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Jesus Heals a Man with Dropsy

Luke 14:5

In 9 translations

BSB
And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”TR donkey
KJV
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
WEB
He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”TR reads “donkey” instead of “son”
ASV
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?
LSV
and answering them He said, “Of which of you will a donkey or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the Sabbath day?”
YLT
and answering them he said, 'Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'
DBY
And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?
DRC
And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?
GNV
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall haue an asse, or an oxe fallen into a pit, and wil not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read υἱὸς (“a son”); Textus Receptus read ὄνος (“donkey”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πεσεῖται (“will collapse”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐμπεσεῖται (“will fall”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐν (“on”); Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀποκριθεὶς (“answering”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῇ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont add ἀποκριθεὶς.
  • SBLGNT: πεσεῖται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πεσεῖται; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐμπεσεῖται.
  • SBLGNT: ἐν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐν τῇ; Tregelles read τῇ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν· Τίνος ὑμῶν υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ πεσεῖται, καὶ οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου;
RP2018
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν, Τίνος ὑμῶν υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ ἐμπεσεῖται, καὶ οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου;
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπε, Τίνος ὑμῶν ὄνος ἢ βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ ἐμπεσεῖται, καὶ οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου;
SCR1894
και αποκριθεις προς αυτους ειπεν τινος υμων ονος η βους εις φρεαρ εμπεσειται και ουκ ευθεως ανασπασει αυτον εν τη ημερα του σαββατου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 13:15“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
  • Exodus 23:4–5If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him. If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
  • Matthew 12:11–12He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
  • Daniel 4:24This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

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