July 26, 2025 • 12 mins
The King Nobody Wanted narrates the intriguing tale of Jesus in a relatable, everyday language. Drawing from the timeless King James Version of the Bible, this podcast weaves a captivating narrative thats both genuine and compelling.
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Chapter nine of The King Nobody Wanted by Norman F. Langford.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter nine
refusing a crown up. Until this time, Jesus had done
all the preaching and the disciples had listened. Jesus had
healed the sick, and the disciples had watched. Now, however,
(00:22):
Jesus told the disciples that it was time for them
to work. Also. He called the twelve together and said,
I am going to send you out in my place.
You are to divide up into pears. Each pair will
go and preach in the towns and villages. You will
tell the people what you have heard me say that
God has come to the earth to rule over men's hearts.
(00:44):
When you see people who are sick or out of
their minds, you are to make them well, just as
you have seen me do. He told them plainly what
they were to do. Don't take any money with you,
Jesus said, and don't ask for money from anybody. Don't
take many clothes either. You are to travel quickly and
attend to your work without worrying about money or clothes.
(01:09):
You will be taken care of when you go into
a city or a village, find some family that will
welcome a preacher, and stay in that home until you
go to the next place. If nobody will listen to you,
go somewhere else. But before you go, warn the people
in the place you are leaving that they have sinned
by not paying attention to God's message. So the disciples
(01:32):
went out and preached as Jesus told them. They healed
the sick as Jesus did. The trip was a great success.
After many days, the disciples began to come back home
with many stories about their experiences. When they were all
with Jesus again, they sat down and told him everything
they had said and done. Jesus listened to their stories,
(01:56):
and then he said, it is time for you to
take a rest. Come with me to some lonely place
where nobody will disturb us for a while. They got
into their boat and sailed up to a quiet place
they knew of, near the town of Bethsida. But they
got no chance to rest after all, for the people
of Capernaum saw them leaving. There go Jesus and his disciples.
(02:20):
Somebody said, they're heading for Bethsida. A crowd of people
began to walk around the shore of the lake. As
they went, others joined them from the towns and countryside
round about. Jesus was the most popular man in Galilee.
Just then, wherever he went he might be sure that
a crowd would follow him. The people walked and ran,
(02:43):
and by hurrying they reached the quiet spot near Bethsida
as soon as Jesus did. When he stepped out of
the boat, thousands of people were waiting for him on
the shore. Jesus had gone away for a rest, but
when he saw the people he felt sorry for them.
They are like a flock of sheep, he thought, a
flock of sheep with no shepherd to look after them.
(03:06):
They had spoiled his holiday. Yes, but Jesus spoke to
the people and said that he was glad to see them.
Then he began to teach, just as he did in
the cities and towns. All day long he taught, and
if there were any who were sick, he healed them.
The day wore on, and evening was drawing near. One
(03:26):
or two of the disciples pulled jesus sleeve and said
to him, Master, it is getting late. Hadn't you better
send them away to find something to eat? In the
towns near by. There is nothing for them here in
the country. Jesus answered, there is no need for them
to go away. Give them something to eat right here.
(03:47):
The disciples looked at him as if they did not
know whether he was serious or not. They said, do
you mean that you want us to go and buy
food for all these people? Where would we get enough
money for that? Andrews said, there's a boy here with
five loaves of bread and a couple of fishes. But
how far will that go among five thousand people. Jesus
(04:09):
only answered, tell them to sit down on the grass.
The disciples went among the crowd and had the people
sit down in groups, fifty in each group. Jesus took
the five loaves and the two fishes, and as he
held them, he said a prayer of thanks to God.
Then he broke the loaves and gave the bread and
the fish to the disciples and told them to pass
(04:32):
the food around among the crowd. They passed it here,
and they passed it there, But they never ran out
of food. Nobody could tell where it was coming from,
but there was enough for every one, and some left over.
The people were hungry after their long walk and the
hours of standing in the sun. They ate heartily. As
(04:55):
they finished their meal, they began to think about what
had happened. Where did all this food come from? They
began to ask themselves, where did Jesus get all that food?
There were but five loaves and a couple fishes, and
yet we have all had enough and to spare. The
crowd began to talk in excited voices. Jesus gave us
(05:19):
this food, a wonderful thing. He gave us food to
eat when there wasn't anything here. Why this is just
the man we have been looking for. There's the man
to make the Jews strong and rich. He makes food
out of nothing. The people were rising to their feet.
Make him a king. They started to cry. Jesus is
(05:40):
the man to be the king of the Jews. They shouted,
We want our king. But Jesus was not there any longer.
Jesus had gone. He had slipped away through the crowd
and disappeared. Even the disciples did not know where he was.
He stayed alone in the mountains until long after dark.
