The Last Temptation of Christ Page #4

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

But you can have that right now.

JESUS:

No! Because anytime I try to get

what everybody else has, the pain

starts. And the voices.

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

And so you make crosses!

JESUS:

Yes, I make crosses! To keep him

quiet. To make God hate me! To make

him find somebody else.

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

You're sure it's God? You're sure

it's not the Devil?

JESUS:

I'm not sure. I'm not sure of

anything.

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

If it's the devil, the devil can be

cast out.

JESUS:

What if it's God? You can't cast out

God.

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

But if it's God, why should he hurt

you?

JESUS:

Because he loves me. And I don't

want him to love me. I want him to

hate me! I want to crucify every one

of his Messiahs.

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

The more you dare God, the more you

make him angry. Maybe that's why

he's made you so unhappy here.

JESUS:

Where?

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

Here. With people. Maybe you shouldn't

be here.

JESUS:

If I don't belong with people, who

do I belong with, God?

MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS)

I don't know. Go and ask him. Go

where God is.

CUT TO:

EXT. EDGE OF NAZARETH - DAWN

Jesus begins his journey to go where God is. He walks with a

certainty we have not seen before.

Nazareth, seen behind him, is stirring to life. Jesus' path

takes him past the crucifixion site of the day before. At

the foot of the cross are several GUARDS who are dividing up

the Zealot's clothes. One of the Guards sees Jesus and calls

to him.

GUARD:

Crossmaker! Here's your share.

The Guard throws the Zealot's bloody headcloth. Jesus holds

it for a moment.

GUARD:

What's the matter? Don't you want

it?

JESUS:

Yes. I want it.

He puts the headcloth on.

CUT TO:

EXT. ROAD OUTSIDE NAZARETH - EARLY MORNING

Jesus strides across a grassy plain. Much of the "lake

district" of Galilee was a fertile and pleasant valley. Jesus

leans his body into the wind as he reaches a ridge.

JESUS (V.O.)

All this time I've been cursing him,

trying to make him hate me. All that

pain for something so simple, I should

have realized. He just wants me to

devote my life to him. If that's

what it takes to stop the pain, I'm

happy. Only one road leads to God.

And it comes out in the desert. God's

waiting for me in a well in the

monastery. He does love me. I'll

hide under his wings.

Jesus watches a small caravan in the distance and follows

its path.

CUT TO:

EXT. GALILEE - DAY

Jesus passes two PEASANT GIRLS reaping in an open field.

Their partially open dresses reveal their bodies. Their open

sexuality intimidates Jesus.

PEASANT GIRL:

Are you going to Magela?

JESUS:

No. To the monastery.

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