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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?”

Luke 13:16 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીલૂક ૧૩:૧૬
આ સ્ત્રી જે ઇબ્રાહિમની દીકરી છે, જેને શેતાને અઢાર વર્ષથી બાંધી રાખી હતી, તેને વિશ્રામવારે છૂટી કરી એ શું ખોટું કર્યું?’”
हिन्दीलूका १३:१६
और क्या उचित न था, कि यह स्त्री जो अब्राहम की बेटी है, जिसे शैतान ने अठारह वर्ष से बाँध रखा था, सब्त के दिन इस बन्धन से छुड़ाई जाती?”

In context

14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”

15Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water?

16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

17As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

18He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?

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