[♪ musical flourish ]
[market sounds]
[goats bleat]
- You're a liar!
- She was crazy.
Just because
I run a charity
does not mean I have to
buy rocks from every old lady.
- Charity?
- Just like everything Roman,
it's a part of business.
We loan proceeds seized
from criminals to the poor...
and others.
You are passing through?
I do not recall
seeing you before.
- I come from Tyre.
The mallet is carved
of maple from Sidon.
The chisels are bronze.
The trowel is tin
from Phoenician ore.
- Hmm, my, my.
Why would anyone
want to part with these?
- I'm on my way
to The Dead Sea.
- Shalom, pilgrim.
Lucky me.
I do not often see items
of such quality.
If only they were not
brought in
by some stranger
passing through.
- They weren't stolen,
if that's what
you're saying.
- Hmm.
I can justify...
Denarii.
- You're joking.
That's a fraction
of what they're worth--
- Oh!
Hades and Styx!
- I beg you--
- Leper!
You are marked!
[crash]
You couldn't just die...
you had to take us all
to Hell!
You are forbidden to be
within four cubits!
Take it and go!
- I didn't mean you...
any harm.
My tools were all I had left.
[woman vocalizing]
♪
♪ Oh, child,
come on in. ♪
♪ Jump in the water.
♪ Got no trouble
with the mess you been. ♪
♪ Walk on the water.
♪
♪ Walk on the water.
♪
♪ Walk on the water.
♪ Oh, child...
♪ Walk on the water.
♪ Got no trouble.
♪
♪ Walk on the water.
♪
♪ Walk on the water. ♪
[market noise]
- I never knew those little
skiffs could hold so many fish.
- They can't.
The weight of the catch and the
sailors caused the boat to sink.
They had to jump.
They ended up
filling two boats.
Should we put this
inside the booth?
- They'll be here
any minute.
- At least
you have your sword.
Should I have a w*apon?
- This can't be
the first time
you've been saddled with
a couple months' worth of--
- Two years
and seven weeks.
- Two years
and seven weeks?
- Simon and Andrew were
each granted a year gratis.
That totals one year
and seven weeks
plus another year less
marital credit for Simon.
-Okay.
- Plus penalties.
- That's--that's good.
- We're sitting ducks here.
Just try to--
try to look natural.
- I am natural.
I look exactly how I feel.
- Try to act like
a normal person
under normal circumstances.
Forget I said normal.
MARCUS:
Gaius!
- Yes, Marcus.
[whistles]
- We thought it was a joke.
- You could say
it was comical
when the men leapt
from the boats.
- Leapt from their boats?
- They were sinking
from the weight.
- I told you
it was made up.
You can't catch
this many fish that fast.
- Captain, may we continue
this conversation on the road?
- Whoa, Gaius.
Don't tell me you're nervous
about guarding
a couple months' taxes.
NICODEMUS:
I've just returned
from questioning the man
known as John the Baptizer
while in Roman custody
at length,
Av Beit Din.
Though his appearance
is unconventional
and his teachings ignorant,
I've concluded he presents
no material thr*at to Herod
or to the public peace.
[crowd chatters]
- Order...
The man has a following.
We've heard as much from
brother Shmuel's testimony.
Is that not a matter of concern?
- I believe
these "followers"
are simply investigating,
as one would a loud noise...
and on inspection,
they will that find his words
bear as much substance.
He seeks attention.
They do not gather on the Jordan
to be immersed
as we understand
ritual cleansing.
They stand in line because
others are standing in line.
We only legitimized him
by ordering his detention.
The very effort
to keep him silent
gives him a pedestal.
- But, Nicodemus,
we issued no such order.
- Oh?
I was shown sworn statements
from the arresting soldiers
saying a Pharisee
had ordered his detention.
Perhaps, they were mistaken.
- It was me!
I turned him in.
- Brother Shmuel?
- "He who justifies the wicked
"and he who condemns
the righteous
are both alike an abomination
to the Lord."”
- Quoting
the proverbs of Solomon
is not an explanation.
- I will not turn
a blind eye to his sins,
even when all others do.
