Luke 13:16

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?

Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

17 When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
KJV
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
WEB
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
ASV
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?
DARBY
And this [woman], who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
BLB
And this one, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound, behold, eighteen years, was it not necessary for [her] to be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?”
ÅB
Men denne, en Abrahams datter, som Satan har bundet, tenk, i atten år, skulle ikke hun bli løst av dette bånd på sabbatsdagen?
OTB
Skulle ikke da denne kvinnen, en Abrahams datter, som Satan har bundet i hele atten år, bli løst fra det som bandt henne på sabbatsdagen?"
B1930
Men denne, en Abrahams datter, som Satan har bundet, tenk, i atten år, skulde ikke hun bli løst av dette bånd på sabbatsdagen?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 2:27

    Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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  • Luke 19:9

    Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.

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  • Luke 3:8

    Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

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  • Acts 13:26

    Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

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  • John 8:44

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:26

    Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

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  • Matthew 4:10

    “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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  • Romans 4:12–16

    And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

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