Aram was a country across the other side of the River Jordan from Israel, in part of the country now known as Syria. One of the commanders of the army of Aram was a man called Naaman; he was a very important and wealthy man. In one of the battles, they had captured a young Jewish girl and she was …
A long, long time ago there was a man called Jonah who believed in God. One day God gave him a message, and told him he was to travel quite a long way to a city called Nineveh. Now Nineveh was an important city with a lot of people living in it, but the people didn’t do what God wanted …
About 2000 years ago, there were two young Jewish people called Joseph and Mary, and they were engaged to get married. One day Mary was really surprised when suddenly an angel appeared and started talking to her. “Mary,” said the angel, “God has chosen you to be the mother of His Son, and you are to call him Jesus. He …
Jesus had a cousin called John and he was just a few months older than Jesus; John was also specially provided by God. John’s mother Elizabeth and father Zechariah didn’t have any children as they were too old. One day Zechariah was doing his work as a priest in the temple, and suddenly an angel came to him, and told …
Many people followed Jesus to see the miracles that he did when he healed their sicknesses. One day, Jesus was near the shore of the lake of Galilee and a lot of people followed him to see what he would do. Jesus and his disciples climbed a hill, and from there looked down on all the people below them. He …
Jesus used to tell stories, called parables, which showed a message. One day he told a story about a man who had two sons, who both worked for him on his farm. Both the sons knew that when their father died, the farm would be divided up between them. The youngest son thought about this, and asked his father if …