Today i'm going to tell you the story of john
john vernerius was the younger son of zebedee and salome and the younger brother of james the elder
who was also a disciple of jesus john was one of the most beloved disciples of jesus
and like his elder brother he too was a fisherman john lived with his family in bethsaida
and capernaum and later in jerusalem he went around the world preaching his master's doctrines
and also went and preached in the churches of asia minor after john became a disciple to jesus
he wrote the gospels of john 1 john 2 john 3 and revelations
once john was banished to the isle of patmos as a prisoner for preaching in the name of jesus
later he was freed and he eventually died due to old age john was not only a man of
action but he was also very ambitious and held no tolerance for unfair or selfish people
john was very close to another disciple named peter and they would often be sent together for
ministry work but it was john who always stood out and acted as the spokesperson of the band
as years went by old age caught up with him and he soon forgot all about his ambition
all he remembered was the lord's command of love john once wanted to take his own life by drinking
poison from a chalice but the lord spared his life for all the good deeds he had done all
his life he finally died of natural causes and the chalice with the snake became his apostolic symbol
that was the story of john i hope you children enjoyed it oh yes we sure did the holy tales
and today i am going to tell you the story of the good samaritan
the good samaritan who is a good samaritan we'll get to know about that as we hear the story
okay one day a man came up to jesus while he was teaching the man asked jesus lord
what must i do to live forever my son the old testament law says love the lord your
god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your
mind and love your neighbor as yourself and this my son is the only way to live forever
the man looked confused he asked my lord what does loving your neighbor mean
do i have to love all my neighbors equally or just the ones that live close by jesus told the man a
story about the good samaritan to help explain to the man the true meaning of loving your neighbors
one day a man was traveling alone from jerusalem to jericho while he was on his way some robbers
attacked him they beat him up and took away everything that he had even his clothes
the man was left all alone on the road hurt and robbed he waited and waited for someone to come by
and help him soon a priest was walking by the same road he saw the man lying
on the ground in pain he looked at him but did not help him he continued with his journey soon enough
a levite was crossing the same road where the man lay on the ground
who is a levite holy a levite is a man who knew all of god's laws they were good jews
the man lay on the ground and asked for help from the levite but levite did not help him he ignored
him and went on his way finally a man from samaria came along that road the jews never liked the
samaritans because they thought them to be selfish the samaritans saw the man in pain and immediately
stopped to help him he took out his wine and oil from his bag and put it on his wounds then
he lifted the man and took him to a nearby inn there he took care of the man all night to make
sure he was going to be all right the next morning the samaritan had to leave for his own journey
he wanted to make sure that the injured man was taken care of so he gave the innkeeper some money
he gave the innkeeper enough money so that the injured man could stay for the next two months
he even told the innkeeper that he would come back and pay him more money if the man was still sick
so children tell me which one of these men do you think was a true neighbor to the hurt
and robbed man the priest the levite or the samaritan the samaritan he was the true neighbor
he helped the man in distress yes this is exactly what jesus wanted to explain
so today's parable is the pharisee and the tax collector who is a pharisee holy
a pharisee is a teacher of scriptures and a person who knows a lot about god oh i see
long long time ago one day two men went to the temple to pray one was a pharisee and one was
a tax collector the two men sat down on their knees and prayed to god while praying all that
the pharisee could think about was how good he was and how much better he was than any other person
he prayed to god and said god i thank you that i am not bad like all the other people
i am glad that i am not bad like the robbers and the cheaters
i am so glad that i am not a bad person like the tax collector over there the pharisee continued
praying lord i'm so good and generous i give lots of money to people in need and i pray a lot
when god heard his prayers he was very angry with the pharisee the pharisee was not at
all humble while praying he had too much pride in himself and so he put himself above everyone else
then the tax collector began praying to god as we know tax collectors were considered to be bad
people who would cheat others for money but this tax collector was not one of those bad people he
wanted to pray from his heart and had a lot of faith in god he prayed to god from a distance
inside the temple god you are so good please forgive me for all the wrong that i have done
please help me to be a better person every day unlike the pharisee the tax collector was humble
at his praying god was very happy with him the tax collector did not even think for once how good he
was instead he thought how good god was so through this parable what jesus wanted to explain to
people was to be humble before god and god would make them great wow that was such a nice story
thank you for the story holy i loved it i am glad you did freckles hope you enjoyed the story
as much as we did come back soon we'll be back with a new parable keep watching until next time