Lk. 13:10 Now He was teaching in one f the synagogues on the Sabbath.
Lk. 13:11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.
This woman had a curvature of the spine inflicted on her by Satan some eighteen years ago.
Lk. 13:12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”
Lk. 13:13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Lk. 13:14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath Day.”
Lk. 13:15 The Lord answered and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?”
In BT:Gittin 62a the Rabbis taught that a man must feed his animals before feeding himself. The Lord berates them for their hypocrisy. They were more willing to help an animal in distress on the Sabbath, but not a human being. Once again, there is no prohibition in the Torah or Mishnah concerning healing on the Sabbath.
Lk. 13:16 “So ought this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound - think of it for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”
The term “daughter of Abraham” is a common term for the faithful Jews (BT:Gittin 89a; Kethuboth 72b; Pesachim 110b; Sanhedrin 94b; Succah 49b). The emphasis is on the individual Jewishness (a daughter of Abraham) because He is not dealing with the nation as a whole any more.
Sources: BT:Gittin 89a; Kethuboth 72b; Pesachim 110b; Sanhedrin 94b; Succah 49b
Lk. 13:17 And when He had said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitudes rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
Lk. 13:18 Then He said,“What is the Kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare them?”
Lk. 13:19 “It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
In the Parable of the Sower, the birds are used symbolically as servants of Satan. Mustard can grow into a tree that is 10 to 12 feet tall.
Lk. 13:20 And again He said, “To what shall I liken the Kingdom of God?”
Lk. 13:21 “It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.
The Kingdom of God here on earth will always have a problem with inward corruption because man is inherently wicked.
