WEBVTT 00:00.950 --> 00:06.020 The following story is based on eyewitness accounts of the life of Jesus 00:06.020 --> 00:10.710 as recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 00:10.710 --> 00:13.260 It is narrated by Mary Magdalene, 00:13.260 --> 00:16.730 whom the Scriptures name as a follower of Jesus. 00:16.730 --> 00:21.540 Her narration dramatically and accurately recounts the true story 00:21.540 --> 00:25.330 of this man who lived 2,000 years ago. 00:26.120 --> 00:28.980 An actor plays the part of Jesus. 00:28.980 --> 00:32.080 Although no actor is worthy of this role, 00:32.080 --> 00:34.770 it has been done so we may understand 00:34.770 --> 00:38.130 and benefit from the life of Jesus. 01:02.860 --> 01:05.790 You can't see me! You can't see me! 01:08.390 --> 01:09.650 Oh, over here! 01:12.060 --> 01:15.790 You can't see me! You'll never catch me now! 01:17.690 --> 01:19.120 Oh look. 01:20.560 --> 01:24.720 How beautiful is the masterpiece God paints every evening. 01:25.390 --> 01:27.260 It reminds me of his vast love. 01:27.820 --> 01:30.090 for me… for you. 01:31.620 --> 01:33.520 The God who created all of this? 01:34.490 --> 01:36.390 I doubt he even sees me, 01:36.720 --> 01:38.590 much less knows me. 01:40.120 --> 01:43.720 Perhaps God Almighty would love a holy man, 01:44.120 --> 01:45.690 but not someone like me. 01:45.720 --> 01:49.790 Rivka, if only you had walked with me during those three years he taught us. 01:49.870 --> 01:51.390 The prophet Jesus? 01:51.770 --> 01:53.120 Sapphira. 01:53.390 --> 01:55.460 Would you tell us about him, Mary Magdalene? 01:55.560 --> 01:58.020 Yes, please tell us your story. 01:58.720 --> 02:00.010 Yes, I will. 02:00.450 --> 02:03.140 Come in. 02:20.120 --> 02:23.960 Well, we must start at the beginning. 02:24.020 --> 02:25.420 When you met Jesus? 02:25.520 --> 02:30.790 No, in order to understand Jesus’ story, we must start at the very beginning, 02:31.620 --> 02:33.660 as the Holy Scriptures teach us. 02:39.520 --> 02:42.490 In the beginning, God created the earth 02:42.570 --> 02:46.720 and all the plants, animals, birds, and creatures of the sea. 02:53.020 --> 02:56.450 From the soil, he formed the first man. 02:56.720 --> 03:02.470 And he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. 03:02.650 --> 03:06.000 The first man was called Adam. 03:09.380 --> 03:13.020 God said, “It is not good for man to live alone. 03:13.120 --> 03:15.890 I will make a suitable companion to help him.” 03:17.720 --> 03:24.090 So God took one of Adam’s ribs and from it, he made a woman named Eve, 03:25.620 --> 03:28.480 not out of his head to rule over him, 03:28.480 --> 03:32.260 nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, 03:32.260 --> 03:38.390 but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, 03:38.420 --> 03:41.390 and near his heart to be beloved. 03:42.520 --> 03:47.530 The God of love created man and woman to reflect God's image 03:47.530 --> 03:49.890 and to live in harmony with him. 03:49.920 --> 03:53.590 He gave them authority to rule over creation together. 03:55.720 --> 03:57.870 Adam and Eve lived in God’s presence 03:57.870 --> 04:00.380 in a beautiful garden he had prepared for them, 04:00.380 --> 04:02.560 called Eden. 04:03.520 --> 04:06.220 God walked and talked with them in the garden. 04:06.360 --> 04:10.650 And there was no suffering, no oppression, and no death. 04:12.190 --> 04:17.070 God told Adam, “You may eat of all the trees in the garden 04:17.070 --> 04:21.490 except from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 04:21.900 --> 04:26.890 If you eat fruit from that tree, you will die.” 04:30.390 --> 04:36.120 But one day Satan tempted Eve. 04:53.120 --> 04:56.020 She picked the fruit and took a bite. 04:56.020 --> 05:03.880 She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 05:10.120 --> 05:13.110 Adam and Eve’s shameful act of disobedience 05:13.110 --> 05:15.820 destroyed the harmony of the garden-- 05:15.820 --> 05:18.820 the harmony between the man and the woman, 05:19.390 --> 05:23.020 and the harmony between them and God. 05:24.020 --> 05:29.120 The man was cursed to a life of painful toil, 05:29.200 --> 05:33.050 and the woman to increased hardship in childbirth 05:33.050 --> 05:36.300 and to be ruled over by her husband. 05:37.890 --> 05:40.120 But God also gave a promise; 05:40.720 --> 05:45.180 that someday the seed of the woman, her own offspring, 05:45.180 --> 05:47.990 would crush the snake’s head. 05:48.190 --> 05:50.020 In the Holy Scriptures, 05:50.360 --> 05:55.990 God the Compassionate speaks of a plan to restore harmony and honor to his creation. 05:58.620 --> 06:02.380 He revealed part of this plan to the prophet Abraham. 06:03.620 --> 06:06.720 Abraham trusted and honored God. 06:06.990 --> 06:13.020 And God promised to bless Abraham and to bless people of all nations through him. 06:19.360 --> 06:22.390 He promised to give him many descendents, 06:22.460 --> 06:28.390 as many as the grains of sand on the seashore, and the stars in the sky. 06:30.120 --> 06:32.220 Abraham believed God. 06:32.520 --> 06:36.620 So God esteemed Abraham as one of his righteous servants, 06:36.720 --> 06:40.020 and called him “Friend of God.” 06:41.720 --> 06:45.390 One day, God tested Abraham. 06:46.560 --> 06:50.820 He told Abraham to take his son and sacrifice him. 06:57.120 --> 06:59.750 Abraham knew that it was through this son 06:59.750 --> 07:04.490 God had promised to give him many descendants and bless all nations, 07:04.560 --> 07:08.560 yet he trusted God and obeyed him. 07:11.120 --> 07:17.560 God called out, “Abraham!” “Now I know that you obey me 07:17.620 --> 07:21.020 because you have not kept back your beloved son from me.” 07:23.190 --> 07:26.120 Abraham saw a ram nearby. 07:26.190 --> 07:30.120 So Abraham sacrificed it to God instead of his son. 07:31.720 --> 07:37.120 God’s provision of a ram in place of Abraham’s son was a picture… 07:37.120 --> 07:42.120 a glimpse of his great plan. 07:42.120 --> 07:46.020 This plan would destroy the curse of sin and death, 07:46.560 --> 07:52.020 and restore men and women to an intimate relationship with himself. 07:54.120 --> 07:58.120 The Holy Scriptures speak of one who was to come. 07:59.120 --> 08:03.000 He would be the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world. 08:04.420 --> 08:08.310 The prophets called this person the “Messiah.” 08:08.500 --> 08:10.850 His coming would bring great blessing 08:10.850 --> 08:17.560 for he would be a savior, a prophet, and a king. 08:17.560 --> 08:21.120 Isaiah described what the Messiah would do when he came. 08:21.320 --> 08:26.390 The Lord's anointed will bring good news to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, 08:26.420 --> 08:30.450 announce release to captives, and freedom to those in prison, 08:30.590 --> 08:35.190 and proclaim that the time has come when the Lord will save his people." 