Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And a woman was there who had a spirit of disease for eighteen years. She was completely bent over and was never able to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he summoned her and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disease.” Then he laid hands on her, and at once she stood up straight and praised God.
But the leader of the synagogue began to speak with indignation because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. He said to the crowd, “There are six days on which it is proper to do work. Come on those days and be healed, but not on the Sabbath day.”
Then the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead it away to give it water? Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set loose from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
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