Peter and the lame man

Peter and John were disciples of Jesus.
One day they were going to the temple to pray.
They could hear a man calling,
“Please give me silver! Please give me gold!
I am lame. I cannot walk.”

They saw the man sitting bent up at the gate of the temple. They stopped to talk to the man.
“I’m sorry,” said Peter. “I have no gold or silver.
But I can give you something better than that.”

Peter looked at the man. He took the man’s right hand and lifted him to his feet.
“In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.”

At once the man’s feet and ankles became strong and he jumped up and down. Then he began to walk.
“O, joy! Joy! Joy!” he shouted. “Praise God I can walk!
I can jump! O, praise God!”

People came running from the temple to look.
“How did you heal him, Peter? What did you do to make him walk?”
The people were all talking and asking each other what happened.
“You foolish people,” cried Peter, “I did not heal this man! You put our Lord Jesus to death, but God gave Him life again. God can still heal people. It was God who made this man walk. He was lame but God healed him.”

He was healed by faith in the name of Jesus Christ.
“Didn’t you hear me say, ‘in the name of Jesus Christ, walk.’?
Jesus Christ has given him healing and joy.”

Away went the man who had been lame, leaping and shouting: “Thank you Lord Jesus! Thank you for making me walk again. O! Praise God!”