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A man has 100 sheep. The man loses one of his sheep. The man leaves the 99 sheep.
The man goes looking for the one lost sheep. The man keeps searching until he finds the sheep. When he finds the sheep, the man is very happy. The man puts it on his shoulders and goes home. He calls his neighbors and friends to come. “Be happy with me! I have found my lost sheep!”

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People brought their small children to Jesus. They wanted Jesus to touch their children.
The disciples saw this. They scolded the parents.
But Jesus called the little children. “Let the children come to Me. Don’t stop them. The kingdom of God belongs to people who are like children. Everyone must receive the kingdom of God like a child. Otherwise, he will never enter the kingdom.”

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The next morning God sent a worm. The worm killed the plant. When the sun came up, God sent a hot wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head. Jonah became very weak. He begged, “I want to die, not live.”
But God said, “Are you right to be angry about the plant?”
Jonah said, “Yes! I’m so angry I want to die!”
God said, “You cared about the plant. You did not work to make the plant grow. The plant grew in one night and died in one night. Shouldn’t I care for Nineveh, the big city? More than 120,000 people live here. They don’t know what to do. Many animals live here too.”

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God said to Jonah, “Are you right to be angry?” Jonah left Nineveh. He sat to the east of the city. He made a shelter for himself. He sat in the shade. He waited to see what would happen to the city.
God made a plant grow up quickly over Jonah. The plant gave shade to Jonah’s head. Jonah was very happy about the plant.

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God saw that the people of Nineveh turned from their evil. God changed his mind. He did not destroy them.
But Jonah did not like this. Jonah became very angry.
He said to God, “I knew this would happen! I tried to prevent this. That’s why I ran away to Tarshish. I know You are kind, slow to get angry, and full of love. You change your mind about destroying people. So, God, please kill me. I prefer being dead to being alive.”

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The king of Nineveh heard the news. He got up from his throne and took off his robes. He put on rough clothes and sat in ashes. He sent a message throughout Nineveh.
“The king and his important men command this! No person or animal may eat or drink anything. Every person and animal must wear rough clothes. People should cry loudly to God. Everyone must turn from his evil and violence.
“Who knows? Maybe God will change his mind. Maybe God will stop being angry. Then we won’t die.”

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God spoke to Jonah a second time. “Go to Nineveh, the big city. Preach against it the message that I give you.”
Jonah did what God said. He went to Nineveh.
Nineveh was a big city. It took 3 days to walk through it.
Jonah walked 1 day. He called out, “Nineveh will be destroyed in 40 days!”
The people of Nineveh believed in God. They stopped eating food. They put on rough clothes.
Everyone did this, from the most important to the least important.

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The sailors cried to God, “Please don’t let us die. Please don’t punish us for killing this man. God, You did what You wanted to do.”
They threw Jonah into the sea. The sea became calm! The sailors feared God greatly. They made promises to God.
God sent a big fish. The fish swallowed Jonah. Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for 3 days and 3 nights.
Then Jonah prayed to God. God spoke to the fish. The fish spit Jonah up onto the dry land.

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The sailors said to each other, “Let’s roll dice. Let’s find out who is to blame for this disaster.”
So, they rolled dice. Jonah was picked.
They asked, “What should we do to you? How can we make the sea calm?”
The sea was becoming even more rough.
Jonah answered, “Throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm. This big storm is my fault.”
The sailors rowed very hard. They could not get to the dry land.
The storm grew worse and worse.

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God threw a big wind on the sea. There was a big storm. The ship was about to break apart. The sailors were afraid. Each man cried to his own god. They threw the cargo into the sea. This made the ship lighter. But Jonah had gone down into the ship. He had lain down and fallen asleep. The captain went to Jonah. The captain said, “How can you sleep? Get up! Pray to your God! Maybe your God will notice us. Maybe He will save us!”