Luke 13:11

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“and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.”

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BSBPD

“and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And, 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 13:11 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
  2. Psalms 6:2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
  3. Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
  4. Psalms 42:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
  5. Psalms 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
  6. Psalms 146:8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
  7. Matthew 9:32As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.
  8. Mark 9:21Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
  9. Luke 8:2as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
  10. Luke 8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
  11. Luke 8:43including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
  12. Luke 13:16Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
  13. John 5:5One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
  14. John 9:19and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
  15. Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  16. Acts 4:22For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
  17. Acts 14:8In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

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