r of the inn, and said: 'Take care of him; and if you need to spend
more than this, do so; and when I come again I will pay it to you.'"

[Illustration: _Then he lifted him up_]

"Which one of these three, do you think, showed himself a neighbor to
the man who fell among the robbers?"

The scribe said: "The one who showed mercy on him."

Then Jesus said to him: "Go and do thou likewise."

By this parable, Jesus showed that "our neighbor" is the one who needs
the help that we can give him, whoever he may be.

THE STORY OF THE PALM BRANCHES

[Illustration: _Came to Bethany where his friends Martha and Mary
lived_]

From Jericho, Jesus and his disciples went up the mountains, and came to
Bethany, where his friends Martha and Mary lived, and where he had
raised Lazarus to life. Many people in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was
there, and they went out of the city to see him, for Bethany was only
two miles from Jerusalem. Some came also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had
raised from the dead; but the rulers of the Jews said to each other:

"We must not only kill Jesus, but Lazarus, also; because on his account
so many of the people are going after Jesus and are believing on him."

The friends of Jesus in Bethany made a supper for Jesus, at the house of
a man named Simon. He was called "Simon the leper"; and perhaps he was
one whom Jesus had cured of leprosy. Jesus and his disciples, with
Lazarus, leaned upon the couches around the table, as the guests; and
Martha was one of those who waited upon them. While they were at the
supper, Mary, the sister of Lazarus, came into the room, carrying a
sealed jar of very precious perfume. She opened the jar, and poured some
of the perfume upon the head of Jesus, and some upon his feet; and she
wiped his feet with her long hair. And the whole house was filled with
the fragrance of the perfume.

But one of the disciples of Jesus, Judas Iscariot, was not pleased at
this. He said: "Why was such a waste of the perfume made? This might
have been sold for more than forty-five dollars, and the money given to
the poor!"

This he said, but not because he cared for the poor. Judas was the one
who kept the bag of money for Jesus and the twelve; and he was a thief,
and took away for his own use all the money that he could steal. But
Jesus said:

"Let her alone; why do you find fault with the woman? She has done a
good work upon me. You have the poor always with you, and whenever you
wish