08:36.320 --> 08:39.550 A teacher walked this earth whose name was Jesus. 08:39.960 --> 08:43.890 Was he the one sent by God to crush the snake’s head, 08:44.320 --> 08:50.220 to pour light into our world of darkness and replace our curse with blessing? 08:51.220 --> 08:55.020 Could he be the promised Messiah? 08:55.920 --> 09:03.120 Could he redeem someone who feels afraid, or ashamed, or unimportant? 09:16.120 --> 09:18.550 There was a young girl living in Nazareth 09:18.720 --> 09:21.720 who was promised in marriage to a man named Joseph. 09:22.520 --> 09:25.390 Her name was Mary. 09:39.020 --> 09:43.020 The Lord is with you and has greatly blessed you! 09:43.920 --> 09:48.020 Don't be afraid, Mary. God has been gracious to you. 09:48.190 --> 09:51.890 You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, 09:52.360 --> 09:55.020 and you will name him Jesus. 09:58.520 --> 10:02.290 But I am a virgin. How can this be? 10:02.610 --> 10:08.450 The Holy Spirit will come, and God’s power will overshadow you. 10:08.580 --> 10:10.750 The child you bear will be great 10:10.750 --> 10:14.550 and he will be called the Son of the Most High. 10:15.460 --> 10:20.170 Even Elizabeth, your relative, is going to have a child in her old age, 10:20.170 --> 10:24.500 and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 10:24.500 --> 10:28.290 For nothing is impossible with God. 10:32.960 --> 10:37.960 I am the Lord’s servant. May it happen to me as you have said. 10:58.460 --> 11:04.010 So Mary hurried to visit her cousin Elizabeth. 11:07.880 --> 11:08.880 Elizabeth! 11:09.710 --> 11:14.110 Mary? Cousin Mary! 11:19.320 --> 11:22.020 Oh, it is true. 11:22.110 --> 11:27.110 But you are the most blessed of all women, and blessed is the child you will bear. 11:28.110 --> 11:30.240 Why should this great thing happen to me, 11:30.240 --> 11:34.790 that the mother of my Lord comes to visit me? 11:34.790 --> 11:37.170 For as soon as I heard your greeting, 11:37.170 --> 11:41.520 the baby within me jumped with gladness. 11:41.520 --> 11:47.540 My heart praises the Lord; my soul is glad because of God my Savior, 11:47.600 --> 11:51.020 for he has remembered me, his lowly servant! 11:51.110 --> 11:57.720 From now on all people will call me blessed. 11:57.780 --> 12:01.010 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months. 12:25.860 --> 12:32.220 When Joseph found his promised wife pregnant, he planned to divorce her quietly. 12:41.390 --> 12:45.990 But God sent an angel to Joseph in a dream. 12:46.110 --> 12:49.390 Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife. 12:49.430 --> 12:52.720 For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived. 12:52.990 --> 12:54.720 She'll give birth to a son, 12:55.020 --> 13:03.710 and you will name him Jesus because he will save his people from their sins. 13:06.350 --> 13:09.010 So Joseph took Mary as his wife. 13:15.720 --> 13:19.720 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in a place where animals were kept, 13:19.790 --> 13:24.110 because there was no room for Mary and Joseph in their relatives' house. 13:24.190 --> 13:27.890 And a multitude of angels proclaimed his birth. 13:29.790 --> 13:32.860 When the time came for the baby to be circumcised, 13:32.900 --> 13:37.890 he was given the name Jesus, which means “God saves.” 13:37.990 --> 13:43.420 And Mary and Joseph took the child to the Temple to present him to the Lord. 13:44.610 --> 13:48.220 A prophet named Simeon met them there. 13:52.390 --> 13:57.220 This child is chosen by God for the falling and rising of many. 13:58.390 --> 14:00.380 He will be a sign from God 14:00.720 --> 14:06.380 which many people will speak against, and so reveal their secret thoughts. 14:06.610 --> 14:12.220 And sorrow, like a sharp sword, will pierce your own heart. 14:25.890 --> 14:31.720 When I heard her story, I knew Jesus would be more than an ordinary prophet. 14:32.720 --> 14:36.550 What did the angel mean when he called Jesus the “Son of the Most High?” 14:37.160 --> 14:40.110 Surely you don’t mean that God had relations with a woman? 14:40.220 --> 14:41.720 No! No, no no. 14:42.110 --> 14:44.220 Remember, Mary was a virgin. 14:44.920 --> 14:49.550 Jesus' conception was truly a miracle from the Spirit of God. 14:49.720 --> 14:51.890 God is able to do anything. 14:54.720 --> 14:56.020 Don’t you believe this? 14:58.360 --> 15:00.880 Because of his miraculous beginnings, 15:01.580 --> 15:08.210 Jesus was born of a woman like you and me, yet he was so much more. 15:08.300 --> 15:13.220 Turn away from your sins, and be baptized, 15:13.280 --> 15:16.550 and God will forgive your sins. 15:16.990 --> 15:21.890 God, himself, spoke of this when Elizabeth’s son, John the Baptist, 15:22.020 --> 15:24.890 was baptizing men and women in the Jordan River. 15:25.110 --> 15:28.020 I baptize you with water. 15:28.690 --> 15:32.390 But someone is coming who is much greater than I am. 15:33.320 --> 15:37.220 I'm not good enough even to untie his sandals. 15:37.720 --> 15:42.020 He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 15:42.520 --> 15:45.110 He has his threshing fork with him, 15:45.190 --> 15:51.020 to thresh out all the grain and gather the wheat into his barn. 16:14.020 --> 16:18.720 And the Holy Spirit came down upon Jesus in the form of a dove. 16:19.720 --> 16:24.790 And a voice came from Heaven and said, 16:24.790 --> 16:30.800 "You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you." 16:33.920 --> 16:38.290 After his baptism, Jesus traveled through the region teaching, 16:38.320 --> 16:41.110 and his message affirmed his authority. 16:55.390 --> 16:57.290 Is that not Mary’s son? 16:57.390 --> 16:58.210 Yes, it is. 16:58.260 --> 16:59.550 Be silent. 17:16.100 --> 17:19.010 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, 17:19.010 --> 17:23.020 because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. 17:23.020 --> 17:25.300 He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives 17:25.300 --> 17:28.020 and recovery of sight to the blind, 17:28.020 --> 17:30.890 to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 17:31.020 --> 17:34.890 and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people. 17:35.310 --> 17:38.050 He speaks well. 17:46.390 --> 17:50.100 This passage of scripture has come true today, as you heard it being read. 17:50.220 --> 17:51.810 The scripture come true? 17:51.920 --> 17:54.150 But only the Messiah can fulfill that promise! 17:54.160 --> 17:55.550 How shall we know? 17:56.190 --> 17:59.910 His words stirred many to wonder, 18:00.770 --> 18:04.000 and his miracles caused many to believe. 18:11.910 --> 18:13.020 It is her. 18:14.100 --> 18:16.020 She is at it again. 18:27.100 --> 18:28.380 Who is it? 18:29.380 --> 18:33.720 It is that teacher from Nazareth, Jesus. 18:35.540 --> 18:38.220 Hello. Hello. 