Luke 13:15

Luke 13:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

Context of Luke 13:15

13Then he laid his hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God. 14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.” But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water? 16Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for eighteen years — shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?” 17When he had said these things, all his adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things he was doing.

Luke 13:15 word by word

Ἀπεκρίθη δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος καὶ εἶπεν· ὑποκριταί, ἕκαστος ὑμῶν τῷ σαββάτῳ οὐ λύει τὸν βοῦν αὐτοῦ ἢ τὸν ὄνον ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης, καὶ ἀπαγαγὼν ποτίζει;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• hypocriteὑποκριτήςhupokritēs · hypocriteG5273
• dothλύωluō · to looseG3089
• notοὐou · noG3756
• each oneἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• of youσύsu · youG4771
• on the sabbathσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521
• oxβοῦςbous · oxG1016
• orἤē · orG2228
• assὄνοςonos · donkeyG3688
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the stallφάτνηphatnē · mangerG5336
• leadἀπάγωapagō · to lead awayG520
• to wateringποτίζωpotizō · to waterG4222

Cross-references for Luke 13:15

• Luke 6:42Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam of wood in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter in your brother’s eye.
• Luke 12:1Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Job 34:30so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people.
• Proverbs 11:9With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
• Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless one will vanish, the scorner will disappear, and all those who lie in wait with evil intent will be killed —
• Matthew 7:5Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.
• Matthew 15:7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:
• Matthew 23:13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
• Acts 8:20But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
• Acts 13:9But Saul — also called Paul — filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at Elymas
• Luke 14:5And to them, he said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
• John 7:21“I performed one work, and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered.

Commentaries on Luke 13:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thou hypocrite! - You condemn “me” for an action, and yet you perform one exactly similar. You condemn “me” for doing to a woman what you do to a beast. To her I have done good on the Sabbath; you provide for your cattle, and yet blame me for working a miracle to relieve a sufferer on that day. Stall - A place where cattle are kept to be fed, and sheltered from the weather.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 Our Lord Jesus attended upon public worship on the sabbaths. Even bodily infirmities, unless very grievous, should not keep us from public worship on sabbath days. This woman came to Christ to be taught, and to get good to her soul, and then he relieved her bodily infirmity. This cure represents the work of Christ's grace upon the soul. And when crooked souls are made straight, they will show it by glorifying God. Christ knew that this ruler…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16You hypocrites! Hypocrites are people who pretend to be good or righteous, saying one thing but doing another. The religious leaders would care for their own animals on the Sabbath, but they would not help another person in need. There is also a play on words in the text. The same word is used for "untie" (13:15) and "released" (13:16). The leaders would free their animals but not a daughter of Abraham, one of God's chosen people. whom Satan has kept…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. the Lord--(See on Lu 10:1). hypocrite!--How "the faithful and true Witness" tears off the masks which men wear! his ox, &c.--(See on Mt 12:9-13; and Lu 6:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:15

• Ass (Donkey)
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Manger
• Miracles
• Sabbath

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Manger
• Nay
• Ox
• Repent
• Sabbath
• Cattle
• Crook-Backed
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Luke 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings