1 Christ heals the dropsy on the sabbath;
7 teaches humility;
12 to feast the poor;
15 under the parable of the great supper, shows how worldly minded men, who contemn the word of God, shall be shut out of heaven.
25 Those who will be his disciples, to bear their cross must make their accounts beforehand, lest with shame they revolt from him afterward;
34 and become altogether unprofitable, like salt that has lost its savour.

as. 7:34-36 11:37 1Co 9:19-22

chief. Joh 3:1 Ac 5:34

they. 6:7 11:53,54 20:20 Ps 37:32 41:6 62:4 64:5,6 Pr 23:7 Isa 29:20 Isa 29:21 Jer 20:10,11 Mr 3:2

2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

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

the lawyers. 11:44,45

Is. 6:9 13:14-16 Mt 12:10 Mr 3:4 Joh 7:23

4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

Mt 21:25-27 22:46

5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

Which. 13:15 Ex 23:4,5 Da 4:24 Mt 12:11,12

6 And they could not answer him again to these things.

13:17 20:26,40 21:15 Ac 6:10

7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.

put. Jud 14:12 Pr 8:1 Eze 17:2 Mt 13:34

they. 11:43 20:46 Mt 23:6 Mr 12:38,39 Ac 8:18,19 Php 2:3 3Jo 1:9

8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

When. That there were among the Jews of these times many disputes about seats at banquets, we learn both from Josephus and the Rabbis; nor were these matters unattended to by the Greeks and Romans. Similar admonitions to this of our Lord, also occur in the Rabbinical writers. Rabbi Akiba said, Go two or three seats lower than the place that belongs to thee, and sit there till they say unto to thee, Go up higher; but do not take the uppermost seat, lest they say unto thee, Come down: for it is better they should say unto thee, Go up, go up than they should say, Go down, go down.

Pr 25:6,7

9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

and thou. Es 6:6-12 Pr 3:35 11:2 16:18 Eze 28:2-10 Da 4:30-34

10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

go. 1Sa 15:17 Pr 15:33 25:6,7

then. Isa 60:14 Re 3:9

11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

whosoever. 1:51 18:14 1Sa 15:17 Job 22:29 40:10-12 Ps 18:27 138:6 Pr 15:33 18:12 29:23 Isa 2:11,17 57:15 Mt 23:12 Jas 4:6 1Pe 5:5

12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

when. 1:53 Pr 14:20 22:16 Jas 2:1-6

and a. 6:32-36 Zec 7:5-7 Mt 5:46 6:1-4,16-18

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

call. 21 11:41 De 14:29 16:11,14 26:12,13 2Sa 6:19 2Ch 30:24 Ne 8:10,12 Job 29:13,15,16 31:16-20 Pr 3:9,10 14:31 31:6,7 Isa 58:7,10 Mt 14:14-21 15:32-39 22:10 Ac 2:44,45 4:34,35 9:39 Ro 12:13-16 1Ti 3:2 5:10 Tit 1:8 Phm 1:7 Heb 13:2

14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

for thou. Pr 19:17 Mt 6:4 10:41,42 25:34-40 Php 4:18,19

the resurrection. 20:35,36 Da 12:2,3 Joh 5:29 Ac 24:15

15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Blessed. 12:37 13:29 22:30 Mt 8:11 25:10 Joh 6:27 *etc: Re 19:9

16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

A certain. Pr 9:1,2 Isa 25:6,7 Jer 31:12-14 Zec 10:7 Mt 22:2-14

bade. So 5:1 Isa 55:1-7 Mr 16:15,16 Re 3:20 22:17

17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

his. 3:4-6 9:1-5 10:1 *etc: Pr 9:1-5 Mt 3:1 *etc: Mt 10:1 *etc: Ac 2:38,39 3:24-26 13:26,38,39

