The Nativity Story Page #5

Not mine.

And what of Joseph?

He's a good man, Mary, but this?

- This is too...

- Let me speak!

Please.

Let me speak.

Come, Anna.

Come.

Joseph...

Do you know...

Do you know the reason

I chose you, Mary?

I believed you were

a woman of great virtue.

I have lived my life seeking honor.

Honor...

Mary, so how am I to answer this?

If I claim this child is mine,

I will be lying.

I will have broken

a law laid down by God.

I would never ask you to lie.

If I say this child is not mine,

they will ask what I want to do.

And if I accuse you...

There is a will for this child...

greater than my fear

of what they may do.

I will make no accusation.

Without that, there can be no trial.

You have shown great mercy, Joseph.

For that I will be thankful.

Thank you.

- It is the law!

- The law!

Stone her!

- The law!

- Stone her!

- Stone her!

- Let Joseph cast the first stone!

- Joseph!

- Throw the first stone.

- She must die.

- She must die.

It is the law!

Let Joseph through!

Now, Joseph.

Joseph.

Fear not.

For that which is conceived

in Mary is of the Holy Spirit.

And she shall be...

Mary.

"And you shall call his name Jesus.

"For it is he who will save

his people from their sins."

I know.

Mary, God showed me.

An angel came to me in my dream.

You believe me.

I believe you.

Your child will need a father.

I will declare him as my own.

People, they will not look at you the same.

They will not look at us the same.

You are my wife.

I am your husband.

That is all anyone need know.

And after this...

there shall arise a star from Jacob.

And a man shall arise like the sun...

walking with the sons of men

in gentleness and righteousness.

This is the shoot of God most high.

This is the fountain of life,

of all humanity.

You see, Gaspar...

that's why we follow the star.

Rome is requesting a census.

Each man to return

to the place of his birth.

Such an order will lead to unrest.

The people whisper

of rebellion even now.

It is the will of Caesar.

My father lost his life...

because he failed to see the threat...

that was mounting against him.

From his own people.

Now, all it will take is one man.

One man to convince the people

he is their Messiah.

The prophet said this man will rise

from the house of David.

This census

would bring him back home.

Have your soldiers and your spies...

keep watch for a man

returning to Bethlehem.

A man of power.

A man the people will follow.

Town of Nazareth...

in the name of King Herod

and the almighty Caesar...

you are ordered to participate

in a census of all people.

Each man will return

to the land of his ancestors...

along with each member of his family.

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