King of Kings Page #5

If you are a holy man...

why do you eat and drink

with sinners and tax collectors?

The healthy have no need of a physician,

but the sick do.

I come not to call the righteous,

but sinners, to repentance.

I am a tax collector.

I worship in the Temple every day,

yet they despise me.

What can I do?

No man can serve two masters.

Either he will hate the one

and love the other...

or cling to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and Mammon.

And I say unto you:

Be not anxious for your life...

for the food you eat...

or for your body or the clothes you wear...

for is not life greater than food?

And your bodies more than the clothing?

Behold the birds of the sky.

They neither sow nor reap,

nor take their harvest to the barns.

And yet God feeds them.

How much more are you than they?

Consider the lilies of the field

and how they grow.

They toil not, neither do they spin.

And can anyone of you, by worrying...

add a moment to your years?

My wife and I believe in you,

but we are poor.

We have nothing to give.

How can we show you our faith?

You have, by what you have said.

Come to me,

all of you who labor and are heavy-laden...

and I will refresh you.

Rabbi!

Rabbi, I believe you're the Messiah.

How can I serve you?

The Son of Man comes to serve,

not to be served.

Whoever among you who would be great

must be a servant.

And whoever will be first

must be the slave of all.

We have heard the voices

of false messiahs before.

How do we know

you are not sent by Satan?

If a kingdom is divided against itself,

the kingdom cannot stand.

If Satan also be divided against himself,

how then can his kingdom stand?

How can Satan cast out Satan?

I see before me flesh and blood.

You are only a man.

Why do you make yourself

out to be the Son of God?

If I am not doing the deeds of my Father,

do not believe me.

But if I am doing them

and you will still not believe in me...

believe in the work I do.

If you can do miracles,

call upon God to send hosts...

to destroy the Romans

and free our people from bondage.

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord, thy God.

The Romans are conquerors.

To conquer them would make you

no different than they.

Rabbi, what is faith?

If you have faith that is no greater

than this grain of mustard seed...

and say to the mountain,

''You shall move''...

the mountain will move.

Nothing is impossible.

How judge a transgressor?

Judge not, lest you be judged.

For you will be judged by the standards

you yourself shall apply.

Why do you note the speck

in your brother's eye...

and take no notice

of the beam in your own eye?

You hypocrites,

first remove the beam from your own eye.

Then you will see clearly enough

to remove the speck from your brother's.

Give not that which is holy to dogs.

Neither cast your pearls before swine,

lest they trample them under their feet...

and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Ask, and you shall receive.

Seek, and you shall find.

Knock, and the door

shall be opened unto you.

For everyone who asks receives.

And every seeker finds.

And to all those who knock,

the door is opened.

Is there a man among you...

who would hand his son a stone

if he asked for bread?

Or a serpent if he asked for fish?

If, then, you who are evil...

know how to give your children

what is good...

think how much more

your heavenly Father...

will give good things

to those who ask Him?

Therefore, treat your fellow man

as you would have him treat you.

For this is the law of the prophets.

Teach us to pray.

Our Father, who art in heaven...

Hallowed be thy Name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses...

As we forgive those

who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom...

and the power, and the glory...

for ever and ever.

Amen.

Words.

The Rabbi is calling you.

Your friend is one of those

who did not understand.

What did the man say?

He spoke of peace...

Iove...

and the brotherhood of man.

Is that all?

That is all.

What is the matter?

The look on Lucius' face.

He had a long journey. He looked tired.

He looked more than tired to my eyes.

Good night, Caiaphas.

- Do you believe in him?

- I do.

Self-appointed saviors like your Jesus...

might stir the people up

against the Romans.

- But he is a good man.

- You are a fool, Nicodemus.

Good or bad, he's a threat.

If Pilate could use Jesus and his followers

as an excuse...

he would massacre our people.

What do you intend to do, Caiaphas?

For the present, we will bide our time.

Then Jesus called unto him his disciples,

the chosen 12...

whom he also named Apostles...

and led them into the wilderness.

And these were Simon, called Peter,

and Andrew...

James and John, the sons of Zebedee...

Philip and Bartholomew,

Matthew and Thomas.

And James, the son of Alphaeus.

Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite.

And among them, Judas Iscariot.

Now, none of these chosen

were most learned.

None was a teacher of great truths.

None was rich and powerful.

They but knew the waters of Galilee,

the shores and fields beyond.

But knowing this,

they were most rare, simple and precious.

For they were the pure in heart

and but needed instruction.

For Jesus saw his own disciples

doubt him.

Awed by his miracles, faithful to him.

Still they wondered why the Messiah...

could not raise up miraculous armies

to strike Judea free.

Could simple love and brotherhood

be weapons against Rome?

For the disciples, like the multitudes...

were troubled

by the Sermon on the Mount.

They had come seeking

earthquakes and whirlwinds...

the word of Jesus to smite the heavens...

drop fiery swords in their upraised hands...

drown Caesar's chariots in the sea.

This, then, was Jesus' task:

To keep his disciples

from the doubting cities.

To give them fresh wisdom wherewith

to cleanse themselves, as with water.

To make them men of God.

Peace and love he taught them,

in many tongues.

And the days passed,

and the time of teaching was at an end.

And those we help,

how shall they reward us?

You receive without payment,

give without payment.

Take neither gold, nor silver, nor copper

under your belts.

Nor staffs.

You send us out sheep among wolves.

Then be as wise as the serpent,

and as harmless as the dove.

And at the appointed time,

I will join you in Jerusalem.

And he blessed them and

sent them two by two before his face...

into every city and place to heal the sick,

to preach the Kingdom of God...

and to have authority over evil.

Yes, there is rust.

And the water is too warm.

It can only mean one thing:

Someone is forging weapons.

Blacksmiths can operate only

in the western end of the city.

These waters come from

the underground cellar in the eastern end.

Can you locate this cellar?

The eastern end

is honeycombed with cellars.

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