And to the first son one day he said, "Go and work in the vineyard."
And the son said, "No" but afterwards he thought better ofit, and he went.
Now the man said he was offto say the same thing to his second son,
who said, "Certainly"
but he didn't go.
Now, which ofthe two boys did his fathers will?
First Second
Yes, the first.
And what is the meaning of this story?
That there are those who think they are righteous because they say yes to God,
but they do not do his will.
John the Baptist came to you in righteousness,
but you didn't believe him,
even when you saw that there were sinners who believed and repented.
They will get into the kingdom of heaven before you do.
Love your enemies!
Bless those who cure you.
Do good to those who hate you.
Pray forthose who persecute you.
If you love only those who love you, why should you pay them any credit?
Even the tax collectors do as much.
If anyone strikes you on the right cheek,
offthe other also,
and if anyone takes away your coat,
give them your cloak as well.
Give to everyone who asks from you.
And if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask forthem back.
Do not do to others anything you would not have them do to you.
Pass no judgment and you will not be judged.
Condemn not, and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Be perfect just as our Father in heaven is perfect.
Ask forthis gift and it shall be given you.
Seek and you shall find.
Knock and the door shall be opened.
What father refuses his child?
If you who are imperfect know what to give to your children.
How much more will your Father in heaven give to those who ask him?
What happened?
Wicked adulteress!
She's a sinner!
And a whore! She's sinned against her husband!
Stone her! She must be judgement-
She's a sinner! An adulteress!
She's gonna be punished according to the law!
Take herto the master.
Shame on you! Shame!
Stone her! Stone her!
Masterwhat shall we do?
This woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
She should be punished according to the law. What do you say?
Answer master. We want to know your opinion.
Yes, tell us. Is it right to kill her?
He who among you who is without sin. Let him cast the first stone.
Come on.
Where are your accusers?
Is there anyone here who's condemned you?
No, no one.
Then neither do I condemn you.
Go, and sin no more.
Isn't that the Centurion?
So the wedding hall was full of people.
I'm sorry ifl disturb you, Rabbi
But I would like to ask you a great favor.
I have servant in my house. I've had him a long while,
and he's good. Love him more like a son than a servant.
He's very sick, dying I fear.
Rabbi, in all humility...
You would like me to come to your house.
Very well, I will come with you.
No. I am unworthy that you should enter unto my roof.
I know that if you say the word, my servant will be healed.
I am a man under authority,
but I myselfhave authority over a hundred soldiers and ifl say to one ofthem,
do this, I know that he will do it
and ifl say to another go there I know that he will go.
I need not see, I know.
So it is enough that you give the word, and it will be done.
Do you hearthis man.
I have seldom found such faith among the people oflsrael.
Go home, yourfaith has cured your servant.
So he's a friend ofthe Romans.
You orders are changed.
But we know that we are the children's people. How can the pagan be worthierthan a son oflsrael?
Everybody, everybody is welcomed at my father's table.
Rich, poor, masters, servants,
children of Abraham and of pagans.
Theseus! Theseus!
The Romans are right! Marcus is well, your servant is cured!
- What? - Come on
Come on! Come and see for yourself. I can't believe my eyes! He's cured!
Come on! Come to your house!
Intervene? No
At least not forthe moment.
I must confess that I am fascinated by this man's powerwith the people.
We must find out where this power comes from.
You must admit that he is capable of extraordinary things.
They say he raised one of his friends from the tomb.
- That's trickery they've all come into Jerusalem. - Yes, but you must admit...
Please brothers be advised, we must not act impetuously.
Eliphaz
Ask the captain ofthe temple guard to report to the high priest Caiaphus.
Immediately.
Alms! Give to the poor blind men.
May he, may the Lord, give you happiness.
God give you good health.
Give to the blind! I was born blind for my parents sins.
When you give you shall receive.
May the Lord give you happiness.
Help! I was born blind.
Please! Helf forthe poor blind man, please-
Master! Master! Here he is! Here he is! Over here! The master is here!
Stop it! Leave me alone!
He does too well as a blind figure!
He knows ifhe could see, no one would give him anything.
Leave me alone! Don't touch me!
Don't touch me, I say!
Master, that man was born blind. Lfhe has accepted that's the way it is, then why change it?
He lives in darkness.
And as long as I am in the world,
I am the light ofthe world.
No! Don't! Leave my eyes alone! I don't want you to touch them!
No, don't touch my eyes!
You are hurting me! They're burning!
