Luke 13:11

And behold, there was a woman who had suffered from a spirit of disability for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not stand up completely straight.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues.

12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, yoʋ are set free from yoʋr disability.”

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Cross References

Mark 9:21Then Jesus asked the boy's father, “How long has this been happening to him?” The father said, “From childhood.

Luke 8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the city who had been possessed by demons for a long time. This man did not wear clothes or live in a house but among the tombs.

Luke 13:16Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be released from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Matthew Henry on Luke 13:11-18

The Infirm Woman Healed. 10 And 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… Read the whole commentary →

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