6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
6 And they had nothing to say.
6 And they could not reply to these things.
6 They were stumped. There was nothing they could say to that.
6 And they could not answer Him regarding these things.
6 Again they could not answer.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 14:6
Commentary on Luke 14:1-6
(Read Luke 14:1-6)
This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from healing a man, though he knew a clamour would be raised at his doing it on the sabbath. It requires care to understand the proper connexion between piety and charity in observing the sabbath, and the distinction between works of real necessity and habits of self-indulgence. Wisdom from above, teaches patient perseverance in well-doing.