tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA CÁC TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC – LEV TOLSTOY- SHORT STORY 23

LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY 23 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY The Repentant Sinner And he said unto Jesus Lord remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom. And Jesus said unto him Verily I say unto thee Today shalt thou be with me in Luke xxiii. 42 43. THERE was once a man who lived for seventy years in the world and lived in sin all that time. He fell ill but even then did not repent. Only at the last moment as he was dying he wept and said Lord forgive me as Thou forgavest the thief upon the cross. And as he said these words his soul left his body. And the soul of the sinner feeling love towards God and faith in His mercy went to the gates of heaven and knocked praying to be let into the heavenly kingdom. Then a voice spoke from within the gate What man is it that knocks at the gates of Paradise and what deeds did he do during his life And the voice of the Accuser replied recounting all the man s evil deeds and not a single good one. And the voice from within the gates answered Sinners cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. Go hence Then the man said Lord I hear thy voice but cannot see thy face nor do I know thy name. The voice answered I am Peter the Apostle. And the sinner replied Have pity on me Apostle Peter Remember man s weakness and God s mercy. Wert not thou a disciple of Christ Didst not thou hear his teaching from his own lips and hadst thou not his example before thee Remember then how when he sorrowed and was grieved in spirit and three times asked thee to keep awake and pray thou didst sleep because thine eyes were heavy and three times he found thee sleeping. So it was with me. Remember also how thou didst promise to be faithful unto death and yet didst thrice deny him when he was taken before Caiaphas. So it was with me. And remember too how when the cock crowed thou didst go out and didst weep bitterly. So it is with me. Thou canst not refuse to let me in. And the voice behind the gates was silent. Then the sinner stood a little while and again began to knock and to .