- What sins?
- He called us
a brood of vipers.
[chuckling]
- He uses coarse language
to attract attention.
- Do you know
how vipers are born?
They hatch inside
their mothers...
The Law of Moses says
"“You shall not hate your brother
in your heart."”
- Were he a member
of our congregation
or our faction, we would
admonish him, but he's not.
He's a rogue
who answers to no one.
- Brother Shmuel,
your rash actions
have inflated the importance
of a trivial outlier
and drawn undue attention
to our sect by Rome.
- But he--
- And I'm astonished
that any student
of the great and learned
Nicodemus
would have the temerity
to bypass his approval.
- I'll talk to him,
Av Beit Din.
- You will defer
to your teacher
on all matters of polity
and practice.
Do I make myself clear?
[sighs]
- Yes, your honor.
- This council is adjourned.
[straining]
[chuckles]
- Well, I'm glad
I'm not the only one.
- I thought I was prepared
for life on the road.
Snakes, hunger, floods.
- The Torah doesn't mention
the blisters, huh?
[chuckles]
- What, you never read the book
of constant, low-level aches?
- The sermon on
dust in your nose?
- Right.
- So, what'd you do
before you met Him?
- I, um--I was on my way
to join the .
- The Jerusalem Temple Choir?
- Yeah.
- Right; okay.
I was Caesar's
favorite gladiator.
[chuckles]
- ♪ My soul thirsts for you.
♪ My flesh longs for you.
♪ In a dry and weary land
♪ Where there is no water.
SIMON:
Heh-heh-hee!
[applause]
Wow.
I stand corrected.
- Thank you.
- It's clear why Jesus
asked you to join Him.
- I--I don't know
if anything's clear.
You know, maybe I'll sing,
maybe not.
He's the only one
who knows who I'll become.
More than anything,
He is a teacher,
and we're His students.
JESUS:
Looks good, boys.
Simon?
My mother is leaving.
I'm escorting her
back to Nazareth.
I'll catch up with the others
at our camp near Capernaum.
- I understand;
all right.
I'll make sure everyone
arrives safely.
- I want you to go on ahead.
- Ahead of the others?
- Yes, you have some business
to tend to at home.
- Teacher,
I can protect the others.
- In time you will.
The others don't
have families, you do.
Look at me...
I'm leaving all this fun
to escort my eema.
- Yes, Rabbi.
- Remarkable.
For the first time
in a year,
quarterly collections will have
exceeded Pilate's projections.
And if the fishermen are
no longer fishing on Shabbat...
Have an olive,
Matthew.
You earned it.
- Thank you, Dominus.
- Simon the Cheat.
Simon the Fraud.
Simon...
the guy who delivered
when it mattered most.
I wonder if there's a way
to make him do it again.
- It wasn't Simon,
Dominus.
- What if I told him
it wasn't enough?
He obviously performs well
under pressure
and I do have a knack
for creating stakes.
- Simon wasn't responsible
for this, Dominus.
- Oh, I don't care who
he conscripts into his schemes.
- Forgive me, Dominus,
if my report was unclear.
There was a man--
- Yes, you're
a fine reporter, Matthew,
but you're also
a bit of a rube.
I read your report.
It's clear Simon and
his accomplice tricked you.
- But there were others--
- Accomplices, fine.
- To what end?
- Who can say?
Maybe Simon wanted the
other fishermen off his back.
You said yourself,
word of his disloyalty
had spread,
or maybe to spook anyone
who'd fish on Shabbat.
He is a wily one.
- The fishermen
have taken notice.
- It couldn't
have worked out better.
Don't tell me you're spooked.
- I'm neither sophisticated
nor subtle, Dominus,
but I'm observant.
I detected no subterfuge.
I recorded everything
I witnessed,
however impossible it seemed.
- You did well, Matthew.
Fortunately you have me
to interpret for you.
- Forgive me, Praetor.
[breathless]
It's urgent.
- No kidding.
- King Herod's envoy
approaches.
- Spotted where?
- Outside Gennesaret,
riding north.
- Captain?
