ἔξεστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἔξεστιν | RP: Εἰ ἔξεστιν
  • ἜξεστινSBLGNT
  • ἜξεστινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Εἰ ἔξεστινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: θεραπεῦσαι ἢ οὔ | WH/Treg/NIV: θεραπεῦσαι ἢ οὔ | RP: θεραπεύειν
  • θεραπεῦσαι ἢ οὔSBLGNT
  • θεραπεῦσαι ἢ οὔWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • θεραπεύεινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§582Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine interpretation: "Whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him. . . (Thus he declared all foods clean.). . . What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts. . ."346 In …

Cross-references

  • John 7:23 — If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
  • Luke 6:9 — Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
  • Luke 6:9 — Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
  • Luke 13:14 — And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore c
  • Luke 13:14 — And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore c
  • Mark 3:4 — And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
  • Matt 12:2 — But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
  • Matt 12:10 — And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
  • Matt 12:10 — And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
  • Matt 22:35 — Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,