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Jes us Among the Harvesters 277 for his kingdom was of this world, and he sought to increase in earthly goods. But in Jesus' Kingdom, he should have nothing. The owner of the field should take a lesson from his neighbor in the art of enriching himself, and should strive to acquire possessions in the Kingdom of God. Jesus drew a similitude from a river which wore away the land on one side and deposited the debris on the other. The whole discourse was something like that upon the unjust steward, in which worldly artifice and earthly greed after enrichnlent should furnish an example for one's manner of acting in spiritual affairs. Earthly riches were contrasted with heavenly treasures. Some points of the instruction seemed a little obscure to me, though to the Jews, on account of their notions, their religion, and the standpoint from which they viewed things, all was quite plain and intelligible. To them all was symbolical. The field in which lay Joseph's Well was in this neighborhood' and Jesus took occasion from the circumstance just related to refer to a somewhat similar struggle recorded in the Old Testament. Abraham had given far more land to Lot than the latter had demanded. After relating the fact, Jesus asked what had become of Lot's posterity, and whether Abraham had not recovered full propriety. Ought we not to imitate Abraham? Was not the kingdom promised to him, and did he not obtain it? This earthly kingdom, however, was merely a symbol of the Kingdom of God, and Lot's struggle against Abraham was typical of the struggle of man with man. But, like Abraham, man should aim at acquiring the Kingdom of God. Jesus quoted the text of Holy Scripture in which the strife alluded to is recorded, I and continued to talk of it and of the Kingdom before all the harvest laborers. The unjust husbandman likewise was present with his followers. He listened in silence and at a distance. He had engaged his friends to interrupt Jesus from time to time with all kinds of captious questions. One of them asked
278 Life of Jesus Christ Him what would be the end of His preaching, what would come of it all. Jesus answered so evasively that they could make nothing out of His words. They were, however, something to this effect: If His preaching seemed too long to some, to others it was short. He spoke in parables of the harvest, of sowing, of reaping, of separating the tares from the good grain, of the bread and nourishment of eternal life, etc. The good husbandman, the host of Jesus, listened to His teaching with a docile heart. He ceased to accuse his enemy, later on gave over all he possessed into the treasury of the rising Church, and his sons joined the disciples. There was much talk here of the Herodians. The people complained of their spying into everything. They had recently accused and arrested here at Dothain and also in Capharnaum several adulterers, and taken them to Jerusalem where they were to be judged. The people of Dothain were well pleased that such persons should be removed from among them, but the feeling of being continually watched was very distasteful to them. Jesus spoke of the Herodians with perfect freedom. He told the people to beware of sin, also of hypocrisy and criticizing others. One should confess his own delinquencies before sitting in judgment upon his neighbor. Then Jesus painted the ordinary manner of acting among the Herodians, applying to them the passage from the Prophet Isaias read in the synagogue on the preceding Sabbath, which treats of dumb dogs that do not bark, that do not turn away from evil, and that tear nlen in secret. He reminded them that those adulterers were delivered over to justice while Herod, the patron of their accusers, lived in the open comnlission of the same crime, and He gave them signs by which they might recognize the Herodians. There were in several of the huts nearby some men who had received injuries during their labor. Jesus visited them, cured the poor creatures, and told them to go to the
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Jes us Among the Harvesters<br />
277<br />
for his kingdom was of this world, and he sought to increase<br />
in earthly goods. But in Jesus' Kingdom, he should<br />
have nothing. The owner of the field should take a lesson<br />
from his neighbor in the art of enriching himself, and<br />
should strive to acquire possessions in the Kingdom of<br />
God. Jesus drew a similitude from a river which wore<br />
away the land on one side and deposited the debris on the<br />
other. The whole discourse was something like that upon<br />
the unjust steward, in which worldly artifice and earthly<br />
greed after enrichnlent should furnish an example for<br />
one's manner of acting in spiritual affairs. Earthly riches<br />
were contrasted with heavenly treasures. Some points of<br />
the instruction seemed a little obscure to me, though to<br />
the Jews, on account of their notions, their religion, and<br />
the standpoint from which they viewed things, all was<br />
quite plain and intelligible. To them all was symbolical.<br />
The field in which lay Joseph's Well was in this neighborhood'<br />
and Jesus took occasion from the circumstance<br />
just related to refer to a somewhat similar struggle<br />
recorded in the Old Testament. Abraham had given far<br />
more land to Lot than the latter had demanded. After relating<br />
the fact, Jesus asked what had become of Lot's<br />
posterity, and whether Abraham had not recovered full<br />
propriety. Ought we not to imitate Abraham? Was not the<br />
kingdom promised to him, and did he not obtain it? This<br />
earthly kingdom, however, was merely a symbol of the<br />
Kingdom of God, and Lot's struggle against Abraham was<br />
typical of the struggle of man with man. But, like<br />
Abraham, man should aim at acquiring the Kingdom of<br />
God. Jesus quoted the text of Holy Scripture in which the<br />
strife alluded to is recorded, I and continued to talk of it<br />
and of the Kingdom before all the harvest laborers.<br />
The unjust husbandman likewise was present with his<br />
followers. He listened in silence and at a distance. He had<br />
engaged his friends to interrupt Jesus from time to time<br />
with all kinds of captious questions. One of them asked