Silvius Gemelius,
son of Senator Gemelius,
will be arriving in one hour.
- Yes, Dominus.
- Prepare my guard
for inspection.
How long would you
have stood there?
Things turned out
very well with Simon,
and I'm grateful.
Gaius, I've reviewed
your service records.
You're Germanic?
- My people were.
- Powerful warriors...
even if they did surrender.
- I believe they sensibly
joined the winning team,
Dominus.
- Sensibly.
- My only allegiance
is to Rome.
I've trained to fight for her
since I was a boy.
- And now you will lead.
I hereby promote you
to the rank of Primi.
- Thank you
for this honor, Praetor.
- Don't slobber.
And Matthew,
you're so wonderfully... odd.
Keenly intelligent,
but it's your reactions
to the world I love.
Like right now!
How you're not a stain
on a cart wheel
is a mystery we will have
many moons to unravel,
my new friend.
- I saw no ruse or deception
at the seashore, Dominus.
- Because you have
no guile.
Give me your first reaction
to this scenario:
You will shortly to be visited
by a childhood rival
whose father gave him
everything,
while yours gave you nothing,
and yet you've risen
to a higher rank.
You want to make it clear
you won.
That it's your meeting,
even if he arrived unannounced.
- I would show him
my plans for infrastructure.
Conquest is not simply
conquering nations
but imposing a way of life.
- Unbelievable.
So simple.
You're dismissed.
- Thank you, Praetor.
[indistinct conversation]
- Hello.
- Hello.
Shalom.
- It's a beautiful day
for picking flowers.
- Well, if you like Gilboa Iris,
lupine, and anemone,
I sell them in the market.
- Is that Egyptian?
- Yes,
I grew up there.
My father was from Ethiopia.
Shalom to you all!
ALL:
Shalom!
- You were speaking Egyptian?
- I lived there
when I was a boy.
- Why were you there?
- We had to leave Bethlehem
when I was two years old
because of Herod.
He--
- You lived
in Bethlehem
during the m*ssacre
of the innocents?
- I did.
- I know this story.
Herod had every child
in the area
under the age of two k*lled.
- Yes;
it was very sad.
Not to spoil this beautiful
day or anything, huh?
Come on.
[screams]
- It's a leper!
Stay back!
- Cover your mouths!
Don't breathe his air!
- Don't come any closer.
- It's okay, John,
it's okay.
[all pleading]
- Please... please.
Please don't turn away
from me.
- I won't.
- Lord, if You are willing,
You can make me clean.
Only if You want to;
I submit to You.
My sister, she was a servant
at the wedding,
she told me what You can do.
I know You can heal me
if You are willing.
[sobbing]
- I am willing.
[sobbing]
Be cleansed.
[gasps]
[laughing]
- Thank you.
Thank you.
[sobbing]
I knew it, I knew it,
I knew it.
What can I...
what can I ever do...
- No.
Do not say anything
to anyone.
- You don't seek
Your own honor?
- Please just do Me
this one thing.
- But what do I tell people?
- Go and show yourself
to the priest.
Let him inspect you
to see that you are cleansed.
Make the proper offering
in the temple,
as Moses commanded,
and go on your way.
Who has an extra tunic?
Just one of you,
just one of you.
That's enough.
Green's definitely your color.
[laughter]
Not too shabby.
[sobbing]
[background crowd noise]
- Spread out the flat.
It dries faster.
- Okay.
- Zebedee?
- Yeah?
- Will you check the grapes,
please?
- Aah.
I forgot--we no longer
have anyone on raisin duty.
Eh... too tart.
Salome!
- What?
-They're coming!
- Zeb!
Be careful!
- Ahhhh!
[chuckling]
Ooh!
[smack-smack]
Ohh!
- Hello.
[breathless]
James? John?
-- Yes, Eema?
- Listen to Him,
please.
And stay by His side.
- We will,
we will.
- It's a pleasure
to meet you, too, Salome.
I'm Jesus of Nazareth.
- Of course you are.
- And hello, again,
Zebedee.
- It's an honor,
Rabbi.
- Eema?
- Eema?!
[gasps]
- Where are my manners?
