Hermon; and now He saw a great number of persons all round them, and
heard some Jews worrying them with questions. When Jesus came near
enough to speak, He asked what was the matter. And a man came running
to Him out of the crowd, and begged Him to look at his boy--his only
child. And he said to Jesus, 'If Thou canst do anything, take pity on
me, and help me.' And Jesus made the boy well from that very hour.
The disciples had not had faith enough themselves to be able to do that
sick boy any good.

Every year the Jews had to pay half a shekel of money for the splendid
Temple in Jerusalem; and when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the men who
were collecting the money came to Peter, and said, 'Does not your
Master pay the half-shekel?' And Peter said, 'Yes.' Now the Temple
was God's house, and Jesus was God's Son. And Jesus explained to Peter
when he came into the house that kings did not expect their own sons to
pay them taxes. But it was not wrong to pay the half-shekel, and Jesus
never vexed people if He could possibly help it, so He said to Peter,
'Go thou to the sea and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first
cometh up, and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a piece
of money. That take, and give unto them for Me and thee.'

And now, after a long time, Jesus and His disciples went up to
Jerusalem again; and as they walked along, they saw ten lepers standing
a long way off. As Jesus came near, they cried out, 'Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us.' Nine of the lepers were Jews, and one was a
Samaritan. And Jesus was sorry for them all, and said, 'Go, show
yourselves to the priests.' So they turned straight round to go to the
priests, and lo! as they were going along the road, they suddenly felt
that they were strong and well again. When the Samaritan felt in
himself that the leprosy had gone away, he turned back, and threw