18:39.100 --> 18:42.100 Turn around. You're not wanted here. 18:49.100 --> 18:55.020 Teacher, leave her. You should not defile yourself by even looking at her. 18:57.910 --> 18:59.410 Mary. 19:01.010 --> 19:04.100 What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? 19:05.010 --> 19:08.820 We know who you are, the Holy One of God! 19:08.840 --> 19:11.340 Be quiet! 19:14.100 --> 19:16.100 Evil spirits, 19:21.100 --> 19:24.020 come out of this woman. 19:27.720 --> 19:30.100 She is dead. He has killed her! 19:31.550 --> 19:32.950 He is going to touch her! 19:32.990 --> 19:36.020 No! A holy man wouldn't do such a thing! 19:36.100 --> 19:40.020 Mary, daughter of Abraham. 19:51.910 --> 19:55.550 She's all right! She's alive! It's a miracle! 19:56.990 --> 19:58.720 Who is this man? 19:59.310 --> 20:02.090 Even the spirits obey him! 20:02.190 --> 20:08.070 It's a miracle. It's a miracle. 20:08.280 --> 20:10.070 How could it be? 20:12.260 --> 20:14.080 Thank you. 20:21.460 --> 20:23.790 Thank you. 20:27.600 --> 20:31.600 Thank you. Thank you. 20:42.220 --> 20:45.960 From that day on, I became his follower. 20:46.080 --> 20:48.460 I wanted to do what pleased God. 21:13.490 --> 21:19.550 For years I had lived in shame, but Jesus restored my honor. 21:20.720 --> 21:24.020 His power drove out those evil spirits. 21:27.720 --> 21:28.720 Sapphira! 21:33.100 --> 21:37.720 Dinah, you heard Jesus teach and saw many of his miracles. 21:38.100 --> 21:38.980 Yes. 21:38.990 --> 21:42.720 Then you know why I left everything to follow him. 21:43.100 --> 21:45.100 And I was not the only one. 21:48.220 --> 21:50.220 There were his disciples; 21:50.380 --> 21:51.720 Simon Peter, 21:52.190 --> 21:53.720 Bartholemew, 21:54.850 --> 21:56.220 Matthew, 21:56.880 --> 21:58.380 Judas Iscariot, 21:58.910 --> 22:01.010 and the rest of the twelve. 22:03.220 --> 22:04.550 And women; 22:04.880 --> 22:08.550 Susanna, Joanna, myself, 22:08.580 --> 22:11.610 and others who contributed from our own households 22:11.610 --> 22:14.810 to support Jesus and his disciples. 22:14.810 --> 22:19.220 We all hoped God had finally sent the Messiah we longed for. 22:22.380 --> 22:25.020 We certainly needed a Savior. 22:26.380 --> 22:29.720 Rome ruled us with an iron fist. 22:33.810 --> 22:38.880 They took everything dear to us and taxed what little was left. 22:41.600 --> 22:45.220 We were hungry, physically and spiritually, 22:45.380 --> 22:48.880 and we needed someone to show us the way to God. 22:51.100 --> 22:54.590 After years of disappointment and struggle, 22:54.590 --> 22:57.720 most of us were unable even to hope. 22:57.720 --> 23:02.380 Yet, Jesus seemed to offer hope wherever he went. 23:25.550 --> 23:27.100 Who -- who is it? 23:27.150 --> 23:31.380 A young man, the only son of a widow. 23:37.650 --> 23:39.220 Young man, get up! 23:47.080 --> 23:49.550 A great prophet has appeared among us! 23:50.220 --> 23:52.720 God has come to save his people! 24:09.220 --> 24:13.220 Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. 24:13.720 --> 24:16.380 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. 24:16.720 --> 24:19.380 Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 24:20.020 --> 24:23.100 Blessed are you when men hate you and reject you and insult you 24:23.110 --> 24:26.020 and say you are evil, all because of the Son of Man. 24:26.100 --> 24:28.880 Be glad when that happens and dance for joy 24:28.910 --> 24:31.190 because a great reward is kept for you in heaven. 24:31.260 --> 24:34.210 For their ancestors did the very same things to the prophets. 24:34.220 --> 24:39.100 Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. 24:39.220 --> 24:40.550 That's all I've got. 24:40.720 --> 24:42.100 What do you mean that's all you’ve got! 24:42.220 --> 24:46.550 How terrible for you who are rich now. You have had your easy life. 24:53.460 --> 24:56.720 He doesn't want to be rich. He must be mad. 24:57.550 --> 25:03.720 How terrible for you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 25:05.380 --> 25:07.880 How terrible when all men speak well of you, 25:08.550 --> 25:12.020 for their ancestors said the very same thing about the false prophets. 25:15.020 --> 25:17.020 But I tell you who hear me, 25:17.220 --> 25:18.880 love your enemies. 25:20.100 --> 25:22.880 Do good to those who hate you. 25:23.220 --> 25:25.380 Bless those who curse you. 25:26.550 --> 25:28.720 And pray for those who mistreat you. 25:36.720 --> 25:39.100 If anyone strikes you on the one cheek, 25:40.100 --> 25:42.380 let him hit the other also. 25:48.380 --> 25:52.880 And if someone takes away your coat, let him have your shirt as well. 25:54.380 --> 25:58.100 Give to everyone who asks you for something. 25:58.720 --> 26:04.010 And if someone takes what is yours, do not ask for it back again. 26:05.380 --> 26:09.100 Do for others only what you would have others do for you. 26:09.720 --> 26:15.690 If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? 26:15.720 --> 26:18.880 For even sinners love those who love them. 26:19.100 --> 26:21.880 And if you do good to those who do good to you, 26:22.020 --> 26:24.880 why should you receive a blessing? 26:25.600 --> 26:28.020 Even sinners do that. 26:28.220 --> 26:29.380 How could he touch her? 26:29.490 --> 26:32.880 How could he talk to her? Disgusting! 26:36.380 --> 26:44.020 No, love your enemies and do good to them and lend expecting nothing back, 26:44.050 --> 26:46.570 and then you will have a great reward, 26:46.570 --> 26:50.550 for you will be sons of the Most High God. 26:50.550 --> 26:53.550 For he is good to the ungrateful and to the wicked. 26:54.020 --> 26:58.020 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 27:02.190 --> 27:04.550 Save us, Jesus! 27:04.910 --> 27:07.880 Judge not, and you will not be judged. 27:08.380 --> 27:12.380 Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. 27:12.880 --> 27:17.100 Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 27:17.310 --> 27:19.720 Lead us in your path, Lord! 27:20.880 --> 27:23.720 Give, and it will be given to you. 27:24.520 --> 27:27.720 For the measure you give will be the measure you get back. 27:30.020 --> 27:35.720 One blind man cannot lead another! If he does they will both fall into a ditch! 27:36.020 --> 27:38.790 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye 27:38.790 --> 27:41.550 but pay no attention to the log in your own eye? 27:45.880 --> 27:49.720 Guide us, Master! We need you now, Lord! 27:49.800 --> 27:52.880 How happy is the mother who bore you and nursed you! 27:53.220 --> 27:58.020 Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it. 28:03.000 --> 28:08.720 Jesus taught that God treats even the worst sinners not as enemies to destroy, 28:09.010 --> 28:13.880 but as lost sheep whom he seeks to rescue and restore to his flock. 28:18.380 --> 28:22.210 We didn't know this way of valuing and loving people was meant even for those 28:22.220 --> 28:24.380 we had despised for centuries, 28:24.720 --> 28:28.020 half-breeds with foreign traditions we found offensive, 28:28.220 --> 28:32.020 until Jesus chose to travel through Samaria. 