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"And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for threeyears I have comelooking for fruit on thisfigtreewithout*finding any. 1Cut it down! Why does it evenuse up the ground?'
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"And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for thisyeartoo, until I digaround it and put in fertilizer;
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and if it bearsfruitnext* year, fine; but if not, cut it down.' "
Healing on the Sabbath
10 And He was 2teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
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And there was a woman who for eighteenyears had had3a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bentdouble, and could not straighten up at all.
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When Jesussaw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness."
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And He 4laid His hands on her; and immediately she was madeerectagain and began 5glorifyingGod.
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But 6the synagogueofficial, indignantbecauseJesus7had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "8There are sixdays in whichworkshould be done; socomeduring them and gethealed, and not on the Sabbathday."
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But 9the Lordanswered him and said, "You hypocrites, 10does not each of you on the Sabbathuntie his oxor his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?
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"And thiswoman, 11a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom12Satan has bound for eighteen*longyears, should she not have been released from thisbond on the Sabbathday?"
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As He saidthis, all His opponents were being humiliated; and 13the entirecrowd was rejoicingoverall the gloriousthingsbeingdone by Him.