Crippled Woman Healed

Illustration of Crippled Woman Healed

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus encounters a woman in a synagogue who had been crippled and bent double for eighteen years due to a spirit of infirmity. On the Sabbath, he calls her forward, lays his hands on her, and instantly heals her, allowing her to stand straight and glorify God. This miracle highlights Jesus' compassion and authority over physical and spiritual afflictions, while also sparking controversy with religious leaders who objected to healing on the Sabbath. Jesus responds by pointing out the hypocrisy in their willingness to care for animals on the holy day but not a suffering human, underscoring the priority of mercy in God's kingdom.

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Healing
Testament
New Testament
Performed by
Jesus

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The Miracle

Luke 13:10-17

A10nd he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

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The woman had been bent over and unable to stand straight for 18 years due to a spirit of infirmity.

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Jesus called her over on the Sabbath and said 'Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.'

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He laid His hands on her and she was immediately made straight.

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This angered the synagogue ruler because it was done on the Sabbath.