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JUST then the disciples returned, and although

they were surprised that he should be speaking to a Samaritan woman, no one referred to it. They asked him to eat with them, but he replied sadly, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." They whispered to one another, "Has any one brought him food?" Jesus continued," "My food is to do the will of him that sent me and to complete his work. Do not say, there are still four months before the time of harvest, why, open your eyes and look on the fields, they are already white, just waiting for the harvest.

"There is a harvest for the timeless life. Other men have toiled to sow its seed, but you are to do the reaping. The old proverb is true, 'one sows, another reaps.' Others have toiled and you will have the benefit, and enjoy the fruits, but they that toiled in the sowing will not be without their joy, they will rejoice with you."

Meanwhile the woman had left her water jar and returned to the town and said to the people, "Come see the man that told me everything I

ever did. Do you think that he can be the Messiah ?" They returned with her to the well and many of the Samaritans believed in him from the woman's testimony.

They urged Jesus to remain with them and he did so for two days, and many more became his followers, because of his words. "We believe," they said, "because we have heard him ourselves and know that he is indeed, the Saviour of the

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CHAPTER FOUR.

EARLY TEACHING IN GALILEE.

FTER these two days Jesus returned to Gal

ilee and dwelt in Capernaum, near the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali. From this time he went constantly about Galilee, preaching.

The burden of his message was, "The time is come. The Spiritual Realm, The Kingdom of Love, is here. Repent and believe in the Good News." The Galileans received him gladly, for many of them were with him in Jerusalem at the Feast and had been witnesses of the things

that he had done there.

Matthew 4: 12-17; Mark 1: 14-15; John 4: 43-45.

NE day as Jesus was passing through Cana,

where he had changed the water into wine, a nobleman who lived in Capernaum, sought him out to tell him that his son was at the point of death and to beseech him to come and heal him.

Jesus said to him, "Will you not believe unless you see signs and wonders?" Sir," said the nobleman, "Come, before the child dies."

Jesus said to him, "You may return home, the boy will live." The man believed Jesus and immediately started on his way back. Before he reached home he met his servants coming to tell him that his child was getting better. He inquired of them as to the hour when he began to improve and they told him, that the fever had left the child at about the seventh hour. So the father knew that it was at the very hour that Jesus had said to him, 'your son will live.' Because of the healing he and his whole family became believers.

John 4: 46-54.

NE day Jesus was passing by the Sea of

Galilee and the multitude pressed upon

him to hear the word of God. There were two boats near by and the fishermen had come ashore to clean their nets. One of the boats belonged to Peter and Andrew. Jesus went aboard this boat and asked them to push off a little from the shore while he talked to the multitude from the boat.

When he had ceased speaking, he said to Peter, "Push out into deep water and let down your nets." But Peter hesitated and said, "Master, we worked all last night and took nothing, nevertheless, if you say so, we will try again."

When they had let down the nets, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, so much so, that the nets began to break. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and both boats were filled so that they almost sank.

When Peter saw the draught of fish he was amazed, and so were his partners, James and

Matthew 4: 18-22; Mark 1: 16-20; Luke 5: I-II.