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The Great and the Good
Bible Ref: Matthew 19-20 & 26; Mark 10 & 14; Luke 17-19; John 11 & 12

Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the linking text as well as the characters in the scene itself.

List of scenes:
Lazarus is Raised from the Dead                       
The Resurrection and the Life                            
The Pharisees Plot to Kill Jesus                       
The Ten Lepers                                                    
The Return of the Son of Man                             
The Persistent Widow and the Unjust Judge        
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector                   
Marriage and Divorce                                         
Blessing the Children                                          
The Rich Young Leader
A Camel through the Eye of a Needle
The Workers in the Vineyard – the Last will be First
James and John and Their Mother's Request
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
Blind Bartimaeus  
Zacchaeus 
At the House of Zacchaeus
Ten Minas and Ten Servants   
Mary Anoints Jesus

At the House of Zacchaeus  (Short Sketch)

Zacchaeus righted himself on the branch and dropped to the ground. Jesus followed him to a nearby house and the crowds followed them both. Soon there was a party in full swing and the smell of good food and wine filled the streets outside. As evening fell, Zacchaeus stood in the doorway of his house and addressed the muttering crowds.

Zacchaeus: Listen! I’ve got some good news! I’ve been thinking – it’s time I set things straight. I have got far too much here – I’m giving half of it away to the poor. That’s right – you heard correctly. And that’s not all, if I’ve cheated anyone here…

Man: What do you mean – if?

Continues...

 

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