. When the King came; stories from the four Gospels . od did not like him till he hadwashed off the unlucky touch. But our Lordknew better. The things, he said, which Goddoes not like are bad works and bad he told his disciples that they did notneed to wash their hands in order to keep thefavor of God. They were also very careful about associat-ing with outsiders, who did not belong to thechurch. Some of these were Gentiles, that is,heathen people; some were Samaritans, whowere part Jews and part heathen ; some werepublicans, who were in the employ of the hea-then ; some were plain
. When the King came; stories from the four Gospels . od did not like him till he hadwashed off the unlucky touch. But our Lordknew better. The things, he said, which Goddoes not like are bad works and bad he told his disciples that they did notneed to wash their hands in order to keep thefavor of God. They were also very careful about associat-ing with outsiders, who did not belong to thechurch. Some of these were Gentiles, that is,heathen people; some were Samaritans, whowere part Jews and part heathen ; some werepublicans, who were in the employ of the hea-then ; some were plain sinners. The Jewswould not eat with such persons, nor wouldthey willingly have any dealings with despised and hated them. But our Lordfelt that people who were living in ignoranceand sin should be helped to be better, and heknew that in order to help anybody one mustfirst make friends with him. Sometimes hesaid that he was like a shepherd who goes insearch of a sheep which is lost. Sometimes hesaid that he was like a physician whose busi-. JESUS AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA WHY THE KING WAS HATED 197 ness is to care for those who are sick. He wasgoing through Samaria, one time, and beingthirsty and tired he sat down on a stone by awell, and a Samaritan woman came to drawwater. She was a Samaritan, and, besides that,a person of bad character; but our Lord spoketo her kindly. Sometimes, when the scribeswished to call him by a bad name, they saidthat he was a Samaritan himself, and that hewas a friend of publicans and sinners. Theyfelt towards publicans and Samaritans as peo-ple in some southern towns feel towards ne-groes. It was for these reasons that when the Kingcame unto his own, his own received him were interested in little things : he wasinterested in great things. They were busywith seeds and herbs, — mint, anise, and cum-min, — tying them up in ten bundles, to giveone bundle to the church. He was intent onjustice, mercy, and truth. They were thinkinga
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