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
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Jesus Christ -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
But Jesus said, "If I do not wash you, you have no part in Me." Then
Peter let Him do it. Why did Our Lord wash His apostles' feet? To show
us that we must not be too proud to do anything for one another.
Then Our Lord sat down to supper, and He was troubled, and said, "One
of you will give Me up to the priests." And the disciples looked at
one another and wondered which of them would be so wicked. Peter made
signs to John, who was close to Our Lord, to ask Him; and John did. And
Jesus said, "The one to whom I shall give a sop when I have dipped it."
And He dipped a piece of bread in some sauce and gave it to Judas, and
said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly." Then, Judas, who
knew what Our Lord meant, went out; but the others did not know; they
thought Our Lord sent him to give something to the poor.
We shall not tell you all Our Lord did and said at this Last Supper;
it would be too hard for you to understand; but we will tell you that
He grew sad and told His apostles that they would all leave Him that
night. Peter said, "Lord, I will go with Thee to prison or to death."
Our Lord answered, "I tell you, Peter, before the cock crows you will
three times say you do not know Me."
When the supper was ended and they had sung a hymn, they went out to
the Mount of Olives; and on the way the Lord talked to them, and told
them to love one another.
[Illustration: THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.]
Now, on that Mount, there was a garden called Gethsemane; Our Lord went
into it, and with Him He took Peter and James and John, and told them
to watch while He prayed. They were tired, and only kept awake a little
while; but they heard Our Lord pray. He was very sorrowful, for He knew
He must die, and He was sad because men were so wicked; but He said to
God, "Not My will, but Thine be done;" and His Father sent an angel
from Heaven to comfort Him. Twice Jesus went to His apostles and found
them asleep. It must have seemed very unkind of them; but Our Lord was
not angry. He said they could not help it, they were so tired. But the
third time He came to them He told them to rise, for Judas was coming
with the priests to take Him.
And just then the priests came with soldiers and lamps, for it was
night, and Judas was with them. He said, "I will show you which is
Jesus; I will kiss Him." So he went up to Our Lord, and said, "Hail,
Master," and kissed Him. Jesus said, "Judas, betrayest thou the Son of
Man with a kiss." Then He said to the soldiers, "Whom seek ye?" They
said, "Jesus of Nazareth." Our Lord said, "I am He," and they fell on
their faces before Him; they felt how great He was. But they soon got
up, and when Our Lord said again, "Whom seek ye?" and they answered,
"Jesus," He said, "I am He; but let My disciples go." Now Peter had a
sword, and he was so angry that he drew it and cut off the ear of one
of the high priest's servants.
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