human
Benjamin, mount your camel, ride to that man over there, and ask him why he is so silent.
gpt
Master, he said hesitatingly,
human
Early to-day, in the city, I heard some people talking. They're always doing you some injustice.
gpt
What were they saying, Peter?
human
They said that the Prophet was a man of fair words, but that He did nothing. He never once healed the sick who came to Him from great distances.
gpt
They say that?
human
Yes, sir, that's the kind of thing they say.
gpt
So they say I only talk and do nothing. In their sense they are right. I don't pray, they mean, because they don't see Me do it. I don't fast, because we can't eat less than a little, except when we sit at a luxurious table like Martha's. I don't give alms because My purse is empty. What good do I do, then? I don't work, because in their eyes My work doesn't count. I don't work miracles on their bodies, because I am come to heal their souls. Amon, say, would you exchange the peace of your heart for sound legs?
human
Lord! exclaimed Amon vivaciously,
gpt
And you brought me resurrection and life,
human
And me, more than that,
gpt
I was a mere worm, and He made me a man. He does more than all the Rabbis and physicians and generals put together.
human
Brother, why didn't you talk like that to the people in Jerusalem? Were you afraid of them?
gpt
Is yon man a coward? asked the boy, pointing with his hand to Peter.
human
Then he'll help us to play lion and sheep in the courtyard!
gpt
No, My Peter is not a coward, but he is still somewhat unstable for a rock. No one who, at his age, can train himself for the Kingdom of God could be a weakling.
human
To read the Haggadah!
gpt
Don't you like to read about God, my child?
human
No,
gpt
Naughty boy! Good boys always like to hear about God.
human
But not always to read about Him! said the little one.
gpt
The Haggadah tires me to death.
human
He is of the unhappy ones for whom God is spoiled by the mere letter of the Word. Would you rather stay with Me, children, than go and read the Haggadah?
gpt
Yes, yes, we'll stay with you.
human
They are reading the Haggadah with six arms.
gpt
It is over; we must return to Jerusalem.