Volume 2

Jesus in Bethoron
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again in severe terms on the parable of the lord of the
vineyard whose servants were murdered by the unfaithful
vinedressers, whose son whom he had sent to them shared
the same fate, and who at last gave the vineyard into the
hands of others. He spoke likewise of the persecution of
the Prophets and the imprisonment of John, saying that
they would persecute Him also and lay hands upon Him,
and He ended by predicting the judgment and woe that
were to come upon Jerusalem. This discourse occasioned
great excitement among the Jews. Some rejoiced, while
others muttered angrily to one another: "Whence came
this Man so unexpectedly here? No one knew of His arrival!"
And some who had heard that there were women,
followers of Jesus, at the inn in the valley, went out to
question them on the designs of their Master.
Jesus cured several that were sick of a fever, and after
some hours left the city.
Veronica, Johanna Chusa, and Obed's widow had arrived
at the inn, and prepared a luncheon. Jesus and the
disciples partook of it standing, after which they girded
themselves and recommenced their journey. Jesus taught
on this same day in Kibzaim on similar subjects as at
Bethoron, also in some small shepherd settlements. All the
disciples were not present in Kibzaim, but they met again
at a large house belonging to a shepherd. It was surrounded
by outbuildings and stood on the confines of
Samaria. Mary and Joseph had been hospitably received
there on their journey to Bethlehem, after having vainly
sought admittance elsewhere. Here Jesus and the disciples,
about fifteen in all, ate and slept. Lazarus and the
women had returned to Bethania.
On the next day Jesus and the disciples sometimes
together, sometimes in separate groups, passed rapidly
through several large cities and small towns that lay in a
district of some hours in extent. Gabaa and Najoth, about
four hours from Kibzaim, were among them. In none of