The King Nobody Wanted
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About This Book
Excerpt: ...One night King Herod gave a birthday party, and a pretty girl danced so well that the king offered to give her anything she asked. The girl went to her mother, to find out what she ought to say. Her mother hated John the Baptist because he had spoken the truth, and so she told her daughter: "Ask for the head of John the Baptist to be brought in here on a platter!" 103 The girl went to the king, and asked for John's head. The king was sorry then that he had made that promise, for he was half afraid of John. However, he had to keep his word. And so he sent servants to the prison, and...
Chapters (189)
- The King nobody wanted
- Illustrated by John Lear
- THE WESTMINSTER PRESS
- PHILADELPHIA
- CONTENTS
- ABOUT THIS BOOK
- 1. Waiting
- 2. A King Is Born
- 3. Growing
- 4. Jesus Goes to Work
- 5. A Busy Time
- 6. Friends and Foes
- 7. Slow to Understand
- 9. Refusing a Crown
- 10. The Way to Jerusalem
- 11. Nearing the City
- 12. In Jerusalem
- 13. The Last Night
- 14. The Last Day
- 15. The Victorious King
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