[And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him] :—

This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

[Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Simon the leper made him a supper, and Martha served. Lazarus was one who sat at the table with him. Then took Mary an alabaster box, a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head as he sat at meat, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared fort he poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. And they murmured against her. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them] :— ̧

Let her alone; why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. Against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever

ye will ye may do them good but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

[The apostle Paul, in his ministry, addressing the elders of the Church at Ephesus, reminds them that his own hands had ministered to his necessities, and to them that were with him ; and exhorts them how that so labouring they ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said]

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

The Miracles.

The Sayings of Jesus at His Miracles,
and arising out of Them.

At the Marriage in Cana.

[The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. Jesus said to her]: :

Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine

hour is not yet come.

[He said to the servants] :

Fill the water pots with water.

[And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them] :Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of

the feast.

[And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew ;) he called the bridegroom, and said, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.]

The Healing of the Nobleman's Son.

[At Cana, a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum, came to Jesus, beseeching him to heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Jesus said] :

Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

[The nobleman said, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus said] :

Go thy way, thy son liveth.

[The man believed, and went his way, and learned from his servant that the fever left the child at the same hour in which Jesus said, Thy son liveth.]

The Draught of Fishes.

[At the lake of Gennesseret, he taught the people out of Peter's ship. He then said to Simon]:

Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

[Simon answered, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had thus done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net brake. They beckoned to their partners in the other ship, who came and helped them: and they filled both ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. Jesus said unto Simon]:

Fear not, from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

A Leper is Cleansed.

[After the sermon on the Mount, a man full of leprosy came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying] :— I will be thou clean.

[His leprosy was cleansed, and Jesus said] :

See thou say nothing to any man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

The Centurion's Servant is Healed.

[At Capernaum, a centurion came and besought him to come and heal his servant, who was dear unto him, of palsy. Jesus said]:

I will come and heal him.

[The centurion told him he was not worthy that Jesus should come under his roof; and desired him to speak the word only, and his servant would be healed. Jesus marvelled, and said to them that followed]:

Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[And Jesus said unto the centurion] :-
:-

Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be

it done unto thee.