The next day, when they had come down from the mount, there was a great crowd to see Je-sus. And one man knelt at his feet and said, Lord, help my son, for he has fits, and the fiends in him vex him so that he falls in the fire and in the wa-ter. I took him to those whom thou hast taught to heal, to see if they could cure him; and they could not. Je-sus said, Bring him to me. And they brought him; and he fell on the ground and foamed at the mouth. Je-sus said to the fiend that was in the young man, Come out of him and vex him no more. And the fiend cried with a loud voice, and shook the young man, and came out of him, but left him weak, like one dead. And those who stood near thought he was dead. But Je-sus took him by the hand and raised him, and he stood on his feet and was well from that hour. Then Je-sus and the twelve went to Ca-per-na-um. And when they were in the house Je-sus said, Why were ye at such strife in your talk on the way? And for shame they held their peace, for their talk had been as to which should have the high-est place in the realm where Je-sus was to reign as King of the Jews. When they had sat down Je-sus said to the twelve, He who seeks to be first shall be last of all. And he took a child and set it in the midst of them, and told them that they must put pride out of their hearts and be as meek as a child. For he who thought not of him-self, but did God's will as a child does the will of its fa-ther, the same should be great in the realm which Je-sus was to set up. Je-sus taught there for some time, and then set out for Je-ru-sa-lem. And the twelve went with him. When they were come to Ca-per-na-um, those that took in the trib-ute mon-ey came to Pe-ter and said, Doth not your mas-ter pay trib-ute. This was the tax the Jews had to pay to Ce-sar as the price of peace. Pe-ter said, Yes. And when he came in-to the house Je-sus met him and said. Of whom do the kings of the earth take cus-tom or trib-ute? of their own chil-dren or of stran-gers? Pe-ter said, Of stran-gers. Je-sus said, Then are the chil-dren free. But lest we should give cause for blame, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first comes up. In its mouth thou shalt find a piece of mon-ey. Take that and give it to them for me and thee. CHAPTER XII. THE GOOD SAMARITAN.--MARTHA AND MARY.--THE MAN BORN BLIND. JE-SUS went to the great church in Je-ru-sa-lem, and the Jews came there in crowds to hear him preach, and to find fault with him. And a man of law stood up and said, What must I do to be saved? Je-sus said to him, What does the law say? How dost thou read it? The man of law said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and thy neigh-bor as thy-self. Je-sus said to him, That is right. Do this, and thou shalt be saved.