28:33.550 --> 28:35.640 Who is this woman they all despise? 28:35.650 --> 28:38.380 She's a Samaritan. Isn’t that enough? 28:39.100 --> 28:43.380 Come on. We have to buy food, and we don't want to keep the teacher waiting. 29:05.100 --> 29:07.010 Will you give me a drink? 29:08.550 --> 29:16.220 You are a Jew. I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? 29:16.380 --> 29:20.720 If you only knew what God gives, and who it is that is asking you for a drink, 29:21.020 --> 29:26.100 you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water. 29:26.380 --> 29:32.020 Sir, you have nothing to draw water with and the well is deep. 29:32.100 --> 29:34.100 Where would you get that water? 29:38.100 --> 29:41.720 It was our ancestor Jacob who gave us this well. 29:41.810 --> 29:45.550 He and his children and his flocks all drank from it. 29:47.720 --> 29:50.720 You don’t claim to be greater than Jacob, do you? 29:51.720 --> 29:55.020 Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. 29:55.910 --> 30:00.550 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never be thirsty again. 30:01.250 --> 30:06.280 The water I give them will become in them a spring welling up with eternal life. 30:07.880 --> 30:11.790 Sir, give me that water! 30:11.830 --> 30:17.080 Then I will never be thirsty again, nor will I have to come here to draw water. 30:18.080 --> 30:20.600 Go and call your husband, and come back. 30:22.260 --> 30:26.080 I -- I don't have a husband. 30:27.080 --> 30:29.790 You are right when you say you don't have a husband. 30:30.790 --> 30:32.960 You have been married to five men, 30:33.290 --> 30:36.080 and the man you live with now is not really your husband. 30:37.290 --> 30:39.080 You have told me the truth. 30:41.580 --> 30:43.960 I see you are a prophet, sir. 30:45.460 --> 30:49.960 My Samaritan ancestors worshiped God on this mountain. 30:50.760 --> 30:55.460 But you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where we should worship God. 30:55.790 --> 31:00.040 Believe me, woman, the time will come when you will worship the Father neither 31:00.050 --> 31:02.720 on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 31:02.750 --> 31:06.220 You Samaritans do not really know whom you worship. 31:06.380 --> 31:09.550 But the time is coming, and is already here, 31:09.880 --> 31:14.880 when by the power of God’s Spirit people will worship the Father as he really is, 31:15.550 --> 31:18.220 offering him the pure worship that he wants. 31:18.720 --> 31:20.020 God is Spirit, 31:20.020 --> 31:24.380 and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he truly is. 31:25.020 --> 31:26.720 It's that woman. 31:26.810 --> 31:30.720 What is he doing talking to her? Does he know who she is? 31:31.880 --> 31:35.380 I know the Messiah will come. 31:36.380 --> 31:40.020 And when he does, he will tell us everything. 31:41.880 --> 31:43.550 I am he. 32:07.800 --> 32:13.380 Come and see the man who told me everything I've ever done. Come. 32:15.520 --> 32:17.550 Could he be the Messiah? 32:17.580 --> 32:19.220 Messiah? Messiah? 32:19.270 --> 32:21.380 The Promised Prophet? No, it can't be. 32:21.410 --> 32:24.720 Come and see. Come. 32:29.350 --> 32:32.020 Teacher, have something to eat! 32:32.550 --> 32:35.720 I have food to eat that you know nothing about. 32:36.880 --> 32:38.550 Did someone bring him food? 32:39.020 --> 32:42.550 My food is to obey the will of the one who sent me, 32:42.720 --> 32:44.880 and to finish the work he gave me to do. 32:47.720 --> 32:52.380 The crops are now ripe and ready to be harvested! 33:07.190 --> 33:09.220 Look how many are coming! 33:09.510 --> 33:11.720 Is the good news for Samaritans, too? 33:30.720 --> 33:35.720 The people of the town came to Jesus and begged him to stay and teach them. 33:38.380 --> 33:43.550 We stayed two days, and many Samaritans believed in him. 33:45.910 --> 33:51.380 Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; 33:53.020 --> 33:59.020 knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks will receive, 33:59.880 --> 34:05.380 and he who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks. 34:09.110 --> 34:15.020 Would any of you who are fathers give to your son a snake when he asks for a fish? 34:15.820 --> 34:18.210 Or a scorpion when he asks for an egg? 34:19.900 --> 34:23.710 As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. 34:25.190 --> 34:28.150 How much more, then, will the Heavenly Father give the 34:28.150 --> 34:30.710 Holy Spirit to those who ask him! 34:33.210 --> 34:37.880 I tell you this; take no thought in your life for what you shall eat, 34:38.880 --> 34:40.710 nor for your body what you shall wear, 34:41.710 --> 34:46.210 for life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 34:47.710 --> 34:49.020 Consider the ravens; 34:50.820 --> 34:57.020 they neither sow nor reap, have neither storehouse nor barn, yet God feeds them. 34:58.880 --> 35:02.380 Of how much more worth are you than the birds? 35:06.340 --> 35:10.380 Which of you, by being anxious, can add to the length of your life? 35:11.210 --> 35:15.710 If you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest? 35:17.880 --> 35:23.710 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin. 35:24.880 --> 35:29.020 Yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like a single one of them. 35:30.110 --> 35:35.020 If God so clothes the wild grass today which tomorrow is thrown onto a fire, 35:35.020 --> 35:40.730 how much more sure is he to clothe you, O you of little faith. 35:40.820 --> 35:42.380 Make our faith greater. 35:42.710 --> 35:47.020 If you had faith as big as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 35:47.110 --> 35:51.380 Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea! 36:03.550 --> 36:08.710 Temptations to sin are sure to come. But woe to him by whom they come. 36:09.550 --> 36:12.230 It would be better for him that a stone were tied about his neck and he were 36:12.250 --> 36:17.210 cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 36:17.920 --> 36:19.880 What is the Kingdom of God like? 36:20.020 --> 36:21.380 It is like this. 36:21.920 --> 36:25.210 A man takes a grain of mustard seed and plants it in his field. 36:25.710 --> 36:27.710 The plant grows and becomes a tree, 36:28.380 --> 36:31.020 and the birds make their nests in its branches. 36:32.210 --> 36:34.550 I'm not sure what he's talking about. 36:36.210 --> 36:41.210 Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts? 36:41.710 --> 36:43.020 Outcasts?! 36:44.210 --> 36:47.550 People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. 36:48.710 --> 36:52.880 I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts. 37:00.550 --> 37:03.380 He's coming! He's here! Look! 37:03.510 --> 37:05.380 Jesus! Jesus! 