Jesus 5 aid 
 
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 JESUS SAID 
 
 QUESTIONS OF LIFE ANSWERED 
 
 BY THE ONE WHO ALONE SPEAKS 
 
 WITH AUTHORITY 
 
 SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY 
 FRANCES E. LORD 
 
 BOSTON 
 
 SHERMAN, FRENCH <fr COMPANY 
 
 1913 
 
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 copyright, 1913 
 Sherman, French 6* Company 
 
PREFATORY NOTE 
 
 This little hand book is put forth with a 
 single and definite purpose. 
 
 When Jesus was about to leave his dis- 
 ciples he told them that the Comforter, 
 the Holy Spirit whom the Father would 
 send in his name, would teach them all 
 things and bring to their remembrance all 
 that he himself had said to them. 
 
 This is the need of the Christian — to have 
 the Holy Spirit bring to his mind at the 
 right moment the words of Christ. 
 
 But how if the Christian be not familiar 
 with these words? The lack — the weakness 
 — of so many Christians to-day is that, 
 never having learned them, these words are 
 not "in mind" to be "brought to remem- 
 brance." 
 
 The mission of this little book is to pre- 
 sent the final word that has been, or can be, 
 spoken on the pressing questions of life in 
 
such shape that it may be easily carried 
 and daily studied. 
 
 With this purpose it is sent forth. 
 
 May the Lord grant that its mission be 
 fulfilled. 
 
 F. E. L. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 I. 
 II. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Questions Out of the Night . . 1 
 Questions From Without the 
 Pale 4 
 
 III. 
 
 A Question of Caste .... 
 
 9 
 
 IV. 
 
 A Question of Times and Sea- 
 sons 
 
 10 
 
 V. 
 
 The Sabbath Question .... 
 
 11 
 
 VI. 
 
 Question From a Prison . . . 
 
 13 
 
 VII. 
 
 Which Will Love Him Most? 
 
 14 
 
 VIII. 
 
 What May This Parable Be? 
 
 16 
 
 IX. 
 
 Question as to the Meaning of 
 the Parable of the Tares of 
 the Field 
 
 18 
 
 X. 
 
 Question — A Cry That Wakes 
 the Tired Sleeper 
 
 20 
 
 XI. 
 
 What Shall We Do to Work the 
 Works of God? 
 
 22 
 
 XII. 
 
 What Dost Thou Work? . . . 
 
 23 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Question of the Traditionists . . 
 
 25 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Heaven-Born Wit Brings the 
 Heavenly Blessing .... 
 
 28 
 
 XV. 
 
 Who Do Men Say That the Son 
 of Man Is? 
 
 30 
 
 XVI. 
 
 If Thou Canst 
 
 31 
 
PAGE 
 
 XVII. Who Is the Greatest? .... 34 
 
 XVIII. How Many Times Shall I For- 
 give? 36 
 
 XIX. Who Pats Tribute? 37 
 
 XX. Where Are the Nike? .... 38 
 
 XXI. What it Means to Follow Jesus 40 
 
 XXII. And Who is My Neighbor? . . 42 
 
 XXIII. Whose is the Good Portion? . . 44 
 
 XXIV. Lord, Teach Us to Pray ... 45 
 
 XXV. Whose Was the Sin? . . . .46 
 
 XXVI. How Long Dost Thou Keep Us in 
 
 Suspense? 48 
 
 XXVII. In What Does the Abundance of 
 
 a Man's Life Not Consist? . . 50 
 
 XXVIII. Are the Saved Few? .... 51 
 
 XXIX. When Cometh the Kingdom of 
 
 God? 53 
 
 XXX. The Question of Divorce ... 54 
 
 XXXI. Bringing Their Little Ones to 
 
 Jesus 56 
 
 XXXII. What Lack I Yet? 57 
 
 XXXIII. What Then Shall We Have? . 59 
 
 XXXIV. Whose Shall Be the Seats of 
 
 Honor in the Coming King- 
 dom? 60 
 
 XXXV. A New-Made Son of Abraham . 62 
 
 XXXVI. Why This Waste? 64 
 
 XXXVII. Is It Lawful to Give Tribute to 
 
 Caesar or Not? . . . . . .66 
 
PAGE 
 
 XXXVIII. A Question of Not Knowing the 
 Scriptures Nor the Power op 
 God 68 
 
 XXXIX. Which Is the Great Command in 
 
 the Law? 70 
 
 XL. When Shall the End Be? . .71 
 XLI. How Can We Know the Way? . 73 
 
 XLII. Questions to Philip — the Still 
 
 Unsatisfied 74 
 
 XLIII. How Comes It? 75 
 
 XLIV. The Solemn Question of the 
 
 High Priest 76 
 
 XLV. Paradise, the Answer to the 
 Humble Request of a Poor Sin- 
 ner to be Remembered ... 77 
 
 XLVI. Lovest Thou Me? 78 
 
 XL VI I. Last Question of the Disciples — 
 Lord, Dost Thou at This Time 
 Restore the Kingdom to Israel? 82 
 
QUESTIONS OUT OF THE NIGHT 
 
 A man of the Pharisees named Nicode- 
 mus came to Jesus by night and said unto 
 him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
 teacher come from God, for no one can do 
 these signs that thou doest except God be 
 with him. 
 
 Jesus answered and said unto him: 
 
 Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one 
 be born from above he cannot see the king- 
 dom of God. 
 
 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a 
 man be born when he is old? Can he enter 
 a second time into his mother's womb and 
 be born? 
 
 Jesus answered: 
 
 Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one 
 be born of water and Spirit he cannot enter 
 
 [i] 
 
into the kingdom of God. That which is 
 born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is 
 born of the spirit is spirit. Marvel not 
 that I said to thee, Ye must be born from 
 above. The wind blows where it wills, and 
 thou hearest the voice of it, but knowest not 
 whence it comes or whither it goes; thus is 
 it with every one that is born of the spirit. 
 
 Nicodemus said to him, How can these 
 things be? 
 
 Jesus answered and said to him: 
 Art thou the teacher of Israel and under- 
 standest not these things? Verily, verily, 
 I say to thee, we speak that which we know, 
 and bear witness of that which we have 
 seen; and ye receive not our witness. If 
 I have told you earthly things, and ye 
 believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you 
 heavenly things? And no one hath as- 
 cended into heaven but he that came down 
 from heaven, the Son of man who is in 
 heaven. As Moses lifted up the serpent in 
 the wilderness, even so must the Son of man 
 be lifted up, that every one that believeth on 
 him may have everlasting life. For so did 
 God love the world, that he gave his Son — 
 his only begotten — that whosoever believeth 
 [2] 
 
on him should not perish, but have eternal 
 
 life. 
 
 John 3:5-8, 10-16.* 
 
 * Notes — References throughout these pages are to 
 the words of Jesus only. 
 
 Italics are more freely used than otherwise they 
 would be because of the lack of the English, as 
 compared with the Greek, in various modes of em- 
 phasis. 
 
 [3] 
 
II 
 
 QUESTIONS FROM WITHOUT THE 
 PALE 
 
 Jesus leaving Judea to return to Galilee 
 must pass through Samaria. Near to the 
 city of Sychar was Jacob's well x ; and while 
 his disciples went into the city to buy food 
 Jesus wearied with the journey sat thus at 
 the well. 2 It was about the sixth hour. 
 There came a woman of Samaria to draw 
 water. 
 
