² By ^(A)the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and ^(B)He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. ³ Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created ^[a]and made.

Healing on the Sabbath

¹⁰ Now Jesus was ^(A)teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹ And ^[a]there was a woman who for eighteen years had had ^(B)a ^[b]sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent over double, and could not straighten up at all. ¹² When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.” ¹³ And He ^(C)laid His hands on her; and immediately she stood up straight again, and began ^(D)glorifying God. ¹⁴ But ^(E)the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus ^(F)had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “^(G)There are six days during which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” ¹⁵ But ^(H)the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, ^(I)does each of you on the Sabbath not untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it away to water it? ¹⁶ And this woman, ^(J)a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom ^(K)Satan has bound for ^[c]eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this restraint on the Sabbath day?” ¹⁷ And as He said this, all His opponents were being ^[d]humiliated; and ^(L)the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

^4 (A)I glorified You on the earth ^[a](B)by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.

³⁵ In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

¹² Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord.