Решение #
A. см. текст “The Resurrection”
B. Some of the traditions observed today are:
• celebrating Easter and Passover;
• keeping the Lent;
• giving each other eggs as a symbol of new life;
• on Good Sunday we decorate our houses and give each other branches of pussy willow (instead of palm leaves).
C. to break bread with (means to eat a meal with sb); to wash one’s hands of sth (not to consider yourself responsible for sth).
D. “You cannot serve God and mammon”. In the Bible, mammon was a word meaning wealth, but many people thought it was god of money.
“The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak”. However willing we may be to'do a thing, our physical condition may prevent us from doing it.
“Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind”. One evil leads to a worse.
“Spare the rod and spoil the child”. It doesn’t improve a child’s character if he is not punished when he has done wrong.