Description
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
Marriage and Divorce
Not long after this the crowds began to follow Jesus again. There were Pharisees among them and they set out to trap Jesus into saying something that would incriminate him in their eyes.
Pharisee: Teacher, is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife any time he wants to?
Jesus: You know the scriptures – you tell me.
Pharisee: Moses said we could write a certificate of divorce and send her away.
Jesus: Are you after a divorce then?
Pharisee: No! I’m after the truth.
Jesus: The truth! Well, let me tell you this...
Continues...
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