Luke 13:10-17

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¹⁰ One Sabbath as he was teaching in a synagogue, ¹¹ he saw a seriously handicapped woman who had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to straighten herself.

¹² Calling her over to him Jesus said, “Woman, you are healed of your sickness!” ¹³ He touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised and thanked God!

¹⁴ But the local Jewish leader in charge of the synagogue was very angry about it because Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week to work,” he shouted to the crowd. “Those are the days to come for healing, not on the Sabbath!”

¹⁵ But the Lord replied, “You hypocrite! You work on the Sabbath! Don’t you untie your cattle from their stalls on the Sabbath and lead them out for water? ¹⁶ And is it wrong for me, just because it is the Sabbath day, to free this Jewish woman from the bondage in which Satan has held her for eighteen years?”

¹⁷ This shamed his enemies. And all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.