1. On a Sabbath day, Jesus went to the home of a leading Pharisee to eat with him. The people there were all watching him very closely.
2. A man with a bad disease was there in front of him.
3. Jesus said to the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it right or wrong to heal on the Sabbath day?”
4. But they would not answer his question. So he took the man and healed him. Then he sent the man away.
5. Jesus said to the Pharisees and teachers of the law, “If your son or work animal falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you know you would pull him out immediately.”
6. The Pharisees and teachers of the law could say nothing against what he said.
7. Then Jesus noticed that some of the guests were choosing the best places to sit. So he told this story: