JESUS' RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL

“The disciples early learned that the Master had a profound respect and sympathetic regard for
every human being he met, and they were tremendously impressed by this uniform and
unvarying consideration which he so consistently gave to all sorts of men, women, and children.
He would pause in the midst of a profound discourse that he might go out in the road to speak
good cheer to a passing woman laden with her burden of body and soul. He would interrupt a
serious conference with his apostles to fraternize with an intruding child. Nothing ever seemed
so important to Jesus as the individual human who chanced to be in his immediate presence. He
was master and teacher, but he was more—he was also a friend and neighbor, an understanding
comrade.” 138:8.9