BUTLER'S COMMENTS Chapter Fourteen (Luke 14:1-35) THE SON OF MAN DEFINING A TRUE DISCIPLE IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. What is dropsy (Luke 14:2)? 2. Where is the place of honor at a feast (Luke 14:7)? 3. Does all this instruction about feasting apply to the twentieth century? 4. Is it wrong... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Good (Luke 14:1-6) 14One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him.2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on t... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Gracious (Luke 14:7-14) 7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest a more eminent man than you be... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Grateful (Luke 14:15-24) 15 When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God! 16But he said to him, A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Grounded (Luke 14:25-35) 25 Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them, 26If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 2... [ Continue Reading ]