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11 and Earth had not where to lay his head The lowliest Cottage in Judea he could not call his own. Women ministered to him, which in those days was no honor - and his daily bread came from the hand of hospitality. He was taxed for temple tribute as was others but had nothing to pay & had to work a miracle to obtain the small sum. In his public ministry he was loved by some and hated by others. Called all manner of names by the unrighteous Pharisee. as a drunkard- glutton- friend of publicans and sinners. His feelings, for he had sensibilities such as we, are expressed in such prophetic words as these- "Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness, I looked for some to take pity but there was none, and for comforters but I found none." ¶ To the hostility of man was added that of the old Serpent. Who shot arrows at him in the wilderness. Mocked him upon the pinnacle and tore his holy soul in Gethsemane. Yet he