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The Message Bible MSG
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
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He was teaching in one of the meeting places on the Sabbath.
11 And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
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There was a woman present, so twisted and bent over with arthritis that she couldn't even look up. She had been afflicted with this for eighteen years.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability."
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When Jesus saw her, he called her over. "Woman, you're free!"
13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.
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He laid hands on her and suddenly she was standing straight and tall, giving glory to God.
14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "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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The meeting-place president, furious because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the congregation, "Six days have been defined as work days. Come on one of the six if you want to be healed, but not on the seventh, the Sabbath."
15 Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does 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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But Jesus shot back, "You frauds! Each Sabbath every one of you regularly unties your cow or donkey from its stall, leads it out for water, and thinks nothing of it.
16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"
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So why isn't it all right for me to untie this daughter of Abraham and lead her from the stall where Satan has had her tied these eighteen years?"
17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
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When he put it that way, his critics were left looking quite silly and red-faced. The congregation was delighted and cheered him on.
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