37:09.920 --> 37:13.710 I beg you to save my only daughter. Sir, have mercy. 37:13.750 --> 37:16.110 She is only twelve years old and…and dying. 37:16.130 --> 37:18.110 Please! Please, come with me. 37:18.550 --> 37:25.210 If I can only touch his robe, I will be healed. 37:26.690 --> 37:29.610 Jairus, I'm sorry. Leave him alone, Jairus. 37:29.630 --> 37:31.710 Jesus! Your daughter has died. 37:31.880 --> 37:34.020 Don't bother the teacher any longer. 37:40.110 --> 37:44.020 Don't be afraid, only believe and she will be well. 38:01.690 --> 38:03.710 Who touched me? 38:03.920 --> 38:07.710 Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me. 38:28.820 --> 38:31.020 It was I who touched you. 38:34.920 --> 38:38.110 I have suffered for twelve years with bleeding. 38:41.550 --> 38:44.880 I spent all I had on doctors who could do nothing. 38:50.520 --> 38:52.710 But when my fingers touched your robe, 38:56.020 --> 38:58.110 I was healed. 39:03.510 --> 39:04.880 Daughter, 39:08.820 --> 39:11.380 your faith has made you well. 39:16.520 --> 39:18.110 Go in peace. 39:24.020 --> 39:25.110 Thank you. 39:38.710 --> 39:40.380 He called her "daughter"? 39:40.880 --> 39:45.710 Yes, someone who had been unclean for twelve years according to our laws. 39:47.110 --> 39:49.710 He saw her shame and restored her honor. 39:51.190 --> 39:53.710 I don't know which brings greater healing, 39:54.110 --> 39:58.110 Jesus’ power or his compassion. 40:39.960 --> 40:44.460 Do not weep. She's not dead, but only sleeping. 40:53.790 --> 40:54.790 Child, 40:56.090 --> 40:57.290 arise. 41:21.210 --> 41:22.550 Give her something to eat. 41:23.520 --> 41:27.210 Listen to me, tell no one what has happened here. 41:32.110 --> 41:34.550 She's alive. The master’s daughter… 41:34.690 --> 41:36.380 the teacher brought her back to life! 41:38.380 --> 41:41.550 God be praised! She's alive! 41:46.360 --> 41:49.110 News travelled of his amazing miracles, 41:51.210 --> 41:54.710 and more and more people began to follow Jesus. 42:01.860 --> 42:02.510 Master, 42:02.920 --> 42:08.210 send the people away, so then they can go to the villages and farms around here, 42:08.210 --> 42:10.110 and find food and lodging. 42:10.290 --> 42:12.520 There's nothing in this place. 42:16.550 --> 42:18.880 You yourselves give them something to eat. 42:20.820 --> 42:24.590 But all we have are five loaves and two fish. 42:37.020 --> 42:41.550 Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the universe, 42:41.710 --> 42:45.710 who brings forth bread from the earth. 42:51.210 --> 42:54.880 It's a miracle. Unbelievable! 42:58.110 --> 43:03.010 We all ate until we were full, and when we gathered what was left over, 43:03.510 --> 43:06.880 we filled twelve baskets! 43:09.380 --> 43:14.020 An amazing miracle that reminded us of the blessings Jesus brings, 43:14.380 --> 43:16.210 and that we are to follow him. 43:39.380 --> 43:40.920 Will any of you come with me? 43:40.960 --> 43:42.550 I will follow you, Master, 43:43.550 --> 43:47.020 but first, let me go and say good-bye to my family. 43:47.020 --> 43:49.420 Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back 43:49.420 --> 43:51.880 is of no use for the kingdom of God. 43:52.110 --> 43:55.110 If anyone wants to come with me, he must forget himself, 43:55.210 --> 43:58.380 take up his cross everyday and follow me. 44:00.550 --> 44:03.380 For whoever would save his own life will lose it, 44:05.010 --> 44:08.880 and whoever would lose his life for my sake will save it. 44:09.380 --> 44:14.020 What will it profit a man if he gain the whole earth and lose his own soul? 44:14.380 --> 44:17.020 If any man is ashamed of me and my teachings, 44:18.110 --> 44:21.710 then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory 44:22.020 --> 44:24.710 and the glory of the Father and the holy angels. 44:29.920 --> 44:31.110 I assure you, 44:32.380 --> 44:37.020 there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God. 44:50.710 --> 44:55.210 Don't be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom. 44:56.210 --> 44:58.880 Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor. 44:59.550 --> 45:03.550 Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out, and save your riches in heaven, 45:03.690 --> 45:05.630 where they will never decrease, 45:05.690 --> 45:10.380 because there no thief can get to them, and no moth can destroy them. 45:13.690 --> 45:16.710 For your heart will always be where your riches are. 45:30.690 --> 45:31.550 Woman, 45:32.380 --> 45:34.710 you are free from your sickness. 45:45.360 --> 45:48.710 Look! Look, she’s cured! 45:49.110 --> 45:52.880 It’s a miracle! Look, look, she’s cured! Come and see! 45:53.380 --> 45:54.730 Another miracle! 45:54.750 --> 45:58.550 Praise to the Lord! 46:02.110 --> 46:06.710 Eighteen years. God keep you, Rabbi! 46:07.710 --> 46:10.550 There are six days in which we should work, 46:10.690 --> 46:15.880 so come on one of those days to be healed, but not on the Sabbath. 46:17.520 --> 46:19.020 You hypocrites! 46:19.520 --> 46:21.340 Anyone of you would untie his ox or his 46:21.360 --> 46:24.380 donkey and take it out from the stall to give it water on the Sabbath. 46:25.210 --> 46:27.110 Now, here is this daughter of Abraham 46:27.110 --> 46:29.880 whom Satan has kept in bonds these eighteen years. 46:30.920 --> 46:33.380 Should she not be released on the Sabbath? 46:43.710 --> 46:48.110 The Roman authorities and our religious leaders were alarmed at Jesus’ following. 46:49.110 --> 46:52.380 I understand that many have already hailed him as king. 46:52.550 --> 46:56.550 A king? A king of beggars, whores, and thieves. 46:56.570 --> 46:58.110 We've seen his kind before. 46:58.130 --> 47:01.210 They come, they make their claims, they go, they are forgotten. 47:01.230 --> 47:05.210 Don't be blind. His following is growing by the day. 47:05.860 --> 47:07.380 The people admire him. 47:07.420 --> 47:09.050 … and think he is a king. 47:10.550 --> 47:12.730 Let me give you a warning. 47:12.730 --> 47:17.380 If this man should threaten the peace further, I shall look to you. 47:22.670 --> 47:24.110 Perhaps he's right. 47:25.380 --> 47:27.550 It's time we confronted the Galilean. 47:39.520 --> 47:41.380 It's very little. 47:42.690 --> 47:44.550 Only two small coins. 47:46.210 --> 47:47.710 Can't she give more? 47:49.110 --> 47:53.880 I tell you that this poor widow put in more than all the others. 47:53.920 --> 47:57.710 For the others offered their gifts from what they had to spare of their riches. 47:58.110 --> 48:04.210 But she, poor as she is, put in all that she had to live on. 48:04.360 --> 48:08.110 Tell us, what right do you have to say these things? 48:08.380 --> 48:10.210 Who gave you such right? 48:10.230 --> 48:12.210 Now let me ask you a question. 48:13.020 --> 48:17.020 Tell me, did John's right to baptize come from God, or from man? 48:19.210 --> 48:21.550 We don't know where it came from. 48:21.820 --> 48:25.550 Neither will I tell you then by what right I do these things. 