Bible: Luke 13:10-18
Healing on the Sabbath
13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues 1 on the Sabbath, 13:11 and a woman was there 2 who had been disabled by a spirit 3 for eighteen years. She 4 was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. 5 13:12 When 6 Jesus saw her, he called her to him 7 and said, “Woman, 8 you are freed 9 from your infirmity.” 10 13:13 Then 11 he placed his hands on her, and immediately 12 she straightened up and praised God. 13:14 But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, “There are six days on which work 13 should be done! 14 So come 15 and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.” 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, 16 “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, 17 and lead it to water? 18 13:16 Then 19 shouldn’t 20 this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan 21 bound for eighteen long 22 years, be released from this imprisonment 23 on the Sabbath day?” 13:17 When 24 he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, 25 but 26 the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things 27 he was doing. 28
On the Kingdom of God
13:18 Thus Jesus 29 asked, 30 “What is the kingdom of God 31 like? 32 To 33 what should I compare it?