(06:01):
Those foolish people, that foolish, foolish crowd. Did they not
understand him at all? Did they never think of anything
except their stomachs. Jesus remembered how the devil had once
tempted him in the wilderness. What was it the devil
had said, if you are the Messiah, make these stones
(06:21):
into bread. Yes, all along the people would be for him,
so long as he gave them something to eat. They
would even make him a king if they thought he
was the man to get rid of the Romans and
make the country free and rich and great. Why they
had offered to make Jesus a king that very day.
(06:42):
They said that he was just the man they had
been waiting for. But that was not what Jesus had
come here to do. He did not want to be
that kind of king. It was soon to be Passover time.
Many years ago, at Passover time, Jesus had been boy
at the temple in Jerusalem, watching as the Lambs were
(07:03):
killed for sacrifice. A year from now it would be
pass over again, and then it would be time to
go to Jerusalem once more. He would go to Jerusalem,
and he would be made the king of the Jews.
Then he would do what he always knew that he
would have to do. Some day. When Jesus came back
(07:25):
to Capernaum, he gathered his band of disciples together and
took them away again. This time he took them so
far away that no one would follow them. No one
wanted very much to follow anyway, for the people were
hurt and angry because Jesus would not be their king.
Jesus led the disciples away to the north, into the
(07:47):
country near Caesarea Philippi. Here one of the rivers that
flowed into the Jordan came springing out of a cave
in a hill. Here, too, the Greek people round about
had built temples to their heathens in God's Jesus wanted
to be alone with his disciples, for the time had
come to have an important talk. He said to them,
(08:09):
who do people say that I am? The disciples answered,
Some people say that you are John the Baptist, come
back from the dead. Others say that you are Elijah
or Jeremiah or one of the other prophets come back
to earth. Every one thinks that you are a great man.
But who do you say that I am? Jesus asked.
(08:31):
There was silence. Then Simon spoke up, You are the Messiah,
the Christ, the son of the Living God. That was it.
That was what Jesus was waiting for his face lighted
up in joy. He turned to Simon and exclaimed, this
is the best thing that could happen to you, Simon,
(08:51):
to find out who I am. And no human being
could have told you. Only God himself can have shown
you that I really am the Messiah when nobody else
believes it. And now you are going to have a
new name, Simon. I am going to call you Peter
from now on, for the name Peter means the rock.
(09:13):
You have faith in me, and your faith is like
a rock. I am going to build my church on
faith like yours, and nothing shall ever conquer it. It
will be the strongest thing in the world. And now
Jesus began to speak more quietly. And now that you
know who I really am, I have many things to
(09:34):
tell you. In the first place, you must not say
anything about my being the Messiah, not just yet. And
this is more important. I am not going to be
very popular anymore. I am going up to Jerusalem, and
when I get there, my enemies will plot against me
and put me to death. Peter thought that this was nonsense.
(09:58):
Every one knew that the messiahould not be killed like that,
but would instead be a great warrior and a triumphant king.
In a bold voice, Peter spoke up again. Don't be foolish,
Nothing of that sort is going to happen. Jesus turned
on Peter. This time he was not joyful, he was angry.
(10:18):
He talked to Peter in the same way he had
once talked to the devil in the wilderness. He said,
get behind me, Satan. The devil has got into you, Peter.
God didn't have anything to do with what you said
to me. Just now you're talking like everybody else. You're weak.
A man who tries to save his own life is
(10:39):
sure to lose it. But if a man gives up
his life because of me, Ah, that man will really
know what it means to live. But Jesus saw that
the disciples did not understand. Even Peter was losing his
faith again. Somehow he must get them to believe in
him and trust in him. So six days later he
(11:02):
took Peter and James and John, to whom he showed
the most secret things, up into a high mountain, and
there the disciples saw a marvelous vision. Jesus face became
bright as the sun, and his clothes shone like the
morning light. They said, afterwards that Moses and Elijah, who
(11:24):
were great among the Jews in the days long ago,
came down and talked with Jesus. Peter spoke timidly this time,
for he did not know what to say. Lord. He said,
it is good for us to be here. Let us
build three tabernacles here, one for you and one for Moses,
and one for Elijah. Then a great cloud came like
(11:47):
a shadow over the mountain. They heard a voice from
the cloud, like the voice of God, saying, this is
my son in whom I am well pleased hear him.
The disciples fell down to the ground, and there they
lay until Jesus came and touched them. At his touch,
they looked up and there was no one to be
(12:09):
seen but Jesus standing there alone. Come away, said Jesus,
and tell nobody what you have seen. They followed him
back down the mountain, back to where the other people were.
