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will be hungry later.

And the rich

will be poor forever!

- Kill the rich!

- Kill them!

[ Shouting ]

No! I-I-I didn't--

I didn't say death!

[ Shouting Continues ]

I said love!

I said love!

- Enough. Come.

- No, Father, I'm staying.

We have to work.

I need you!

John!

- Come.

- I'm sorry, Father. I'm staying too.

Oh, no, no, no.

Not the two of you!

Let me come with you.

I can help.

[ Sighs ]

No. Stay here.

You'll know when.

Tell people about me.

[ Quiet Chattering ]

James.

Andrew.

Move over, John.

Move over, James.

What? I was just comfortable.

- Peter wants to lie down.

- There's no more room.

I'm cold.

I want to be by the fire.

[ James ]

Go over by Phillip.

We're all cold.

[ Peter ]

Ah, shut up.

Rabbi, can I talk to you?

[ Sighs ]

I'm not like these other men.

I mean, they're good enough.

They're good men.

But they're weak.

One's worse than the other.

Where'd you find them?

Look at me.

If I love somebody,

I would die for them.

If I hate somebody, I kill them.

I could even kill somebody I loved

if they did the wrong thing.

Did you hear me?

Do you understand what I said?

Yes, I understand.

The other day you said if a man

hits you, you turn the other cheek.

I didn't like that.

Only an angel could do that.

Or a dog.

I'm sorry, but I'm neither.

I'm a free man.

I don't turn my cheek to anyone.

We both want the same thing.

We do? You want

freedom for Israel?

No. I want freedom for the soul.

No. That's what I can't accept.

That's not the same thing.

It's not the same thing!

First you free the body, then free

the spirit. The Romans come first.

You don't build a house

from the roof down; you build it

from the foundation up.

The foundation is the soul.

The foundation is the body!

That's where you must begin.

No. If you don't

change the spirit first,

then you're only gonna replace

the Romans with somebody else,

and nothing ever changes.

Even if you're victorious,

you'll still be filled with the poison.

You've got to break

the chain of evil.

How do you change, then?

- With love.

- [ Footsteps ]

Who's there?

It's me, Andrew.

Is everything all right?

It's all right. Go back to sleep.

Judas and I are talking.

There's an example.

You know, the zealots

ordered me to kill you.

Why did you change your mind?

I decided to wait.

For what?

I thought maybe you were the one...

to unite us.

I didn't want to destroy that.

How do we know?

How could I be the Messiah?

When those people were torturing

Magdalene, I wanted to kill them.

And then I opened my mouth...

and out comes the word "love."

Why? I don't understand.

You can't look to the others for

answers; all they can do is follow you.

We'll go to Judaea

and see John the Baptist.

Every day he tells hundreds of people

the Messiah is coming.

He'll know. He'll know.

Judas... I'm afraid.

Stay with me.

[ Chanting In Arabic ]

[ Man Preaching ]

Behold! I will raise up evil

against you out of your house.

And I will take your wives before your

eyes and give them to your neighbor.

And he shall lie with your wives

in the sight of this sun.

You may listen and listen again,

but you will never understand.

You may look and look,

but you will never know.

[ Voice Echoing ]

These people's wits are dulled!

Their ears are deafened

and their eyes blinded...

so they cannot see with their eyes

nor hear with their ears...

so that they may turn

and be healed!

The Lord of Hosts says,

"On this day... "

- He sounds like the Messiah.

- No.

"I will crush the horns

of the new moon...

And I will spill darkness

over the world.

I will reverse your laughter,

turn it into tears..."

Go in front.

Let him see you.

Hands, feet, noses, ears

will fall to the ground.

Listen. It is the thunder

of many people.

[ Jesus ]

Even from behind,

I knew I had seen him before.

- [ Continues Preaching ]

- Where? Was it a dream?

Yes, it was!

But in the dream,

he was dressed in white.

You will have the smell

of decay and branding...

instead of beauty.

Your men shall fall by the sword,

and your women shall sit

on the ground, stripped bare!

Who are you?

Do you recognize me?

Who are you?

Do you know the prophets?

What does Isaiah say?

He says, "Prepare the way

of the Lord."

Are you telling me that's you?

I don't know. Tell me.

Why are you here?

To be baptized.

No, no. I don't dare.

If you're the master,

then you have to baptize me.

Baptize me.

[ Continues ]

[ Chanting Continues ]

[ Quiet Talking ]

Love. What does it mean?

Love is sweet as honey,

but it's also blood.

Love is action. You want

a new crop, you burn the earth.

- But isn't love enough?

- No, no! Look at the world.

Plague, war, corruption,

false prophets,

False idols, worship of gold.

Nothing is of value.

The tree is rotten.

You have to take the ax

and cut it down.

If I was a woodcutter, I'd cut.

If I was a fire, I'd burn.

But I'm a heart and I love.

That's all I can do.

I'm a heart, also, but

I can't love what's unjust.

What I can't love, I attack.

God demands it.

- Anger?

- Yes, God demands anger.

Anger?

But we're all brothers.

You think love is God's only way?

Go to the Dead Sea.

Look in the bottom.

You'll see two whores,

Sodom and Gomorrah.

That's God's way.

On the day of the Lord,

blood will flow from wood.

The stones of the houses will come alive

and kill their owners.

That day is here.

He gave me the ax;

now I give it to you.

That's not the answer.

Then, what is the answer?

I don't know.

Well, if you won't listen to me,

who will you listen to?

God.

The God of Israel

is a god of the desert.

If you want to speak to Him,

then you'll have to go to the desert.

I'll go to Idumaea.

Thank you, Baptist.

Be careful.

God isn't alone out there.

I'm not going to leave

this circle.

I'm not going to leave here

until You speak to me.

No signs. No pain.

Just speak to me in human words.

Whatever path You want, I'll take.

Love... or the ax...

or anything else.

Or if You want me to stay here

and die, I'll do that too.

But You have to tell me.

[ Rattling ]

[ Magdalene's Voice ]

I feel sorry for you.

You were lonely.

You cried. So I came.

I didn't call for you.

Who are you?

Your spirit.

My spirit?

You're afraid of being alone.

[ Chuckles ]

You're just like Adam.

He called me, and I took

one of his ribs...

and made it into a woman.

You're here to trick me.

[ Chuckles ]

Trick you?

To love and care for a woman,

to have a family...

this is a trick?

Why are you trying

to save the world?

Aren't your own sins

enough for you?

What arrogance to think

you can save the world.

The world doesn't

have to be saved.

Save yourself.

Find love.

I have love.

Look... in my eyes.

Look at my breasts.

Do you recognize them?

Just nod your head...

and we'll be in my bed together.

Oh...Jesus!

[ Shuddering ]

[ Sobbing ]

[ Jesus ]

After ten days...

the hunger went away.

[ Growling ]

[ Low Roar ]

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