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At sunset on the first  day out of  Tiberias a great  crowd had gathered, and Yeshua took the opportunity to teach the people in an echo of Michael's  own Sunset Discourse  in Salem. He said, "How fortunate are the poor, for they shall have God's kingdom. How fortunate are  the hungry, for they shall have  all they can eat. How  fortunate are they who  mourn, for in the  second life they shall be  reunited with the loved ones they  have lost. How fortunate are they who suffer reproach in this life for the sake of the kingdom  of God, for they shall have  great reward in the next. Rejoice, for so they  treated the prophets who came before you! And yet, I tell you,  love the ones who offer you reproach. Bless the ones  who curse you, pray for the  ones who abuse you. If you only love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even the tax collectors do as much. If you lend money and expect repayment what credit  is that to you? Even the  wicked ones put out their money  at interest. Be like your father  in Kemen, who makes the sun to shine on both  the evil and the good, and sends rain on both the just and the unjust. Ask, and it will be given to you. Therefore speak your heart to God always. When you pray, say, 'Father in Heaven, may your name be revered. May your rule take root on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give to us what we need each day, and pardon our debts even as we  pardon those who are indebted to us. Save us from unbearable trials, and give us the strength to overcome those trials which must come.'"

Yeshua's fame reached Nazareth, the city of  his family, before he reached there  in two  days from  Tiberias, just  as Shabbat commenced. In Nazareth Yeshua realized  that even  his sainted mother was immersed in the outlook of scarcity. She said, "Yosy told me you have  changed, somehow.  That you  can heal  with a touch. How could this come to be?"

"Give all glory to the God of Israel, mother, as it should be."

She said, "'I have heard there is a spring in Emmaeus with warm water that comes out of the ground. Many people come there to be healed, and they pay money."

"They pay money to toll-taking gatekeepers, mother, but God made the spring. What right do the gatekeepers have to take money?"

"Momma has a point," said Salome, who was  Yeshua's sister, but older by seven years. She was married to a man named Zvad'yah. Half a generation removed from her brothers, who saw  her as an aunt. She said, "Shimon told me you're wandering around healing the sick  for whatever they can  scrape up to give  you. I think you would be  better served to remain here with  your family and let the sick come to you."