 Jesus saith to her: 
 
 Give me to drink. 
 
 The woman saith to him, How is it that 
 thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, a 
 Samaritan woman ? For Jews have no deal- 
 ings with Samaritans. 
 
 Jesus answered and said to her: 
 
 If thou knewest the gift of God and who 
 
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it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, 
 thou wouldst have asked of him, and he 
 would have given thee living water. 
 
 The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast 
 nothing to draw with and the well 8 is deep ; 
 whence then hast thou that living water? 
 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, 
 who gave us the well 4 and himself drank 
 from it, and his sons, and his cattle? 
 
 Jesus answered and said to her: 
 
 Every one drinking of this water will 
 thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the 
 water that / shall give him, it will become 
 in him a spring 5 of water leaping up unto 
 eternal life. 
 
 The woman saith to him, Sir, give me 
 this water that I thirst not, neither come 
 hither to draw. 
 
 Jesus saith to her: 
 
 Go, call thy husband and come hither. 
 
 The woman answered, I have no husband. 
 
 Jesus saith to her: 
 
 Thou hast well said, I have no husband, 
 for thou hast had five husbands and he whom 
 thou now hast is not thy husband ; this hast 
 thou spoken truly. 
 
 The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive 
 [5] 
 
that thou art a prophet. Our fathers 
 worshiped in this mountain; and ye say 
 that in Jerusalem is the place where one 
 must worship. 
 
 Jesus saith to her: 
 
 Woman, believe me, the hour cometh when 
 neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem 
 shall ye worship the Father. Ye worship 
 that which ye know not; we worship that 
 which we know; for salvation is from the 
 Jews. But, the hour cometh and now is 
 when the true worshipers shall worship the 
 Father in spirit and in truth; for such the 
 Father also seeketh for his worshipers. 
 God is a spirit, and those who worship him 
 must worship in spirit and truth. 
 
 The woman saith to him, I know that 
 Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ) ; 
 when he is come he will tell us everything. 
 
 Jesus saith to her: 
 
 / that speak to thee am he. 
 
 Upon this came his disciples, and they 
 marveled that he talked with a woman, yet 
 no one said, What seekest thou? or, Why 
 talkest thou with her? 
 
 The woman then left her waterpot and 
 went away into the city and saith to the 
 [6] 
 
people, Come, see a man that told me all 
 things that ever I did ; can it be that this is 
 the Christ? They went out of the city and 
 were coming to him. Meanwhile the disci- 
 ples begged him, saying, Rabbi, eat. 
 
 But he said to them : 
 
 J have food to eat that ye know not. 
 
 The disciples therefore said one to an- 
 other, Can someone have brought him some- 
 thing to eat? 
 
 Jesus saith to them : 
 
 My food is to do the will of him that 
 sent me, and to complete his work. Are ye 
 not saying, There are yet four months and 
 then cometh the harvest? Behold, I say to 
 you, Lift your eyes and look on the fields, 
 that they are white to the harvest already. 
 He that reapeth receiveth wages and gather- 
 eth fruit unto life eternal ; that he that sow- 
 eth and he that reapeth may rejoice to- 
 gether. For in this is the saying true, One 
 is the sower and another the reaper. I sent 
 you to reap that whereon ye have not la- 
 bored; others have labored and ye are en- 
 tered upon their labor. 
 John 4:7, 10, 13, 14, 16-18, 21-24, 26, 32, 34-38. 
 
 [7] 
 
i Gr. irrrfrjt spring. 
 * Gr. wijyii. 
 
 3 Gr. <pp£ap, well, including both spring and sur 
 rounding stone-work. 
 *■ Gr. (ppcap. 
 8 Gr. Tryyii. 
 
 Word in Eng. is (in No. 5) "spring" — rrtfyii i 
 Greek — same word as (in Nos. 1 and 2) translated 
 ♦Veil." 
 
 in 
 
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HI 
 A QUESTION OF CASTE 
 
 As Jesus passed by he saw a man named 
 Matthew sitting at the place of toll. 
 
 And Jesus said to him: 
 
 Follow me. 
 
 He rose up, and left all, and followed 
 him. And he made him a great feast in his 
 house. And as they were at table many 
 publicans and sinners came and took their 
 places with Jesus and his disciples, for there 
 were many, and they followed him. But 
 when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his 
 disciples, Why eateth your Master with 
 publicans and sinners? 
 
 Jesus, hearing it, said: 
 
 They that are whole have no need of a 
 physician, but they that are sick; I came 
 not to call the righteous, but sinners. 
 
 Mark 2:17. 
 
IV 
 
 A QUESTION OF TIMES AND 
 SEASONS 
 
 Then came to Jesus the disciples of John, 
 saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, 
 but thy disciples fast not? 
 
 And Jesus said to them: 
 
 Can the sons of the bridechamber fast in 
 
 the time when the bridegroom is with them? 
 
 So long as the bridegroom is with them they 
 
 cannot fast. But the days will come when 
 
 the bridegroom shall be taken away from 
 
 them, and then will they fast in that day. 
 
 Mark 2:19, 20. 
 
 [10] 
 
THE SABBATH QUESTION 
 
 It came to pass that Jesus was going on 
 the sabbath-day through the grainfields; 
 and his disciples were hungry and began as 
 they went to pluck the ears and to eat, 
 rubbing them in their hands. 
 
 The Pharisees said to him, Behold why do 
 they on the sabbath-day that which is not 
 lawful ? 
 
 And he said : 
 
 Did ye never read what David did when 
 he had need and was hungry himself and 
 they that were with him? How he entered 
 into the house of God when Abiathar was 
 high priest, and ate the shew-bread, which 
 is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and 
 gave also to them that were with him? 
 And have ye not read in the law, how that 
 on the sabbath-day the priests in the temple 
 
 [ii] 
 
profane the sabbath and are guiltless? 
 
 But I say unto you that something greater 
 
 than the temple is here. If ye had known 
 
 what this meaneth, I will have mercy and 
 
 not a sacrifice, ye would not have condemned 
 
 the guiltless. And he said: 
 
 The sabbath came because of the man, 
 
 not the man because of the sabbath; so that 
 
 the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also. 
 
 Mark 2:25-28. 
 Matt. 12: 3-8 
 
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VI 
 
 QUESTION FROM A PRISON 
 
 Now when John in prison heard of the 
 works of the Christ, he called two of his 
 disciples and sent to the Lord, asking, Art 
 thou the Coming One, or look we for an- 
 other ? 
 
 Jesus answered and said to them: 
 Go and tell John the things which ye 
 hear and see: the blind receive their sight, 
 and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, 
 the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, 
 and the poor have good news brought to 
 them. And happy is he who shall find noth- 
 ing to offend in me. 
 
 Matt. 11:4-6. 
 
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VII 
 WHICH WILL LOVE HIM MOST? 
 
 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat 
 with him. And he entered into the Phar- 
 isee's house and reclined at table. And be- 
 hold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner, 
 when she knew that he was at table in the 
 Pharisee's house brought an alabaster cruse 
 of ointment, and standing behind at his feet 
 weeping, she began to wet his feet with tears 
 and wiped them with the hair of her head, 
 and tenderly kissed his feet and anointed 
 them with the ointment. Seeing this the 
 Pharisee who had invited him said to him- 
 self, This man if he were a prophet would 
 have perceived who and what sort of a 
 woman this is that touched him, that she is 
 a sinner. 
 