What have you done to them? What have you put on them?
Go and wash his eyes.
Come on, Let's take him. Come on. Make way! Make way!
Come with us and see! The master has cured the blind man!
Can he see? We're not through yet! Give him a bath!
He hasn't touched water all his life!
Give them a good wash!
I can see!
I am not blind anymore!
I can see you!
And you!
I can see! Brothers!
Brothers!
I am not blind anymore.
I can see everything!
Now I know what it means to see!
It's a miracle!!
I can see the world! My eyes can see!
Brothers! I can see all of you! All of you!
What do you think ofthat?
Make way, make way there! The high priest is coming.
Get back!
What have you got to say?
What have you got to say about the man who healed you?
He's a prophet,
there's no doubt.
What are you saying?
You got your sight back from god, not from that man. He's a sinner!
I don't' know. I don't know what he's a sinner or not. I only know one thing.
I was blind, I was blind before, and now I can see.
It's a miracle!
I must go to this man and thank him forwhat he has done for me.
Where is he?
Where is he? Where is he?
Master
I can see.
Do you believe in the son of man?
Who is he master, that I may believe in him.
You're seeing him. It is he that is speaking to you.
I believe. Lord.
Make way, make way there!
Make way, the priest is coming!
Out ofthe way! Habbukuk is here!
This lying cheat was never blind.
We at the temple know that he was only pretending to be blind to earn his living!
He's right, he's a liar.
I've know him a long time, he's never been blind!
And what's your story? That you can give sight to the blind?
I came into this world to give sight to those who cannot see.
And to take away sight from those who can.
What do you mean by that? That we who are righteous are blind?
If you were blind, you would be without sin,
but since you say "We see", your sin remains.
This man works forthe devil!
Cheat!
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites all!
When you shut offthe kingdom of heaven against men,
you do not join yourselves, nor do you let others enter.
Blind guides.
You are stray and inept, and swallow camel.
You bow before the letter ofthe law, and violate the heart ofthe law
justice! Mercy! Good faith.
You are like white washed tombs, all fair and clean without,
but within full of death and bones and all corruption.
You see these stones, do you not?
I tell you there will not be left here one stone upon anotherthat will not be throne down.
Yours is a house of damnation,
the home ofthe ligard and spider.
Serpents through their vipers.
How can any of you escape damnation?
You shall not see me here again, not until you learn to cry,
"Blessed is he who comes in the name ofthe Lord,
for I and my Father are one and the same."
He is a blasphemer!
This is the man!
You don't speak for the people oflsrael!
Listen to the teachings of our God!
He should be stoned to death!
He's a blasphemer!
Wonderwhat going on?
I don't like it, I'll take a look.
- Look after, stand, will you? - All right
Caspar! (Whispering)
A righteous man. A righteous man.
Kill the Romans!
Come on!
He's not the messiah! He's a false prophet.
He a friend ofthe Romans!
Stone him! Stone him! Stone him!
Traitor! Traitorto Israel!
Traitor! Traitor! Traitor!
He speaks the truth!
Stone him to death! Stone him to death!
Peter!
If you please, I've come to offer my help.
Master Nicodemus.
Yes, I must advise you. You are in danger.
Please persuade your masterto keep away from public places.
God must have sent you, master Nicodemus. You speak to him.
Of all people, he will listen to you. Come.
Master!
Rabbi.
There is to be a meeting at the Sanhedrin.
You have many enemies there,
but also friends who know that you are a teacher come from God,
for no man that shows the signs or has the words that you impart,
unless God giveth them.
And yet, my heart is troubled, and my mind confused.
You must help me to see the truth.
Accept the man to be born again, Nicodemus.
He cannot see the kingdom of God.
Born again?
Can a man enter his mother's womb the second time?
That which is born ofthe flesh is flesh.
That which is born of the spirit is spirit.
Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again."
The wind blows where it will, and you hearthe sound ofit,
but you don't know whence it comes orwhether it goes.
And so it is with everyone who is born with the spirit.
God so loved the world that he sent his own son,
that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
God sent his son to the world not to condemn it,
but that the world should be saved through him.
He came to Jerusalem. The crowd went wild for his arrival and we did nothing!
He then scolded the merchants, so they sent us beasts for sacrifice from the courtyard to the temple and we did not intervene!
How many times have we protested that the disgrace ofbuy traders being allowed in the precincts ofthe temple?
But then we allowed him to preach in the holy temple itself, and at no time,
no time did he recognize your authority, Caiaphus,
nor made sufficient to the elders oflsrael.