Long afterward they spoke of what had happened. They told
of the brightness and the beauty, and the visitors from
(12:30):
olden days, and the voice which said that Jesus was
the son of God. But in those days they never
said a word. They knew that on the mountain top
they had been with God. End of chapter nine,
Chapter nine of The King Nobody Wanted by Norman F. Langford.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter nine
refusing a crown up. Until this time, Jesus had done
all the preaching and the disciples had listened. Jesus had
healed the sick, and the disciples had watched. Now, however,
(00:22):
Jesus told the disciples that it was time for them
to work. Also. He called the twelve together and said,
I am going to send you out in my place.
You are to divide up into pears. Each pair will
go and preach in the towns and villages. You will
tell the people what you have heard me say that
God has come to the earth to rule over men's hearts.
(00:44):
When you see people who are sick or out of
their minds, you are to make them well, just as
you have seen me do. He told them plainly what
they were to do. Don't take any money with you,
Jesus said, and don't ask for money from anybody. Don't
take many clothes either. You are to travel quickly and
attend to your work without worrying about money or clothes.
(01:09):
You will be taken care of when you go into
a city or a village, find some family that will
welcome a preacher, and stay in that home until you
go to the next place. If nobody will listen to you,
go somewhere else. But before you go, warn the people
in the place you are leaving that they have sinned
by not paying attention to God's message. So the disciples
(01:32):
went out and preached as Jesus told them. They healed
the sick as Jesus did. The trip was a great success.
After many days, the disciples began to come back home
with many stories about their experiences. When they were all
with Jesus again, they sat down and told him everything
they had said and done. Jesus listened to their stories,
(01:56):
and then he said, it is time for you to
take a rest. Come with me to some lonely place
where nobody will disturb us for a while. They got
into their boat and sailed up to a quiet place
they knew of, near the town of Bethsida. But they
got no chance to rest after all, for the people
of Capernaum saw them leaving. There go Jesus and his disciples.
(02:20):
Somebody said, they're heading for Bethsida. A crowd of people
began to walk around the shore of the lake. As
they went, others joined them from the towns and countryside
round about. Jesus was the most popular man in Galilee.
Just then, wherever he went he might be sure that
a crowd would follow him. The people walked and ran,
(02:43):
and by hurrying they reached the quiet spot near Bethsida
as soon as Jesus did. When he stepped out of
the boat, thousands of people were waiting for him on
the shore. Jesus had gone away for a rest, but
when he saw the people he felt sorry for them.
They are like a flock of sheep, he thought, a
flock of sheep with no shepherd to look after them.
(03:06):
They had spoiled his holiday. Yes, but Jesus spoke to
the people and said that he was glad to see them.
Then he began to teach, just as he did in
the cities and towns. All day long he taught, and
if there were any who were sick, he healed them.
The day wore on, and evening was drawing near. One
(03:26):
or two of the disciples pulled jesus sleeve and said
to him, Master, it is getting late. Hadn't you better
send them away to find something to eat? In the
towns near by. There is nothing for them here in
the country. Jesus answered, there is no need for them
to go away. Give them something to eat right here.
(03:47):
The disciples looked at him as if they did not
know whether he was serious or not. They said, do
you mean that you want us to go and buy
food for all these people? Where would we get enough
money for that? Andrews said, there's a boy here with
five loaves of bread and a couple of fishes. But
how far will that go among five thousand people. Jesus
(04:09):
only answered, tell them to sit down on the grass.
The disciples went among the crowd and had the people
sit down in groups, fifty in each group. Jesus took
the five loaves and the two fishes, and as he
held them, he said a prayer of thanks to God.
Then he broke the loaves and gave the bread and
the fish to the disciples and told them to pass
(04:32):
the food around among the crowd. They passed it here,
and they passed it there, But they never ran out
of food. Nobody could tell where it was coming from,
but there was enough for every one, and some left over.
The people were hungry after their long walk and the
hours of standing in the sun. They ate heartily. As
(04:55):
they finished their meal, they began to think about what
had happened. Where did all this food come from? They
began to ask themselves, where did Jesus get all that food?
There were but five loaves and a couple fishes, and
yet we have all had enough and to spare. The
crowd began to talk in excited voices. Jesus gave us
(05:19):
this food, a wonderful thing. He gave us food to
eat when there wasn't anything here. Why this is just
the man we have been looking for. There's the man
to make the Jews strong and rich. He makes food
out of nothing. The people were rising to their feet.
Make him a king. They started to cry. Jesus is
(05:40):
the man to be the king of the Jews. They shouted,
We want our king. But Jesus was not there any longer.
Jesus had gone. He had slipped away through the crowd
and disappeared. Even the disciples did not know where he was.
He stayed alone in the mountains until long after dark.
