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 sheep, and that Solomon was descended from Ruth the Moabitess.”

“Hast thou known,—didst thou ever discourse with Jesus before he was baptized?” asked Sadoc with eagerness.

“I have broken bread and drank of the same cup with him,” replied the Nazarene, “and heard many words of wisdom from him. I have often marvelled that my heart burned within me while we discoursed of the hope of our nation, And when I have beheld how the eyes of his mother were fixed on him with deep and tender love, I have thought that she was blessed among women.”

"And his brethren are also favoured of the Lord!”

“Nay, but they believe not on him. Mary, his mother, hideth her hopes in her heart; but his brethren marvel that the world is gone after him. Yet they were in much fear lest he should be dashed to pieces when his townsmen were full of wrath against him.”

“Wherefore were they angry?”

“Because he restrained his hand from doing the mighty works which they sought. He rebuked them for their unbelief, and refused