Simple Simon Poems

As a young boy, Jesus went,
To the temple and spent
His time with preachers,
More so, with Jewish teachers.
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Not one incident, but several,
Brought the ailing people,
To Jesus, the miracle Healer,
Who came as their Savior.
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'If someone slaps you
On your cheek right,
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After the people went away,
Jesus chose another way,
With his disciples to cross
The lake and go across.
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While Abraham lived in Gerar,
Abimelech, King of Gerar,
Mistook Abraham's wife for sister,
In royal custody, kept her.
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One day, Moses led his flock
Across desert and the rock,
And reached but a holy place,
The Sarai Mount, all by chance.
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In the tribe of Dan,
A son was born,
To father Manoah
And mother Zorah.
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Jesus taught sermons in scores,
On mount, boats and shores,
To set right the growing disorder
And bring in a new religious order.
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“Why do your disciples
Have no good principles?
Why do they disobey the words
Handed down by our ancestors? ”
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On the day of Sabbath,
In the Town of Nazareth,
To a synagogue, Jesus went,
And gave a sermon pleasant.
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