Jesus Heals A Woman

Bent Double With Disease

By

The Twelve Apostles

Jesus Heals A Woman Bent Double With Disease
Now, in a certain town they went up to the synagogue upon the Sabbath Day, and Jesus taught. And as He spoke, two men brought in a bed a woman bent double with disease. She had not risen from her bed for eighteen years without a helping hand. And Jesus laid His hand upon the woman, and said, “Arise, be free from your infirmity.” And as He spoke the Word, the woman found that she was straight and strong, and she arose and walked and said, “Praise God.”

The ruler of the synagogue was filled with wrath because the healer healed upon the Sabbath Day. He did not censure Jesus face to face, but turning to the multitudes he said, “You men of Galilee, why do you break the laws of God? There are six days in every week when you may bring the afflicted to be healed. This is the day that God has blessed, the Sabbath Day in which men must not do any work.”
And Jesus said, “You inconsistent Scribes and Pharisees! Upon the Sabbath Day you take your beasts of burden from their stalls, and lead them forth to eat and drink. Is this not work? This daughter of your father, Abraham, who has been bound for eighteen years, has come in faith to be made free. Now, tell me, men, is it a crime to break her bonds and set her free upon the Sabbath Day?”