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
Je-sus knew why Sa-tan had come, and he told him that men should take
more pains to do God's will than to get bread to eat. Next Sa-tan took
Je-sus to Je-ru-sa-lem, and up to a high place where the house of God
was built. And he said to him, If thou be the Son of God, throw thy-self
down; for it is said, he shall give his an-gels charge to keep thee in
all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash
a-gainst a stone.
[Illustration: THE TEMPT-A-TION.]
Je-sus told him that it was not right to go where it was not safe, just
to try if God would keep us from harm.
Then Sa-tan took Je-sus up on a high mount, from whence could be seen
all the large towns in the land, and all their great wealth. And he said
to him, All these will I give thee for thine own if thou wilt kneel down
and wor-ship me.
Je-sus said to him, Go from me, Sa-tan, for it is set down in God's
book, Thou shalt wor-ship the Lord thy God, and him a-lone shalt thou
serve.
When Sa-tan found that Je-sus paid no heed to his words, he left him,
and an-gels came to wait on the Son of God.
In a short time Je-sus went back to the Jor-dan where John was, and when
John saw him, he said, Be-hold the Lamb of God!
He spoke of Je-sus as the Lamb of God, for he was to be laid on the
cross for the sins of men, as the lamb was in those days laid on the
al-tar.
Then Je-sus set out to preach and to turn men from their sins. And he
went to Gal-i-lee. And one day as he walked by the sea-shore he saw two
men cast their net in-to the sea. Their names were An-drew and Pe-ter.
Je-sus said to them, Come with me. And they left their nets at once,
that they might be near him and learn of him.
The next day he saw two men whose names were James and John in a boat
with their fa-ther. Their nets had broke, and they were in haste to mend
them so that they could take in a large haul of fish. But Je-sus spoke
to James and John, and they left the boat at once, and went with him
that he might teach them.
The next day Je-sus spoke to Phil-ip and Na-than-i-el, and they left
their homes and went with him.
[Illustration: THE MAR-RIAGE IN CA-NA.]
When Je-sus came to the town of Ca-na he found quite a crowd there, for
a wed-ding was to take place, and he and his mo-ther had been bid to the
feast. There was food to eat and wine to drink, but ere the feast was
at an end the wine was all gone. And when Ma-ry knew of it she said to
Je-sus, They have no wine. And she bade those who were there to serve
the guests to do just as Je-sus told them.
Now there were in the house six large stone jars such as the Jews kept
to hold wa-ter. Je-sus said to the men, Fill the jars with wa-ter. And
they filled them to the brim. And he said to them, Take some out now and
bear it to the chief guest of the feast. And they did so; and the wa-ter
was changed in-to wine.
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