1 On one occasion when Jesus 1 was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. 2 Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?" 4 But they were silent. So Jesus 2 took him and healed him, and sent him away. 5 Then he said to them, "If one of you has a child 3 or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a sabbath day?" 6 And they could not reply to this.