A Woman with a Disabling Spirit Healed

¹⁰ Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹ And behold, a woman was there^[a] who had a spirit that had disabled her^[b] for eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely.^{[c] 12} And when he^[d] saw her, Jesus summoned her^[e] and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability!” ¹³ And he placed his^[f] hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and glorified God. ¹⁴ But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and^[g] said to the crowd, “There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come and^[h] be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!” ¹⁵ But the Lord answered and said to him, “Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or his^[i] donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it^[j] away to water it?^{[k] 16} And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound eighteen^[l] long years—is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?” ¹⁷ And when^[m] he said these things, all those who opposed him were humiliated, and the whole crowd was rejoicing at all the splendid things that were being done by him.