We must denounce him in the name ofthe people oflsrael!
I'm not sure. I'm not sure that we have that right.
Can we honestly say that we represent the true thoughts and aspirations ofthe people oflsrael?
What are you saying?
I've often wondered if we, as elders are too cut off from them and their real problems.
How can we guide them if we do not know what's in their hearts?
But without our guidance they would be lost!
People, people will run after any new thing.
They have taken up with this man, with his hijinx and his exaggerated promises.
I have seen him, I have seen him preach.
His words reach into men's hearts, not like ours.
It's not through the old rituals, the old formulas, but a new vision which seems to answer all their hopes.
A message of comfort, of goodness, of purity, ofthe virtues ofhumility.
We've heard it all before, from the John the Baptist and hundreds of others.
And why not?
That is the richness of our religion, that it's always being kept alive by new ideas.
Oh that kind ofthinking encourages false prophets!
What an incredible people we are,
thirsty for knowledge, but hypocrites afraid of change.
We say that we want new ideas so our religion to speak to each generation,
and yet when a prophet appears burning with faith and fiery revelations, we stifle him!
Shall we go down through history as the people who destroys its prophets?
Oh no, no, please. No. Brothers. Please
This is scarcely the time for philosophical discussions.
They are more urgent problems to be considered.
Yes, how's those who follow to hate him as the Messiah?
He's a blasphemer! He's an imposter!
With respect to those more learned than I, there is one possibility
that it seems no one here is ready to consider...
What is it?
The possibility that Jesus ofNazareth
may be in fact be the messiah awaited by our people.
A carpenterfrom Galilee? $ $
suddenly, he never misses a chance to identify himself with them.
Exactly!
I only know that like our brother Joseph, I've heard him preach.
I was moved lifted out of my soul,
and seemed to see all things in a new and blinding light.
I was aware of wonders, signs that God may be with him,
and through him, with us.
Do you realize what you are saying, Master Nicodemus?
Let him speak!
Listen to him! Let him speak! Don't shut him down!
The coming ofthe messiah is the heart of ourfaith.
Why should he not come now?
Why do we dream our liberatorwill be revealed in glory, a new Solomon, a new David?
Is God not allowed to choose who he wishes?
Even the son of a poor carpenter from Nazareth?
David began life as a shepherd.
Who are we to decide the way in which God should choose to help his people?
We are- grains of sand, chalk blown in the wind.
May the Lord open our eyes to his wisdom.
Master Nicodemus, I have always respected you.
How am I to understand your defense ofthis man,
whose missions seems to be to divide our people?
Even this noble assembly has been torn asunder by him.
This Jesus ofNazareth must be an extraordinary man.
But is there not one among you who understands the the real significance ofthis matter.
It is not the Galilean's words that are important. The so called miracles,
even the fact the frenzied crowds hail him as the messiah, it's not important.
The central core ofthis case is that this man dares to proclaim...
I can hardly make myself say it.
This man dares to proclaim himself
the, the son of God.
Master Nicodemus In your great faith and wisdom
And you Joseph, most honest of men.
Can you tell us that in your heart ofhearts
you believe he is the son of God? That he is equal to God.
Lfhe is not the son of God, then who is this Jesus ofNazareth?
Is he a prophet?
Only a false prophet can assume the power of God and say,
"You persistent sinner, you are forgiven." Only God can forgive sins.
All through our history, false prophets have been the plague oflsrael.
This man, while claiming to uphold the law,
perverts our most fundamental beliefs.
The Romans will not wait for us to find the answer.
Our losses, the prophets who claims to say in the name of God things
which God has not commanded, that prophet must die.
Lfthis man Jesus is a false prophet and a blasphemer,
is it not betterfor one man to die, than a for a whole nation to perish?
However, under Roman occupation, Caiaphus,
the people oflsrael may put a goat to death, but not a man.
Thank you, Zerah for reminding us of our realities.
Then he must be charged and found guilty by the Romans.
But Caiaphus, we have not found him guilty yet!
Surely our law does not condemn a man before first giving him hearing before the elders oflsrael?
No matter how serious his offense, we cannot simply hand over one of our brothers to the Romans.
Caiaphus, afterthe Passover let me persuade Jesus to come to us and explain to us
what is in his heart and his mind when he says he is the son of God.
Brethren I agree.
We will questions him fully
and give this Jesus ofNazareth every opportunity to, to defend himself.
No!
