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AnswerIn verses 13:11-16, Luke describes the scene where Jesus heals a woman who had sufferred with an infirmity for eighteen years, and the rulers of the synagogue accused him of doing work on the Sabbath. This passage is unique to Luke, and is followed almost immediately by a story about Jesus lecturing the Pharisees, in the home of one of them, that it was lawful to do good on the Sabbath. It is also very similar to the story of Jesus healing the man with the withered hand, when the Pharisees once again accused him of doing work on the Sabbath (6-6-11), which the author of this Gospel is believed to have copied from Mark 3:1-6.

The author of Luke's Gospel and of Acts of the Apostles recognised that emphasis and acceptance can be achieved by repetition, and frequently relayed three versions of a story or of similar stories with the same message. Luke has introduced the passage from Mark's Gospel, but seems to have produced two further stories to emphasise that Jesus approved of healing the sick on the Sabbath.

Luke 13:11-16 is one of a set of three stories that achieve emphasis for Luke's objective.
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