 Jesus answering said unto him: 
 
 Simon, I have something to say to thee. 
 
 And he said, Master, say on. 
 [U] 
 
A certain lender had two debtors; one 
 owed five hundred shillings and the other 
 fifty. When they had nothing to pay with 
 he freely forgave them both. Which of 
 them now will love him most? 
 
 Simon answering said, I suppose he to 
 whom he forgave most. 
 
 Jesus said to him: 
 
 Thou hast rightly judged. 
 
 And turning to the woman, he said to 
 Simon : 
 
 Seest thou this woman? I entered into 
 thy house ; thou gavest me no water for my 
 feet, but she has wetted my feet with her 
 tears and wiped them with her hair. Thou 
 gavest me no kiss; while she from the time 
 I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. 
 My head with oil thou didst not anoint ; but 
 she has anointed my feet with ointment. 
 For this reason I say to thee, Her sins — 
 the many — have been forgiven, for she loved 
 much; but he to whom little is forgiven, 
 he loveth little. 
 
 And he said to the woman : 
 
 Thy sins have been forgiven; thy faith 
 
 hath saved thee; go forth into peace. 
 
 Luke 7:40-48, 50. 
 
 [15] 
 
vm 
 
 WHAT MAY THIS PARABLE BE? 
 
 After Jesus had spoken the parable of 
 the sower, his disciples came to him and 
 asked him what this parable might be. 
 
 And Jesus said: 
 
 Unto you it is given to know the mysteries 
 of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in 
 parables ; that seeing they may not see, and 
 hearing they may not understand. Now 
 the parable is this: The seed is the word 
 of God. Those by the wayside are they 
 that have heard; then cometh the devil and 
 taketh away the word from their heart that 
 they may not believe and be saved. Those 
 on the rock are they who when they have 
 heard receive the word with joy; and these 
 have no root; who for a while believe, and 
 in time of temptation fall away. And that 
 which fell among the thorns, these are they 
 [16] 
 
that have heard, and as they go on their 
 
 way they are choked with cares and riches 
 
 and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit 
 
 to perfection. While that in the good 
 
 ground, these are such as in an honest and 
 
 good heart, having heard the word hold it 
 
 fast, and bring forth fruit with patience. 
 
 Luke 8:10-15. 
 
 [17] 
 
IX 
 
 QUESTION AS TO THE MEANING OF 
 
 THE PARABLE OF THE TARES 
 
 OF THE FIELD 
 
 When Jesus left the multitudes and went 
 into the house his disciples came to him, 
 asking him to explain to them the parable 
 of the tares of the field. 
 
 And he answered and said : 
 
 He that soweth the good seed is the Son 
 of man, and the field is the world: the good 
 seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, 
 and the tares are the sons of evil ; the enemy 
 that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is 
 the completion of the age; and the reapers 
 are angels. As therefore the tares are 
 gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it 
 be at the completion of the age. The Son 
 of man shall send forth his angels, and they 
 shall gather out of his kingdom all things 
 [18] 
 
that give offence, and them that do iniquity, 
 
 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire ; 
 
 there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
 
 teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth 
 
 as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 
 
 Matt. 13:37-43. 
 
 [19] 
 
QUESTION— A CRY THAT WAKES 
 THE TIRED SLEEPER 
 
 As Jesus taught by the seaside a very 
 great multitude gathered about him, so 
 that he entered into a boat and sat, while all 
 the multitudes were by the sea on the land. 
 And with many parables spake he the word 
 unto them as they were able to hear it, and 
 without a parable spake he not unto them; 
 and privately to his disciples he explained 
 all things. And when even was come, 
 
 He saith to them : 
 
 Let us go over to the other side. And 
 leaving the multitude they take him away 
 with them as he was in the boat. And 
 other boats were with him. And there came 
 up a great storm of wind and the waves beat 
 into the boat so that it was already filling. 
 And he himself was in the stern asleep on 
 [20] 
 
the cushion; and they wake him and say to 
 him, Master, carest thou not that we 
 perish ? 
 
 And he awoke, and rebuked the wind and 
 said to the sea, 
 
 Hush, be still. 
 
 And the wind ceased and there was a 
 great calm. 
 
 And he said to them : 
 
 Why are ye fearful? Have ye not yet 
 
 faith? 
 
 Mark 4:35, 39, 40. 
 
 [21] 
 
XI 
 
 WHAT SHALL WE DO TO WORK THE 
 WORKS OF GOD? 
 
 On the morrow after the feeding of the 
 five thousand the multitude sought for 
 Jesus, and when they found him on the other 
 side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, 
 when earnest thou hither? 
 
 Jesus answered them and said: 
 Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, 
 not because ye saw signs but because ye ate 
 of the loaves and were filled. Work not for 
 the food which perisheth, but for the food 
 which remaineth unto eternal life, which the 
 Son of man shall give you; for him the 
 Father, God, hath sealed. 
 
 They said therefore unto him, What shall 
 we do to work the works of God? 
 Jesus answered and said to them: 
 This is the work of God, that ye believe 
 on him whom he hath sent. 
 
 John 6:26, 27, 28. 
 
XII 
 WHAT DOST THOU WORK? 
 
 They said therefore to Jesus, What then 
 doest thou for a sign, that we may see and 
 believe thee? What dost thou work? 
 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness ; 
 as it is written, He gave them bread from 
 heaven to eat. 
 
 Jesus said to them : 
 
 It was not Moses that gave you that 
 bread from heaven; but my Father giveth 
 you the bread from heaven — the real bread. 
 For the bread of God is that coming down 
 from heaven, and giving life to the world. 
 
 They said then unto him, Lord, give us 
 always this bread. 
 
 Jesus said to them : 
 
 / am the bread of life ; he that cometh to 
 me shall not hunger, and he that believeth 
 on me shall never thirst. But, I said to 
 [23] 
 
you that ye have seen me and yet believe 
 not. All that which the Father giveth me 
 shall come unto me, and him that cometh 
 unto me I will not reject. 
 
 John 6:31-33, 35-37. 
 
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XIII 
 QUESTION OF THE TRADITIONISTS 
 
 There come to Jesus from Jerusalem 
 Pharisees and scribes, saying, Why do thy 
 disciples transgress the tradition of the eld- 
 ers, for they wash not their hands when 
 they eat bread. 
 
 Jesus answered them: 
 
 And why do ye transgress the command 
 of God through your tradition? For God 
 said, Honor thy father and thy mother; 
 and, He that revileth father or mother, let 
 him die the death. While ye say, Whoso- 
 ever shall say to his father or his mother, 
 That wherewith thou mightest have been 
 helped by me is Corban (devoted to God) he 
 shall not honor his father or his mother. 
 And ye have made void the word of God 
 through your tradition. Hypocrites, well 
 did Isaiah prophecy of you, saying, 
 [25] 
 
This people honoreth me with the lips ; 
 
 But their heart is far from me. 
 
 But in vain do they worship me, 
 
 Teaching for doctrines the command- 
 ments of men. 
 
 And he called to him the multitudes and 
 said to them: 
 
 Hear and understand; Not that which 
 entereth into the mouth defileth the man; 
 but that which proceedeth forth from the 
 mouth, this defileth the man. 
 
 Then came the disciples and said to him, 
 Knowest thou that the Pharisees were of- 
 fended when they heard this saying? 
 
