"JESUS was teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath, and a crippled woman was there. An evil spirit had kept her bent for eighteen years, so that she could not straighten up at all. On seeing her, JESUS called her and said, 'Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.' Then HE laid HIS hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight and praised GOD.
But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant, because JESUS had performed the healing on the Sabbath day, and he said to the people, 'There are six days in which to work. Come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath.'
But the LORD replied, 'You hypocrites! Everyone of you unties his ox or his donkey on the Sabbath, and leads it out of the barn to give it water. And here you have a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound for eighteen years. Should she not be freed from her bonds on the Sabbath?'
When JESUS said this all HIS opponents felt ashamed. But the people rejoiced at the many wonderful things that happened because of HIM." - Luke 13:10-17
(The word untie was used by the Jews to express that someone's sin or penalty was canceled. It also meant freeing an animal from its yoke. JESUS frees the human person and invites us to follow HIS example.
We should not be surprised at the indignation of the chief of the synagogue. Since he had never been able to help his sick sister, he must have felt discredited by JESUS' move. Would it not be the same with us? It never occurred to JESUS to ask the authorities for permission to save people.)
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