10 Now as Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, 11 He saw a woman there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years—she was bent over and could not straighten up. 12 So He called her over*In a synagogue the women were separated from the men, so He called her over to the men’s side. and said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity!" 13 He placed His hands on her and immediately she was made straight and started glorifying God.

14 But the ruler of the synagogue reacted with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days in which one should work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath."*Of course the woman had not come to be healed; she came to worship God. It was the Lord’s initiative, so the ruler’s complaint was really directed at Him. 15 So the Lord answered him and said: "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it away to water? 16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan*By using the enemy’s proper name, Jesus is declaring that it was actually Satan who was behind the problem. kept bound during eighteen long years, be freed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" 17 When He said these things all His adversaries were put to shame, while all the crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.