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Luke 13:16

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Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

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Luke 13:16 in other translations

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

Luke 13:16 · American Standard Version

Luke 13:16 in context

  1. 14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
  2. 15Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
  3. 16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
  4. 17As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
  5. 18He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?