Luke 13:16
14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
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?
17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble 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
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Read in contextLuke 19:9
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Read in contextLuke 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Read in contextActs 13:26
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Read in contextJohn 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:26
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Read in contextMatthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Read in contextRomans 4:12–16
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
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