10. Around this time, He was teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.

11. A woman there had been sick for 18 years; she was weak, hunched over, and unable to stand up straight.

12-13. Jesus placed His hands on her and suddenly she could stand straight again. She started praising God,

14. but the synagogue official was indignant because Jesus had not kept their Sabbath regulations by performing this healing.

(The Voice)

21. Father, may they all be one as You are in Me and I am in You; may they be in Us, for by this unity the world will believe that You sent Me.

22. All the glory You have given to Me, I pass on to them. May that glory unify them and make them one as We are one,

23. I in them and You in Me, that they may be refined so that all will know that You sent Me, and You love them in the same way You love Me.

(The Voice)

Jesus: 17. Simon, son of Jonah, your knowledge is a mark of blessing. For you didn’t learn this truth from your friends or from teachers or from sages you’ve met on the way. You learned it from My Father in heaven.

18. This is why I have called you Peter (rock): for on this rock I will build My church. The church will reign triumphant even at the gates of hell. [The Voice]

18. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. [NKJV]

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