Quick, come in.
- Are you certain?
There will be others
joining us.
- I insist.
Everyone, please.
[laughter]
- Oh! Hey-hey-hey.
Where is Simon?
- He's taking care
of some things at home.
Andrew's getting him now.
- Hmm.
Good.
I thought maybe
he got cold feet,
or I'd have to go drag him
out of The Hammer.
[laughter]
- Are you kidding?
He's the Teacher's pet.
- You would hardly
recognize him now.
[laughs]
- Come on.
[moaning]
- Shh-shhh-shhh...
♪ May my meditations
please you... ♪
♪ As I rejoice in you,
my Lord. ♪
♪ Praise you, Lord.
♪ Praise you, Lord,
forevermore. ♪
[sighs]
- ...the wine, oh.
He introduced us
to all of his friends.
- It--it really was
unlike anything.
We danced--
He danced!
- He danced?
- Yes.
- She's asleep.
Breathing is labored
but steady.
- Okay, good.
- That was some
soulful singing, my man.
[laughing]
- All right.
- Most are at Zebedee's
to regroup.
TOGETHER:
And eat Salome's cooking.
Don't tell Eden I said that.
What?
Tax man.
- Simon.
Andrew.
- I guess no one
told you the good news.
- We squared our debts
with Quintus.
- Isn't that great?
So, go back to your cage.
And stop following us.
- It's not you.
I'm here about the man...
- What man?
- The man at the shore
who made the fish appear.
- Man on the shore?
You saw no man on the shore,
you hear me?
- Yes I did!
I was there!
I saw!
- And I bet the first thing
you did was tell Rome, huh?
- Simon!
- They don't believe me!
- You really are a traitor.
- Simon!
- Best for you
to forget it.
- Go home, Matthew.
- They don't believe
what I saw, but I do.
I need to know...
am I deceived?
- What good is our answer
if you don't even listen
to yourself?
- Rabbi.
- Welcome, Rabbi.
- Greetings.
- Everything
is prepared, teacher.
The scrolls of Isaiah,
and Malachi.
Would you like us to get you
any water, teacher, or...
- No, thank you.
Actually, I'd like to do
the readings a little later,
would you mind giving me
a little time to myself?
- Of course, teacher.
- Shmuel,
would you join me, please?
- Eh...
Salome didn't cook?
- No.
- Walnuts?
- So good.
- Ah, your herbs are beautiful.
- Rosemary... dill...
- Mint, coriander, and sage,
for Zebedee's indigestion.
[laughter]
- Thank you
for sharing that, dear wife.
[laughter continues]
So, your father
was a fisherman?
- Carpenter.
- Is he back in Nazareth?
- No, he's...
in heaven.
- What was
your father's lineage?
- Josiah, father of Jeconiah
at the time of the exile.
- But before the exile,
what tribe?
- Abba!
- I like genealogies.
It's what we talk about.
- I would imagine
from the tribe of Judah... yes?
- And why would you guess
the tribe of Judah?
- Well...
- Are you having a party?
- We heard voices.
- Mara, please come in.
- Rabbi, these are
our neighbors, Mara and Eliel.
- Oh, we've heard about you.
- Have you?
TOGETHER:
The parable of the net.
- I have a question
about that.
- Please,
our Master is tired,
He's had a long day of walking.
- It's all right.
It's all right.
- You said angels would come
and separate the evil
from the righteous.
- Mm-hmm.
- How soon do you think
that day would come, Rabbi?
- My friends and I recently
returned from a wedding.
The father of the bride was
a man of great wealth, Abner.
As the night got longer,
near the end of the feast,
what do you think the servants
were doing back home?
- Waiting.
If they're good at their jobs.
- Waiting where?
In their rooms?
In the kitchen?
- At the gate.
- Ah, at the gate.
And doing what?
Just standing there
in the dark?
- Holding lamps.
- But why?
Why wouldn't they just relax?
- Because they don't know
when he's coming back.
- Suppose they figured the
master was delayed in coming,
so they took a nap on his bed?
Got drunk on his wine
and let their lamps burn down?
