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Luke 13:13

Sickness and healingPraise and worship

11 and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”

Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

15 “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
KJV
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
WEB
He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
ASV
And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
DARBY
And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
BLB
And He laid the hands on her, and immediately she was set upright and was glorifying God.
ÅB
Og han la sine hender på henne, og straks rettet hun seg opp og priste Gud.
OTB
Han la hendene på henne, og straks rettet hun seg opp og priste Gud.
B1930
Og han la sine hender på henne, og straks rettet hun sig op og priste Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 107:20–22

    He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

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  • Mark 16:18

    they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

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  • Mark 5:23

    and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

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  • Mark 6:5

    So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

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  • Luke 4:40

    At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

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  • Psalms 116:16–17

    Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

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  • Psalms 103:1–5

    Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

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  • Mark 8:25

    Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

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