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to serve God. That's all.

That's all God wants from me.

I'm sure of it.

But think of how you're blessed.

God actually makes himself

known to you.

I don't know

what God wants from me.

All my life I've wanted

to hear God's voice.

I've dedicated my life to Him.

Sometimes...

I think I feel Him,

but I'm never really sure.

But you always know.

God took you by the hand

and brought you here.

[ Laughs ]

You think it's a blessing

to know what God wants?

I'll tell you what He wants.

He wants to push me over!

Can't He see

what's inside of me?

All my sins?

- We all sin.

- Not my sins.

I'm a liar, a hypocrite.

I'm afraid of everything.

I don't ever tell the truth.

I don't have the courage.

When I see a woman,

I blush and look away.

I want her, but I don't

take her... for God.

And that makes me proud.

And then my pride ruins Magdalene.

I don't steal, I don't fight

and I don't kill.

Not because I don't want to,

but because I'm afraid.

I want to rebel against you,

against everything, again--

against God, but... I'm afraid.

You want to know

who my mother and father are?

You want to know who my god is?

Fear.

You look inside me,

and that's all you'll find.

But the more devils

that we have inside of us,

the more of a chance

we have to repent.

Lucifer is inside me.

He says to me,

"You're not the son of King David.

You're not a man.

You're the son of man.

And more. The Son of God.

And more than that. God."

[ Chuckles ]

Do you want to ask me anything else?

[ Rattling ]

[ Magdalene Laughing ]

[ Jesus ]

Everything is from God.

Everything has two meanings.

[ Magdalene's Voice ]

Jesus, oh, my sweet Jesus.

I forgive you.

Leave me! Leave me.

They're gone.

You have to leave too.

No. I have to stay.

No, you've been purified.

God has just blessed you.

The snakes came from inside you.

Now you have to leave too. You have

to go back and speak to people...

- and share your heart.

- Speak to who?

- To anyone who will listen.

- And say what?

Just open your mouth.

Do you love mankind?

I see men, and I feel sorry

for them. That's all.

[ Sighs ]

That's enough.

[ Rustling ]

[ Grunts ]

I've got orders to kill you.

Go ahead.

Tonight I was purified.

I can't fight with God anymore.

Here. Here's my neck. Cut it.

I'm ready.

[ Gasps ]

[ Imitates Knife Slicing ]

What are you?

What kind of a man are you?

What you want, I want.

That's why

He brought us together.

I come to kill you and you help me,

that's God's plan?

These voices you hear, it's God's

voice? Only you understand it?

Well, you better make me

understand it too.

I'll tell you as much as I know.

The fainting spells,

the voices, the visions.

Power, magic.

Is there some secret?

- Tell me your secret.

- Pity.

- Pity for who? Yourself?

- Pity for men.

- Our enemies are men.

- I feel pity for everything.

Donkeys, asses, sparrows.

What about ants?

Feel pity for them too?

Yes. Everything's

a part of God.

When I see an ant,

when I look at his shiny black eye...

you know what I see?

I see the face of God.

You're not afraid of dying?

Why should I be?

Death isn't a door

that closes; it opens.

It opens,

and you go through it.

If I don't kill you,

what happens?

I'll speak to people.

What are you going to say?

I'll just open my mouth,

and God will do the talking.

Maybe God didn't send you

here to kill me.

Maybe He sent you here

to follow me.

Just so there's no mistake,

I'll go with you

until I understand.

But if you stray this much...

from the path, I'll kill you.

[ Shouting, Screaming ]

[ Screaming ]

Stop!

[ Screaming Continues ]

It's Magdalene.

She deserves it.

[ Sobbing, Whimpering ]

- [ Men Shouting ] Stone her!

- [ Screaming ]

[ Man ]

Get out of there!

Get out of the way!

This is not your business!

Do you want to get hurt?

Didn't you hear, idiot?

Move!

No. I don't want this.

Listen to him.

He doesn't want this. Well, we want it.

- Why?

- We don't have to tell you!

Bad enough we live

in a whorehouse.

But she's a Jew!

She works on the sabbath.

She goes with Romans.

She broke Moses' law. She dies!

Who has never sinned? Who?

Which one of you people

has never sinned?

Whoever that is...

come up here!

And throw these!

I have nothing to hide.

Good. Take this.

It's bigger.

[ Whimpers ]

Be careful, Zebedee.

There is a god.

He's seen you

cheat your workers.

He's seen you with that widow.

What's her name?

- [ Woman ] Judith.

- Judith.

Aren't you afraid God will paralyze you

if you lift that stone?

That your arm will wither?

That you'll lose all strength?

[ Sobbing ]

[ Whimpering ]

[ Jesus ]

God has so many miracles.

What if I say the wrong thing?

What if I say the right thing?

Come closer.

Come closer!

We're all a family.

Come closer so you can hear.

I have something to tell you.

Who is he?

It's Jesus from Nazareth.

Nothing good can come out of Nazareth.

The scriptures say so.

Uh...

I'm-- I'm sorry, but...

the easiest way

to make myself clear...

is to tell you a story.

A farmer was planting in his field.

Some seed fell on the ground,

and the birds ate it.

Some seed fell on rocks

and dried up.

But some seed--

Some seed fell on rich soil...

and grew into enough wheat

to feed a whole nation.

- Can you hear me?

- Oh, we can hear you fine.

I'm the farmer!

The farmer is me.

And two and two makes four.

Another lunatic!

Rabbi... tell me.

If you're the farmer...

and we're the stones,

what's the seed?

What's the seed?

Love.

Love one another.

That's easy to say. Maybe that's

good advice, but for some other world.

These people are starving.

First feed them, then talk.

I used to think God was angry too,

but not anymore!

He used to jump on me

like a wild bird...

and dig His claws into my head.

But then one morning,

He came to me.

He blew over me

like a cool breeze...

and said, "Stand up."

And here I am.

- And you will go to hell.

- These are children's stories.

- How can they help?

- What are you hungry for?

What are you thirsty for?

- Justice!

- And bread.

Bread? Bread too.

You're thirsty for justice,

for people to treat you fairly,

for people to treat you with respect.

Whoever's hungry for justice,

they're the ones

who'll be blessed.

They'll be filled with bread.

They'll never be hungry again.

They'll have the real value, the value

of love-- to love, share and comfort.

They'll have the courage

to do the good.

And you... you're mourning.

Mourners will be blessed.

You'll have God to comfort you.

You won't need men to do it.

And the meek, they're the ones

who will be blessed.

And the suffering,

they'll be blessed too.

And the peacemakers

and the merciful...

and the sick and the poor

and the outcast.

You'll all be blessed,

because heaven is yours!

[ Man Laughing ]

And believe me--

[ Laughing Continues ]

Believe me,

those who are laughing now...

will be crying later.

Those whose stomachs are filled

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