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-Your tax is late. Take it in meat.

-No, please! I'm...

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I've heard the Magi talk of a new King in Israel.

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-Sire, who could possibly threaten you?

-It's not safe.

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-What if Herod or the Romans attack our convoy?

-The Magi must be there.

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You are blessed amongst women.

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-You carry the son of God!

-Joseph!

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-He is a good man. He will care for you and the child.

-Mary!

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Sweet Joseph.

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What must you think of me?

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There are things I have to tell you.

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What could that be?

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Things aren't what they seem.

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So you're not pregnant?

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You've stolen a melon from the market and hidden it under your dress?

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-No. I am pregnant.

-Then everything's exactly as it seems!

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Please listen to me!

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I'll go... You'll never see me again,

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but don't you even want to hear what I've got to say?

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I'm not asking you to change how you feel,

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not even to understand, but just to let me explain as best I can!

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You at least owe me that.

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Joseph!

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I'm all right.

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Go.

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Who is he?

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Who?

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The father.

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There isn't one.

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Not in the way you mean.

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-What?

-I haven't betrayed you.

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For God's sake, Mary, you're pregnant. I know it isn't mine!

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This isn't my doing.

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You were raped?

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No. No.

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Then what?!

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A messenger came to me!

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-What?

-From God.

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-Wait...!

-The messenger, he told me I would bear a son,

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that the holy spirit would enter me and give me a child.

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-This is what you wanted me to listen to?

-It's the truth!

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-I'm still a virgin!

-You're saying that a messenger came from God and told you that you'd bear a son?

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-Yes.

-While you were in Judah?

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No, before I left.

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-Before you left! You didn't think to mention it?

-I tried, but I couldn't find the words!

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I was frightened and confused. And he also talked about my cousin.

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That's why I had to see her, to be sure.

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You're carrying God's son?

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Yes.

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-Or is the truth that you went to Judah, had too many glasses of wine and ended up in bed with someone?

-No!

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Then you're not pious Mary everybody thinks you are,

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-that despite being betrothed, you've been whoring yourself in Judah!

-Joseph, please!

-Please what?!

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Believe you're a virgin and are carrying God's child?

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Or forgive your whoring?

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-What I told you is the truth!

-So it's not enough that you betray me,

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you want me to look like a fool as well?

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I haven't betrayed you.

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I loved you.

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I know what you think of me.

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You said this child wasn't Joseph's, was that the truth?

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-Yes.

-You're sure?

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-He didn't pressure you into saying this?

-No.

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What I told you was the truth.

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What you have done is bad enough,

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but at least be honest about it instead of inventing this stupid story.

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It's not a story!

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Of everyone in the whole world,

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I thought that you'd be the one person who would believe me.

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You've broken your mother's heart.

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I know.

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Will Joseph stand by you?

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I can't blame him.

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He's a good man and you've humiliated him.

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Then I will do this on my own.

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Herod's border.

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He will expect us to seek an audience to state our business.

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But invite us to his palace, we could be there for days. Time is pressing enough as it is.

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We can't cross the border without asking Herod's leave.

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But we're here to see Balaam's star, not indulge in petty politics.

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-So what do we do?

-We do what we set out to do.

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We move on.

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Ride!

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Sire.

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If it's news from Rome, I have no interest.

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The census is costing me a fortune.

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People can't pay their taxes while they're travelling.

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Magi caravan crossed the border this morning.

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Have they sought an audience?

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No, sire. But their course will bring them to Jerusalem.

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Without my permission?

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Appears so.

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Then send the army to teach them some manners.

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They hold a great influence, sire. It might not be wise to offend them.

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They offend me!

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Then perhaps I should go and meet them.

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-Ask them to state their business.

-Then do it quickly!

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And if there's a conspiracy, I want it crushed!

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Strew their carcasses across the desert.

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Sire.

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I have a sick wife, a baby, and a father to feed,

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and yet they leave me with nothing!

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They will be judged by God.

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And in the meantime, I watch my family starve?

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God will provide.