48:31.190 --> 48:34.020 But rather than recognizing Jesus’ compassion, 48:34.020 --> 48:38.110 those against him only wished to find a reason to accuse him. 48:47.880 --> 48:48.880 Sinner! 48:51.020 --> 48:56.380 Adulterer! Adulterer! Harlot! Adulterer! Harlot! 48:56.420 --> 49:00.920 Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 49:00.980 --> 49:05.590 In our Law, Moses commanded that such a woman be stoned to death. 49:05.590 --> 49:11.960 Yes! Stone her! Stone her! Stone her! Harlot! Stone her! Stone her! 49:11.960 --> 49:13.380 What do you say? 49:30.550 --> 49:34.380 Teacher, we have the testimony of two witnesses. 49:42.380 --> 49:44.210 What do we do with this woman? 49:46.380 --> 49:47.550 Where is the man? 49:47.920 --> 49:50.380 The Law says he is to be tried as well. 49:57.550 --> 50:03.460 Whichever one of you has committed no sin, let him throw the first stone at her. 50:47.250 --> 50:51.790 Woman, where are they? 50:51.980 --> 50:53.960 Is there no one left to condemn you? 50:56.190 --> 50:57.790 No one, sir. 51:00.460 --> 51:02.710 Then neither do I condemn you. 51:20.380 --> 51:24.020 Go now, and leave your life of sin. 51:37.860 --> 51:43.020 Please pick me up! Onto my shoulder. Can you see now? 51:43.020 --> 51:44.550 I can see Jesus. 51:47.880 --> 51:49.110 He defies the Law, 51:49.210 --> 51:51.020 A sower went out to sow his seed. 51:51.020 --> 51:52.380 breaking the Sabbath, 51:52.500 --> 51:54.710 (And as he scattered the grain, some of it fell by the path and was walked upon,) 51:54.750 --> 51:56.210 cavorting with sinners. 51:57.380 --> 52:00.920 If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, 52:01.280 --> 52:04.860 and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple! 52:05.380 --> 52:07.380 (And some seeds fell in good soil,) 52:08.380 --> 52:11.710 They failed to trap Jesus or slow his following, 52:12.210 --> 52:17.020 but they determined that his claims to be the promised Messiah must stop. 52:18.520 --> 52:21.210 And they found someone willing to betray him. 52:28.150 --> 52:31.550 Jesus often took his followers to the Mount of Olives to pray. 52:33.520 --> 52:36.210 That night he seemed deeply troubled. 52:43.920 --> 52:45.380 Why are you sleeping? 52:47.550 --> 52:52.550 Get up, and pray that you do not fall into temptation. 53:06.820 --> 53:08.010 Judas. 53:16.880 --> 53:19.380 Is it with a kiss that you betray the Son of Man? 53:21.710 --> 53:24.210 Lord, shall we strike with the sword? 53:27.710 --> 53:29.710 Come on, arrest him. Enough of this! 53:44.550 --> 53:48.020 Did you have to come with swords and clubs as though I were an outlaw? 53:48.710 --> 53:51.710 I was with you every day in the Temple and you did not try to arrest me. 53:52.710 --> 53:57.880 But this is your hour to act, when the power of darkness rules. 54:02.710 --> 54:04.380 Arrest him! 54:08.110 --> 54:10.210 His friend betrayed him? 54:10.920 --> 54:12.880 One of his own followers? 54:13.020 --> 54:16.380 Someone we all knew well and trusted. 54:18.190 --> 54:19.550 Guard him well. 54:23.710 --> 54:28.210 That night, the guards mocked him and beat him. 54:28.550 --> 54:29.960 Who hit you? Guess. 54:29.980 --> 54:33.110 Prophesy! Who will hit you next? 54:34.820 --> 54:37.880 Stop it! Stop it I said! 54:38.380 --> 54:39.880 Bring him before the Council. 54:58.690 --> 55:03.010 Tell us, are you the Messiah? 55:03.920 --> 55:07.550 If I tell you, you will not believe me. 55:09.710 --> 55:12.710 And if I ask you a question, you will not answer me. 55:16.920 --> 55:21.380 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right side of Almighty God. 55:23.550 --> 55:26.880 Are you, then, the Son of God? 55:28.110 --> 55:30.210 You say that I am. 55:31.360 --> 55:33.440 He has spoken blasphemy! 55:33.520 --> 55:37.980 What further need have we of witnesses? Who gives him the authority to say that? 55:37.980 --> 55:40.550 Now you have heard his blasphemy! Guilty. 55:40.590 --> 55:45.210 We ourselves have heard what he said. He is guilty and he deserves to die! 55:46.710 --> 55:48.210 We will take him to Pilate. 55:49.920 --> 55:52.380 Yes, yes. Away with him! 55:55.210 --> 55:59.020 So they brought him before the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate. 55:59.920 --> 56:05.880 A ruthless ruler, Pilate was responsible for the crucifixion of thousands. 56:06.550 --> 56:09.710 And what do you want here, at this hour of the morning? 56:09.710 --> 56:12.170 We caught this man misleading our people. 56:12.190 --> 56:14.880 He caused an uproar in the temple market. 56:15.020 --> 56:19.270 We found him guilty, telling them not to pay taxes to the emperor, 56:19.380 --> 56:22.650 claiming himself the Messiah, a king. 56:22.710 --> 56:27.380 A king? Are you the King of the Jews? 56:27.650 --> 56:29.070 So you say. 56:29.070 --> 56:31.960 We have no king but the Emperor. We have a law, 56:32.020 --> 56:36.020 and by our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God. 56:46.710 --> 56:50.020 This man has done nothing to deserve death. 56:58.380 --> 57:02.550 So I will have him whipped and let him go! 57:02.920 --> 57:05.880 If you free him, you are no friend to the Emperor! 57:14.710 --> 57:18.210 Crucify him! Yes, crucify him! 57:19.920 --> 57:22.380 You, you, whip him. 57:24.880 --> 57:28.550 Everyone who claims to be a king is a rebel against the Emperor. 57:31.210 --> 57:33.020 What are you waiting for, Pilate? 57:34.880 --> 57:38.880 Away with him! Kill him! Crucify him! 57:40.550 --> 57:42.880 He's done nothing wrong. 57:56.880 --> 58:02.960 Leave him, he is the Messiah! Blasphemer! Kill him! 58:02.960 --> 58:09.380 He has done nothing wrong! Why do you torment him so? 58:10.020 --> 58:12.210 Set him free! 58:19.190 --> 58:20.710 Crucify him! 58:36.110 --> 58:39.020 Crucify him! Crucify him! 58:40.110 --> 58:41.710 Back! Get back! 58:42.380 --> 58:43.380 Back! 58:46.190 --> 58:47.020 Get away! 58:50.520 --> 58:52.110 Keep away from him! 58:54.710 --> 58:56.110 Make room! 58:58.020 --> 58:59.020 Get back! 59:06.710 --> 59:07.710 Get out! 59:10.920 --> 59:12.710 You, out of the way! 59:13.110 --> 59:17.380 Move when I tell you! Get up! 59:18.210 --> 59:23.020 You! What’s your name? Simon of Cyrene, sir. 59:23.020 --> 59:24.110 Step over here. 59:25.920 --> 59:27.020 Cut the ropes! 59:31.710 --> 59:33.380 You, carry it. 59:34.070 --> 59:35.380 Come on, move! 59:37.360 --> 59:37.980 Back! 59:41.090 --> 59:41.750 Back! 59:44.150 --> 59:45.050 Leave him! 59:51.420 --> 59:53.710 Back! Get back! 59:58.710 --> 1:00:03.960 We weep for you, Lord, we weep. Drink this. Drink. 1:00:03.980 --> 1:00:05.460 Yes, drink Lord. 1:00:08.980 --> 1:00:12.610 Women of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, 1:00:13.880 --> 1:00:17.190 but weep for yourselves and for your children. 