BARNABY:
That's easy.
They would be fired.
And then kicked out,
called a name,
and told that if they ever show
their face around here again--
- My friends!
Shalom, shalom!
- We were just passing by
and heard a familiar voice.
- We heard about
the wedding.
Can you do that
to the well by my house?
[laughter]
- You know them?
- Yes, Mary
introduced them to me.
- Stick around, hmm?
- Why not.
- You were saying,
Teacher?
- Ah, yes,
thank you, James.
The servants.
So, it will be
at the end of all things.
[whistle]
Neither the angels in heaven
nor the Son of man
know the day or the hour,
but only the Father.
So, you must always be ready,
with your lamps trimmed
and burning brightly.
- Yes, what?
- It's getting too crowded.
- Don't worry about it.
You know Eema and Abba
love the company.
- I'm not worried
about them.
- Oh... okay.
So what do you want to do?
- Let's try to make sure
the path out of your
back garden is clear.
- What do you think
is going to happen?
- Anything could happen.
All these people,
word spreading,
the wrong people stop by.
- Simon, you don't have
to be His bodyguard.
I think He can handle...
anything.
- Well, He called me,
and if we're
not fighting the Romans yet,
I wanna do something
until that time comes.
- He called you to catch men.
- I don't know
what that means.
- Exactly!
And if He needed you
to know what it meant,
He would have told you.
So, just...
just be you, okay?
And, hey...
maybe you already know.
- Shmuel,
my eyes are tired.
Would you mind reading to me
from the scroll
of the prophet Isaiah.
SHMUEL: "Comfort,
comfort my people says our--"
- A bit further down
a few lines.
- "A voice cries,
'In the wilderness
"'prepare the way of Adonai;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.'"”
- Hmm... and who does that
sound like?
- The heretic John.
- And what heresy
do you find in those words,
being that Isaiah
said them also?
- The heresy
is that John has...
appropriated Isaiah's words.
By taking a spiritual
description of God in heaven
and applying it to John's
physical successor on earth.
- Successor.
- John said, "After me comes He
who is mightier than I,
"the strap of whose sandals
I am not worthy
to stoop down and untie."”
- And?
- God has no body.
He cannot wear sandals.
God cannot take human form.
To say so is blasphemy.
- Where does it say that
God cannot take human form?
- In the scroll
of Deuteronomy--
"You saw no face the day
Adonai spoke to you at Horeb--"
- Just because
they saw no form
doesn't mean
God cannot take one.
- In Exodus...
"You cannot see my face,
for no man shall see me
and live."”
This person would
have to walk around
with his face covered!
- So you would place limits
on the Almighty?
- None that are
not written in law.
- And if God
did something
that you felt
contradicted the Torah,
would you tell Him
to get back in that box
that you have carved for Him?
Or would you question your
interpretation of the Torah?
- When I was a student,
I knew all your sayings.
I read every word you wrote.
Your teachings were so sturdy,
so reasoned and pure.
- We are still students,
Shmuel.
All of us.
Our understanding
will never be complete.
- It frightens me
that I can no longer
predict your rulings.
- And fear alone
ensures we remain ignorant,
asleep in the safety
of a rigid tradition.
Take the Sadducees.
They take the first five books,
the law of Moses,
as inspired Scripture.
The rest...
they disregard.
To them, God stopped speaking
when Moses d*ed.
Think of all they have missed...
the psalms of David,
the stories of Ruth and Boaz,
Esther and Mordecai.
[sighs]
I don't want to live
in some bleak past
where God cannot do
anything new, do you?
- Why is that your concern?
God gave us His law,
we must uphold it!
- We can do both!
Let's look to the ancient roads
where the good way is
and walk in it,
as Jeremiah said,
and still
keep our eyes open
to the startling
and the unexpected.
Can we agree on that?
- Yes.
- You and I,
we can lead the others in this.
- I beg your pardon,
Teacher of teachers.
- What's happened?
- A crowd has gathered
in the east side
to see a man preaching.
- A Pharisee?
- No,
a common person.
It's not John.
Someone normal.
He has commanded the attention
of the entire area.
