013:011 where a woman was present who for eighteen years had been a confirmed invalid: she was bent double, and was unable to lift herself to her full height.
013:012 But Jesus saw her, and calling to her, He said to her, "Woman,
you are free from your weakness."
013:013 And He put His hands on her, and she immediately stood upright
and began to give glory to God.
013:014 Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."
013:015 But the Lord's reply to him was, "Hypocrites, does not each of you
on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall
and lead him to water?
013:016 And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan
had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be
loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"
013:017 When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed,
while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious
things continually done by Him.
013:018 This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
013:019 It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."
013:020 And again He said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?