The Copybook: Readings in history and literature

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The Story of Pentecost by Clay Lane

Jesus’s apostles receive the gift of God’s Holy Spirit, and the startling effects quickly draw a crowd.

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The Parable of the Talents from The Authorized Version

Three servants are engaged to invest their master’s money in the markets.

2

The Woman Taken in Adultery from The Authorized Version

The Pharisees conspire to put Jesus in a seemingly impossible situation, by inviting him to take sides in the bitter politics of Jew and Roman.

3

The Annunciation to Mary from The Authorized Version

An angel appeared to Mary in her home in Nazareth, and offered her the chance to be part of nothing less than the reopening of the doors of Paradise.

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The Parable of the Prodigal Son from The Authorized Version

A young man abandons the family farm and goes looking for happiness in the pleasures of the city.

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The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen from The Authorized Version

While the owner is away, the men he has hired to tend his vineyard conspire to seize it for themselves.

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The Parable of the Good Samaritan from The Authorized Version

A Jewish man is left for dead by bandits, but help comes from a most unexpected quarter.

Tales from the New Testament