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.
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 would be killed.
The disciples did not think this would happen to Jesus. They thought he would be a great king and sit on a throne. Two of these men were James and John. They came with their mother and bowed before Jesus as you see in the picture. James and John wanted to be great. They asked Jesus to let one of them sit on the right side and the other on the left of his throne. Jesus told them that the way to be great was to do good, kind deeds.
Jesus was the greatest person who has ever lived, and he spent all his life doing good to those who were in need of help.
