Luke 14:2

‘And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.'

There before Him Jesus saw a plain case of a man with the dropsy. This was a horrible disease in which water under the skin made the skin sag and ‘drop'. It meant that his limbs and tissues were swollen with excess body fluids. It was a condition that was understandably associated with uncleanness and immorality. Man has always been disposed to blame other people's problems on the people themselves, although never applying such a criterion to their own situation.

‘And behold.' This may be intended to indicate that his presence was a surprise and purely circumstantial.