The Life of Our Lord in Simple Language for Little ChildrenAnonymous
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The Life of Our Lord in Simple Language for Little Children
Anonymous
Jesus Christ -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
After Our Lord had made the sick man well, He walked down to the shore
of the beautiful sea of Galilee. The crowd followed Him, and there in
the fresh, sweet air, He went on teaching them. Not far off was a place
called the Receipt of Custom. I will tell you for what it was used.
The Romans made the Jews pay them money, and this was called a tax.
They put men in some places to receive this tax for them, and these
men were called Publicans. They were not good men generally, and the
priests and great men hated them; but some of them were just and
honest. Levi was; and we may be sure he had heard Our Lord preach and
loved Him, for one day, as he was sitting at the place where men paid
the tax to him, Our Lord went up to him and said, "Follow Me." Levi
must have known who spoke to him, for he at once rose and was ready to
give up all his riches and go with Jesus. And he was so glad that the
Lord had called him that he gave a feast at his house, and asked all
his friends to come to it to meet their Saviour. His friends were most
of them Publicans like himself, and not all good men; but Jesus and His
disciples sat down and ate with them.
Now some of the Jews hated Our Lord; these were the Scribes and
Pharisees. The Scribes were men who wrote out the laws--there were no
printed books in those days--so they were thought wise; the Pharisees
were a set of men who pretended to serve God better than any other
people, and made a show of praying, saying their prayers in the streets
to be seen of men; but they were not really good. These men came now,
and said to Jesus, "How can You sit down to eat with publicans and
sinners?" Jesus said, "Men who are well do not want a doctor, but those
who are sick do. I am not come to call good men to be sorry for their
sins, but bad men." The Pharisees did not know that they and all men
were sinners, and that all must be saved by Jesus.
[Illustration: THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.]
Now I must tell you that Levi had two names, as you have. His first
name was Matthew, and a long time after, he wrote the story of Our
Lord's life. It is called the Gospel--that means good news--of St.
Matthew, and it is in the Bible.
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