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
NOW the day was come when the Jews were to keep the feast of the
pass-o-ver. To do this each man took a lamb to the church, and killed it
on the al-tar. The priest would burn the fat, but the rest of the lamb
the man took home, and it was cooked, and he and his folks ate of it in
the night.
The twelve came to Je-sus to ask him at what place they should set out
their feast. For they had no house or home of their own.
Je-sus sent forth two of them and said, Go ye to Je-ru-sa-lem, and there
shall meet you a man with a jug of wa-ter. Go to the house where he
goes, and say to the man who lives there, The mas-ter bids thee show us
the room where he shall come to eat the feast with his friends.
And he will show you a large room, up-stairs; there spread the feast.
The men did as Je-sus told them, and the man showed them the room, and
there they spread the feast.
And at night Je-sus came with his twelve friends. And as they did eat,
Je-sus said, There is one here who will give me up to the Jews.
These words made them all feel sad.
Now there was one of the twelve of whom Je-sus was most fond. His name
was John. And as he lay with his head on Je-sus' breast he said to him,
Lord, who is it?
Je-sus said, It is he to whom I shall give the piece of bread I dip in
the dish.
And when he had dipped the bread he gave it to Ju-das. And he said to
him, What is in thy heart to do, do at once.
Now none of the rest knew why Je-sus spoke thus. But as Ju-das had
charge of the bag in which the mon-ey was kept, some of them thought
that he bade him buy things they were in need of, or give some-thing to
the poor. Then Ju-das went out of the house where Je-sus and his friends
were; and it was night.
And when he had gone, Je-sus said to them, I shall be with you but a
short time. But ere I go a new law I give to you--the law of love. As I
have loved you so shall ye love each oth-er. By this shall all men know
that ye love me.
Pe-ter said, Lord, where dost thou go?
Je-sus said, Where I go thou canst not come now, but thou shalt be with
me by-and-by.
Pe-ter said, Lord, why can-not I go with thee now? I will lay down my
life for thy sake!
Je-sus said, I tell thee, Pe-ter, the cock shall not crow thrice till
thou hast sworn thrice that thou dost not know me.
And as they did eat Je-sus took the bread and gave thanks and broke it,
and gave to them, and said, Take and eat.
Then he took some wine in a cup, and when he had thanked God, he gave it
to them and they all drank of it.
[Illustration: PRAY-ING IN THE GAR-DEN.]
And he told them that when he was dead they must meet from time to
time, and eat the bread and drink the wine in the same way that he had
shown them; and as of-ten as they did it they were to think of him, and
the death that he died to save men from their sins.
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