Conclusion of Jesus' Ministry in Perea

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of prophets and stoner of those sent to her," Jesus laments,  how often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her brood of chicks under her wings! But you did not want it.  Look! your house is abandoned to you." (Luke 13:34, 35) The nation is rejecting the Son of God and must face the consequences!

Before Jesus gets to Jerusalem, a leader of the Pharisees invites him to his house for a meal on the Sabbath. Those invited watching closely to see what Jesus might do about a man present who is suffering from dropsy (a severe accumulation of fluid, often in the legs and feet).  Jesus ask the Pharisees and the experts in the Law: "Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath or not?" - LUKE 14:3. 

Nobody answers.  Jesus heals the man and then asks them: "Who of you, if his son or bull falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"  LUKE 14:3.

Next time: Invitations to A Meal-Whom Does God Invite?

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