A pictorial life of our Saviour. Abridged from the life of Christ in the 'Pictorial Sunday reading-book'.

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Page 173 - and led him tenderly to the nearest caravanserai or inn, where he left him in charge of the keeper to provide for his wants, with the words, " Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.
Page 40 - pointed him out as the Messiah to all who were then present, in the emphatic words, " Behold the 40 Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is preferred before me.
Page 126 - a great calm,"—not only a calm, but a great calm. In one instant the storm was raging at the highest pitch, in the next scarcely a ripple was upon its surface. Jesus then turned to the disciples and said: " Why are ye so fearful ? How is it that ye have no faith ?
Page 87 - xxii. 4 :—" What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath-day, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out ?—how much then is a man better than a sheep!
Page 108 - a well-known proverb, he said: —" Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation ; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:" and by way of applying this, he continued, " If Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against
Page 77 - Who can forgive sins but God alone ?" Although they did not speak this out, but only thought it, Christ perceived their feeling in this matter, and turning to them, asked, " What reason ye in your hearts ? Whether is it easier to say, ' Thy sins be forgiven thee,' or to say, ' Rise up and walk ?'
Page 162 - Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said that Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was ?" The officers sent by the Pharisees paused to hear his discourse, and were so impressed by 162
Page 276 - of the angel to the other women, or indeed having seen the angel, eagerly stated what she herself inferred from the stone being rolled away, and the door being open:—" They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where
Page 183 - was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found." Jesus then addressed more particularly to his own disciples, many of whom were wealthy, the parable of the Unjust Steward, with the view of teaching the true use of riches, and how they might be
Page 216 - were sorely disappointed. The children in the temple still kept up the cry which had before been raised; and the priests and scribes in high displeasure called his attention to it: "Hearest thou what these say ?" To which he answered, " Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and

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