King of Kings - A Conversation About Jesus' Interests
Camel Driver: [spotting the 12-year-old Jesus, while refreshing himself in a well in Nazareth]
Your son?
Mary:
Yes.
Camel Driver:
And, does He like being a carpenter?
Mary:
Yes, He does.
Camel Driver:
There's a big world outside this garden. Do you want Him to see it?
Mary:
He will see it soon enough.
Camel Driver:
Let me take Him with me. I'll pay you well. I can use a lad like that to help me with my caravan.
Mary:
No. Someday, He will leave me, but someone else will call Him.
Camel Driver:
And who will that be?
Mary:
My son will know Him when He comes.
Lucius: [arriving at Jesus' home in Nazareth on horseback with another Roman soldier; reading from a scroll]
Have no fear. We're simply checking the census against the tax rolls. Now, you are...Joseph. And you live here with your wife Mary.
Joseph:
That is so.
Lucius: [pointing to Jesus]
Who's this boy?
Mary:
My son, Jesus.
Lucius: [looking at the scroll again]
I have no record of His birth. When was He born?
Mary:
Twelve years ago.
Lucius:
Where?
Mary:
In Bethlehem.
Lucius: [realizing Jesus must have survived the killing of the young boys in Bethlehem which he commanded on Herod's orders 12 years before, and after a long, tense pause; Mary slowly nods "yes"; to the other Roman soldier; the Roman soldier rides away; to Mary; rides away]
Bethlehem? Count those in the next house. See that the boy is registered before the year is out.
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