10 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath . 11 And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit ; and she was bent double , and could not straighten up at all . 12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman , you are freed from your sickness ." 13 And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God . 14 But the synagogue official , indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath , began saying to the crowd in response , " There are six days in which work should be done ; so come during them and get healed , and not on the Sabbath day ." 15 But the Lord answered him and said , "You hypocrites , does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him? 16 "And this woman , a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen e long years , should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day ?" 17 As He said this , all His opponents were being humiliated ; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.
18 So He was saying , " What is the kingdom of God like , and to what shall I compare it? 19 "It is like a mustard seed , which a man took and threw into his own garden ; and it grew and became a tree , and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES ."
20 And again He said , " To what shall I compare the kingdom of God ? 21 " It is like leaven , which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 13:10-21
Commentary on Luke 13:10-17
(Read Luke 13:10-17)
Our Lord Jesus attended upon public worship on the sabbaths. Even bodily infirmities, unless very grievous, should not keep us from public worship on sabbath days. This woman came to Christ to be taught, and to get good to her soul, and then he relieved her bodily infirmity. This cure represents the work of Christ's grace upon the soul. And when crooked souls are made straight, they will show it by glorifying God. Christ knew that this ruler had a real enmity to him and to his gospel, and that he did but cloak it with a pretended zeal for the sabbath day; he really would not have them be healed any day; but if Jesus speaks the word, and puts forth his healing power, sinners are set free. This deliverance is often wrought on the Lord's day; and whatever labour tends to put men in the way of receiving the blessing, agrees with the design of that day.
Commentary on Luke 13:18-22
(Read Luke 13:18-22)
Here is the progress of the gospel foretold in two parables, as in Matthew 13. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God. May grace grow in our hearts; may our faith and love grow exceedingly, so as to give undoubted evidence of their reality. May the example of God's saints be blessed to those among whom they live; and may his grace flow from heart to heart, until the little one becomes a thousand.