. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . ly desired to see him. But Zaccheus was asmall man, and in the crowd he could have no chance tolook at Jesus, so he ran on ahead and climbed up intoa mulberry tree that stood beside the road, and from aplace among its branches he could look down upon thepassing multitude. When Jesus came opposite to the tree, he stopped,looked up and saw Zaccheus, and said to him: Zaccheus, make haste and come down; for I muststop at your house today! He was surprised and glad that the great Teachershould choose his house, out of all the homes in Jericho,to stay i
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . ly desired to see him. But Zaccheus was asmall man, and in the crowd he could have no chance tolook at Jesus, so he ran on ahead and climbed up intoa mulberry tree that stood beside the road, and from aplace among its branches he could look down upon thepassing multitude. When Jesus came opposite to the tree, he stopped,looked up and saw Zaccheus, and said to him: Zaccheus, make haste and come down; for I muststop at your house today! He was surprised and glad that the great Teachershould choose his house, out of all the homes in Jericho,to stay in. He came down and walked with Jesus tohis house. But all the people began to find fault, saying: He has gone to visit at the house of a man who is asinner! For they took for granted because many of the taxgatherers were wicked men and robbed the people, thataU of them were bad. Zaccheus knew how they were feeling and what theywere saying; so he came forward, and stood beforeJesus and said: Hear me, Master! I wiU give haK of all that I23 353. Jesus called out to Zaccheus in the tree: Make haste and come down, io: imust stop at your house today I 354 3n tfje a^icf) iflansi ?|ome at f eticjo own to help the poor; and if I have robbed or cheatedanyone, I will pay him back four times as much as hehas lost! ^Today/ said Jesus, in this house a man has beensaved from his sins; since even Zaccheus here is a trueson of Abraham our father. For the Son of Man hascome to look after the lost ones and to save them. As the people were listening, he went on and spokea parable to them; for he knew that as he was going upto Jerusalem, they were looking for the kingdom of Godto be set up at once. This was The Parable of thePounds. A certain prince, said Jesus, was going to acity far away, to be made a king, and then to come backand rule over his own land. Before leaving, he calledten of his servants, and gave to each one five hundreddollars, and said to him, Trade with this until I comeback. The
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