Luke 14:1 · World English Bible
Luke 14:1 Meaning When He Went Into the House
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
What does Luke 14:1 mean?
Christ keeps company with people who are set against him, and a shared meal is how he stays within their reach. Sitting at their table grants no approval of their judgment; it gives a closed mind an ordinary chance to change, which is why the Church still accepts invitations from people who are looking for a mistake.
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Christ keeps company with people who are set against him, and a shared meal is how he stays within their reach. Sitting at their table grants no approval of their judgment; it gives a closed mind an ordinary chance to change, which is why the Church still accepts invitations from people who are looking for a mistake.
Being watched for a fault does not slow him down, and he heals the man swollen with fluid right there, because the day of rest was given for that kind of relief.
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Live Luke 14:1 today
- Accept one invitation today from someone you expect to disagree with, the coffee, the lunch, the call you have been putting off with a polite excuse.
- Sitting with someone does not mean signing on to their opinion. Share a meal or a break with the family member or coworker whose views bother you, and let the food be the point.
- When you can feel someone waiting for you to slip, keep doing the kind thing in front of you anyway. Their watching is not a reason to shrink the good down.
Whose table have I been avoiding because I was afraid of what it would look like?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 49
The sage meets the good and the not good with the same open heart, and so people change around him. He does not wait to be approved of before he stays in the room.
Stoicism · Epictetus
When people criticize or misjudge you, he says, keep doing what is right and let the opinion be theirs rather than your problem. Being watched for a fault is no reason to do less good.
Sufism · Rumi, Masnavi
Rumi tells of the man scolded for calling on God when no answer came, and the reply is that the calling itself was already the answer. The seeker is met inside the suspicion, not after it clears.
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