 And he answered and said: 
 
 Every plant which has not been planted 
 by my Heavenly Father shall be rooted up. 
 Let them alone; they are blind guides. 
 And if the blind guide the blind, both shall 
 fall into a pit. 
 
 Peter answered and said to him, Declare 
 to us the parable. 
 
 And Jesus said : 
 
 Are ye also even yet without understand- 
 ing? 
 
 Perceive ye not that all that goes into 
 the mouth passes into the belly and is cast 
 
 [S6] 
 
out into the draught? But the things that 
 proceed forth from the mouth come forth 
 out of the heart; and those defile the man. 
 For out of the heart come forth evil 
 thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, 
 thefts, false witness, railings; these are the 
 things which defile the man ; but to eat with 
 unwashed hands defileth not the man. 
 
 Matt. 15:2-20. 
 
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XIV 
 
 HEAVEN-BORN WIT BRINGS THE 
 HEAVENLY BLESSING 
 
 Jesus went away into the borders of Tyre 
 and Sidon. And he entered into a house 
 and would have no one know it; and he 
 could not be hid: for straightway a woman, 
 whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, 
 having heard of him, came and fell down 
 at his feet: the woman was a Greek, a 
 Syrophenician by race. And she cried 
 unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O 
 Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is 
 grievously vexed with a demon. 
 
 But he answered her not a word. 
 
 And his disciples came and besought him, 
 saying, Send her away, for she crieth after 
 us. 
 
 But he answered and said: 
 
 I was not sent but unto the sheep, — the 
 lost ones — of the house of Israel. 
 [28] 
 
Then came she and worshiped him, say- 
 ing, Lord help me ! 
 
 And he said to her: 
 
 Let the children first be filled ; for it is not 
 good to take the children's bread and throw 
 it to the dogs. 
 
 And she said, yes, Lord, and the dogs un- 
 der the table eat of the children's crumbs. 
 
 Then answered Jesus and said to her: 
 
 O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto 
 thee as thou wilt. For this word go thy 
 way; the demon is gone out of thy daugh- 
 ter. 
 
 Matt. 15:24, 26, 28. 
 Mark 7:27, 29. 
 
 Lsy 
 
XV 
 
 WHO DO MEN SAY THAT THE SON 
 OF MAN IS? 
 
 And it came to pass as he was praying 
 apart, the disciples were with him. 
 
 And he asked them, saying: 
 
 Who do men say that the Son of man is ? 
 
 And they answered, Some say, John the 
 Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jere- 
 miah, or one of the prophets. 
 
 He said to them: 
 
 And ye, who say ye that I am? 
 
 And Simon Peter answering said, Thou 
 art the Christ the Son of God — the living 
 God. 
 
 Jesus answered and said to him : 
 
 Blessed art thou, Simon Bariona (Simon, 
 son of John) ; for flesh and blood hath not 
 revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in 
 Heaven (rots ovpavols, in the heavens). 
 
 Matt. 16:13, 15, 17. 
 
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XVI 
 IF THOU CANST 
 
 On the morrow after the transfiguration, 
 when Jesus, with Peter and James and John, 
 came down from the mountain to the other 
 disciples, they saw a great multitude about 
 them and scribes disputing with them. 
 
 And Jesus asked them: 
 
 What are ye disputing with them? 
 
 And one of the multitude came to him 
 and kneeling said, Master, I brought unto 
 thee my son who hath a dumb spirit, and 
 wherever it taketh him it dasheth him down, 
 and he grindeth his teeth and pineth away ; 
 and I spake to thy disciples that they should 
 cast it out and they had not the power. 
 
 Jesus answered and said: 
 
 O faithless generation, how long shall I 
 be with you? How long shall I bear with 
 you? Bring him unto me. 
 [81] 
 
And as he was yet coming the demon 
 dashed him down and tare him grievously. 
 
 Jesus asked his father: 
 
 How long is it that this has been upon 
 him? 
 
 And he said, From a child. And oft- 
 times it has cast him into the fire and into 
 the waters to destroy him; but, if thou 
 canst at all, help us ! Have pity on us ! 
 
 Jesus said to him: 
 
 That "If thou canst"! All things can 
 be to him that believeth. 
 
 Straightway the father of the child cried, 
 I believe; help my unbelief. 
 
 And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and 
 healed the boy and gave him back to his 
 father. And they were all astonished at the 
 majesty of God. 
 
 And when he was come into the house, his 
 disciples asked him privately, For what rea- 
 son were we not able to cast it out? 
 
 Jesus saith unto them: 
 
 By reason of your little faith. For 
 verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a 
 grain of mustard seed ye shall say to this 
 mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, 
 and it shall remove; and nothing shall be 
 [32] 
 
impossible to you. And this kind goes not 
 
 out except with prayer. 
 
 Mark 9:16, 19, 21, 23, 29. 
 Matt. 17:20. 
 
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XVII 
 WHO IS THE GREATEST? 
 
 And they came to Capernaum; and when 
 he was come into the house Jesus asked 
 them: 
 
 What were ye discussing on the way? 
 
 And they were silent; for on the way the 
 question had come up as to which of them 
 was the greatest. 
 
 And he sat down and called the twelve 
 and said to them : 
 
 If any one would be first he shall be last 
 of all and servant of all. And he called a 
 little child and set him by his side and said : 
 
 Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn 
 and become as little children, ye shall by no 
 means enter into the kingdom of Heaven. 1 
 Whosoever therefore shall make himself 
 lowly as this little child, he shall be greatest 
 in the kingdom of Heaven. 2 
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And taking him into his arms he saith to 
 them: 
 
 Whoso shall receive one such little child 
 in my name receiveth me ; and whosoever re- 
 ceiveth me receiveth not me, but him that 
 sent me. For the one who is now least 
 among you all, this one is great. 
 
 And Jesus said to them: 
 
 See to it that ye despise not one of these 
 little ones, for I say to you that in heaven 8 
 their angels do always look upon the face of 
 my Father who is in Heaven. 4 
 
 Throughout the Gospels the Greek makes a 
 distinction in the use of the word for "heaven." 
 Where heaven is spoken of as a place merely, the 
 word is found in the singular number, but when as 
 the abode of God and the blessed the plural is 
 used. This passage affords a good illustration. In 
 these pages the plural form of the Greek is indi- 
 cated by capitalizing the word. 
 Mark 9:33, 35, 37. Matt. 18:3, 4, 10. Luke 9:48. 
 
 1 twv ovpavujv. 
 
 2 T uv ovpavwv. 
 8 ry ovpavu. 
 
 4 oiipavols. 
 
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XVIII 
 
 HOW MANY TIMES SHALL I FOR- 
 GIVE? 
 
 Then came Peter to him and said, Lord, 
 how many times shall my brother sin against 
 me and I forgive him? Until seven times? 
 
 Jesus saith to him: 
 
 I say not to thee, Until seven times ; but 
 until seventy times seven. 
 
 Again Jesus said to his disciples : 
 
 Take heed to yourselves; if thy brother 
 
 sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive 
 
 him. And if he sin against thee seven 
 
 times in the day, and seven times turn to 
 
 thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive 
 
 him. 
 
 Matt. 18:22. 
 Luke 17:3, 4. 
 
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XIX 
 WHO PAYS TRIBUTE? 
 
