30 The ruler of the synagogue was filled with wrath because the healer healed upon the Sabbath day.
31 He did not censure Jesus face to face, but turning to the multitudes he said,
32 You men of Galilee, why do you break the laws of God? There are six days in every week when you may work, and then you may bring the afflicted to be healed.
33 This is the day that God has blessed, the Sabbath day in which men may not work.
34 And Jesus said, You inconsistent scribes and Pharisees! Upon the Sabbath day you take your beasts of burden from their stalls, and lead them forth to eat and drink; is this not work?
35 This daughter of your father Abraham, who has been bound for eighteen years, has come in faith to be made free.
36 Now, tell me, men, is it a crime to break her bonds and set her free upon the Sabbath day?
37 The ruler said no more; the people all rejoiced and said, Behold the Christ!
38 And Jesus spoke a parable; he said, The kingdom of the Christ is like a little seed that one put in the ground;
39 It grew and after many years became a mighty tree, and many people rested in its shade, and birds built nests and reared their young among its leafy boughs.