That was the finest day of his life.

If the Master would only come and heal his wife of her rheumatism, he would be converted.
That was a good thing, said James, because they hadn't any money with which to pay him.

The little old man whistled in surprise.

He saw now that people were right when they set no store by men of Galilee.
In order to save their countrymen's honour, they offered to work in the garden until they had fully paid the debt.

So both the disciples set to digging, and thought, perhaps, of the parable of the labourers in the vineyard.