 When they were come to Capernaum, they 
 that received the half-shekel came to Peter, 
 and said, Does not your master pay the 
 half-shekel? He said, Yes. 
 
 And when he came into the house, Jesus 
 spake first, saying: 
 
 How seems it to thee, Simon? The 
 kings of the earth, from whom do they 
 receive toll or tribute? From their sons, 
 or from those of another country? Peter 
 said, From those of another country. 
 
 Jesus said to him: 
 
 Then are the sons free. But that we 
 may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a 
 hook, and take out the fish that first comes 
 up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, 
 thou shalt find a shekel; that take and give 
 to them, for me and thee. 
 
 Matt. 17:25-27. 
 
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XX 
 
 WHERE ARE THE NINE? 
 
 It came to pass as they were on the way 
 to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the 
 borders of Samaria and Galilee. And as 
 he entered into a certain village there met 
 him ten men that were lepers, who stood far 
 off, and lifted up their voice saying, Jesus, 
 Master, take pity on us! 
 
 And when he saw them he said to them: 
 
 Go and show yourselves to the priests. 
 
 And it came to pass that as they went 
 they were cleansed. 
 
 And one of them when he saw that he was 
 healed turned back, with a loud voice glori- 
 fying God, and fell upon his face at Jesus' 
 feet, giving him thanks; and he was a 
 Samaritan. 
 
 And Jesus answering said: 
 
 Were not the ten cleansed? Where are 
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the nine? Were there none found to turn 
 back to give glory to God except this one 
 of another race? 
 
 And he said to him: 
 
 Rise and go on thy way; thy faith hath 
 
 saved thee. 
 
 Luke 17:14, 17-19. 
 
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XXI 
 
 WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW 
 JESUS 
 
 It came to pass as they were on the road a 
 certain scribe came up to him and said, I 
 will follow thee wherever thou goest. 
 
 Jesus saith to him : 
 
 The foxes have holes, and the birds of the 
 heaven their nests, while the Son of man 
 hath not where he may rest his head. 
 
 To another Jesus said: 
 
 Follow me. 
 
 And he said, Lord, give me leave first to 
 honor my father's funeral. 
 
 Jesus said: 
 
 Leave the dead to honor the funeral of 
 their own dead; but do thou go and pro- 
 claim the kingdom of God. 
 
 Another also said, I will follow thee, 
 Lord; but first give me leave to bid fare- 
 well to those of my house. 
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To him Jesus said: 
 
 No one having put his hand to the plough 
 and looking behind him is the man for the 
 kingdom of God. 
 
 Matt. 8:20, 22. 
 Luke 9:58-60, 62. 
 
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XXII 
 AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? 
 
 At one time a certain lawyer stood up 
 and made trial of Jesus, saying, Master, 
 what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 
 
 And Jesus said unto him : 
 
 What is written in the law? How 
 readest thou? 
 
 He answering said, Thou shalt love the 
 Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and 
 with thy whole soul, and with thy whole 
 strength, and with thy whole mind ; and thy 
 neighbor as thyself. 
 
 Jesus said to him: 
 
 Thou hast answered rightly, this do and 
 thou shalt live. 
 
 But he, wishing to justify himself, said 
 unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? 
 
 Jesus made answer and said: 
 
 A certain man was going down from 
 Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among 
 
robbers who stripped him and beat him, and 
 departed leaving him half dead. And by- 
 chance a certain priest was going down that 
 way; and when he saw him, he passed by 
 on the other side. In like manner a Levite 
 also when at the spot came and looked, and 
 passed by on the other side. But a cer- 
 tain Samaritan as he journeyed came where 
 he was, and seeing him was moved with com- 
 passion, and came to him, and bound up his 
 wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and 
 he set him on his own beast, and brought 
 him to an inn, and took care of him. And 
 on the morrow he took out two shillings 
 and gave to the host, and said, Take care 
 of him; and whatever thou spendest more, 
 I on my return will repay thee. Which of 
 these three thinkest thou was neighbor to 
 him that fell among the robbers? 
 
 And he said, He that took pity on him. 
 
 Then said Jesus to him: 
 
 Go, and do thou likewise. 
 
 Luke 10:26, 28, 30-37. 
 
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XXIII 
 
 WHOSE IS THE GOOD PORTION? 
 
 As they went on their way Jesus entered 
 into a certain village; and a certain woman 
 named Martha received him into her house. 
 And she had a sister named Mary, who also 
 sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word. 
 But Martha was distracted with much serv- 
 ing; and she came up to Jesus, and said, 
 Lord, carest thou not that my sister has left 
 me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore 
 that she come and help me. 
 
 Jesus answered and said to her : 
 Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and 
 troubled about many things; while of one 
 only there is need; and Mary has chosen 
 for herself the good portion, that which 
 shall never be taken from her. 
 
 Luke 10:41, 4,2. 
 
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XXIV 
 LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY 
 
 And it came to pass as Jesus was praying 
 in a certain place, that when he ceased one 
 of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach 
 us to pray, even as John also taught his dis- 
 ciples. 
 
 And he said to them : 
 
 When ye pray say, 
 
 Father, Hallowed be Thy name : 
 
 Thy kingdom come: 
 
 Give us day by day our daily bread: 
 
 And forgive us our sins, for we also for- 
 give every one that is indebted to us : 
 
 And bring us not into temptation. 
 
 Luke 11:2-4. 
 
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XXV 
 
 WHOSE WAS THE SIN? 
 
 As Jesus was passing by he saw a man 
 blind from his birth. His disciples asked 
 him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his par- 
 ents, that he should be born blind? 
 
 Jesus answered: 
 
 Neither did this man sin, nor his parents 
 but, that the works of God should be made 
 manifest in him. I must work the work of 
 him that sent me while it is day; the night 
 cometh when no one can work. So long as 
 I am in the world, I am the light of the 
 world. 
 
 Having thus spoken, he spat on the 
 ground, and made clay from the spittle, 
 and spread the clay upon his eyes, and said 
 to him : 
 
 Go wash in the pool of Siloam (which is 
 by interpretation, One Sent). He went, 
 therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 
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Because it was on the Sabbath that the 
 clay was made and the eyes of the blind 
 man were opened, the Pharisees found in 
 this an occasion of offense in Jesus, and 
 they cast the man out of the synagogue. 
 
 Jesus heard that they had excommuni- 
 cated him, and finding him, he said: 
 
 Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 
 
 He answered, And who is he, Lord, that 
 I may believe on him? 
 
 Jesus said to him: 
 
 Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that 
 is speaking with thee. 
 
 And he said, I believe, Lord, and he wor- 
 shipped him. 
 
 John 9:3-5, 7, 35, 37. 
 
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XXVI 
 
 HOW LONG DOST THOU KEEP US IN 
 SUSPENSE? 
 
 It was the feast of the dedication at 
 Jerusalem: it was winter; and Jesus was 
 walking 1 in the temple, in Solomon's porch. 
 The Jews therefore came round about him, 
 and said to him, How long dost thou keep 
 us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell 
 us plainly. 
 
 Jesus answered them : 
 
 I told you and ye believed not ; the works 
 that I do in my Father's name, these bear 
 witness of me. But ye believe not because 
 ye are not of my sheep. The sheep — my 
 sheep — hear my voice, and / know them, 
 and they follow me ; and / give to them eter- 
 nal life; and they shall never perish and no 
 one shall snatch them out of my hand. My 
 Father, who hath given them to me, is 
 greater than all, and no one is able to snatch 
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them out of the Father's hand. I and the 
 
 Father are one. 
 
