Happy Sabbath

This story is about a woman named Hannah who really really wanted to have a child.  Every year she would go with her husband to a place called Shiloh.

While they were there, there would be a big festival and everyone would celebrate all that God did for them.  They would thank God for their crops and everything God gave them, and give sacrifices or presents to God to show how thankful they were.

This sometimes made Hannah very sad because she wanted so badly to be thankful, but was discouraged ...

In a place called Moab there lived a nice family.  Elimelech, his wife Naomi and their two sons moved there because there was more food there than where they used to live.  After a while Elimelech died but Naomi wasn't alone she still had two sons.

Her sons got married but after about ten years they died too.  At least Naomi still had her sons wives to keep her company, their names were Orpah and Ruth.

Naomi called her sons wives and told them, "I am going to go back to where I used to live and...

This is a parable or a story Jesus told to teach a lesson to us.  The parable of the unmerciful servant is...wait a minute!  What does unmerciful mean?

To have mercy is to have compassion on people that are miserable or to show love to people that are unhappy.  So the unmerciful servant didn't show any love or care towards someone who needed it.

Make sure you listen right to the end to find out who this unmerciful servant is...you might be surprised.

This whole parable begins because of a questi...

(King James Version)

Luke 5:1-11

[1] And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
[2] And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
[3] And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
[4] Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Sim...

Today's story is about a man many people didn't like.  They called him a sinner, which is funny because aren't we all sinners?  Don't we all make mistakes and do things we shouldn't?

The story starts with Jesus entering a place called Jericho.  These days Jesus had been going around telling parables and performing many miracles. 

The word was spreading about this man named Jesus and the amazing things he was doing and saying.  So it was common when Jesus came to a place people would rush to see...