1:00:18.960 --> 1:00:22.380 For if such things as these take place when the wood is green, 1:00:23.480 --> 1:00:25.040 what will happen when it is dry? 1:00:25.050 --> 1:00:28.210 God help you. We will pray for you. 1:01:18.880 --> 1:01:20.790 Raise the cross! 1:02:19.750 --> 1:02:25.360 Forgive them, Father, for they don't know what they're doing. 1:02:28.860 --> 1:02:32.520 He has saved others; let him save himself. 1:02:32.590 --> 1:02:37.520 Yes, save yourself if you are the Messiah! Come down from the cross! 1:02:38.880 --> 1:02:41.520 Show us one of your miracles. 1:02:44.590 --> 1:02:48.590 Anyone hanging on a tree is cursed by God. 1:02:56.460 --> 1:03:02.550 Sorrow, like a sharp sword, will pierce my heart 1:03:04.750 --> 1:03:09.750 And sorrow, like a sharp sword, will pierce your own heart. 1:03:24.750 --> 1:03:26.750 I'm sorry! 1:03:35.360 --> 1:03:39.920 Aren’t you the Messiah? 1:03:43.210 --> 1:03:50.710 Save yourself, and -- and us. 1:03:51.480 --> 1:03:53.210 Don't you fear God? 1:03:53.920 --> 1:04:00.880 We received the same sentence he did, but he has done no wrong. 1:04:02.710 --> 1:04:06.880 Remember me, Jesus, when you -- when you come as King. 1:04:08.920 --> 1:04:10.380 I promise you, 1:04:12.690 --> 1:04:17.380 today you will be in Paradise with me. 1:04:34.380 --> 1:04:39.920 At about noon, the sky became dark for three hours. 1:04:50.920 --> 1:04:52.110 Father, 1:04:56.520 --> 1:04:57.710 into your hands 1:04:59.690 --> 1:05:00.920 I commit 1:05:02.920 --> 1:05:04.550 my spirit. 1:05:12.380 --> 1:05:18.550 Glory be to God. Certainly this was a righteous man. 1:05:32.550 --> 1:05:34.880 There was a righteous member of the religious Council 1:05:34.880 --> 1:05:37.980 who had not taken part in condemning Jesus. 1:05:37.980 --> 1:05:41.550 His name was Joseph of Arimathea. 1:05:44.920 --> 1:05:50.520 He obtained permission from Pontius Pilate to lay Jesus' body in a nearby tomb 1:05:50.590 --> 1:05:53.520 before the Sabbath began at sundown. 1:06:15.190 --> 1:06:18.880 Forgive us. We are following the body of our Lord. 1:06:21.190 --> 1:06:26.210 All are welcome. But come, the Sabbath is approaching. 1:06:49.380 --> 1:06:50.880 Why did they have to kill him? 1:06:51.520 --> 1:06:55.550 If he was from God, why did he let them kill him? 1:06:57.110 --> 1:06:59.550 I asked all of those questions. 1:06:59.880 --> 1:07:05.110 Jesus had power over evil spirits. Even the dead listened to him. 1:07:05.210 --> 1:07:07.110 Couldn't he have stopped this? 1:07:08.920 --> 1:07:13.210 I followed him for three years, hoping he was the promised Messiah. 1:07:15.690 --> 1:07:20.880 But now he was gone. And where would I go? 1:07:23.710 --> 1:07:25.880 This is a sad story. 1:07:27.380 --> 1:07:30.710 But, it has a glorious ending. 1:07:37.360 --> 1:07:42.380 Early on Sunday morning, the third day after Jesus was crucified, 1:07:42.520 --> 1:07:47.020 we went back to the tomb carrying the spices we had prepared to anoint his body. 1:07:49.020 --> 1:07:50.550 The stone’s been rolled away. 1:08:08.360 --> 1:08:11.550 Peter, James, John, listen. 1:08:11.570 --> 1:08:13.020 The stone was rolled away! 1:08:14.920 --> 1:08:17.380 We entered, but the body of our Lord was gone. 1:08:18.920 --> 1:08:20.710 They have taken the Lord from the tomb, 1:08:20.720 --> 1:08:22.560 and we don’t know where they have put him! 1:08:22.880 --> 1:08:25.380 What? The body of our Lord, gone? 1:08:25.390 --> 1:08:27.210 Go and see for yourself. 1:08:54.180 --> 1:08:58.710 After examining the tomb, Peter returned to the other disciples. 1:09:00.380 --> 1:09:06.020 But I remained outside, wondering and weeping. 1:09:07.920 --> 1:09:10.210 The soldiers must have taken him, 1:09:11.810 --> 1:09:13.560 or the Pharisees. 1:09:17.710 --> 1:09:20.380 They killed all we hoped for. 1:09:22.680 --> 1:09:25.110 At least they could have left us his body. 1:09:53.900 --> 1:09:56.380 Woman, why are you crying? 1:10:02.400 --> 1:10:07.610 They've taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him. 1:10:09.070 --> 1:10:15.440 Woman, why are you crying? Who is it that you are looking for? 1:10:15.570 --> 1:10:20.860 Sir, if you took him away, tell me where you have put him, 1:10:20.860 --> 1:10:23.440 and I will go and get him. 1:10:24.570 --> 1:10:25.940 Mary. 1:10:30.270 --> 1:10:31.440 Teacher! 1:10:31.750 --> 1:10:36.440 Do not hold on to me for I have not yet ascended to the Father. 1:10:37.400 --> 1:10:39.270 You are alive, Lord! 1:10:40.610 --> 1:10:43.610 Go, and give this news to my brothers. 1:10:45.570 --> 1:10:50.180 You have not forgotten us. God has not left us. 1:10:52.440 --> 1:10:53.610 Tell them. 1:10:56.400 --> 1:10:57.940 I have seen the Lord! 1:10:59.770 --> 1:11:03.880 I have seen the Messiah! 1:11:21.110 --> 1:11:22.820 He came back to life? 1:11:22.850 --> 1:11:24.110 Yes! 1:11:24.150 --> 1:11:25.110 How? 1:11:26.110 --> 1:11:27.560 Death could not hold him! 1:11:28.560 --> 1:11:30.110 Then why did he have to die? 1:11:30.110 --> 1:11:32.110 To conquer death. 1:11:33.520 --> 1:11:36.110 Oh, I did not understand that day, 1:11:36.180 --> 1:11:40.110 but Jesus appeared to us several times after that, 1:11:40.710 --> 1:11:43.110 and he taught us. 1:11:43.710 --> 1:11:46.710 Hundreds of years before Jesus came, 1:11:46.900 --> 1:11:52.110 the prophets foretold in the scriptures that the promised Messiah would suffer. 1:11:53.900 --> 1:11:55.380 Isaiah wrote, 1:11:55.520 --> 1:12:00.880 He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; 1:12:01.780 --> 1:12:05.750 the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, 1:12:05.810 --> 1:12:09.270 and by his wounds we are healed." 1:12:10.150 --> 1:12:12.380 The prophet Moses declared, 1:12:12.400 --> 1:12:16.060 Anyone hanging on a tree is cursed by God. 1:12:16.110 --> 1:12:21.110 When Jesus died on the cross he took upon himself our curse, 1:12:21.380 --> 1:12:25.310 my curse, of sin and death. 1:12:29.110 --> 1:12:33.570 His sacrifice and resurrection freed us from the clutch of evil, 1:12:33.570 --> 1:12:36.520 rescued us from the power of darkness, 1:12:36.520 --> 1:12:41.110 and redeemed us from a life of fear and shame. 1:12:45.110 --> 1:12:48.930 This blessing is what God promised our ancestor Abraham 1:12:48.940 --> 1:12:53.110 when he declared that all people on earth would be blessed through him. 1:12:54.110 --> 1:12:55.560 All people? 1:12:56.380 --> 1:12:58.710 Even women? 1:13:00.560 --> 1:13:04.110 Jesus called me a daughter of Abraham. 1:13:06.710 --> 1:13:12.110 You are a cherished daughter, a daughter he wishes to bless, 1:13:13.110 --> 1:13:17.110 like the woman he healed from twelve years of bleeding… 1:13:18.900 --> 1:13:20.710 or like me. 1:13:21.110 --> 1:13:25.110 None of us need to live in fear or shame. 1:13:26.150 --> 1:13:30.380 We no longer need to feel unseen or unheard. 