Jesus

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In Galilee, there was a city named Nazareth where the virgin Mary lived. An angel of God visited her one day and said that she would give birth to a son who would be named Jesus. Mary was worried and afraid, but the angel told her that it was the will of God, just like with Elizabeth who had been barren for some time.

Joseph the carpenter was to take Mary as his wife. After the rites were done, when he had not met with Mary as his wife, Mary became pregnant just like the angel had said. Joseph was a good man, so he planned to let Mary go without disgrace, but the angel of God appeared to him as well. The angel told him not to let Mary go as the child was of God, so he obeyed. Joseph and his wife travelled to Bethlehem and Jesus was born in a manger because there was no space in the inn where they stayed.

John was the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, who was born around the same time that Jesus was born. John was a baptist and went around preaching for people to repent and be baptized. He lived in the wilderness, eating locusts and wild honey as his food. As he preached the gospel, he also baptized people from all over Judea and Jerusalem.

One day, Jesus came from Galilee to be baptized by John at the Jordan river. At first, John did not want to, saying that it was Jesus who should baptize him as John knew who Jesus was, but he later obliged so the prophecy could be fulfilled.

Jesus came out of the water after being baptized by John and the heavens opened as the Spirit of God came down like a dove and rested on Jesus. Then a voice said from heaven “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

After Jesus had performed the miracle of feeding five thousand people with five loaves and two fish, the disciples took the boat and began rowing away without Him. Jesus stayed behind, sending the multitudes away. Afterwards, He went to pray on the mountain. The disciples were in the middle of the sea when a heavy wind blew, and it became hard for them to row their boat. Jesus went on into the sea from the land, and he started walking on water!

When the disciples saw this, they were afraid because they thought it was a ghost, but Jesus assured them that it was Him.

Peter had great faith, so he said, “Lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water.” And Jesus asked him to come, and Peter did. He walked from the boat to Jesus on water, but when he saw the great wind and began to sink until Jesus saved him.

Jesus was in Capernaum teaching, and a crowd went with him into a house until there was no room for more people to come in. Four men were carrying a paralyzed man who wanted to be healed by Jesus, but there was no space for them to come into the house, so they went up to the roof of the house and let down the bed on which the paralyzed man laid.

Jesus saw that these people had so much faith in His powers, He looked at the paralyzed man and let him know that his sins were forgiven. Some people did not think that anyone but God had the power to forgive sins. Jesus perceived this in His spirit, so after letting them know that He was the Son of God, he commanded the paralyzed man to get up and walk to the glory of God. When this happened, the people were truly amazed by it.

It was almost time for the feast of Passover. Jesus gave instructions to His disciples on how to find the place that they would prepare for Passover. When the place was ready, Jesus sat with his twelve disciples, letting them know that He really wanted to have the Passover with them before His suffering began. He knew that He would soon be arrested.

Jesus took the bread first, then the wine and said, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

After this, He revealed to them that the person who would betray Him was sitting with them at the table, but no one knew who it would be. Jesus washed the feet of the disciples after the supper, teaching them to be servants, not just teachers.

The people who wanted Jesus dead took Him to Pontius Pilate, their leader, for judgement to be passed. Pilate asked Jesus what He had done, but Jesus remained quiet. The Pilate tried to speak to the great crowd to not kill Jesus because He was just and committed no crime, but they would not listen. He even asked them to pick who to kill between a notorious offender called Barnabas and Jesus, and the people picked Jesus.

Pilate washed his hands off the case, and the people agreed that they would kill Jesus without his help. Jesus was worn a robe and a crown of thorns, and the soldiers mocked Him, calling Him the King of the Jews. They beat Jesus and dragged him to Golgotha where he was crucified. Over His head were the words: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Jesus was crucified with two thieves on his left and right sides, and the prophecy came to pass.

After Jesus had died, on the third day, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early in the morning. She saw that the tomb door was open and the body of Jesus was not there. Then she ran to tell Simon Peter and the other disciples. When they went in, they saw that Jesus' clothes were folded neatly in the tomb, but no body was in it! Mary was heartbroken and began weeping, but when she looked up, she saw two angels in the tomb who asked her why she was weeping. She responded, saying they had taken the body of Jesus away.

Just as she spoke, Jesus appeared to her. She did not know it was Him, she thought it was a gardener, so she asked Him of Jesus.

Jesus called out her name and revealed Himself to her, but He commanded her to not hold on to Him for He was ascending to Heaven. He then told her to let the rest of the disciples know that He was risen from the grave and had defeated death!