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    This was a very sinister attempt to make things difficult. The elders¡¯ questions contained a trap to frame Jesus.

    Jesus was preaching in the square, surrounded by people. If he answered that he should not pay taxes to the Maro people, he would not only violate the laws of the Maro Empire, but also incite people to riot, and he would be put on duty immediately.  Maro soldiers took him away.

    But if Jesus answered "should", he would lose the support of the people.  The Messiah that people are looking forward to is the savior of all the Saleng people and the Sama people. People believe that this King of Saleng will lead them to establish a new country, conquer the Maro Empire, and rule the Tianshu continent.  Besides, there is a more important premise for the elder's words. People buy birds and release them to sacrifice to the Aro River, but they have to pay taxes to the Maro people. How to explain this?

    Jesus knew the elder¡¯s tricks very well, but he just sneered slightly. He reached out and took a coin from the disciples, raised the coin and asked everyone, ¡°Whose face is on this coin?¡±

    Everyone replied: "It's Caesus!" Caesa and Augustus were not only the names of the two Maro rulers who were powerful in the mainland at that time, but also later became the titles and titles of successive Maro emperors.

    Jesus loudly said: "Then let the Caesar return to Caesar! God does not need it! Have you ever heard that you can buy the privilege of entering the kingdom of heaven with money? It can only spend money to the priests in the temple.  Buy a place in the square, set up a place to sell birds, and people will buy the birds and let them fly. They say they are offering sacrifices to the Aluo River, but if they harm living creatures in the name of God, God will be angry."

    As soon as he said this, he flicked his fingers, and the coin flew out with a sound and landed at the elder's feet.

    He cleverly got rid of the entanglement of the elders, but did not expose the trap set by the elders.  As long as the Maro Empire was still the ruler of the Tianshu Continent, and the coins used here still had the image of Caesar on them, merchants would naturally have to pay taxes to the Maro Empire.

    Jesus told people what is the real world and the ideal world, what is the world as seen, and what is the kingdom of heaven guided by God?  The Maro people conquered the Tianshu Continent, but they also provided roads and water conservancy projects to stop the original conflicts between tribes. It was not only the merchants who needed to pay taxes, but also all places in the Tianshu Continent under the Maro Empire.  Including the Maroons themselves.

    But what about the paradise of the Arrow River?  What God needs is not these, but the true belief in the soul. Only through various tests can we reach the transcendent and eternal kingdom of heaven.  It was another world, a completely different kingdom from the human world.

    With admiration, the people still listened intently to Jesus¡¯ sermon.  The elder was asking for trouble and stood there very embarrassed.

    It was he himself who came to say that he had a problem and wanted to "ask Jesus for advice", and the tone he used was indeed asking Jesus for advice.  And Jesus "taught" him generously in front of everyone. This respected elder also became one of the audience at this moment, and he could not show his proper dignity in front of Jesus.

    This is simply a shameful act of embarrassment and using one¡¯s distinguished status to support Jesus!  The elder made another move with a thought. He tightened his fingers on the staff and quietly activated the curse spell.  As expected of a great magician, he could cast spells among thousands of people without leaving any trace. He would make Jesus feel that his body was heavy, his knees were weak, his head and shoulders were leaning forward, and he would inexplicably kneel down and salute to him in public.

    The mysterious magic is unfolding, but there is no response like a mud cow entering the sea.  Jesus was still standing there preaching to the crowd, without even the slightest disturbance in his tone of voice.

    When it comes to magical means, Yosu is much better than this elder. He knew what the elder was doing but didn't pay attention to it at all.  The best way to deal with curse spells is to pray for blessings. There are two Tears of the Gods condensed in the form of Jesus. One is passively refined, and the other is actively integrated into the soul imprint.  This flesh and blood body is also an excellent artifact for performing blessing magic. Even if he does nothing, the elder's curse will not have any effect.

    Naturally, the people around did not know all this. However, at this moment, something happened that shocked everyone and made them happy.  The elder suddenly flattened his staff, his knees softened, and he knelt down toward Jesus.  He held the staff on the ground with both hands, placed his forehead and lips on the ground, then straightened his arms to support his upper body, bent his arms and bowed down again, and bowed three times in a row, completely ignoring the dust on his robes and forehead.

    The twelve elders in the Aluo temple in Saleng City are the supreme beings representing the authority of the gods among the people of Saleng. They have never saluted like this to a living person other than the statue of the god. Only the Son of God can enjoy this kind of courtesy!  This behavior of the elders was undoubtedly a sincere recognition of Jesus¡¯ identity, and people were extremely excited.

    The elder knelt down, and of course it was impossible for everyone to stand. In an instant, the crowd in the temple square fell to their knees.  The disciples also bowed to their leader and bowed to the ground. The whole square,

    Only Jesus was left standing, and the last one to kneel was behind himThat donkey.

    No one noticed a detail. Just as the elders used the curse spell to no avail, the donkey behind Jesus suddenly raised a front hoof and stamped lightly on the ground.  The elder immediately knelt down inexplicably. It was not because he wanted to kneel down, but because he was pushed down by an irresistible force.  The elder struggled to get up, but the donkey stamped his foot again. The elder's arms that had just straightened up could no longer hold up and he bowed down again.

