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He placed his hands on her and she straightened up at once and praised God.
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The synagogue leader, incensed that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded, "There are six days during which work is permitted. Come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath day."
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The Lord replied, " Hypocrites! Don't each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from its stall and lead it out to get a drink?
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Then isn't it necessary that this woman, a daughter of Abraham, bound by Satan for eighteen long years, be set free from her bondage on the Sabbath day?"
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When he said these things, all his opponents were put to shame, but all those in the crowd rejoiced at all the extraordinary things he was doing.
Growth of God’s kingdom
18 Jesus asked, " What is God's kingdom like? To what can I compare it?
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It's like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in a garden. It grew and developed into a tree and the birds in the sky nested in its branches."
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Again he said, " To what can I compare God's kingdom?
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It's like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through the whole."
Who will be saved?
22 Jesus traveled through cities and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.
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Someone said to him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" Jesus said to them,