A  ¹ Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. ²  And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy.

B  ³  And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

C  ⁴  But they kept silent.

A’  And He took him and healed him, and let him go.

B’  ⁵  Then He answered them, saying, “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?”

C’  ⁶  And they could not answer Him regarding these things.