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JESUS FORETELLS 111s PASSION AXD DEATl-1. 321
opcnljr among the Ju~5~ti. Fix days nftcr He mid to the
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t~~clve :y)ostlcs : 13~l~old~ go to Jerus;x~cii1, and thc So11
nf mnn s11;~ll be I)c?t,rfiycd to tllo cl~icf ~~riosts, nntl to the
Scribes ailcl :~iicic:nts, ant1 tlicy shall colltl[!mn S-lil-t~ to clcntl~,
nncl sl~dl clelivc.1- Riin to thc G.elitilcs, niitl they slinll 111ock
fIiril, ar~d spit on Rim, and ecourge IIini, md kill Him ; ailcl
the t11irrI clay IIc sllall riso agi~in."
3. Tlle apostlcs ~vondcrcd, not, Ia~~olving what 3Ic mcnnt.
TIleil Jesus d1-c~ ncnr to Jcridio, in 1v1.1ich cily there ~vils n
rich lllnn namecl Zncheus, who w:rs tlic chief of the publicans.
Z:~ch[:~zs wishcd mucl1 to .we J~sus nu Hc passctl, but coulcl
not rlo PO 011 BCCOII~I~ of ilia crowtl, for lie 1~:~s of h~w stature.
4. Running, thcrcforc, bcfurtt tl-rc! cro~~rcl, he climbccl into a
~yc~amorc-trcc. Rut Jesus, on cnoming to tlie trcc, looked np,
nnd sccing %nchcus, said to him : '' Zschcus, md:c haste anit
r:ome down, for to-day I n~ust abitlc in thy Iionse." Zachcns,
coming down, received Ilim jo)-fidly into liiu liowc. Then
tljc Jcws ~ 110 saw this munnurcd, because thcy looked on
%nclicns as the cl~icf of ~iiincrs.
5. But Zacl~~ns ~nirI to the 5:~rinr: (' Rchold, Lord, the
half of 111y goods I givc to the poor ; nlld if I have wrongccl
ally irrsn of anything, 1 rehtort! Ililn fo~zrfold." Jcsus said
to 11i1n : " This (lay is ~nlvutioll c!omo to illis Lonse. For tlio
SOIL ui' Mail is comc to seek rmrl to snrc tlmt ~yliich was losl."
QUESTIONS.
1. Many of whom bclicved inJesus7 Wbnf did gomeof those do?
What did the. Gcr~besalld~linxisecs then do7 \lrli'llatdid they gay one
to anothvr 7 l\'llat did they ~csolvo to do fi30m that day ? 2. Bat,
H (1st did Jesn~ do, knowing thoir tl~nughts? What did Ilc Ray, six
days after, to His nl~osiles? 3. To nhnl cily clid Jesus draw near?
Who wns in thal city ? Wl~at did Zscliclls wish mur.h? Why
eot~ld he not do so? 4. What ditl 11e do running b(:rore the crot~cl?
N'llat did Jesus say when Helool~ed np alrtl aaiv him T What ciid
Bacl~cuscloP lIvhst did the Jcns who snnr this do? Why? 5.
What clid Zacheiis say to the Savior? What did Jastls eay to 111m 'i
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