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The Man with Dropsy Made Simple

by Kimani Upshur, M.Ed.

On the Sabbath, in a Pharisee's house, Jesus healed — none could answer. This Bible-first guide walks slowly through Luke 14:1-6, where Jesus takes a suffering man by the hand, heals him on the Sabbath, and silences the watchers with two unanswerable questions. Fourteen chapters cover the tension at the chief Pharisee's table, what dropsy reveals about the human condition, the brilliance of "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?", the three verbs that preach the whole gospel — He took him, healed him, and let him go — the ox in the well, what the Sabbath was really made for, and how to show mercy that never checks the calendar, plus straight answers to fourteen honest questions about the story.