Caiaphus to delay would be too dangerous.
We all know what steps Pilate would take against our people ifthe unrest continues.
Zerah, he must beaken tonight.
It could cause even more trouble among the crowds if ourtemple guards go searching for him.
It could be a long search, all overthe city.
No one knows where he and his followers are heading. They stay no long than one night in the same place.
I think I know the way to reach him.
Zerah, don't forget Jesus ofNazareth is one of our brothers.
Judas?
I've not been able to find you. You weren't seen with the masterthe last day ortwo. Where have you been?
I've been trying to think.
Trying to decide what to do.
You seem to me to be very sure of what to do...
Well, I was,
But not now.
Confused.
I always believe action, political action,
could solve everything.
Thought it was enough to think clearly and act clearly but-
but I fear my master does not agree with me.
He doesn't need my ideas. He says the heart is more important.
Perhaps he's right.
Have I hardened my heart?
Am I fit to be one ofhis disciples.
I...
I should go home.
Judas, don't lie to yourself.
The truth is that in your heart you no longer believe that Jesus ofNazareth is the messiah.
There's only one way to know the truth.
You knew that the first time you came to see me.
Let Jesus prove himself before the Sanhedrin.
It's too late.
He won't accept it.
Why? There are many influential members ofthe counsel who admire Jesus.
He will be fairly judged.
Lfhe is the messiah, God will not abandon him.
Lfhe is not, then you will have helped Israel from yet anotherfalse prophet.
Master
We are happy to eat this Passoverwith you.
I have longed with all my heart to share it with you.
It is forthis Passoverthat I came into the world.
I shall not be with you much longer.
You will look for me but, where I am going you cannot come.
Master, I will follow you wherever you go.
I will lay down my life for you.
Peter
This very light before the cock crows twice
you will have denied three times that you even know me.
Oh Lord, never.
Never!
I will never deny you.
You will all lose faith.
Shepherds shall be struck and the sheep shall scatter.
Even ifthey all lose faith, I will not!
Peter
I have prayed for you
and once you have recovered you in yourturn must give strength to your brothers.
Truly, I tell you
One of you is about to betray me.
Master.
I'm sick at heart.
Who will betray you, is it I?
He who dips his bread in the dish when I dip mine.
He shall be the one.
One of us?
What you are going to do? Do it quickly.
Where is he going?
I don't know
Blessed be thou the Lord our God,
Who has blessed us with thy laws
and made bread to be sowed from the earth
for now
this will no longer be the bread ofthe passage of ourfathers from bondage to freedom.
This Passover is for you today
the passage from the bondage of death to the freedom oflife.
This is the bread oflife.
Whoever eats this break shall have eternal life.
Eat it.
Forthis is my body.
Do this in the remembrance of me.
From now on,
this cup will not only be a memorial and sacrament to the covenant that God made with ourfathers on Mount Sinai,
This is my blood.
The blood ofthe new covenant which is to be poured out for me.
I shall not drink again from the fruit ofthe vine
until the day I drink it with you in my Father's kingdom.
And now I give you a new commandment
that you love one another as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this,
but a man laid down his life for a friend.
And if you love one another
all men shall know that you are my disciples.
Father
The hour has come.
Glorify thy son that thy son may glorify thee.
Keep in thy name those I have forgiven.
I do not pray forthese only,
but also forthose
who believe in me through theirword.
I am the way,
the truth
and the life.
Peter
Father
lfit is possible, let this come pass from me.
Let it be as you not I, who would have it.
This is your hour, Judas.
The hour of shadows.
Oh master.
You betray your masterwith a kiss.
That is the man, arrest him.
Judas!
What's happening?
You traitor!
You betrayed him!
Peter, Peter, Listen to me. The only way the master can save himselfis by speaking to the Sanhedrin.
Leave him alone!
- They're going to kill him! - Jesus!
Jesus!
No, Peter!
Get away you scum!
- Arrest them all! - Zerah!
It is me you sought. You have found me. Let them go.
Take him away.
Master, we must do something! We must do something!
Where have they taken him?
Zerah
I must speak to Zerah! I must speak to Zerah!
Is he in here? They did bring him here?
Who?
Jesus!
Master Zerah please, I don't understand this man.
Zerah, Zerah, Now
Now where is this meeting with Caiaphus? I must be there with Jesus!
Meeting? There's no meeting.
There's a trial.
YourJesus is accused ofblasphemy.
You've been an invaluable help to us, Judas.
Come and see us when all ofthis is over.
