Luke 14:4
“And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;”
And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
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?
And they could not answer him again to these things.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.”
“The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?”