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Jesus and a meal with Pharisees

Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath.
Contributed by Didier Martin
Story also available on our translated website: German
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Jesus was invited to a meal at the home of one of the chief Pharisees. – Slide 1
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A man walked in with swollen arms and legs. – Slide 2
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Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees if it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath Day? – Slide 3
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They remained silent instead of answering. – Slide 4
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Jesus then healed the man and sent him on his way. – Slide 5
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Jesus then told the guests at the meal a parable. He explained that if one of them was invited to a wedding feast, that it would be best to not sit in the highest place of honour. – Slide 6
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Why? Because, someone who deserved more honour might arrive later. Then the host would need to move them out of the seat of honour to a lower position. – Slide 7
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They would feel such shame and embarrassment to be moved out of the top seat to a less important place at the table. – Slide 8
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Jesus explained that it would be better to take the lowest seat first, and then later it was likely that they would be asked to move to a higher position. <br/>‘Whoever exalts himself will be made low, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.’ – Slide 9
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