Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of ChildhoodPollard, Josephine
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Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood
Pollard, Josephine
Bible -- Paraphrases, English; Bible stories, English -- Juvenile literature; Christian life -- Juvenile literature
Our Fa-ther, who art in heav-en, Hal-low-ed be thy name, Thy king-dom
come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heav-en, Give us this day
our dai-ly bread, and for-give us our debts as we for-give our debt-ors.
Lead us not in-to temp-ta-tion but de-liv-er us from e-vil, for thine is
the king-dom, the pow-er, and the glo-ry, both now and for-ev-er. A-men.
[Illustration: MA-RY AND MAR-THA.]
Then he said, Which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him at
mid-night and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves: for a friend of
mine has come a long way to see me, and I have no food for him.
And he who is in-side shall say, The door is now shut, and my chil-dren
are with me in bed; I can-not rise and give thee.
I say to you, though he will not rise and give him be-cause he is his
friend, yet if he keeps on and begs hard he will rise and give him as
much as he needs. And I say to you, Ask God for what you need and he
will give it to you. Seek and ye shall find. Knock, and the door that is
shut will o-pen for you.
For, he said, if a child of yours should ask for bread, would you give
him a stone? or should he ask for a fish, would you give him a snake? If
ye then, who are full of sin, know how to give good gifts to your
chil-dren, how much more sure is it that God will give good things to
those who ask him.
Je-sus chose three-score and ten more men and sent them out, two and
two, in-to all the towns where he meant to come, that they might heal
the sick and preach the good news. And they did as he told them, and
came back full of joy at the great things they had done through the
strength that he gave them. Je-sus told them that they should feel more
joy that their names were set down in the Book of Life--God's
book--where he keeps the names of all those who love him, and do his
will on earth.
[Illustration: THE SEND-ING OUT OF THE SEV-EN-TY.]
The Feast of Tents was near at hand, and Je-sus said to the twelve, Go
ye up to this feast, but I will not go now, for my time has not yet
come. So he staid in Gal-i-lee for a-while. Then he went up to
Je-ru-sa-lem, but did not make him-self known lest the Jews should kill
him.
The Jews sought for him at the feast, and said, Where is he? And there
was much talk of him. Some said, He is a good man; and some said, No, he
is a fraud. But no one dared to speak well of him out loud for fear of
the Jews.
In the midst of the feast Je-sus went up in-to the church and taught
there. And he said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I came. I
am not come to please my-self, but to do the will of him that sent me,
whom ye know not. But I know him, for I have come from him, and he hath
sent me.
Then they made a rush for him, but no man laid hands on him, for his
hour had not yet come. God had set the time for him to die, and no one
could harm him till that day and hour.
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