Deacon:  Wisdom. Stand up. Hear the Holy Gospel.

Priest:    Peace to you all. 

People:   And to your spirit.

Deacon:   A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke [13:10-17]

People:  Glory to You Lord. Glory to You.

Priest:   Listen.

Deacon:

At that time, it was the Sabbath, and Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues.

A woman was there who had been crippled by an evil spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

When Jesus saw her, He called her forward and said to her, 'Woman, be free from your weakness.' Then He put His hands on her. 

Immediately she straightened up and praised God.

Because Jesus was healing on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader was very upset, and said to the people, 'There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'

Jesus answered him, 'You hypocrites! Don't each of you untie his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it out to water on the Sabbath ?'

'Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be freed on the Sabbath from whatever binds her ?'

When He said this, all his opponents felt put down, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things He was doing.

People: Glory to You Lord, Glory to You.