1:13:31.110 --> 1:13:34.110 Jesus said of himself, 1:13:34.880 --> 1:13:37.690 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me 1:13:37.770 --> 1:13:41.110 because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. 1:13:41.310 --> 1:13:44.730 He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight 1:13:44.730 --> 1:13:46.110 to the blind. 1:13:46.680 --> 1:13:49.380 To set at liberty those who are oppressed 1:13:49.710 --> 1:13:51.360 and announce that the time has come 1:13:51.390 --> 1:13:55.710 when the Lord will save his people." 1:13:59.350 --> 1:14:03.110 Jesus touched people, even women ravaged by diseases, 1:14:03.110 --> 1:14:07.560 though they were considered unclean. And he healed them. 1:14:08.110 --> 1:14:12.820 He taught children, men and women, the rich and the poor, 1:14:12.900 --> 1:14:14.880 the righteous and the sinner, 1:14:14.980 --> 1:14:17.110 restoring their dignity 1:14:17.150 --> 1:14:21.110 and demonstrating his great compassion. 1:14:21.680 --> 1:14:23.070 He healed people; 1:14:23.850 --> 1:14:28.770 casting out demons, freeing men, women, and children from the bonds of Satan. 1:14:29.520 --> 1:14:33.710 This demonstrated his authority over evil and every spirit. 1:14:35.850 --> 1:14:38.900 Jesus brought back daughters and sons from the dead, 1:14:39.900 --> 1:14:43.560 showing he has power even over death. 1:14:44.520 --> 1:14:49.540 And though Satan and the evil spirits believed they had achieved the victory 1:14:49.540 --> 1:14:53.710 when they nailed Jesus to the cross, Jesus rose from the dead, 1:14:53.710 --> 1:14:57.560 triumphing over all the powers of evil and death. 1:14:57.940 --> 1:15:00.270 Then he was the Messiah? 1:15:00.400 --> 1:15:03.650 Only the promised Messiah, sent from Almighty God, 1:15:04.060 --> 1:15:07.180 could do the miraculous things that Jesus did. 1:15:08.440 --> 1:15:11.250 And only someone as compassionate 1:15:11.650 --> 1:15:17.380 and powerful and trustworthy as Jesus deserves our trust 1:15:18.180 --> 1:15:19.560 and devotion. 1:15:20.520 --> 1:15:25.110 When God created the world, he formed man and woman 1:15:25.150 --> 1:15:28.710 to live in his presence and feel his joy. 1:15:29.380 --> 1:15:31.250 That was his plan. 1:15:33.270 --> 1:15:37.250 But we didn't believe him and disobeyed his command. 1:15:37.900 --> 1:15:40.940 This shameful act separated us from God, 1:15:41.710 --> 1:15:45.380 and marred the close relationship between the woman and the man. 1:15:46.110 --> 1:15:49.560 We, too, have continued this disobedience. 1:15:49.710 --> 1:15:53.560 The scriptures declare "There is no one who does not sin." 1:15:53.560 --> 1:15:57.940 The result of this sin is death and separation from God. 1:16:00.110 --> 1:16:05.110 But God was not satisfied for us to remain cut off from him and his love, 1:16:05.130 --> 1:16:07.560 living in shame and fear. 1:16:09.310 --> 1:16:14.710 So, just as he provided a ram to die in place of Abraham's son, 1:16:14.710 --> 1:16:18.560 God sent Jesus to die in our place. 1:16:18.710 --> 1:16:25.110 Jesus' life, death, and resurrection restored the relationship between God 1:16:25.110 --> 1:16:28.560 and all those who turn and follow him. 1:16:29.900 --> 1:16:33.560 And this close relationship with Almighty God will not end, 1:16:33.940 --> 1:16:35.520 even though we die. 1:16:36.520 --> 1:16:37.850 The criminal on the cross, 1:16:38.110 --> 1:16:42.880 as he was dying, believed in Jesus, and Jesus promised him, 1:16:42.900 --> 1:16:46.400 Today you will be in paradise with me. 1:16:47.110 --> 1:16:51.380 Those who put their trust in Jesus will escape eternal punishment 1:16:51.680 --> 1:16:54.560 and live with God forever. 1:16:56.710 --> 1:16:58.380 How? 1:17:00.350 --> 1:17:03.110 By following him in faith. 1:17:04.560 --> 1:17:07.110 But how can he accept me? 1:17:07.770 --> 1:17:09.880 He accepted Mary and me. 1:17:12.880 --> 1:17:14.380 How can I know? 1:17:15.900 --> 1:17:19.880 Trust him. Ask him. 1:17:20.110 --> 1:17:21.880 Talk to him. 1:17:26.980 --> 1:17:31.880 God, my Father in heaven, you are holy and righteous. 1:17:32.520 --> 1:17:36.710 Thank you that you love me. I have sinned against you. 1:17:38.110 --> 1:17:41.880 Thank you that you sent the promised Messiah, Jesus, 1:17:42.110 --> 1:17:45.380 to destroy the curse of shame and guilt. 1:17:45.520 --> 1:17:52.110 Thank you that he died in my place. I want to follow my living savior. 1:17:53.710 --> 1:17:58.110 Thank you for forgiving me and accepting me. 1:18:01.310 --> 1:18:02.310 Amen. 1:18:02.520 --> 1:18:03.650 Amen. 1:18:04.350 --> 1:18:05.400 Amen. 1:18:06.150 --> 1:18:09.560 Thank you. Thank you. 1:18:14.900 --> 1:18:19.880 Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice. 1:18:21.710 --> 1:18:24.710 I know them, and they follow me." 1:18:28.710 --> 1:18:34.110 He knows you Rivka, and he loves you. 1:18:35.110 --> 1:18:41.110 This is the beginning of an eternal relationship that grows 1:18:41.900 --> 1:18:46.380 as we know him better and trust him more. 1:18:47.710 --> 1:18:50.940 We grow by obeying his word. 1:18:52.380 --> 1:18:54.380 By praying to him in faith, 1:18:54.940 --> 1:18:57.350 and by being with those who follow. 1:18:57.980 --> 1:19:00.380 And we tell others about him, 1:19:00.770 --> 1:19:03.940 keeping in mind what Jesus said, 1:19:05.150 --> 1:19:07.310 The Lord bless you and keep you. 1:19:09.380 --> 1:19:12.570 All power has been given to me in heaven and in earth. 1:19:14.310 --> 1:19:17.730 Go, then, and teach all nations, 1:19:17.730 --> 1:19:20.190 baptizing them in the name of the Father 1:19:20.360 --> 1:19:23.710 and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 1:19:24.520 --> 1:19:29.110 teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you. 1:19:29.150 --> 1:19:35.560 And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the world." 1:19:46.220 --> 1:19:48.360 You have seen the life of Jesus, 1:19:48.360 --> 1:19:50.680 how he touched and changed people’s lives. 1:19:50.680 --> 1:19:53.640 Mary Magdalene is one of now millions 1:19:53.640 --> 1:19:55.640 who have found in Jesus of Nazareth 1:19:55.640 --> 1:19:57.640 their Savior and Lord. 1:19:58.220 --> 1:20:02.070 You watched as Rivka chose to become one of his followers. 1:20:02.070 --> 1:20:04.840 Perhaps you would like to do the same. 1:20:05.380 --> 1:20:08.420 Here again is the prayer that was prayed. 1:20:09.500 --> 1:20:12.430 God, my Father in heaven, 1:20:12.480 --> 1:20:15.000 you are holy and righteous. 1:20:15.000 --> 1:20:18.190 Thank you that you love me. 1:20:18.320 --> 1:20:20.730 I have sinned against you. 1:20:20.730 --> 1:20:22.390 Thank you that you sent 1:20:22.390 --> 1:20:24.430 the promised Messiah, Jesus, 1:20:24.430 --> 1:20:28.390 to take the punishment for my sin. 1:20:28.390 --> 1:20:32.860 Thank you that he died in my place. 1:20:32.860 --> 1:20:36.060 I want to follow my living Savior. 1:20:36.190 --> 1:20:38.250 Thank you for forgiving me 1:20:38.250 --> 1:20:40.250 and accepting me. 1:20:40.250 --> 1:20:42.250 Amen.