Healing a Daughter of Abraham

¹⁰ As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,^{(A) 11} a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit^[a](B) for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.^{[b] 12} When Jesus saw her, He called out to her,^[c] “Woman, you are free of your disability.” ¹³ Then He laid His hands on her,^(C) and instantly she was restored^(D) and began to glorify God.^(E)

¹⁴ But the leader of the synagogue, indignant^(F) because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done;^(G) therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

¹⁵ But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites!^(H) Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox^(I) or donkey from the feeding trough^(J) on the Sabbath and lead it to water?^{(K) 16} Satan^(L) has bound^(M) this woman, a daughter of Abraham,^(N) for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

¹⁷ When He had said these things, all His adversaries^(O) were humiliated,^(P) but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things He was doing.^(Q)