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Luke 13:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Therefore 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? "
Luke 13:15
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13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
14 The 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!”
15 Therefore 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?
16 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?”
17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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Luke 13:1
"Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices."
Luke 13:2
"Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?"
Luke 13:3
"I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."
Luke 13:4
"Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?"
Luke 13:5
"I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”"
Luke 13:6
"He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none."
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