Section 29:43-48 (corresponding to Luke 14:1-6)
Once, in the home of a chief Pharisee,
Where Jesus had come to talk and to eat,
They watched all the things he would do and would say,
To catch him in error on that Sabbath-day.
And there in their midst stood a man in pain,
Stricken with dropsy, swollen, aflame;
So Jesus regarded the man and the crowd,
And their silent question he uttered aloud:
"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath-day?"
But they were silent, had nothing to say.
But they were silent, had nothing to say.
So Jesus reached out, and with a touch,
He healed the man and bade him get up.
Then after sending the healed man away,
He looked at the crowd and had this to say:
"If on the Sabbath your ox or your son
Fell down a well, the decision is done--
You'd pull them right out, and not even wait,
For such precious things must be saved straightaway."
Then no word of rebuke would anyone say,
Nor lift up their eyes to challenge his gaze.