es and He soon went to the Temple, and when they
got inside the great Court of the Gentiles they found a market was
going on there. Men were selling oxen and sheep and doves for
sacrifice. Others were sitting at little tables changing money. And
there must have been plenty of noise, for people in the East shout and
quarrel a great deal when they are buying or selling.

When Jesus saw this, He was angry; and He made a whip with pieces of
cord, and He drove away all the people who were selling in the Temple.
And He turned out the sheep and the oxen; and he told the men who sold
doves to take them away, and not turn His Father's House into a store.
Jesus upset the tables of the money-changers too, and poured out their
money.

Jesus did a great many wonderful things when He was in Jerusalem that
Passover time, and many persons saw His miracles, and thought, 'Yes,
this is the Messiah.' But Jesus did not trust any of those people. He
knew that they did not really love Him. But there was one man in
Jerusalem who did want to be Jesus Christ's disciple. His name was
Nicodemus. He was a great Rabbi, but not proud like the other Rabbis,
and he wanted to ask Jesus a great many questions. But he did not want
the other Rabbis and the priests to see him coming to Jesus. So he
came to Jesus by night--in the dark.

Did Jesus say, 'You are not brave, Nicodemus, I am ashamed of you; go
away'? Ah no! He talked kindly to him, and He told him that he would
have to be born again. He meant that Nicodemus must ask God to send
him His Holy Spirit, and to give him a new heart. And then Jesus
explained to Nicodemus why He had come down from heaven. He said:

'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT
WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING
LIFE.'

CHAPTER VI

SOME WORDS AND WORKS OF JESUS

Jesus having to go to Galilee, made up His mind to pass through
Samaria. It was a long, rough journey, and at last they came near a
town called Sychar. Near by was the well dug by Jacob when he lived in
Shechem. Jesus was so tired that He sat down to rest on the edge of
the well, while His disciples went on to buy food.

[Illustration: Jacob's well.]

While Jesus was sitting by the well, a woman came there to draw water.
Jesus asked her to do something kind for Him, He said 'Give Me to
drink.' The woman was surprised, and said to Him, 'You are a Jew, and
I am a Samaritan. Why