Luke 13:8-12

⁸But the gardener replied to the owner, ‘Sir, leave it here for another year. I will dig around it and put manure around it.

⁹If it bears fruit next year, we (inc) will allow it to keep growing. If it does not bear fruit next year, you (sg) can cut it down.’”

¹⁰One ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, Jesus was teaching people in one of the Jewish meeting places.

¹¹There was a woman there whom an evil spirit MTY had crippled for eighteen years. She was always bent over; she could not stand up straight.

¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, “Woman, I am freeing you (sg) from your illness!”