Come. Mt 11:27-29 22:3,4 Joh 7:37 2Co 5:18-21 6:1

18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

all. 20:4,5 Isa 28:12,13 29:11,12 Jer 5:4,5 6:10,16,17 Mt 22:5,6 Joh 1:11 5:40 Ac 13:45,46 18:5,6 28:25-27

I have. 8:14 17:26-31 18:24 Mt 24:38,39 1Ti 6:9,10 2Ti 4:4,10 Heb 12:16 1Jo 2:15,16

19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

26-28 18:29,30 1Co 7:29-31,33

21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

and shewed. 9:10 1Sa 25:12 Mt 15:12 18:31 Heb 13:17

being. 24 Ps 2:12 Mt 22:7,8 Heb 2:3 12:25,26 Re 15:1 *etc: Re 19:15

Go. 24:47 Pr 1:20-25 8:2-4 9:3-4 Jer 5:1 Zec 11:7,11 Mt 21:28-31 Joh 4:39-42 7:47-49 9:39 Ac 8:4-7 Jas 2:5 Re 22:17

the poor. 13 7:22,23 1Sa 2:8 Ps 113:7,8 Mt 11:5,28

the halt. Ps 38:7 Isa 33:23 35:6

22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

it is. Ac 1:1-9:43

and yet. Ps 103:6 130:7 Joh 14:2 Eph 3:8 Col 2:9 1Ti 2:5,6 1Jo 2:2 Re 7:4-9

23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Go. Ps 98:3 Isa 11:10 19:24,25 27:13 49:5,6 66:19,20 Zec 14:8,9 Mal 1:11 Mt 21:43 22:9,10 28:19,20 Ac 9:15 10:44-48 11:18-21 Ac 13:47,48 18:6 22:21,22 26:18-20 28:28 Ro 10:18 15:9-12 Eph 2:11-22 Col 1:23

compel. 24:29 Ge 19:2,3 Ps 110:3 Ac 16:15 Ro 11:13,14 1Co 9:19-23 2Co 5:11,20 6:1 Col 1:28 2Ti 4:2

24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

Pr 1:24-32 Mt 21:43 22:8 23:38,39 Joh 3:19,36 8:21,24 Ac 13:46 Heb 12:25,26

25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

12:1 Joh 6:24-27

26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

any. De 13:6-8 33:9 Ps 73:25,26 Mt 10:37 Php 3:8

hate. Ge 29:30,31 De 21:15 Job 7:15,16 Ec 2:17-19 Mal 1:2,3 Joh 12:25 Ro 9:13

yea. Ac 20:24 Re 12:11

27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

doth. 9:23-25 Mt 10:38 16:24-26 Mr 8:34-37 10:21 15:21 Joh 19:17 2Ti 3:12

cannot. Mt 13:21 Ac 14:22 2Ti 1:12

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

intending. Ge 11:4-9 Pr 24:27

counteth. 33 Jos 24:19-24 Mt 8:20 10:22 20:22,23 Ac 21:13 1Th 3:4,5 2Pe 1:13,14

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Mt 7:27 27:3-8 Ac 1:18,19 1Co 3:11-14 Heb 6:4-8,11 10:38 2Pe 2:19-22 2Jo 1:8

31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

1Ki 20:11 2Ki 18:20-22 Pr 20:18 25:8

32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

and desireth. 12:58 1Ki 20:31-34 2Ki 10:4,5 Job 40:9 Mt 5:25 Ac 12:20 Jas 4:6-10

33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

26 5:11,28 18:22,23,28-30 Ac 5:1-5 8:19-22 Php 3:7,8 2Ti 4:10 1Jo 2:15,16

34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Salt. Common salt, or muriate of soda, consists of soda in combination with muriatic acid, and is for the most part an artificial preparation from sea water, though found in some countries in a solid and massive state. See particularly Le. 2:13.

but. Mt 5:13 Mr 9:49,50 Col 4:6 Heb 2:4-8

35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

but. Joh 15:6

He. 8:8 9:44 Mt 11:15 13:9 Re 2:7,11,17,29