he king heard about this, he did not like it, and he
punished the hard-hearted man.

We are like the man in the picture. We ask God to be good to us and
forgive us when we do wrong. Then, maybe, we are not good to our
little friends when they do wrong to us. If they do a bad thing to us,
we want to pay them back. We should not do this way. Jesus said that
if we would not forgive others, God would not forgive us. To forgive
our friends means to be just as good to them when they do wrong to us
as when they do good to us.

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Jesus Loves the Children

At one time when Jesus was teaching the people, some women brought
their children to him for a blessing. The disciples thought the women
should not do this, and thought Jesus did not wish to be bothered
with the children.

Jesus said, "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto
me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven." He loved them and held them
upon his lap and blessed them.

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At another time he said that unless people become converted and become
as little children, they can not enter the kingdom of heaven. This
means that it is necessary for them to have their sins forgiven and to
be pure and innocent and free from sin in order to be in God's church
in this world and to go to heaven after they die.

Jesus Heals the Sick

Jesus spent his whole life doing good. He always helped those who were
in trouble. He seemed to know of the sick and suffering of the land
and was always anxious to heal them.

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At one time he went into the meeting-place of the Jews and saw a man
there who had a hand so withered that he could not open it or stretch
it out. Now, there was a Jewish law that said no work should be done
on the Sabbath. The wicked people watched Jesus to see if he would
heal this man on the Sabbath-day.

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Jesus knew their thoughts, and so he asked the people, "If any of you
had a sheep which should fall into a pit on the Sabbath, would you not
help it out?" Then he said that if it was right to help a sheep, it
was much more so to be good to man.

After that he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand," and he
stretched it out.

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Jesus Nearing Jerusalem

One day Jesus and his disciples were on their way to a great city.
This city was Jerusalem. Jesus told them that there many cruel things
would be done to him and that he woul