There’s a moment in the synagogue that reveals two opposite ways of seeing God.

A woman, bent over for eighteen years, walks in.
Jesus calls her forward, lays His hands on her, and restores her completely.

And the ruler of the synagogue reacts with indignation:

“There are six days in which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them…”
Luke 13:14

To him, healing was work — something belonging to human effort.

But listen to Jesus’ answer:

“Ought not this woman… be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”
Luke 13:16

Both use the word “ought.”
But the difference is everything.

The ruler meant:
“You should work for healing.”

Jesus meant:
“She deserves healing because she is loved.”

One sees healing as labor.
The other sees healing as compassion.

One prioritizes rules.
The other prioritizes the person.

When Jesus says “ought,” it carries the weight of heaven’s mercy.
It means: How can she remain in pain one moment longer?

What the ruler called “man’s work,” Jesus called the Father’s heart.

And nothing reveals God more clearly than that.

God wants to heal you more than you want it yourself.