Scripture
Luke 13:10-17 (ESV)
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” 13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” 17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
Questions for Reflection
1. When has someone criticized you for doing something good?
2. What did Jesus do when He saw the crippled woman? (13:12)
3. What led to the crippled woman’s healing? (13:12-13)
4. How did the woman respond to what Jesus had done? (13:13)
5. Why was the synagogue ruler indignant? (13:14)
6. What did Jesus think of the religious leaders? (13:15)
7. What example did Jesus give to justify His healing of the woman? (13:15-16)
8. How did different people react to what had happened? (13:17)
9. How did the Jewish leader view the Sabbath?
10. What must it have taken for the crippled woman to go to the synagogue?
11. What do you think the crippled woman expected?
12. What do you think Jesus’ touch meant to the woman He healed?
13. What restrictions do we foolishly put on God’s work?
