17 The universal Christ who was, and is, and evermore shall be, is manifest in me; but Christ belongs to every man.
18 God scatters forth his blessings with a lavish hand, and he is not more kind to one than to another one of all the creatures of his hand.
19 I just came up from Judah’s hills, and God’s same sun was shining and his flowers were blooming, and in the night his stars were just as bright as they are here.
20 God cannot cast a child away; the Jew, the Greek and the Samaritan are equal in his sight.
21 And why should men and women fret and quarrel, like children in their plays?
22 The lines that separate the sons of men are made of straw, and just a single breath of love would blow them all away.
23 The people were amazed at what the stranger said, and many said, The Christ that was to come has surely come.
24 And Jesus went with them into the town, and tarried certain days.
CHAPTER 83.
Jesus teaches the people of Sychar. Casts a wicked spirit out of one obsessed. Sends the spirit to its own place. Heals many people. The priests are disturbed by the presence of Jesus in Sychar, but he speaks to them and wins their favor.