S. S. Teacher's Journal Matthew 14:1-11 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,… I was employing a very respectable woman a few days to do some work for me, and one evening she said to me, "You must please to let me off earlier to-night, ma'am; I'm going to the bail." "To the ball," I exclaimed in amazement, "to the ball!" "Yes," she said: "I am at all the balls." I could not understand her; for, never going to such places myself, I am somewhat ignorant of what goes on. So she added, "I am keeper of the china. and am tea-maker; so I am obliged to be there; and I shall not get to bed before six o'clock to-morrow morning. Oh ma'am!" she burst out, "it's a dreadful life! I have seen young ladies, when they first came to this town, looking so bright, their cheeks so rosy, their eyes so dancing with joy; and before the winter was over I have not known them, they looked so old and pale and haggard and miserable." (S. S. Teacher's Journal.) Parallel Verses KJV: At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,WEB: At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, |
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