that His face shown like the sun,
and His clothes were white and shining like the light. And as the
disciples looked, they saw two men talking with Jesus, called Moses and
Elijah, two holy men who went to heaven long, long ago. We do not know
how long they talked. Peter, and James, and John were men, so they
could not look very long at those heavenly visitors; soon their eyes
closed, and they fell fast asleep. When they woke up, Moses and Elijah
were still there, and when the disciples saw Jesus again, looking so
bright and beautiful, they were very much afraid.

When they came down from the mountain, they saw a crowd down below.
Jesus had left nine of His disciples behind when He went up Mount
Hermon; and now He saw a great number of persons all round them, and
heard some Jews worrying them with questions. When Jesus came near
enough to speak, He asked what was the matter. And a man came running
to Him out of the crowd, and begged Him to look at his boy--his only
child. And he said to Jesus, 'If Thou canst do anything, take pity on
me, and help me.' And Jesus made the boy well from that very hour.
The disciples had not had faith enough themselves to be able to do that
sick boy any good.

Every year the Jews had to pay half a shekel of money for the splendid
Temple in Jerusalem; and when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the men who
were collecting the money came to Peter, and said, 'Does not your
Master pay the half-shekel?' And Peter said, 'Yes.' Now the Temple
was God's house, and Jesus was God's Son. And Jesus explained to Peter
when he came into the house that kings did not expect their own sons to
pay them taxes. But it was not wrong to pay the half-shekel, and Jesus
never vexed people if He could possibly help it, so He said to Peter,
'Go thou to the sea and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first
cometh up, and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a piece
of money. That take, and give unto them for Me and thee.'

And now, after a long time, Jesus and His disciples went up to
Jerusalem again; and as they walked along, they saw ten lepers standing
a long way off. As Jesus came near, they cried out, 'Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us.' Nine of the lepers were Jews, and one was a
Samaritan. And Jesus was sorry for them all, and said, 'Go, show
yourselves to the priests.' So they turned straight round to go to the
priests, and lo! as they were going along the road, they suddenly felt
t