Jesus Page #5

Yes.

I go where I want.

I'm free.

You're not free.

But you could be.

Why don't you come with us?

You treated her like...

Iike she was worth something.

So are you.

( chattering )

Change your coin

to temple currency!

Purest gold!

Pure gold!

I have the best price--

This is my Father's house!

My Father's house

is a house of prayer,

not a house of trade!

We pay tithes,

butthey care more

about Caesar than about God!

They have forgotten

the Word of God!

Do you say that we should not

pay taxes to Rome?

Stop!

That's my money!

Who's image is on this coin?

Caesar!

Then give to Caesar

what is Caesar's,

and give to God

what is God's!

I will make this

the house of God again!

( yelling and protesting )

( cracking )

Get out!

Get out of here!

This is the renewal

of lsrael!

Take these things

out of here!

Take these things

out of here!

Stop making my Father's house

a mocked place!

Hear, hear, you ignoble guests

of the great and gracious Pilate!

Listen now to me,

and imagine the scene!

( laughter )

Behold, the great

Temple of Jerusalem!

Ah...!

Ah-hh!

The Temple is brimming

with Passover pilgrims!

The cries

of the money-changers!

"Change your money

Give your money!"

Shhh! Shhh!

And then suddenly,

a voice...

a voice

of righteous anger.

Jesus!

Jesus!

Jesus!

My Father's house

is not a house of trade!

( laughter )

The Temple is corrupt.

You have all forgotten

the Word of God.

Enter a priest.

It's Caiaphas!

How dare you accuse us!

You are nothing but

a carpenter from Nazareth!

We are the Temple elite.

We answer only to God.

And to Rome, in the person

of Pontius Pilate.

Ah-hh!

And then, a trap!

And then, a trap!

Do you say we should not

pay taxes to Rome?

To which the carpenter said,

"Who's face is on this coin?"

Caesar's!

Give to Caesar

what belongs to Caesar,

and to God

what belongs to God!

I won't crucify him for that!

( laughter )

Livio! Livio!

Livio!

Oh, bravo.

Bravo, citizen!

Ah, the Jews...

such a...

such a strange people.

What is it about them

that craves these messiahs?

What does the word mean, anyway?

"The anointed."

The king from the line

of David promised by God.

Oppressed people need

to believe in a deliverer.

Well, they'll just have to be

content with "governor" for now.

"King" is a little showy,

don't you think, Livio?

Not for you,

Your Majesty.

I love they way

you kiss up to me, Livio.

It's so...justified.

He needs food and water.

He's been sitting up there

for five hours.

I offered it to him an hour ago.

He waved me away.

You rushed up like a wild camel.

He's still mourning John the Baptist.

You don't go rushing

up to him like that.

Just because I'm a fisherman,

that doesn't make me stupid, Judas.

-You said it, not me.

-Why don't you both shut up!

You shut up! I'm tired of you

bossing everyone around!

And I'm tired of you

acting like a bully.

Stop it!

Look!

What do you think they want?

For you to speak.

Do you think I have

anything to say?

Sitdown everybody.

Sitdown, please.

Come along, sit.

Jesus will speak to you.

Blessed are the poor,

for they will inherit

the kingdom of heaven.

I'd like to inherit

something right now!

( laughter )

The rich and the powerful

think they own the world.

And actually, they do.

But what can they buy

with all that money?

Everything!

( laughter )

Wealth does not buy life.

It does not buy a good heart.

And it cannot buy

the kingdom of God.

You can have it no matter

how poor you are.

Very poor!

( laughter )

If you hunger and thirst

for righteousness

you will be satisfied.

But how?

How?

What do you want

from your God?

Mercy!

Yes-- then show mercy.

Love.

Then show love.

A new house!

( laughter )

No taxes!

( laughter )

Remember the prophets?

They were persecuted,

but they didn't lose faith.

Meet it with love.

And follow the law of Moses!

The law?

Yes!

Don't worry so much

about what you eat and drink.

What comes out of your mouth

is more important.

This is what can really

harm you for eternity.

Blessed is the womb that bore you

and the breast that nursed you.

Blessed rather are those who hear

the Word of God and obey it.

You are his mother?

Yes, I am Jesus' mother.

I'm sorry for the pain

he caused you today.

Well, he didn't mean to.

But he did.

Men always do.

Are you one of his followers?

I'm a prostitute.

I do not judge.

I have been judged too,

in my life.

He scares me.

Pretty funny, huh?

A prostitute afraid of a man.

That is because...

in him there is something

greater than any man.

Would you like

to walk with me?

- What does he want?

- I don't know.

He told me to gather

his closest followers, and wait.

Wait for what?

Why don't you have

a little patience, Simon?

Peter. My name is Peter.

He called me Peter.

"Peter, Peter, Peter."

I love you all.

Most of you have been

with me from the beginning.

But now the crowds have grown

too large for me alone.

I need men to share my power

to minister to those in need.

And so,

I am going to pick twelve

who will have the authority

to proclaim my message.

( murmuring )

Peter...

John...

( murmuring )

and brother James.

Sons of thunder.

Andrew...

Judas...

Matthew.

( low grumbling )

The tax collector?

Thomas...

Philip...

Bartholomew...

James, son of Alphaeus.

Taddeus...

Simon.

I give you authority

over unclean spirits.

Cure the sick.

Cast out demons.

Take nothing with you...

as you meet people.

No bread,

no bag,

no money.

Your mission begins in this world,

and is fulfilled in the next.

You are my apostles.

Go to the other side | and wait for me

Please,

I need to rest for a while.

Please go home.

Just for one night.

I need to get some rest.

( distant thunder )

We're sinking!

( shouting )

I can't swim.

In this storm,

it doesn't matter!

Are we going over?

Why don't you ask

our great captain?

Bail!

I'm bailing!

Bail!

I'm bailing!

It's a ghost!

Don't be afraid!

Lord...

if it is you, command me

to come to you on the water.

Come!

- No, don't go, Simon!

- I want to go.

( thunderclap )

Lord!

Save me!

Save me!

Lord, save me.

Save me.

You of little faith!

Truly,

you are the Son of God.

When he speaks,

multitudes come.

Multitudes?

Let's not exaggerate.

Five thousand, at least.

They say he fed them all

with one basket of fish.

Do you mock me?

It is said that he is a relative

of John the Baptist.

The Baptist?

Whom you killed.

Didn't the Baptist say

that he would live again?

Weren't those his last words?

And what if it's him...

come back to destroy me?

Perhaps.

Just raise your hand,

and crush him.

Guard!

Jesus!

Have mercy on me!

My daughter's tormented

by a demon!

Have mercy on my daughter!

Send the Canaanite away.

She has no place here.

Jesus!

Please, have mercy!

You are not a Jew.

I was sent only to the lost sheep

of the house of lsrael.

Jesus, have mercy!

Have mercy, Lord.

Please help me.

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