"Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David."--_Matt. 20:30._
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FOR three years our blessed Lord went about doing good and teaching,
generally in Galilee, in the towns or on the hills, where the people
came out to hear Him; and at the feasts, when people ought to worship
at Jerusalem, He used to go up and speak to them in the outer court of
the Temple.
But there was a wicked high priest named Caiaphas, who had been set up
by the Romans, and he and the Pharisees and Sadducees all hated JESUS,
because He found fault with their evil ways, and they would not believe
He was the Christ, but wanted to put Him to death.
So whenever He came to Jerusalem it was more dangerous; and then they
stirred up the chief men of Galilee, so that He could not be in the
town, but had to wander on the hills. Once, when a man wanted to follow
Him, He said, "Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests;
but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head."
And at last, when His time was come, He set His face to go to Jerusalem
to keep the Passover, though He knew that He would be taken and put to
death there, and so be the real Passover. As He was going, two blind
men, who sat by the roadside begging, called out, "Have mercy on us, O
Lord, thou son of David!" And He stood still and cured them both.
[Illustration: MARY ANOINTS THE HEAD OF JESUS.--Mark 14:1-11.]