14:3 Is it lawful? Conscious that they were watching him, he asked them a question which they declined to answer. The tradition said it was unlawful.
14:3 And Jesus answering, spake - Answering the thoughts which he saw rising in their hearts.
14:1-6 This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from healing a man, though he knew a clamour would be raised at his doing it on the sabbath. It requires care to understand the proper connexion between piety and charity in observing the sabbath, and the distinction between works of real necessity and habits of self-indulgence. Wisdom from above, teaches patient perseverance in well-doing.
