<p>14:3 <i>And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?</i>- The Lord realized the sick man was a plant, placed carefully &quot;before him&quot; (:2) (and see on :4), and so He took the initiative. The Greek for &quot;heal&quot; means literally to wait upon, to serve. At the meal, there would have been servants waiting upon them- on the Sabbath. The Lord was doing the same, by healing. But that was held to be 'work'; thus the Lord exposed their double standards.</p>