MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH – MORE ABOUT JESUS:  #29 Jesus Heals a Man with Swollen Arms

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Luke 14:1-6



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1 One Sabbath day Jesus was in the home of a leader of the Pharisees.  (One Sabbath day Jesus was in the home of a leader of the Pharisees.)

The people were watching him closely,  (The people were watching him closely,)

2 because there was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.  (because there was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.)

The people were watching him closely, 2 because there was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.  (The people were watching him closely, because there was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.)

3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law,  (Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law,)

"Well, is it permitted in the law  ("Well, is it permitted in the law)

to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?"  (to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?")

3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, "Well, is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?"  (Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, "Well, is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?")

4 When they refused to answer,  (When they refused to answer,)

Jesus touched the sick man and healed him  (Jesus touched the sick man and healed him)

and sent him away.  (and sent him away.)

4 When they refused to answer, Jesus touched the sick man and healed him and sent him away.  (When they refused to answer, Jesus touched the sick man and healed him and sent him away.)

5 Then he turned to them and asked,  (Then he turned to them and asked,)

"Which of you doesn't work on the Sabbath?  ("Which of you doesn't work on the Sabbath?)

5 Then he turned to them and asked, "Which of you doesn't work on the Sabbath?  (Then he turned to them and asked, "Which of you doesn't work on the Sabbath?)

If your son or your cow falls into a pit,  (If your son or your cow falls into a pit,)

don't you proceed at once to get him out?"  (don't you proceed at once to get him out?")

If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don't you proceed at once to get him out?"  (If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don't you proceed at once to get him out?")

6 Again they had no answer.  (Again they had no answer.)


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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. 


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  Luke 14:1-6 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
again
and
answer (to answer)
arm
asked (to ask)
at
away
because
closely (close, closer, closest, closely)
cow
day
doesn't (= does not)
don't (= do not)
expert
falls (to fall)
get (to get)
had (to have)
he
heal (to heal)
healed (to heal)
him
home
if
in
into
is (to be)
it
Jesus = a man’s name
law
leader
leg
man (men)
no
not
of
on
once
one (1)
or
out
people (person)
permitted
Pharisee = a religious leader
pit
proceed (to proceed)
refused (to refuse)
religious (religious, more, most religious, religiously)
Sabbath = a religious day
sent (to send)
sick (sick, sicker, sickest, sickly)
son
swollen (to be swollen)
the
them
then
there
they
to
to answer
to ask
to be
to be swollen
to fall
to get
to have
to heal
to proceed
to refuse
to send
to touch
to turn
to watch
touched (to touch)
turned (to turn)
was (to be)
watching (to watch)
well
were (to be)
when
which
whose
work
you
your