He said to the dresser
of his vineyard, Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on
this fig tree and found none. Cut it down; why have it take up space?
His dresser said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I
dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit, all is well, and,
if not, then afterward it shall be cut down.
He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. He saw a
woman who, for eighteen years, had been bowed over and could not stand
upright. When Jesus recognized her, He called her to Him, and said,
Woman, thou art loosed from this infirmity. He laid His hands on her
and, immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
The ruler of the synagogue, filled with indignation because Jesus had
healed on the sabbath day, said to the people, There are six days in
which men ought to work. On those days, therefore, come and be healed,
and not on the sabbath day.
The Lord said to the ruler of the synagogue, Thou hypocrite, does not
each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall,
and lead him to be watered? Here is a woman, a daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan has bound for eighteen years. Should she not be loosed from
this bond on the sabbath day? Upon saying this, Jesus' adversaries
were ashamed and the rest of the people rejoiced for all the glorious
things that were done by Him.
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