1 And it happened that, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him.
2 And behold, a certain man before him was afflicted with edema.
3 And responding, Jesus spoke to the experts in the law and to the Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?"
4 But they kept silent. Yet truly, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.
5 And responding to them, he said, "Which of you will have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not promptly pull him out, on the day of the Sabbath?"
6 And they were unable to respond to him about these things.
7 Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: