city of Nain, they saw a funeral coming out. The dead body of a young
man was being carried out on a bier to be buried.

When Jesus saw the poor mother crying and sobbing, He felt very sorry
for her, and He said to her, 'Weep not.' And Jesus came and touched
the bier, and the men who were carrying it stood still. And Jesus
said, 'Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.' And life came back into
that dead body again. He that was dead sat up and began to speak. And
Jesus gave him back to his mother.

A Pharisee, called Simon, once asked Jesus to come and have dinner with
him. When anyone in that land went to a feast, the master of the house
used to kiss him, and say, 'The Lord be with you,' and put some sweet
smelling oil on his hair and beard, and the servants used to bring the
visitor water to wash his feet. But none of those kind things were
done to Jesus when He came to that Pharisee's house. Presently Jesus
and Simon began to eat. In that country, people often _lay_ down to
eat. Broad settees, or couches, were put round the table, and the
visitors used to lie down in rows on these settees. Their heads were
near the table, and their feet were the other way. They lay down on
their left side, and they had cushions to put their elbows on, so that
they could raise themselves up while they were eating. While Jesus and
Simon were at dinner, a woman came in out of the street. In the East,
people walk in and out of other people's houses just as they like. But
that woman had been very wicked, and Simon was not pleased when he saw
her come in. But nobody said anything to her. So she came to Jesus,
and stood at His feet, behind the couch on which He w as lying, and
cried till the tears ran down her face. Then as her tears dropped on
to the feet of Jesus, she stooped down and wiped them away with her
long hair. And then she kissed the feet of Jesus many times, and put