Jul. 27, 2025

Last week we finished chapter 13 with Jesus lamenting over Jerusalem. In chapter 14 Jesus again heals on the Sabbath, this time in the home of a Pharisee, and he explains why he can heal on the Sabbath.

Luke Lesson 28 Study Questions

1.    They watched Him closely: Jesus was under constant _____________. People wanted to know what He would do in different situations, and they formed their _________ about Jesus (and His God) based on what they saw.

2.    Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? The issue was not about the healing directly, but on healing on the Sabbath. When Jesus healed the man, His accusers believed that He ________ on the Sabbath, and violated God’s command, but that wasn’t true. With this question, Jesus reminded them that there was no command against ________ on the Sabbath.

3.    Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day? Jesus’ logic was simple and impossible to dispute. If it was allowed to help ________ on the Sabbath, how much more was it right to heal _______ who are made in God’s image?

4.    “Thus, while our Lord rebuked the wrong __________ and temper of these men, He did so by appealing to the best within them and calling them to be true to it. His purpose is not that of shaming men, but that of ________ them.”

5.    When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast: A _________ party was the most important social occasion in Jewish life at that time. The seating arrangement at the table indicated one’s __________ in the community.

6.    The Bible reminds us that we should not play the _____-_________ game. We should do our work hard and unto the Lord, and let God ______ us up. For exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south, but God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another. (Psalm 75:6-7)

7.    Especially in Christian service, there is something wonderful about knowing that God has _______ you up, instead of you ________ yourself up to prominence of some sort.

8.    . Lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid: It is wrong to only associate with people who can ________ us or give something to us. It is easy for us to limit our friends to a few comfortable, easy people, instead of _________ out to others.

9.    You shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just: This kind of living will cost us __________; yet we will be repaid, with the full repayment coming at the resurrection of the just. Here again Jesus shows how important it is to live with an _________ perspective.

10.     By analogy, we can say that God has made it so all things are now ready for men to come and ______ from Him. We come to God and find that He has been ______ for us.

11.    We see that Jesus responded to the man’s exclamation Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God! (Luke 14:15) by asking, “You admire the Messianic Banquet; yet are you _______ to receive the invitation to come? Will you make ________?”

12.    “As the commentators well recognize, the _______ reference is to the Gentiles who would soon be invited to enter the kingdom of God through _____ in Christ.” (Pate)