- We will investigate.
JESUS: So, you think that
because Pilate k*lled them,
they must have been
worse sinners than others?
- I know Pilate wasn't
doing it for that reason,
but God must've been
punishing them for something.
- No, no, God does not see
some as worse than others.
All must repent or perish.
You know the tower in Siloam
which fell
and k*lled the , yes?
- Of course.
- Do you think that
they were worse than those
who lived in Jerusalem?
No, all must repent or perish.
- I'm out of pistachios,
walnuts, breads, and water.
Can you please go next door
and ask Deborah for more bread
to feed this crowd.
- Deborah's... at the door.
- They're already being fed.
- What about prayer?
- What about it,
Shula?
- I don't like
to pray out loud
because I feel embarrassed
around the leaders
who know how to do it
so much better.
- Ahhh,
big words don't matter.
A lot of that's
for show anyway.
Don't worry about
doing it in public.
It's better to go
into your room,
shut the door,
and pray to your Father
who sees you in secret.
The same is true
for giving to the needy.
Don't let your left hand know
what your right hand is doing.
- How can my right hand
do something
and my left hand not know?
- I mean give generously
without thinking about it.
Do not do it for show,
to impress others,
don't even congratulate
yourself in private.
Give in humility.
- Come! Come!
- When was
your last customer?
Matthew?
Hello!
- I'm sorry, what?
- How long has it been
since you got a customer?
- I don't have customers.
- When was the last citizen?
- One hour, perhaps two.
- Is there a Jewish holiday
that I don't know about?
- There are many
you don't know about, Gaius.
- Snap out of it.
Marcus.
[indistinct whispers]
Matthew, close the booth
and go home.
- It's not time yet.
- There is a situation.
Lock up and get out of here.
- What situation would
require we abandon our post?
- A mob in the east slums.
- I'm coming with you.
- Excuse me?
- I'm coming with you.
- I said a mob... of people.
Matthew, I do not
have time to protect you.
- How do you think
I survive
the other hours of the day?
[chuckles]
- I--I have no idea.
- ...which brings up
a good point.
All of you listening here...
you're pretty decent
people, yes?
Pretty righteous?
Kind of?
Not bad?
Let me tell you a story.
There were two men
that went up into
the temple to pray--
-- Excuse us,
please!
JESUS:
--one of them a Pharisee,
the best of us, right?
JESUS: The other
was a tax collector...
- Shalom,
good to see you.
JESUS:
...the worst, yes?
This is Jesus
of Nazareth.
JESUS: A Pharisee,
standing by himself,
goes inside to the temple
and he prays this prayer--
- Can you hear okay?
JESUS:
--and he says--
- He's amazing, huh?
JESUS:
"--God, I thank you
"that I am not like other men,
extortioners...
- Excuse us.
Please.
- Where are you going?
- Please,
we need to see Jesus.
- There's no room up there.
- He's paralyzed
from the waist down.
He can't stand.
- There--there is definitely
no room then.
- Simon,
he deserves to hear Jesus
as much as anyone else.
- Hello, again.
I'm so glad I found you,
my friends--
- Why do you
need to get closer?
- I saw what your Master
did to that leper.
I know what I saw.
- We're trying to keep that
under wraps for now.
Look at this crowd.
Imagine what we'd be
up against if they--
- Please! Please help me
get my friend to Him.
JESUS:
"...rather than the other..."
- We've got company.
- I'll talk to them,
I'll talk to them.
- Come with me.
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- What's going on here?
- This is
a peaceful gathering.
- That's what
the Maccabees said.
- They're blocking
the road.
- I'll move them.
They just haven't been told
where to stand yet.
JESUS: "...finally
he said to himself,
"Even though
I don't fear God,
"because this widow
keeps bothering me,
"I will see
that she gets justice,
so that she doesn't
wear me out!"
[spits]
JESUS: Listen to what
the unjust judge says...
♪
- I'm sorry,
there's too many people.
- But you know Him.
Can't you get us closer?
- I don't want
to interrupt the Teacher
by causing a scene.
- What if you were me?
- Wouldn't you want
your friends to make a scene?
