Woman, You Are Set Free

Repentance, Mercy, and the Narrow Door · Luke 13

Story guide: Jesus supports a woman as she rises upright in a synagogue while joyful witnesses and a concerned ruler respond. This portrays woman, you are set free in Luke 13:10-17.

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10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

11And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and she was bent over and unable to straighten up completely.

12But when Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your weakness.”

13And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight again, and she glorified God.

14But the synagogue ruler answered, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd, “There are six days in which it is necessary to work; so come on those days and be healed, and not on the day of the Sabbath.”

15But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough and lead it away to water it?”

16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound for eighteen years—look—be released from this bond on the Sabbath day?

17And as he was saying these things, all who were opposing him were put to shame, and the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by him.

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