97. The Woman with the Spirit of Infirmity

        ¹⁰Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. ¹²And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” ¹³And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and she praised God.
        ¹⁴But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, but not on the Sabbath day.”
        ¹⁵Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead it away to water it? ¹⁶And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham who has been bound down by evil for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”
        ¹⁷And as he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
        (Lk. 13:10–17)

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Lk. 13:14  healed, but not / healed, and not (RSV)
Lk. 13:16  Abraham who has been bound down by evil for / Abraham whom Satan bound for (RSV)   (167:3/1835–6)

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