“His adversaries were ashamed”

Ashamed, and rightly so for being more interested in their religious traditions than the well-being of a crippled lady.

Luke 13:10-21

• For 18 years she was bent over and unable to lift herself up.
• Jesus laid his hands on her and immediately she was made straight (v. 13).
• An indignant synagogue ruler accused Jesus of breaking the fourth commandment.
• Jesus reprimanded the man for hypocrisy, caring more for dumb animals than for the lady (v. 15-16).
• Jesus relates two parables to show that the kingdom of God being small and insignificant but that it grows to influence the world around it.

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