 John 10:25-30. 
 iGr. Tepieirdret, teaching or discoursing while 
 walking. 
 
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XXVII 
 
 IN WHAT DOES THE ABUNDANCE 
 OF A MAN'S LIFE NOT CONSIST? 
 
 At one time when a great multitude had 
 gathered about Jesus to hear his teachings, 
 one out of the crowd said to him, 
 
 Master, speak to my brother that he di- 
 vide the inheritance with me. 
 
 But Jesus said to him: 
 
 Man, who appointed me a judge or a di- 
 vider over you? 
 
 And he said unto them : 
 
 Take heed and keep yourselves from all 
 greed; for one's life consisteth not in the 
 abundance of his possessions. 
 
 Luke 12:14, 15. 
 
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XXVIII 
 ARE THE SAVED FEW? 
 
 And one asked Jesus, Lord, are the saved 
 few? 
 
 And Jesus said unto them: 
 
 Strive to enter in through the narrow 
 door, for many, I say unto you, shall seek 
 to enter and shall not prevail. When once 
 the master of the house has risen up, and 
 has closed the door, and ye begin to stand 
 without and to knock at the door, saying, 
 Lord, open to us, and he shall answer and 
 say to you, I know not whence ye are, then 
 shall ye begin to say, We ate and drank in 
 thy presence, and thou hast taught in our 
 streets. And he shall say: I say to you I 
 know not whence ye are; depart from me, 
 all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be 
 weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall 
 see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all 
 the prophets in the kingdom of God, but 
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yourselves cast out. And they shall come 
 from the east and west, and from the north 
 and south, and shall recline at the feast in 
 the kingdom of God. And behold, there 
 are last who shall be first, and there are first 
 who shall be last. 
 
 Luke 13:24-30. 
 
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XXIX 
 
 WHEN COMETH THE KINGDOM OF 
 GOD? 
 
 Being asked by the Pharisees, When com- 
 eth the kingdom of God? 
 
 Jesus answered them and said: 
 
 The kingdom of God cometh not with 
 
 observation ; neither shall they say, Lo here ! 
 
 or Lo there ! for behold the kingdom of God 
 
 is within you. 
 
 Luke 17:20, 31. 
 
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XXX 
 
 THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE 
 
 There came to Jesus Pharisees, trying 
 him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to 
 put away his wife for every cause? 
 
 And he answered and said: 
 
 Have ye not read that he who made them 
 from the beginning made them male and fe- 
 male, and said, For this cause shall a man 
 leave father and mother and cleave to his 
 wife, and the two shall become one flesh? 
 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 
 What therefore God hath joined together 
 let no man put asunder. 
 
 They say to him, Why then did Moses 
 command to give a bill of divorcement and 
 to put her away? 
 
 He saith to them : 
 
 Moses for your hardness of heart per- 
 mitted you to put away your wives; but it 
 hath not been so from the beginning. And 
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I say to you, Whosoever shall put away his 
 wife except for fornication, and shall marry 
 another, committeth adultery; and he that 
 marrieth her that is put away committeth 
 adultery. 
 
 And he said: 
 
 If a woman put away her husband and 
 marry another she committeth adultery. 
 
 Matt. 19:4-9. 
 
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XXXI 
 
 BRINGING THEIR LITTLE ONES TO 
 JESUS 
 
 Then they brought unto him also their 
 babes, that he should put his hands on them 
 and pray; and his disciples rebuked them. 
 
 But when Jesus saw it he was displeased 
 and said unto them: 
 
 Suffer the little children to come unto me, 
 
 and forbid them not, for of such is the 
 
 kingdom of Heaven. And he took them in 
 
 his arms and laid his hands upon them and 
 
 blessed them. 
 
 Matt. 19:14. 
 Mark 10:14. 
 
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XXXII 
 WHAT LACK I YET? 
 
 As Jesus was going forth on his way a 
 certain ruler ran up to him, and kneeling 
 asked him, Good Master, what good thing 
 shall I do that I may have eternal life? 
 
 Jesus said to him: 
 
 Why callest thou me good? No one is 
 good but one — God alone. If thou wouldst 
 enter into life keep the commandments. 
 
 He said, Which? 
 
 Jesus said: 
 
 Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not com- 
 mit adultery, Thou shalt not bear false 
 witness, Honor thy father and thy mother; 
 and, Thou shalt love they neighbor as thy- 
 self. 
 
 The young man said to him, All these 
 have I observed from my youth; what lack 
 I yet? 
 
 And Jesus looking upon him, loved him, 
 and he said to him : 
 
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If thou wouldst be perfect, go, sell all 
 that thou hast and give to the poor, and 
 thou shalt have treasure in Heaven; and 
 come, follow me. 
 
 When the young man heard that word, 
 his countenance fell, and he went away sor- 
 rowful, for he was one that had great pos- 
 sessions. 
 
 And Jesus said to his disciples : 
 
 Verily I say to you, A rich man finds it 
 hard to enter into the kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 And the disciples were amazed at his 
 words : 
 
 And Jesus answered and said to them : 
 
 Children, how hard is it for them that 
 put their trust in riches to enter into the 
 kingdom of God. It is easier for a camel 
 to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich 
 man to enter into the kingdom of God. 
 
 And they were astonished exceedingly, 
 saying, Then who can be saved? 
 
 Jesus looking upon them, said: 
 
 With men it is impossible, but not with 
 
 God, for with God all things are possible. 
 
 Matt. 19:17-19, 21-23, 24-26. 
 
 Mark 10:18, 19, 21, 23-25, 27. 
 
 Luke 18:19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27. 
 
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XXXIII 
 WHAT THEN SHALL WE HAVE? 
 
 Then answered Peter and said to him, 
 Behold we have left all and followed thee; 
 what then shall we have? 
 
 And Jesus said to them: 
 
 Verily I say to you, that in the new gen- 
 eration when the Son of man shall sit on the 
 throne of his glory ye who have followed 
 me, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, 
 judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And 
 every one that hath left houses, or broth- 
 ers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or chil- 
 dren, or lands, for my sake, and for the 
 sake of the gospel, shall receive a hundred- 
 fold now in this time, houses, and brothers, 
 and sisters, and mothers, and children, and 
 lands, with persecutions, and in the coming 
 age eternal life. 
 
 Matt. 19:28-30. 
 Mark 10:29-31. 
 
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XXXIV 
 
 WHOSE SHALL BE THE SEATS OF 
 
 HONOR IN THE COMING 
 
 KINGDOM? 
 
 And there came to Jesus the mother of 
 the sons of Zebedee with her sons, James 
 and John, worshipping and asking a certain 
 thing of him. 
 
 And he said to her : 
 
 What wouldst thou have? 
 
 She saith to him, Say that these my two 
 sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and 
 one on thy left, in thy kingdom. 
 
 But Jesus answered and said : 
 
 Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able 
 to drink the cup that I am about to drink, 
 and to be baptized with the baptism that I 
 am baptized with? 
 
 They say to him, We are able. 
 
 Jesus saith to them : 
 
 The cup / drink ye shall drink, and with 
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the baptism that / am baptized with shall 
 
 ye be baptized ; but to sit on my right hand 
 
 and on my left is not mine to give, but is for 
 
 those for whom it hath been prepared by my 
 
 Father. 
 
