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September 14, 2025 – Unbent – Luke 13:10–17
In Luke 13:10-17, Jesus heals a woman who had been crippled by a spirit for 18 years while teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath, causing the synagogue leader to condemn his actions as a violation of the Sabbath law. Jesus counters by arguing for compassion, pointing out the hypocrisy of the leader and followers who would care for their animals on the Sabbath but not a “daughter of Abraham”. The crowd rejoices at Jesus’s compassionate act, while his opponents are put to shame.
The Healing
The Conflict
The Leader’s Indignation:
The leader of the synagogue, upset that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, criticized him and told people to come for healing on workdays.
Jesus’s Defense:
Jesus pointed out the hypocrisy of the leader by comparing the woman to an animal.
The Argument:
Jesus argued that just as people would free their animals from a manger to give them water on the Sabbath, this woman, as a daughter of Abraham, deserved to be freed from her bondage on that day as well.
The Outcome
Joy and Shame:
The crowd was delighted by the healing and the wonderful things Jesus was doing, while his opponents were humiliated.
The Theme of Freedom:
The passage highlights that true freedom is found in compassion and divine power, not in the rigid, legalistic interpretation of the Sabbath laws.
Luke 13:10-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” 13 When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. 14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it to water? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?” 17 When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame, and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things being done by him.
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September 14, 2025 – Unbent – Luke 13:10–17
In Luke 13:10-17, Jesus heals a woman who had been crippled by a spirit for 18 years while teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath, causing the synagogue leader to condemn his actions as a violation of the Sabbath law. Jesus counters by arguing for compassion, pointing out the hypocrisy of the leader and followers who would care for their animals on the Sabbath but not a “daughter of Abraham”. The crowd rejoices at Jesus’s compassionate act, while his opponents are put to shame.
The Healing
The Conflict
The Leader’s Indignation:
The leader of the synagogue, upset that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, criticized him and told people to come for healing on workdays.
Jesus’s Defense:
Jesus pointed out the hypocrisy of the leader by comparing the woman to an animal.
The Argument:
Jesus argued that just as people would free their animals from a manger to give them water on the Sabbath, this woman, as a daughter of Abraham, deserved to be freed from her bondage on that day as well.
The Outcome
Joy and Shame:
The crowd was delighted by the healing and the wonderful things Jesus was doing, while his opponents were humiliated.
The Theme of Freedom:
The passage highlights that true freedom is found in compassion and divine power, not in the rigid, legalistic interpretation of the Sabbath laws.
Luke 13:10-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” 13 When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. 14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it to water? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?” 17 When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame, and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things being done by him.
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