Planet Rebirth

Under the leadership of Peter, the crowd surrounded Jesus and cheered, shouting: "The great Christ, the Messiah of the Israelites, the Son of God, he is the teacher who came to save mankind."

More people gathered around, because they all saw the miracles performed by Jesus just now, and they all knelt down at his feet and begged for blessings.

Jesus shouted: "God is just and fraternal. They love each of you. As long as you believe in him, he will bless you. Wherever you go, please bring God's will to all directions, let More people know the existence of God, know the existence of the kingdom of heaven, as long as they believe in God, they can live and enter the kingdom of heaven.”

At noon, Jesus returned home, and he saw his mother Maria sitting in front of the door and groaning, counting a few copper coins in her old palms.

He stepped forward and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Maria looked up at Jesus and said, "Matthew the tax collector came just now and told me that I have to pay taxes again."

Peter asked, "What tax is it called?"

Maria said: "I have two more lambs in my family this month, so I have to pay taxes again."

Peter waved his hand and said: "These hateful lackeys of the Romans! They are even more vicious than the Romans. The Romans only need a fixed tax every year, but these local tax officials always ask us to pay more taxes. Those extra parts All flowed into their pockets, this is simply robbery!"

Ya Ge also said: "You can't let them go on like this. My master, you are the son of God. You should be able to perform miracles and kill Matthew, a hateful person. This kind of person must not be allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven. He should To hell."

Peter said, "Never hand over a penny, never."

Jesus silently helped Maria up, and walked toward the door with his mother.Peter asked, "My lord. Where are you going?"

Jesus turned his head and smiled and said, "Go and pay your taxes!"

Peter was furious and roared like thunder: "My master, your actions are conniving to those bad people. You are the Son of God, you cannot bow down like this."

Facing Peter’s atmosphere, Jesus said calmly, “Why don’t you pay taxes? Tax officials represent power and the law. Although this law seems a bit harsh, as a kind person who follows kindness and love, you must not take it lightly. I want to lead by example. Although the tax collector Matthew committed a crime, people can be influenced, and if he is willing to accept God's call, then he can also enter heaven."

Peter asked, "What on earth are you doing this for?"

Jesus said: "A person who preaches kindness and love must first not sin. Although he is wrong, if I go and kill him, then I will also commit a crime. I absolutely cannot do this."

After speaking, Jesus continued to support his mother and walked out of the house. After crossing several streets, he came to the residence of Matthew the tax collector.At this time, the fat Matthew was sitting in front of the door, with a bulging money bag under his feet, waiting for the people who came to pay taxes.

Seeing Maria's arrival, Matthew showed a treacherous smile and said, "Old woman, you finally think about it. Are you here to pay your taxes?"

Jesus handed some copper coins to Matthew and said, "Yes, I came here to pay the tax with my mother."

Matthew looked at Jesus seriously and asked, "Are you Jesus, the one who claimed to be the Son of God?"

Jesus seriously corrected Matthew and said, "I am Jesus. I do not claim to be the Son of God. I am the Son of God."

Matthew laughed loudly and said, "It doesn't matter if you call yourself a god, as long as you pay taxes, that's fine."

Jesus asked Matthew: "Seeing how luxurious your house is, are you still not satisfied?"

Matthew's face changed.He waved his hands and said, "This has nothing to do with you. I warn you, Jesus, it's best not to challenge me, a Roman tax collector, with your theory. Otherwise, you will be in big trouble."

Jesus said: "You are also an Israeli. Why can't you believe in the existence of God? We Israelites have been favored by God. God sent the great prophet Moses to lead us out of Egypt and to Jerusalem."

Matthew suddenly stood up and shouted: "I don't care about God or not. I only care about gold coins, and gold coins are my God!"

Jesus said: "But when you die, you can't take any gold coins with you, but the weight of these gold coins will drag you into hell."

Matthew said: "Well, you say that God exists and you are the Son of God, then please prove it to me."

Jesus asked, "How do you want me to prove it to you?"

Matthew turned around and saw that a blacksmith’s son in the next door had just died. The body was parked at the door, and the family was crying around the corpse. Matthew said, “The son of the blacksmith’s family died of illness. You must be able to bring him back to life? Then you will prove it to me, and if you do it, I will believe you."

At this time, Jesus also saw the blacksmith's family crying for their dead son. He ignored Matthew and turned around to the door of the blacksmith's house. He asked the blacksmith, "How did this child die?"

The blacksmith wiped away his tears and said, "My poor boy, he went out to play this morning and accidentally fell into the well and drowned."

Jesus nodded and said, "It is indeed a poor child."

After finishing speaking, Jesus put his hand on the child's stiff body, and said in his mouth: "Merciful Father, please hear my call, this child was innocent and should not die so prematurely, please You have given me the grace to keep this child's spirit from wandering, to bring him back here, to this cold body again, to open his eyes, and to bring him back to his family again forever."

When Jesus finished chanting the last word, the corpse of the child lying on the ground suddenly trembled, causing everyone around him to retreat in fright. Only Jesus remained calm and squatted there to continue chanting silently.

Finally, the child let out a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes. He saw Jesus and smiled and said, "Thank you, Jesus, for giving me a second life."

Jesus touched the gradually warming body and said to the child, "Live well and don't make your parents sad."

When the blacksmith and his wife saw their son resurrected, they all rushed over and hugged their child and cried loudly, but this time all the tears from the corners of their eyes were tears of happiness.

Jesus stood up and looked at Matthew in the distance. At this time, Matthew almost opened his mouth wide to continue. Not only him, but all the people who witnessed this happened did not believe that this miraculous thing really happened.

Jesus ignored Matthew and returned home with his mother Maria.

That night, Matthew came, and as soon as he entered the door, he knelt at the feet of Jesus and said, "My master, please forgive me for everything I have done, and ask you to let my sins be forgiven by God. I am willing to be greedy no more." , no longer commit numerous crimes, and serve you wholeheartedly, please agree to my request. I will return all the ill-gotten gains to the poor!"

Jesus said: "I don't need you to serve me. Since you have seen my miracles and are willing to follow me, please pay the tax to the Roman governor here according to Roman law. They can be returned to their original owners."

Matthew said: "However, the money you want me to hand over is also the ill-gotten gains of the Romans who exploited the Israelites."

Jesus said: "I am preaching, not committing a crime. I don't want to be a condemned person. Proselytizing must go within the legal scope to spread my morality, and it is by no means a riot that defies the law."

Matthew fell in admiration for Jesus, and he said, "My master, I understand, and I will definitely follow your instructions."

"Also!" Jesus continued: "You have to use your actual actions to influence the people around you, so that they all come to believe in me, come to follow God with me, and discover the way to the kingdom of heaven."

At this moment, the gate was crowded with Israelites who had come to see Jesus, and they all flinched when they saw Jesus.But Jesus smiled and waved to everyone, "Come in, you are all my believers, we are equal."

All the people accepted the call and all entered the room, and listened carefully to Jesus telling them the story of the kingdom of heaven and God, all of which were written in the sheepskin book that Yang Rui gave him, and everyone was fascinated by it. .

As Jesus continued to preach, he suddenly found a pair of bright eyes in the crowd. (To be continued..)