 Matt. 20:21, 22, 23. 
 Mark 10:36, 38, 39, 40. 
 
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XXXV 
 
 A NEW-MADE SON OF ABRAHAM 
 
 As Jesus was passing through Jericho, a 
 man named Zacchaeus, a chief publican, and 
 rich, sought to see Jesus, who he was ; and 
 could not for the crowd, because he was lit- 
 tle of stature. And he ran on before and 
 climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, 
 for he was to pass that way. 
 
 And when Jesus came to the place he 
 looked up and said unto him : 
 
 Zacchaeus, make haste and come down ; 
 for to-day I must stay at thy house. 
 
 And he made haste and came down and 
 received him joyfully. 
 
 And when they saw it they all murmured, 
 saying, He is gone to be guest with a man 
 that is a sinner. 
 
 Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord, 
 Behold, the half of my possessions, Lord, 
 I give to the poor ; and if I have wrongfully 
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exacted aught of any one, I restore four- 
 fold. 
 
 Then said Jesus unto him: 
 
 To-daj has salvation come to this house, 
 forasmuch as he himself is a son of Abra- 
 ham. For the Son of man came to seek 
 and to save what had been lost. 
 
 Luke 19:5, 9. 
 
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XXXVI 
 
 WHY THIS WASTE? 
 
 Six days before the passover Jesus came 
 to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom he 
 had raised from the dead. They made him 
 therefore a supper there, and Martha 
 served, while Lazarus was one of those at 
 the table with him. 
 
 Then brought Mary an alabaster cruse 
 of pure nard, very costly, and breaking the 
 cruse she poured it upon the head of Jesus, 
 and anointed his feet and wiped them with 
 her hair; and the house was filled with the 
 odor of the ointment. At this some of the 
 disciples were displeased, and one of them, 
 Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray him, 
 said, Why was not this ointment sold for 
 three hundred shillings and given to the 
 poor? This he said, not because he cared 
 for the poor, but because he was a thief and 
 having the box took away what was put in 
 it. 
 
 m 
 
But Jesus said : 
 
 Permit her. Why trouble ye her? She 
 hath wrought a good work on me. For 
 the poor ye have always with you and when- 
 soever ye will ye can do them good; but me 
 ye have not always. She hath done what 
 was in her power; she hath anticipated my 
 burial, and anointed my body beforehand. 
 Verily I say to you, Wherever the Gospel 
 shall be preached throughout the whole 
 world that also which she hath done shall 
 
 be told for a memorial of her. 
 
 Matt. 26:10-13. 
 Mark 14:6-9. 
 
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XXXVII 
 
 IS IT LAWFUL TO GIVE TRIBUTE 
 TO CJESAR OR NOT? 
 
 Then went the Pharisees and took counsel 
 how they might ensnare Jesus in his talk, 
 so as to deliver him up to the power and 
 authority of the governor. And they send 
 to him their disciples, with the Herodians, 
 saying, Master, we know that thou art true, 
 and teachest the way of God in truth, and 
 carest not for any one; for thou regardest 
 not the person of men. Tell us, therefore, 
 What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give 
 tribute to Caesar or not? 
 
 But Jesus perceiving their wickedness 
 said to them: 
 
 Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites? 
 Show me the tribute money. 
 
 And they brought him a denarius. 
 
 And he saith to them : 
 
 Whose is this image and superscription? 
 
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They say to him, Caesar's. 
 
 Then saith he to them: 
 
 Render then to Caesar the things that are 
 Caesar's, and to God the things that are 
 God's. 
 
 Matt. 22:18-21. 
 
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XXXVIII 
 
 A QUESTION OF NOT KNOWING THE 
 
 SCRIPTURES NOR THE POWER 
 
 OF GOD 
 
 There came to Jesus certain of the Sad- 
 ducees, they that say that there is no resur- 
 rection; and asked him, saying, Moses said 
 that if a man die leaving no son, his brother 
 shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto 
 his brother. Now there were with us seven 
 brothers ; and the first took a wife and died 
 childless ; and in like manner the second took 
 her, and the third also, unto the seventh; 
 and last of all, the woman died also. In 
 the resurrection, therefore, whose wife shall 
 she be? For the seven had her to wife. 
 Jesus answered and said to them : 
 Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, 
 nor the power of God. The sons of this 
 age marry and are given in marriage; but 
 they that are accounted worthy to attain 
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to that age and the resurrection of the dead, 
 neither marry nor are given in marriage; 
 for neither can they die any more, for they 
 are equal unto the angels and are sons of 
 God, being sons of the resurrection. But 
 that the dead are raised, have ye not read in 
 the book of Moses, in the place concerning 
 the Bush, how God spake to him, saying, I 
 am the God of Abraham, and the God of 
 Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not 
 the God of the dead but of the living. 
 
 Matt. 22:29. 
 
 Mark 12:26, 27. 
 
 Luke 20:34-36. 
 
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XXXIX 
 
 WHICH IS THE GREAT COMMAND 
 IN THE LAW? 
 
 But the Pharisees, when they heard that 
 he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered 
 themselves together again. And one of 
 them, a lawyer, asked him a question, try- 
 ing him: Master, which is the great com- 
 mand in the law? 
 
 And Jesus said to him : 
 
 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
 
 thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul and 
 
 with thy whole mind. This is the great and 
 
 first command. The second, like it, is this : 
 
 Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 
 
 On these two commands the whole law 
 
 hangeth, and the prophets. 
 
 Matt. 22:37-40. 
 
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XL 
 WHEN SHALL THE END BE? 
 
 As Jesus went out of the temple one of 
 his disciples saith to him, Master, behold 
 what stones and what buildings ! 
 
 And Jesus saith to him : 
 
 See ye these great buildings? Verily I 
 say unto you, There shall not be left here 
 one stone upon another that shall not be 
 thrown down. 
 
 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, 
 over against the temple, Peter and James 
 and John and Andrew asked him privately, 
 saying, Tell us, when shall these things be, 
 and what shall be the sign of thy coming 
 and of the consummation of the age? 
 
 And Jesus saith to them : 
 
 Take heed that no one lead you astray. 
 For many shall come in my name, saying, 
 I am the Christ, and shall lead many astray. 
 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of 
 
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wars. See that ye be not troubled; for 
 these things must needs come to pass, but 
 the end is not yet. For nation shall rise 
 against nation, and kingdom against king- 
 dom, and there shall be famines and earth- 
 quakes in divers places. All these things 
 are the beginning of travail. Then shall 
 they deliver you up unto tribulation, and 
 shall kill you and ye shall be hated of all 
 the nations for my name's sake. And then 
 shall many take offense; and they shall de- 
 liver one another up, and shall hate one an- 
 other. And many false prophets shall arise 
 and shall lead many astray. And because 
 iniquity shall be multiplied the love of the 
 many shall grow cold. But he that endur- 
 eth to the end he shall be saved. And this 
 gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in 
 the whole world for a testimony to all the 
 
 nations. And then shall come the end. 
 
 Matt. 24:4-14. 
 
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XLI 
 HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY? 
 
 At the last passover supper Jesus said to 
 his disciples: 
 
 In my Father's house are many mansions ; 
 if not I would have told you ; for I go on to 
 prepare a place for you. And if I go and 
 prepare a place for you, I come again and 
 will receive you unto myself, that where / 
 am ye may be also. And where I go ye 
 know the way. 
 
