if it
should be needed. Then Jesus asked the lawyer which of these three men
was neighbor to him who fell among thieves.

[Illustration: The good Samaritan]

"He that showed mercy on him," said the lawyer. Then said Jesus unto
him,

"Go thou and do likewise."

As Jesus came near to Jerusalem He passed through Bethany, a little
town at the foot of the Mount of Olives, where perhaps some of His
disciples had been preaching the new gospel before Him. There He was
gladly received into the house of Martha, who prepared the table with
her own hands to offer the best in her house to her honored Guest. She
had a brother named Lazarus, who was probably at the feast in
Jerusalem, and a younger sister named Mary who loved to listen to every
word that Jesus spoke. As every family built a bower of branches
during this feast to remind them that for forty years they lived in
such houses in the wilderness while coming out of Egypt, there must
have been one in the court of Martha's house, and there, perhaps, Jesus
rested while Mary sat at His feet and heard His word.

[Illustration: Jesus in the house at Bethany]

Martha was very busy serving her honored guest, and thought Mary ought
to help her in the house, but Jesus said, "Martha, Martha, thou art
careful and troubled about many things; but one thing is needful, and
Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her."

When the Feast of Tabernacles was at its height Jesus came up to the
Temple at Jerusalem. The people had been looking for Him, and as soon
as the noble, earnest-faced young Teacher was seen walking in the
marble court of the Temple they thronged around Him to hear Him teach,
or to see if He would do any miracle.

Some wondered at His wisdom and His doctrine, and asked where it came
from, "My doctrine is not mine," He said, "but His that sent me. If
any man will do His will he shall know of the doctrine."

He taught them many things that day, and hinted at the same thing that
had troubled His disciples, and these were His words,

"Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto Him that sent me.
Ye shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I am thither ye
cannot come."

The priests, the scribes, and the Pharisees were listening, and He knew
that their hearts were too full of pride and self-love to receive His
word. They could not go to Him, for they would not let Him come into
their hearts.

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