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One day Chuza's little boy, Asher, got sick. Chuza had a lot of money and took Asher to the doctor, but the doctor could not help little Asher get well.
Then someone told Chuza about Jesus. Jesus had just turned water into wine at a wedding in Cana. Cana was not very far away from where Chuza's house was.
Chuza got on his chariot and raced out of town, across the rocky hills, and finally to the nearby town where Jesus was.
"Come help my son!" he pleaded as soon as he found Jesus.
People thought it strange to be asking Jesus that. Sure, he turned water into wine. But healing a sick boy would be much too hard.
"Go home. Your son is well," Jesus said.
"That's it?" Chuza replied. "You can heal people long distance when they're in another city?" Chuza believed Jesus.
On his way home, some servants met Chuza. "Your little boy, Asher, suddenly got well!"
"When did it happen?" Chuza asked.
It had happened the exact same time Jesus said he was well.
Things went back to normal for awhile, but then another little boy got sick. His mother was a servant in a general's house. General Demetrius loved little Claudius.
When General Demetrius told his friend, Chuza, about how sick little Claudius was, Chuza told him about Jesus.
But General Demetrius was not a Jew. He was a Roman and most of the Jews hated the Romans. So he asked some Jews to ask Jesus to heal his young servant boy.
"I am not a Jew, so Jesus would not want to come into my house. But, if he can command sickness to come out of people, just like I command my soldiers to do things, he doesn't have to be around to make sure the command is carried out."
When Jesus heard this, he turned to the Jewish crowd around him. "This Roman soldier has more faith than Jews I have met. You must learn from him."
Immediately little Claudius sat up in bed. "Can I go outside and play?" he said. He was completely well! Jesus had healed another boy long distance!
Are there people you and your friends think are not as nice as you, or are maybe too good at what they do? If you got to know them, you might find they are very nice after all. Jesus gave everyone a chance. We must give everyone a chance too.