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Folk Hero: A Child's Life of Jesus (THEY MET JESUS) (Volume 4)

By Katheryn Maddox Haddad

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1 ~ PHARISEES & THE SINNER

When we do bad things, often bad things happen to us.

Jesus loved everyone. Therefore, he taught people to do good things so more good would happen to them.

But some people don't believe that. They like to do their bad things too much, so won't stop doing them. Some of the Pharisees were mean and were like that.

They got mad at Jesus because Jesus wouldn't stop telling them to do good. So, they decided to surprise him with something bad.

The Pharisees invited Jesus to a dinner. Jesus went, but no one would talk to him. They just wanted him around so they could be mean to him.

Then they started being selfish and rude. Everyone was provided with water to wash before the meal but Jesus. Everyone got a napkin but Jesus. Everyone got something to drink but Jesus.

No one told Jesus he could sit down with them at the table, but he sat down with them anyway. The Pharisees were served food, but Jesus wasn't.

In a little while a woman came to the table. She was bad too. But she was sorry and wanted to start acting good.

She was so sorry for the bad things she had done that she just cried and cried at Jesus' feet. She cried so many tears that she washed Jesus feet with them.

She also cried for the bad way the Pharisees were treating him. She had been treated that way a lot of times herself.

Jesus forgave her for the bad things she had done. When someone is forgiven, it is just like that person never did those bad things at all.

The Pharisees did not want anyone to quit being bad because they didn't want to stop being bad themselves. So, they made the woman leave the house. Jesus loved her anyway.


THINK & DO

1. Do you do certain things over and over that are bad? Do unhappy things happen to you then? The bad things that happen afterwards are not punishment from God, but rather the natural result of your bad actions.

2. Tell your parents you don't want to do those bad things any more. They will forgive you. Tell Jesus. He wants to forgive you too.

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