    The donkey stamped its feet three times, and the elder bowed three times.  At this time, everyone in the square also knelt down to worship. The donkey stopped when he saw that it was ready. Taking advantage of the situation, he bent his front legs and made a kneeling salute, and at the same time lowered his head and touched the ground.

    The donkey knelt down, but the elder stood up and saw that because of his actions, everyone in the square was kneeling to Jesus. This elder was so ashamed and angry that he was so shameless!  His figure turned into blue smoke and floated away quickly, and quickly disappeared into the temple.  The elder left a document that day to resign as an elder in the temple, and closed his doors to thank guests from then on.

    Jesus turned around and glared at the donkey intentionally or unintentionally, but said nothing. On this occasion, what could he care about with a donkey?  He opened his arms to everyone and said, "Get up!"

    When Jesus entered the city of Zelen, he had already decided not to show any miracles that might interfere with people's faith.  If he wanted the elder to kneel down, Jesus had plenty of means, and there was no need to let Metanzo, who had turned into a donkey, intervene.  What he needs to make a date is not the kind of formal kneeling. If you don't have it, it is even more impossible to force him. What he needs is a sincere belief in the soul.

    ¡°If that method can be used to verify the realm that fellow disciples are pursuing, why would he have to come to the human world for such a long time?

    This prank played by Medanzo was very effective, and everyone fell to their knees.

    But after Jesus left the city of Zelen that day, he ordered his disciples to take the donkey back to the village where it had been borrowed to prevent it from being returned to its owner.

    What happened in the square caused a temple elder to shut himself up and stop seeing people. That was a public humiliation, which was absolutely unacceptable given his status.  But no one else knew the inside story, and the elder didn¡¯t tell anyone. He was absolutely ashamed to talk about it!  The other eleven people also felt a chill and fear in their hearts. If they had just wanted to capture Jesus for questioning before, now they have unanimously decided that this person must be executed!

    Jesus preached in the square of the temple during the day, returned to the village in the countryside of Bethany at night, and entered the city of Zelen seven times. In the last few days, he did not ride the donkey again.  The festival has reached the seventh day, and the celebration is about to end. People who have poured into the city from all directions are packing up their things and will disperse tomorrow.

    On this day, Jesus did not leave the city of Jerusalem. He told his disciples: "Go to Wel-Fromm. I will ask him to prepare a dinner for us today. In a quiet place without being disturbed, you first  Go there and wait for me.¡±

    Weir-Fromm was the patient that Yosu treated in the wild mountains and forests, and he was also the only grateful person among the group of patients who ran back to Yosu.

    The disciples all left, but Jesus left Judas alone.  When walking in the world, there are bound to be worldly things in the world. Jesus and the disciples, as a small group, of course also need to spend money to buy various things and prepare the materials needed for traveling in various places.  Judas is very capable and meticulous. He is responsible for managing money and purchasing various items. He usually spends the most time going out alone.

    Jesus led Judas through the streets and alleys of the city of Zelen. There were bustling crowds everywhere, but the strange thing was that no one could recognize Jesus!  Jesus preached to all people in the Temple Square for seven consecutive days. When He stood in the center of the crowd, everyone knew that it was the Son.  But when he mingled among the crowd, still wearing ordinary robes and barefoot, he looked no different from everyone else. Even if he walked past, no one would realize that he was Jesus.

    The scope of the Cold City is very large. This is due to the scale built by Link back then. Within the entire outer city, there are some mountains and even farms and woods.  Jesus and Judas left the inner city and walked to the outer city. When they came to a remote place, they stopped and turned around and said, "Judas, my disciple, today I want to ask you if you understand why I gave you such a name in the first place.  ?¡±

    Judas¡¯ shoulders trembled, as if he had finally received what he had been waiting for for a long time. He bowed down in the tunnel and said: ¡°Dear Guide, maybe I shouldn¡¯t call you the Holy Son, because you are that person!

    ¡­I didn¡¯t know the reason at first, but not long ago, I finally understood it.  "

    "Congratulations on passing the test of life and death," Yuesu said calmly, "Congratulations on passing the endless test. What do you understand?"

    Judah replied: "Four hundred years ago, Lengcheng had not yet been evacuated, and the great flood had not yet come. This was a place called Duke Town. There was a young miner named Am¨¦ng who was lucky enough to mine a precious  Incomparable tears of the gods. At that time, EjuThe city lord of the Cape City State, Rod Dick, is bringing the candidate saint to Duke Town, hoping to find the Tears of the Gods.

    After the Tears of the Gods appeared, Master Dick ordered his [Book] clerk to reward the young man with thirty gold coins, but the [Book] clerk only gave the boy thirty silver coins and named the goddess Isis  Take away the tears of the gods in the name of.  Not only was the young man unable to pay the twenty gold coins his family owed in taxes,

    He almost had a finger chopped off in front of the Mu Yun Temple.  The name of the scribe was Fayol Judas.  "!.
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