In Luke 13, which healing on the Sabbath caused the synagogue leader to become indignant?
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Correct answer: A woman crippled for eighteen years
Jesus healed a woman who could not stand up straight, leading the synagogue leader to tell the crowd to come for healing on the other six days. Jesus called him a hypocrite for caring more for livestock than for a daughter of Abraham.
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