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And He was ^(g)teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had ^(h)a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.

When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness."

And He ⁽ⁱ⁾laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began ^(j)glorifying God.

But ^(k)the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus ^(l)had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "^(m)There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

But ⁽ⁿ⁾the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites, ^(o)does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?

And this woman, ^(p)a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom ^(q)Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and ^(r)the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

So ^(s)He was saying, "^(t)What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and ^(u) the birds of the ^[e] air nested in its branches ."

And again He said, "^(v)To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

^(w)It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in ^(x)three ^[f]pecks of flour until it was all leavened."