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My whole life, I've heard the same thing,

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yet seen nothing to convince me that it's true.

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You must believe that,

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as God's chosen people, he will come to our aid.

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But God also says...

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an eye for an eye.

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So why can't we fight back?

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Because we can't fight the whole Roman empire.

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Why not?

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Even if there were a thousand Romans to every one of us,

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if God is really on our side, then how could we lose?

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Wouldn't that be a real test of faith?

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God will show us the way. The Messiah...

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Your Messiah!

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How many Jews will be left to see him?

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Whore!

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Stop it!

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-You don't belong!

-Stop it!

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ALL SPEAK OVER ONE ANOTHER

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Help us! Please!

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You'll have to leave.

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-At least let my mother stay.

-No, you mustn't go out there!

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-This is the house of God.

-They'll stone her to death!

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Please let us stay here.

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This is no place for an adulteress.

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-I want to leave.

-But the people... They're still outside.

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-Then let them do as they will.

-Please!

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In the name of God!

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She's my child.

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You can leave the back way.

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Joseph?

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You're leaving.

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I have to register for the census.

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Will you come back?

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I don't know.

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I have family in Bethlehem.

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I have to ask you something.

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I know I have no right, but I ask it anyway.

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You don't even need to ask. You and Anna have been good to me. I'll set the betrothal aside in private.

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I won't see her stoned.

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Thank you.

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Mary was attacked in the town today.

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I don't know how I can protect her.

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This is none of your doing.

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I bear you no ill will.

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Has she told you who the father is?

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Forgive me, but there's something else I need to ask of you.

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Anna and I have been talking.

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It's not safe for Mary to stay here,

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not any more.

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Even without you making a charge against her, the mob would still see her stoned.

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And how much worse will it be...

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when the child is born?

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I don't see what I can do.

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-You could take her with you.

-What?

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Just give her safe passage to Bethlehem.

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Then once we know she's safe, we can work out what to do for the best.

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If people see you leave together, it might...

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-You've no right to ask this of me!

-I know.

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And I wouldn't ask if I could think of another way.

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I'll pay you.

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I don't want your money!

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She's still my daughter!

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Please.

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Take care of her.

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I'll make sure she gets to Bethlehem safely. Then she's on her own.

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Look! Listen to this. Consider this.

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Riders are coming!

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-I am Nicolaus of Damascus, envoy of King Herod.

-Welcome.

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-He asks you to state your business.

-We are Magi.

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Not even Magi cross borders without paying their respects to their host.

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We study the stars, they determine our destination.

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So, what should I tell the King?

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That we had manners enough to offer you

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food and drink before your journey back.

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Your work must be important to bring you so far from home.

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All our work is important. There is much to learn from the stars.

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Some say you can foretell the future.

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Certain alignments can foretell events, but the nature of them...

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that's far from clear.

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Which alignment brings you to Judaea?

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-Do you study astronomy?

-I take an interest in a great many things.

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My own people, the Greeks,

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believe the conjunction of stars heralds the birth of great leaders.

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Then your countrymen must be wise, indeed.

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You still haven't told me which alignment brings you here.

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There are many.

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-Are none more special, none more significant, than the others?

-No.

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And yet you travel a thousand miles.

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Well, we often travel far in search of clearer skies, new stars.

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The pursuit of wisdom cannot be measured in miles.

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No. Well, let us hope the Jews do not hear of your journey.

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-It may give them hope.

-Why?

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They have been waiting a very long time for the God of Abraham to send them a great leader.

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They call him the Messiah,

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a new king of the Jews.

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But ones so learned as yourselves must have heard of this prophecy, surely?

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We know of many prophecies.

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And yet you come to Judea.

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-We simply follow the stars.

-Hah.

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So you said.

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It's a strange belief, even for the Jews.

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The Messiah, born of a virgin no less.

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Raised in the city of David.

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As you say, it's a strange belief,

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-even for the Jews.

-Indeed.

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So, what shall I tell the king of your plans?

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That we intend to return to Babylonia once we have rested.

