A Woman with a Disabling Spirit Healed
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
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And behold, a woman [was there] who had a spirit {that had disabled her} [for] eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely.
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And [when he] saw her, Jesus summoned [her] and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability!"
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And he placed [his] hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and glorified God.
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But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered [and] said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come [and] be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!"
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But the Lord answered and said to him, "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or [his] donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead [it] away to water [it]?
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And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound {eighteen} long years--is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?"
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And [when] 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.
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
18 Therefore he said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
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It is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."
The Parable of the Yeast
20 And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
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It is like yeast that a woman took [and] hid in three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."
The Narrow Door
22 And he was going throughout towns and villages, teaching and making [his] journey toward Jerusalem.
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And someone said to him, "Lord, {are there only} a few who are saved?" And he said to them,
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"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,
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when once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock [on] the door, saying, 'Lord, open [the door] for us!' And he will answer [and] say to you, 'I do not know where you are from!'
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Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets!'
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And he will reply, saying to you, 'I do not know where you are from! Go away from me, all [you] {evildoers}!'
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In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown outside!
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And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
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And behold, [some] are last who will be first, and [some] are first who will be last."