ΝΑΜΑΤΑ ΓΛΥΚΥΡΡΟΙΑ: a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years

37 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς, πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.

Κυριακή 5 Δεκεμβρίου 2010

a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years

Luke 13:10-17

At that time, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the
sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen
years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. And
when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, "Woman, you are
freed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her, and
immediately she was made straight, and she praised God. But the ruler of the
synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the
people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those
days and be healed, and not on the sabbath day." 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?
And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for
eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said
this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people
rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.