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judgethequick and the dead. In themean timeitisnow
spared.GREG. But he who willnotby correctiongrow richGreg.untofruitfulness,fallsto thatplacefrom whence he isno sup'
moreabletoriseagainby repentance.
10.And He was teachingin one ofthesynagogues
onthesabbath.
11.And, behold,therewas a woman which had
a spiritof infirmityeighteenyears,and was bowed
together,and couldinno wiseliftup herself.
12.And when Jesussaw her,He calledherto Him,
andsaidunto her,"Woman, thou artloosedfrom thine
infirmity.
13.And He laidHis hands on her: and imme
diatelyshe was made straight,and glorifiedGod.
14.And the rulerof the synagogueansweredwith
indignation,because that Jesus had healedon the
sabbathday,and saidunto the people,There aresix
daysinwhich men ought to work : inthem therefore
comeand be healed,and not on the sabbathday.
15.The Lord then answeredhim, and said,Thou
hypocrite,doth not each one of you on the sabbath
loosehis ox or hisass from the stall,and leadhim
awayto watering?
16.And ought not thiswoman, beinga daughter
of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these
eighteenyears,be loosedfrom thisbond on the sab
bathday?
17.And when He had saidthesethings,allHis
adversarieswere ashamed : and allthe people re
joicedforallthe gloriousthingsthatwere done by
Him.
AMBROSE.He soon explainedthatHe had been speaking
ofthesynagogue,shewing,that He trulycame to it,who
preachedin it,as itissaid,And He was teachingin oneof
thesynagogues.CHRYS. He teachesindeednot separately,
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