- I was you, once.
- What about the roof?
[grunting]
- I just wanted to hear
the Teacher teach!
- Psst!
- Up here!
- It's okay!
Come up!
- How did you
get up there?
- We climbed the ladder.
It's easy.
- Thank you.
- Where are your parents?
JESUS: Consider how
the wildflowers grow.
- I see, okay.
JESUS:
They do not labor--
Well, the man speaking
is called--
- Jesus of Nazareth.
- We know Him.
JESUS: If this is how God
clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today,
and thrown into the fire
tomorrow,
how much more
will He clothe all of you?
- Ahem.
Excuse me.
- Quiet!
We're trying to listen.
- Do you know
who you are talking to?
- Shmuel--
- Did you hear
his disrespect?
- You remember
the Red Quarter?
We're out of our element here.
- But we have to find out
who is teaching.
Look at this crowd!
- All the more reason
to be cautious.
- Rabbi...
it's her!
She is truly restored!
I had only heard your report,
not seen her for myself.
She's a different person!
- Why is she here?
JESUS: A city on a hill
cannot be hid.
And if it were nighttime,
Zebedee wouldn't light his lamp
and put it under a basket,
he'd put it on a stand
where it could light us all.
- Jesus of Nazareth!
I saw what You did to the leper
on the road this morning.
My friend has been paralyzed
since childhood.
He has no hope but You.
Please...
do for him what You did
for the leper.
[thudding]
- What on earth...?
[wood splintering]
- That's our roof!
- Put it back, man.
[wood clatters]
- If you are willing, Rabbi,
I know You can do this.
[woman vocalizing]
[excited shouts]
- Heal him!
♪
[crowd shouting]
- Is this what you wanted?
Get out your tablet at least.
Mary!
Is He in danger?
- I don't know.
No, I don't think so.
- He's got room in there?
- Yes.
- Can you believe
we're really here for this?
- Yes.
♪
[woman vocalizing]
- You.
By whose authority
do You teach?
Answer me!
- If You are willing,
Rabbi,
You know You can.
- Hey!
I'm talking to You!
By whom do You teach?
Certainly not the authority
of any rabbi from Nazareth!
Where did You study?
- Your faith is beautiful.
Son, take heart,
your sins are forgiven.
"“Who is this
who speaks blasphemies?
Who can forgive sins
but God alone?"”
Right?
But I ask you--
which is easier to say?
"Your sins are forgiven,"
or, "Rise up and walk"?
It's easy
to say anything, no?
But... to show you,
and so that you may know,
that the Son of Man
has the authority on earth
to forgive sins...
...I say to you,
My son,
rise,
pick up your bed,
and go home.
[gasps]
[gasping]
Easy does it.
[chuckling]
[sobbing]
[cheers]
[applause]
[cheers & applause]
- Thank you.
- Now, go on.
- Roman guards!
A thr*at to the public peace!
[crowd screams]
- Teacher!
This way!
- No!
- Go, go...
- Zebedee!
♪
[banging]
- Mary! Wait!
- You saw it?
- I--I saw a paralytic
walk past me on his two feet!
- You asked me before
if I knew His name.
Now everyone knows His name,
and I fear for His safety.
- I mean no trouble to Him,
no dishonor--
- Your friends
tried to have Him arrested!
- They're jealous,
they're afraid.
But I'm not,
I promise.
Mary, please,
I need to talk to Him.
- I follow Him,
not the other way around.
He doesn't tell anyone
His plans.
- Will you ask Him
for a meeting?
- I--
- In secret...
under cover of night.
At a place of His choosing.
I don't care if it's a ravine
or a cave or even a tomb,
But... I just need
to speak to Him.
Please, Mary.
- I will try.
- Are you lost?
- Yes, I am.
[banging at door]
- Is there a problem,
officer?
[woman vocalizing]
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[man vocalizing]
[woman vocalizing]
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01x06 - Indescribable Compassion
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An exploration of the life of Jesus Christ through the perspective of those that interacted with him.
An exploration of the life of Jesus Christ through the perspective of those that interacted with him.