11And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
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And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)Here is, I. The miraculous cure of a woman that had been long under a spirit of infirmity. Our Lord Jesus spent his Sabbaths in the synagogues , Luke 13:10. We should make conscience of doing so, as we have opportunity, and not think we can spend the sabbath as well at home reading a good book; for religious assemblies are a divine institution, which we must bear our testimony to, though but of tw…
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