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You don't intend to enter Jerusalem?

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No.

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The king would be pleased to see you at the palace before you leave.

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Thank him for his hospitality,

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but as our time here is so brief, we don't wish to inconvenience him.

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As you wish.

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Should you find anything of significance,

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the King would be happy to hear of it.

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Of course.

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-They're gone.

-You kicked me!

-Quiet, or I'll kick you again!

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Why did you tell him we weren't going into Jerusalem?

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I should have realised that Herod must know about the Messiah.

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He must fear him above all others.

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Not being born a Jew,

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he must know that...

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the people rise around such a man.

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Do you think that's it? That's what the stars foresee?

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-The coming of this messiah?

-Yes, I do.

-You knew all along.

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That's what you were talking about, the bridge between Heaven and Earth.

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It's more than a bridge perhaps.

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There are some who believe that the Jewish messiah will be more than a man.

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That he will be God himself...

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in human form.

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And you? What do you believe?

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Get the charts.

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I've asked myself that question

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for every one of the thousand miles we've travelled.

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Now...

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you saw Jerusalem as the centre of the alignment...

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..but, look, project the line.

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As the stars merge they will slow down, taking the alignment

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away from Jerusalem to the south and west.

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-Bethlehem.

-David's city!

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The prophecy says that the Messiah will be born in the city of David.

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It's there we will learn our answers.

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The Magi ride a thousand miles to look at the stars.

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They seemed to be intrigued by a certain alignment, sire.

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What kind of alignment?

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They didn't say.

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I won't have them in Jerusalem.

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Before we know it, the Jews will be heralding the arrival of another damned prophet.

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The subject was raised.

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I knew it!

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They also seemed to be aware of the Jewish prophecy of the Messiah.

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-What?

-The old one knew of it.

-Are you saying that's why they are here?

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No, simply that the subject was raised.

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I've been plagued by tales of this new king coming to claim my throne

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since I came to this godforsaken country!

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Ignore it! No-one but the zealots believe it.

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Yet the Magi travel a thousand miles, for what?

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They assured me they were leaving.

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I want them watched.

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Every step they take.

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I want to know where they go,

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who they see!

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If they do seek this new king...

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..let them lead us to him.

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That I may cut his throat myself.

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Herod's soldiers are watching the camp.

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-They're waiting for us to leave.

-And if we don't?

-Then he will...

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He will know that we have lied.

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Even if he lets us move further into the kingdom, he will watch us

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-every step of the way, all the way to Bethlehem!

-Then we must go back.

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To die in my bed...

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knowing I was this close to witnessing the day the world changed forever?

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Herod is a butcher.

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If he knew the truth, that the one thing he fears is about to happen,

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-he would send his army into Bethlehem.

-We can't go back, not when we've come this far.

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We have no choice!

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Joseph!

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Blessed are You, HaShem, our God,

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King of the Universe...

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..by whose word everything comes to be.

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Help us, your humble servants,

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wait patiently in the coming of the Messiah.

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Look! They're going back.

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Are you sure this is wise?

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We won't have any guards.

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I'll lend you a sword.

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Melchior will see what he's come to see if I have to carry him to Bethlehem on my back.

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Let's go. May they watch the lights.

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Bethlehem.

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It's beautiful.

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We'll make camp for tonight,

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carry on tomorrow.

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-No!

-Joseph?

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-Are you all right?

-It was just a bad dream.

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You should drink.

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Do you want to tell me about your dream?

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Was it about me?

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There was a man sent to defend you.

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He said you were carrying the light of the world inside you.

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A light that will shine for a thousand years.

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Did you believe him?

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My mind was telling me what I wanted to hear. Nothing more.

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And yet I can feel it,

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-the light inside me.

-We'll be in Bethlehem tomorrow.

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I'll find you somewhere to stay.

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My defender in your dream...

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..his name was Gabriel...

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..and when he spoke there was such a warmth, such a feeling of love.

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As though you were in the presence of God himself.

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He told you I was carrying the Messiah.

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