Category: Life Of Christ

WE HAVE heard much in the story, of the Pharisees, who were looked upon as leaders of the people in religion, because they regularly went to church, paid the church dues and obeyed all the rules, foolish as some of those rules seemed. These Pharisees, as you know, were bitter enemies of Jesus, and every-where […]

FOR A FEW months after their marriage, Joseph and Mary lived in their little house at Nazareth. Joseph worked at his trade as a carpenter, while Mary cared for the home and carried the water for the needs of the house from the well in the middle of the village, walking with her jar full […]

AT THIS TIME Jesus gave to his disciples the parable of “The Dishonest Steward.” A steward is a man who takes care of any business or lands or houses belonging to another man who employs him. Jesus said : ” There was a rich man who had a steward who took charge of all his […]

WHILE JESUS was talking in the Temple and answering all these questions, a teacher of the law was standing near and listening. He saw how well Jesus answered all the questions put to him, and coming up to him, said: “Teacher, what commandment stands first of all?” We might suppose that he was speaking of […]

JESUS KNEW that the Pharisees, for all their church-going and their carefulness in keeping the rules of their law, were in their hearts lovers of money, and were living for the things of this world and not for God. He gave to them a parable about a rich man who suddenly became poor, and a […]

THE ROOM in the Temple where Jesus spoke on that Tuesday, the last day of his teaching in public, was called “The Treasury,” because beside its walls were chests or boxes in which people who came to worship placed their money for gifts to pay for the offerings of poor people. As Jesus rose up […]

JESUS TOLD his disciples a parable to show that they should always keep on praying and never be discouraged. This parable is named “The Parable of the Unjust Judge.” “In a certain city,” he said, “there was a judge who in his rule did not try to do right, but was often unjust and wicked; […]

JESUS WALKED across the Court of the Gentiles or Strangers, the large outer court of the Temple, toward the Mount of Olives. On that side of the court stood Solomon’s Porch, a double row of pillars, having a roof above to shield it from the sun. Under this porch they stepped down a marble staircase […]

WHILE JESUS was on his way to Jerusalem one of the teachers of the law—whom the Jews called “scribes”—came to him with a question. These Jewish scribes were everywhere enemies of Jesus, and were continually asking him questions, not that they might learn, but that in some way they might give him trouble. This scribe […]

AT THE TIME when Jesus came to Jerusalem, the Feast of Tents was half over. Many had been looking for him, for all through the land he was talked about. At the Feast the people were saying, “Where is he? Has he come up to the Feast?” Some said, “He is a good man.” Others […]