(06:01):
Those foolish people, that foolish, foolish crowd. Did they not
understand him at all? Did they never think of anything
except their stomachs. Jesus remembered how the devil had once
tempted him in the wilderness. What was it the devil
had said, if you are the Messiah, make these stones
(06:21):
into bread. Yes, all along the people would be for him,
so long as he gave them something to eat. They
would even make him a king if they thought he
was the man to get rid of the Romans and
make the country free and rich and great. Why they
had offered to make Jesus a king that very day.
(06:42):
They said that he was just the man they had
been waiting for. But that was not what Jesus had
come here to do. He did not want to be
that kind of king. It was soon to be Passover time.
Many years ago, at Passover time, Jesus had been boy
at the temple in Jerusalem, watching as the Lambs were
(07:03):
killed for sacrifice. A year from now it would be
pass over again, and then it would be time to
go to Jerusalem once more. He would go to Jerusalem,
and he would be made the king of the Jews.
Then he would do what he always knew that he
would have to do. Some day. When Jesus came back
(07:25):
to Capernaum, he gathered his band of disciples together and
took them away again. This time he took them so
far away that no one would follow them. No one
wanted very much to follow anyway, for the people were
hurt and angry because Jesus would not be their king.
Jesus led the disciples away to the north, into the
(07:47):
country near Caesarea Philippi. Here one of the rivers that
flowed into the Jordan came springing out of a cave
in a hill. Here, too, the Greek people round about
had built temples to their heathens in God's Jesus wanted
to be alone with his disciples, for the time had
come to have an important talk. He said to them,
(08:09):
who do people say that I am? The disciples answered,
Some people say that you are John the Baptist, come
back from the dead. Others say that you are Elijah
or Jeremiah or one of the other prophets come back
to earth. Every one thinks that you are a great man.
But who do you say that I am? Jesus asked.
(08:31):
There was silence. Then Simon spoke up, You are the Messiah,
the Christ, the son of the Living God. That was it.
That was what Jesus was waiting for his face lighted
up in joy. He turned to Simon and exclaimed, this
is the best thing that could happen to you, Simon,
(08:51):
to find out who I am. And no human being
could have told you. Only God himself can have shown
you that I really am the Messiah when nobody else
believes it. And now you are going to have a
new name, Simon. I am going to call you Peter
from now on, for the name Peter means the rock.
(09:13):
You have faith in me, and your faith is like
a rock. I am going to build my church on
faith like yours, and nothing shall ever conquer it. It
will be the strongest thing in the world. And now
Jesus began to speak more quietly. And now that you
know who I really am, I have many things to
(09:34):
tell you. In the first place, you must not say
anything about my being the Messiah, not just yet. And
this is more important. I am not going to be
very popular anymore. I am going up to Jerusalem, and
when I get there, my enemies will plot against me
and put me to death. Peter thought that this was nonsense.
(09:58):
Every one knew that the messiahould not be killed like that,
but would instead be a great warrior and a triumphant king.
In a bold voice, Peter spoke up again. Don't be foolish,
Nothing of that sort is going to happen. Jesus turned
on Peter. This time he was not joyful, he was angry.
(10:18):
He talked to Peter in the same way he had
once talked to the devil in the wilderness. He said,
get behind me, Satan. The devil has got into you, Peter.
God didn't have anything to do with what you said
to me. Just now you're talking like everybody else. You're weak.
A man who tries to save his own life is
(10:39):
sure to lose it. But if a man gives up
his life because of me, Ah, that man will really
know what it means to live. But Jesus saw that
the disciples did not understand. Even Peter was losing his
faith again. Somehow he must get them to believe in
him and trust in him. So six days later he
(11:02):
took Peter and James and John, to whom he showed
the most secret things, up into a high mountain, and
there the disciples saw a marvelous vision. Jesus face became
bright as the sun, and his clothes shone like the
morning light. They said, afterwards that Moses and Elijah, who
(11:24):
were great among the Jews in the days long ago,
came down and talked with Jesus. Peter spoke timidly this time,
for he did not know what to say. Lord. He said,
it is good for us to be here. Let us
build three tabernacles here, one for you and one for Moses,
and one for Elijah. Then a great cloud came like
(11:47):
a shadow over the mountain. They heard a voice from
the cloud, like the voice of God, saying, this is
my son in whom I am well pleased hear him.
The disciples fell down to the ground, and there they
lay until Jesus came and touched them. At his touch,
they looked up and there was no one to be
(12:09):
seen but Jesus standing there alone. Come away, said Jesus,
and tell nobody what you have seen. They followed him
back down the mountain, back to where the other people were.
Long afterward they spoke of what had happened. They told
of the brightness and the beauty, and the visitors from
(12:30):
olden days, and the voice which said that Jesus was
the son of God. But in those days they never
said a word. They knew that on the mountain top
they had been with God. End of chapter nine,
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