 Thomas saith to him, Lord, we know not 
 where thou goest, and how know we the 
 way? 
 
 Jesus saith to him : 
 
 / am the way and the truth and the life: 
 no one cometh unto the Father except 
 through me. If ye had known me ye would 
 have known my Father also; from hence- 
 forth ye know him and have seen him. 
 
 John 14:2-4, 6, 7. 
 
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XLII 
 
 QUESTIONS TO PHILIP— THE STILL 
 UNSATISFIED 
 
 Philip saith to him, Lord, show us the 
 Father, and it is enough for us. 
 
 Jesus saith to him : 
 
 Have I been so long time with you and 
 thou knowest me not, Philip ? He that hath 
 seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest 
 thou, Show us the Father? Believest thou 
 not that I am in the Father and the Father 
 in me? The words that I speak to you 
 I speak not from myself; the Father abid- 
 ing in me himself doeth the works. Be- 
 lieve me that I am in the Father, and the 
 Father in me; or if not, through the works 
 
 themselves believe. 
 
 John 14:9-11. 
 
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XLIII 
 
 HOW COMES IT? 
 
 Judas — not Iscariot — saith to Jesus, 
 Lord, how comes it that thou art to mani- 
 fest thyself to us, and not to the world? 
 Jesus answered and said to him: 
 If any one love me he will keep my word, 
 and my Father will love him, and we will 
 come unto him, and make our abode with 
 him. 
 
 John 14:23. 
 
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XLIV 
 
 THE SOLEMN QUESTION OF THE 
 HIGH PRIEST 
 
 At the trial of Jesus before Caiphas, the 
 chief priests and the whole council sought 
 witness against Jesus to put him to death, 
 and found it not. For many bare false 
 witness against him, but their witness agreed 
 not together. 
 
 And the high priest stood up in the midst, 
 and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou 
 nothing? What is it which these witness 
 against thee? 
 
 But he was silent and answered nothing. 
 
 And the high priest said to him, I adjure 
 thee by God, the living God, that thou tell 
 us if thou art the Christ, the Son of God ? 
 
 And Jesus said: 
 
 I am; and ye shall see the Son of man 
 
 sitting at the right hand of Power, and 
 
 coming with the clouds of heaven. 
 
 Mark 14:62. 
 
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XLV 
 
 PARADISE, THE ANSWER TO THE 
 HUMBLE REQUEST OF A POOR 
 SINNER TO BE REMEMBERED 
 
 At the same time with Jesus were cruci- 
 fied two robbers, one on his right hand and 
 the other on the left. 
 
 And one of the robbers railed on Jesus, 
 saying, Art not thou the Christ? Save 
 thyself and us. But the other answered 
 and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even 
 fear God when thou art in the same con- 
 demnation? And we indeed justly; for we 
 receive the due reward of our deeds, but 
 this man hath done nothing amiss. And 
 he said, Jesus, remember me when thou 
 comest in thy kingdom. 
 
 And Jesus said to him: 
 
 Verily I say to thee, to-day thou shalt be 
 
 with me in Paradise. 
 
 Luke 23:43. 
 
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XLVI 
 LOVEST THOU ME? 
 
 The third appearance of Jesus to his dis- 
 ciples after he rose from the dead was on 
 this wise: 
 
 There were together Simon Peter, and 
 Thomas, and Nathanael, and the sons of 
 Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 
 Simon Peter saith to them, I go a-fishing. 
 They say to him, We also come with thee. 
 They went forth and entered into the boat; 
 and that night they took nothing. 
 
 And when the day was now breaking, 
 Jesus stood on the shore, yet his disciples 
 knew not that it was Jesus. 
 
 Jesus then said to them: 
 
 Children, have ye anything to eat? 
 
 They answered him, No. 
 
 And he said to them : 
 
 Cast the net to the right side of the boat 
 and ye shall find. 
 
 They cast, therefore, and now they were 
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not able to draw it for the multitude of the 
 fishes (lx&va>v). 
 
 That disciple whom Jesus loved said 
 therefore to Peter, It is the Lord. When 
 Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he 
 girt his coat about him (for he was naked) 
 and cast himself into the sea. And the 
 other disciples came in the little boat (for 
 they were not far from the land, but about 
 two hundred cubits off), dragging the net 
 full of fishes (lxOv(ov). When they 
 got out upon the land they saw a fire of 
 coals laid and fish (oipdpiov) laid thereon 
 and bread (aprov). 
 
 Jesus said to them: 
 
 Bring of the fish (oipaplov) which ye have 
 now taken. 
 
 Simon Peter therefore went up and drew 
 the net to land, full of great fishes 
 (ixOvuiv), a hundred and fifty and three; and 
 for all there were so many, yet was not the 
 net broken. 
 
 Jesus saith to them: 
 
 Come and breakfast. 
 
 And no one of the disciples dared ask him, 
 Who art thou, knowing that it was the 
 Lord. 
 
Jesus cometh and taketh the bread and 
 giveth them, and the fish (6\f/dpiov) likewise. 
 
 When then they had breakfasted, Jesus 
 saith to Simon Peter : 
 
 Simon, son of John, lovest thou (dya7ras) 
 me more than these? 
 
 He saith to him, Yes, Lord ; thou knowest 
 that I love (<£iAa>) thee. 
 
 Jesus saith to him: 
 
 Feed my lambs. 
 
 Again Jesus saith to him a second time : 
 
 Simon, son of John, lovest thou (dycwros) 
 me? 
 
 He saith to him, Yes, Lord ; thou knowest 
 that I love (<£iA.w) thee. 
 
 Jesus saith to him: 
 
 Tend my sheep. 
 
 Jesus saith to him the third time : 
 
 Simon, son of John, lovest thou (<£iA«s) 
 me? 
 
 Peter was grieved that he said to him 
 the third time, Lovest thou (^tAeis) me? 
 
 And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest 
 all things, thou knowest that I love (<£iA<5) 
 thee. 
 
 Jesus saith to him: 
 
 Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say to 
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thee, when thou wast young thou girdedst 
 thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest ; 
 but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt 
 stretch forth thy hands, and another shalt 
 gird thee, and carry thee whither thou 
 wouldest not. 
 
 And when he had spoken thus, He saith 
 to him: 
 
 Follow me. 
 
 Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 
 whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned 
 back on his breast at the supper, and said, 
 Lord, who is he that betray eth thee? 
 Peter therefore seeing him, saith to Jesus, 
 Lord, and what of this man? 
 
 Jesus saith to him : 
 
 If I will that he tarry till I come, what 
 
 is that to thee? Follow thou me. 
 
 John 21:5, 6, 10, 12, 15-19, 22. 
 
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xlvh 
 
 last question of the disciples 
 —lord, dost thou at this 
 
 TIME RESTORE THE KINGDOM 
 TO ISRAEL? 
 
 At the last meeting of Jesus with his dis- 
 ciples before his ascension, when they were 
 come together, they asked him, saying, 
 Lord, dost thou at this time restore the 
 kingdom to Israel? 
 
 And he said unto them : 
 
 It is not yours to know times or seasons 
 which the Father has placed within his own 
 authority. But, ye shall receive power, the 
 Holy Spirit coming upon you, and ye shall 
 be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and all 
 Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost 
 parts of the earth. 
 
 Acts 1:7, 8. 
 
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