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				The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
			 
 JESUS : Did you ever see this resurrected
 Jesus of Nazareth? I mean, with your
 own eyes?
 
 PAUL:
 No. But I saw a blinding flash of
 light and I heard his voice.
 
 JESUS
 
 You're a liar! I'm Jesus of Nazareth.
 I was never crucified.
 
 I never came
 back from the dead. I'm a man like
 everyone else.
 
 PAUL
 What are you talking about?
 
 JESUS
 I'm the son of Mary and Joseph, who
 preached in Galilee. James and John,
 the sons of Zebedee, were my
 disciples.
 
 We marched on Jerusalem,
 they brought me before Pilate, but
 God saved me.
 
 
 PAUL
 No he didn't!
 
 
 JESUS
 Now I live like a man. I have a
 family. I eat, work, have children.
 
 Do you understand what I'm saying?
 Don't go around the world spreading
 these lies about me.
 
 Because, I'll tell everyone the truth.
 
 
 PAUL
 Look around you! Look at these people.
 Do you see the suffering and
 unhappiness in this world?
 
 Their only hope is the Resurrected Jesus.
 
 I don't care whether you're Jesus or
 not. The Resurrected Jesus will save
 the world -- that's what matters.
 
 JESUS
 The world can't be saved by lies.
 
 PAUL
 
 I created the truth out of what
 people needed and what they believed.
 
 If I have to crucify you to save the world,
 then I'll crucify you.
 
 And if I have to resurrect you,
 then I'll do that, too.
 
 
 JESUS
 
 I won't let you. I'll tell everyone
 the truth.
 
 PAUL
 
 Go ahead. Go on. Tell them now.
 
 Who's going to believe you?
 
 You started all this, now you can't stop it.
 
 You don't know how
 much people need God.
 
 You don't know how happy
 he can make them. Happy to do anything.
 
 He can make them happy to die
 and they'll die.
 
 All for the sake of Christ.
 
 Jesus of Nazareth.
 The Son of God. The Messiah.
 
 Not you.
 
 Not for your sake.
 
 You know, I'm glad I met you.
 Because now I can forget all about you.
 
 My Jesus is much more important
 and much more powerful.
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