A Woman with a Disabling Spirit
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1he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
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And there was a woman who had had
2a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
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When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her,
"Woman, you are freed from your disability."
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And he
3laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she
4glorified God.
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But
5the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus
6had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people,
7"There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."
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Then the Lord answered him,
"You hypocrites! 8Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?
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And ought not this woman, 9a daughter of Abraham whom 10Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"
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As he said these things,
11all his adversaries were put to shame, and
12all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven
18 13He said therefore,
"What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
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It is like 14a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."
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And again he said,
"To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
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15It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in 16three measures of flour, until it was 17all leavened."