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Peter loved Jesus, and John loved him, and all the rest loved him, but
one; his name was Judas. He did not love Jesus, but only pretended to
love him. He was like the devil.
Did Jesus know how wicked Judas was? Yes, he saw into his heart; but
the disciples thought Judas was good; for Judas used to kiss the Lord
Jesus, and speak kindly to him, and talk about God like the rest.
But Judas loved something; he loved money. He wanted to get a great
deal of money.
He was covetous, and he was a thief. The disciples had a bag, and when
they had money they put it in the bag; and all the disciples put their
money in the same bag. But there was very little money in the bag, for
they were very poor. Judas used to take care of the bag, and he used to
steal some of the money out of it, and keep it for himself; but no one
found him out, or thought he was a thief, except Jesus, and he knew it
well.
Judas was always thinking, How shall I get money?
One day, when the proud men were sitting together, Judas came in. Judas
said to them, You want to find Jesus when he is alone: will you give me
some money, and I will show you where he goes at night?
The proud people said, Yes, we will.
Judas said, How much money will you give me?
They said, Thirty pieces of silver.
Then Judas said, Some night I will bring you to Jesus when he is alone.
The wicked people were very glad to hear this.
Now, thought they, we shall soon catch him and kill him.
Judas went back to Jesus, but he did not tell the disciples what he had
done. Jesus knew what he had been doing; for Jesus could see all his
thoughts, and he knew all that Judas did, both in the day and in the
night. Yet Jesus did not tell Judas that he knew his wicked plans.
LESSON XXXII.
THE LAST SUPPER—PART I.
LUKE, xxii. 7-14. JOHN, xiii. 1-17.
JESUS said to his disciples, I am going soon to be killed, but before I
die I shall eat a supper with you in Jerusalem.
Then Jesus said to Peter and John, Go and get the supper ready; but
they said, Where shall we get it ready? For Jesus had no house in
Jerusalem: but Jesus knew how to find a room.
So Jesus said to Peter and John, Go into Jerusalem, and you will meet a
man carrying a jug; go after him: he will go into a house. The master
of the house will lend me a room. Tell him that I am going to die, and
that I want to eat a supper with my disciples.
Then Peter and John went into Jerusalem.
Whom did they meet? A man carrying a jug.
They followed him. He went into a house. Peter and John went in after
him, and they said to the master of the house, Jesus wants a room to
eat supper in with his disciples before he dies.
Then the master took them up stairs, and showed them a large room, with
a table in it, and seats all round the table, and a jug, and a basin to
wash their feet in, and a cup and dishes.
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