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God will forgive you;<br />
maybe I am far worse<br />
than you.<br />
give me, for the love of God! I’ll<br />
confess it, and you can go free.”<br />
“It’s easy for you to talk,” said<br />
Aksionov, “but I have suffered<br />
for you these twenty-six years.<br />
Now my wife is dead and my<br />
children have forgotten me. I<br />
have nowhere to go.”<br />
Makar Semyonich beat his<br />
head on the floor and sobbed.<br />
“I can’t bear to think what I<br />
did to you, yet you had pity on<br />
me, and did not tell on me. For<br />
Christ’s sake forgive me, wretch<br />
that I am!”<br />
Then Aksionov began to weep<br />
too. “God will forgive you!” he<br />
said. “Maybe I am far worse than<br />
you.” And his heart grew light,<br />
and the longing for home and<br />
freedom left him.<br />
Makar Semyonich did confess<br />
his guilt, and Aksionov was pardoned,<br />
but by the time the order<br />
for his release arrived, Aksionov<br />
was already dead.<br />
Adapted from Leo N. Tolstoy<br />
Somewhere in James 1<br />
Unscramble the hidden verse (NKJV).<br />
fI ennoay oanmg oyu kntish he si ersiiuglo, and sode not dielrb sih<br />
ugnoet but desceiev his onw ahtre, sthi oen's orinielg si lsessue.<br />
Reference:<br />
48 | <strong>Loaves</strong> & <strong>Fishes</strong> • Issue <strong>27</strong>