Part 14 (1/2)

They knew that on the mountaintop they had been with God

10 The Way to Jerusaleo to Jerusalem for the Passover next year He knew that if he did he would get into trouble

The disciples knew it too, for he had told them so There was a hard time ahead for them all

There was hardly anyone whom Jesus could count on any more Often even the disciples did not understand hi and be disciples too But few actually came, after Jesus explained how ive up for his sake

There was one man who came to Jesus, and said bravely, ”Lord, I will follow you wherever you go!”

Jesus replied: ”Even the foxes have holes in the ground to sleep in at night The birds of the air have their nests But I travel across the country without a hoht of his own comfortable house, and decided he did not want to follow Jesus after all

Another time Jesus invited a lad to come, but that his father had just died, and hetime, for the Jews loved their customs, and when anybody died they held ceremonies which lasted for many days Jesus could not wait for this man, so he answered:

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”Let people who don't believe inht away That's what you would do if you really believed into coood-by to his faive up everything for God He told him:

”You're like a farmer who starts to plow a field, and then turns around and wonders if he shouldn't be doing so back at the house Unless you put your whole heart into following me, I'm afraid you will never be of much use”

Even some of those who used to call the away Jesus said to the twelve, who had been with hi to leave o? We should die if we did not hear your words We believe that you are the Christ”

Jesus said, ”Yes, you are the h there is one of _you_ ill co of a disciple nah the others did not know it Jesus knew that Judas was not to be trusted

In those difficult days Jesus spent much of his tith and help fro, they said to him,

”Lord, teach us to pray, just as John the Baptist used to teach his disciples”

So Jesus taught them a prayer, and this is hoent:

”Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy nadom come Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors

And lead us not into tedolory, for ever Amen”

Then Jesus looked at his disciples, and told theht to pray more than they did

”Suppose,” he said, ”one of you went to a friend's house at h the , 'Lend me some bread, for co in et up out of bed, but if you kept on pleading with hiive you what you asked for In the sa on a door Knock, and the door will be opened”

Jesus knew, better than the disciples did the to need God's help