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so, but remembering what happened in the
        Shunammite  woman’s case, I believe the
        woman in Mark 5 got her money and goods
        back.
          The Bible doesn’t waste words. I believe
        that is the reasoning behind introducing her as
        one who had “spent all that she had” on physi-
        cians. I believe that when Jesus said she would
        be shalem, He meant she would recover all fi-
        nancially and materially as well as physically.
              The Woman Bowed Down

          When Jesus saw a woman bowed down,
        who could not straighten herself, He “healed
        her on the Sabbath day,” and the ruler of the
        synagogue reprimanded  Him  for  it. Notice
        why He said it was wrong for Satan to bind
        her:
            Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman,
            being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath
            bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from
            this bond on the sabbath day?
          She was  a  covenant  woman! The God of
        peace  provided Israel with a covenant that
        made  available to them deliverance, whole-
        ness, soundness, prosperity. From Abraham to
        the times of Jesus, some — though not nearly
        all — took advantage of it.
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