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Page 59
"I am the good shepherd; and just as a true shepherd knows all the sheep
in his fold, so I know my own, and my own know me, even as I know the
Father, and the Father knows me; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must
lead; and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock and one
shepherd."
The Jews could not understand these words of Jesus; but they became very
angry with him, because he spoke of God as his Father. They took up
stones to throw them at him, and tried to seize him, intending to kill
him. But Jesus escaped from their hands, and went away to the land
beyond Jordan, at the place called "Bethabara," or "Bethany beyond
Jordan," the same place where he had been baptized by John the Baptist
more than two years before. From this place Jesus wished to go out
through the land in the east of the Jordan, a land which is called
"Perea," a word that means "beyond." But before going out through this
land, Jesus sent out seventy chosen men from among his followers to go
to all the villages, and to make the people ready for his own coming
afterward. He gave to these seventy the same commands that he had given
to the twelve disciples when he sent them through Galilee, and sent them
out in pairs, two men to travel and to preach together. He said:
"I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry no purse, no bag for
food, no shoes except those that you are wearing. Do not stop to talk
with people by the way; but go through the towns and villages, healing
the sick, and preaching to the people, 'The kingdom of God is coming,'
He that hears you, hears me; and he that refuses you, refuses me; and he
that will not hear me, will not hear him that sent me."
And after a time the seventy men came again to Jesus, saying:
"Lord, even the evil spirits obey our words in thy name!"
And Jesus said to them:
"I saw Satan, the king of the evil spirits, falling down like lightning
from heaven. I have given you power to tread upon serpents and
scorpions, and nothing shall harm you. Still, do not rejoice because the
evil spirits obey you; but rejoice that your names are written in
heaven."
And at that time, one of the scribes--men who wrote copies of the books
of the Old Testament, and studied them, and taught them--came to Jesus
and asked him a question, to see what answer he would give. He said:
"Master, what shall I do to have everlasting life?"
Jesus said to the scribe: "What is written in the law? You are a reader
of God's law; tell me what it says."
Then the man gave this answer:
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself."
Jesus said to the man: "You have answered right; do this, and you shall
have everlasting life."
But the man was not satisfied. He asked another question: "And who is my
neighbor?"
To answer this question, Jesus gave the parable or story of "The Good
Samaritan." He said: "A certain man was going down the lonely road from
Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of all
that he had and beat him; and then went away, leaving him almost dead.
It happened that a certain priest was going down that road; and when he
saw the man lying there, he passed by on the other side. And a Levite,
also, when he came to the place, and saw the man, he too went by on the
other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he was going down, came where
this man was; and as soon as he saw him, he felt a pity for him. He came
to the man, and dressed his wounds, pouring oil and wine into them. Then
he lifted him up, and set him on his own beast of burden, and walked
beside him to an inn. There he took care of him all night; and the next
morning he took out from his purse two shillings, and gave them to the
keeper of the inn, and said: 'Take care of him; and if you need to spend
more than this, do so; and when I come again I will pay it to you.'"
[Illustration: _Then he lifted him up_]
"Which one of these three, do you think, showed himself a neighbor to
the man who fell among the robbers?"
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