Well, you go what you wanted, so get out ofhere.
Come on, Get out ofhere
MasterJoseph. We were coming to find you.
This is Martha, the sister of Lazarus
And Mary, the mother ofJesus.
Jesus has been arrested.
Yes I know. I've been called to a
meeting with the elders.
You have such great influence in the Sanhedrin.
Please, will you help?
I'll try, you know that.
I'll do what I can.
I never understood how that liar could have fooled so many people.
You were one ofthose who believed in him, didn't you?
Well, I admit that I believed in him, but we all believed him.
- And now that you've discovered the truth? - He said a lot ofthings that I like very much.
- So what? - And he did some good things.
Good things? They were tricks ofthe devil!
All right, all right. He knows that he was a liar and a blasphemer and he betrayed us, and now he will pay.
Come on, I'm sorry I had to wake you up at this hour.
Master Nicodemus.
Brethren! Brethren!
Brethren!
Caiaphus, that he should be found like a common thiefis most unseemly of us!
Jesus, it is not our intention to treat you as a criminal.
But you are due to explain to this assembly the nature of yourteachings.
What is this doctrine you and your disciples are spreading through Judea?
I have spoken openly for all the world to hear.
I have taught in the synagogues and in the temple. I have said nothing in secret.
So, why do you ask me?
Ask those who heard me.
They are my witnesses.
Caiaphus, I've heard him preaching.
I, I find nothing in his doctrine which denies the basic principles of ourfaith.
Rabbi, we fail to understand the meaning of many of your sayings.
For instance, there are witnesses who say that you claim that you could destroy the temple
and rebuild it in three days.
No one could rebuild the temple in three days.
What he said must have some symbolic meaning.
I'm sure I've heard him say he could rebuild it again in two days!
Three days, Four days in here! Witnesses cannot even agree!
How can we remember every detail.
There was a riot which Jesus himself provoked, but forwhich the Romans will hold us responsible.
The riot was provoked by Barrabas!
The Romans don't need an excuse. We know what they have done to our people.
All of us here can remember an occasion not so many years back
when a thousand of our people were nailed to the walls ofJerusalem
because there were not enough scaffolds
to satisfy the Romans lust for blood.
None of us I'm sure wants to give any more victims to Pontius Pilate that we can prevent.
Of course not, Joseph, we're all agreed upon that.
As Caiaphus has said, this is not a trial.
We, we left our homes we came here tonight
hoping that Jesus ofNazareth would explain to us the purpose ofhis mission
and help to heal the divisions of our community.
Brotherwe have often heard that you have come to bring love and brotherhood.
I beg you, bring peace to our gathering tonight.
Tell me
It has been said that you proclaimed yourselfthe son of God.
I ask you now in the name of the Eternal.
Are you the messiah, the son of God?
I am.
And you shall see the son of man sitting at the right hand ofthe power of God.
Here O Israel
The Lord, our God The Lord is one!
We have heard enough.
Let him be taken before the procurator and Pontius Pilate
in whose hands lie the final authority fortrial and judgment.
Let me get closer!
They will crucify him!
The son of God! Kill him!
Scold him!
Blasphemer!
Well, what happened to him?
They're sending him to Pontius Pilate!
We know how that will end up.
Wait a minute! I know you! You were with that Jesus!
- You're one ofhis followers. - No, I don't know him!
But he is! Look!
And I know him. He is one ofhis followers!
I see him! I see him!
He's a liar. Arrest him!
I tell you I don't know him!
You are one ofthem. I saw him!
- What's going on here? - Here's a friend ofJesus. A disciple.
Don't let him go.
Oh please.
Mistaken. I don't know this Jesus they speak of, northat they want rid ofhim.
Go
Just keep quiet here.
Don't you know you are on sacred ground?
Hearthem? Free Barrabas!
Those crazy people. They should be in here.
Yourfriends outside want you set free.
So you carry on with your murdering, I suppose.
I'm not a murderer.
I shouldn't be in with those two.
I'm a patriot.
You're all criminals. Don't think you're any different.
It was he who did the murder, not me!
No, he talked me into it. It was his idea.
When will it be?
When Pontius Pilate comes from Caesaria forthe Passover, orwhateverthey call it.
Listen, You've got to let me out ofhere, I didn't do nothing!
Listen to me!
Free Barrabas! Free Barrsbas, please!
Free Barrabas! Free Barrabas! Free Barrabas!
You have no right to arrest him! Free Barrabas!