Luke 14:1

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Key Reflection

In Luke 14:1, when Jesus enters a Pharisee's house on a Sabbath to eat bread, He is inviting His host and others present to consider their posture before God. By entering the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees, Jesus challenges the religious leaders' self-righteousness and calls them to a more humble and genuine spiritual stance.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 1. It came to pass. It so happened or occurred. As he went, &c. It is probable that he was invited to go, being in the neighbourhood (Lu 14:12); and it is also probable that the Pharisee invited him for the purpose of getting him to say something that would involve him in difficulty. One of the chief Pharisees. One of the Pharisees who were rulers, or members of the great council or the Sanhedrim. See Barnes "Mt 5:22". It does not mean that he was the head of the sect of the Pharisees, but one of those who happened to be a member of the Sanhedrim. He was therefore a man of influence and reputation. To eat bread. To dine. To partake of the hospitalities of his house.

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