Memorable Quotes : The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

[Guest guest]

Judas: I struggle, you collaborate.

 

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Judas: What's good for man isn't good for God!

 

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Jesus: You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an

immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You

think you're special? God is not an Israelite.

 

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[after Lazarus has been resurrected]

Saul: How do you feel?

Lazarus: I like the light.

Saul: What was it like? Which is better: Death, or life?

Lazarus: I was a little surprised... wasn't that much difference.

[pause]

Saul: Give me your hand.

[stabs him]

 

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Jesus: Brothers, my old friends! Listen to me! It's me the prophets

preached about. God talked to me in the desert; he gave me a secret

and told me to bring it to you. Didn't you hear me coming? I ran here

to Nazareth, where I grew up, to bring you the news. The word of God

is here now.

Voice in Crowd: You work miracles. Make a miracle for us. Make us

believe in you. Otherwise, go away.

Jesus: The Messiah doesn't need miracles. He is the miracle. Now he's

here. Are you ready for me? I'm here to tear down everything around

you, and you know what I'm going to replace it with? Something new:

God. The World of God. So take your bread and give it to the poor.

What difference does it matter what you own? You have gold and

silver? It's going to rot, and that rot is going to eat away your

heart. All of you! There will be a flood, and there will be a fire.

Everything will be destroyed. But there will be a new ark riding on

that fire, and I hold the keys and I open the door, and I decide who

goes in and who doesn't. You're my brothers from Nazareth, and you're

the first I invite on the ark. Don't wait. Don't waste your life.

Come with me.

 

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Jesus: If I could touch every stone, if I could breathe on every

branch, they'd get up and follow me. So what's wrong with you?

 

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Jesus: Today and tomorrow I cast out demons and work cures. On the

third day, I will be perfected.

 

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Jesus: Judas, my brother, I have something to tell you. I have a

terrible secret from God. You know why I came to Jerusalem?

Judas: Yes. This is where the revolution is going to begin.

Jesus: Last night, Isaiah came to me. He had a prophecy, I saw it

written. It said, " He has borne our faults; he was wounded for our

transgressions, yet he opened now his mouth. Despised and rejected by

all, he went forward without resisting, like a lamb led to the

slaughter. "

Judas: I don't understand.

Jesus: Judas, I am the lamb. I'm the one who's going to do.

Judas: Die? You mean you're not the Messiah?

Jesus: I Am.

Judas: That can't be. If you're the Messiah, why do you have to die?

Jesus: Listen, at first, I didn't understand myself...

Judas: No, *you* listen. Every day, you have a different plan. First

it's love, then the ax, and now you have to die. What good could that

do?

Jesus: God only talks to me a little at a time and tells me as much

as I need to know.

Judas: We need you alive!

Jesus: Now I finally understand! All my life-all my life, I've been

followed by voices, by footsteps, by shadows. And do you know what

that shadow is? The cross. I have to die on the cross, and I have to

die willingly. We have to go back to the temple.

Judas: And after you die on the cross, what happens then?

Jesus: I come back to judge the living and the dead.

 

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Jesus: I wish there was another way, but there isn't. I have to die

on the cross.

Judas: I won't let you die.

Jesus: You don't have a choice. Neither do I. Remember, we're

bringing God and man together. They'll never be together unless I

die. I'm the sacrifice.... Forget everything else, understand that.

 

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[last lines]

Jesus: It is accomplished!

 

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Jesus: The pain begins. It slides up my back and just before it gets

to my eyes, it digs in its claws.

 

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Jesus: God loves me. I know he loves me. I want him to stop.

 

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Judas: How will you ever pay for your sins?

Jesus: With my life, Judas. With my life. I don't have anything else.

 

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Jesus: I'm not gonna leave here until you speak to me!

 

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Jerobeam: God brought you here, didn't he?

Jesus: All he brought here is my shame.

Jerobeam: Shame is also a temptation.

Jesus: God hunts me. He drives his nails into my heart. He wants to

push me over. He wants me to speak. But he didn't touch my lips with

burning coals. How can I speak? I sinned.

Jerobeam: We all sin.

Jesus: Not my sins. What does He want from me? Can't he see what's

inside me? All my sins. I'm Lucifer.

Jerobeam: Be quiet!

Jesus: No! I'm a liar. A hypocrite. I'm afraid of everything. I never

tell the truth. I don't have the courage. When I see a woman, I blush

and look away. But inside I have lust. For God, I smother the lust,

and that satisfies my pride. But my pride destroys Magdalene. I never

steal or fight, or kill... not because I don't want to but because

I'm afraid. I want to rebel against everything, everybody... against

God!... but I'm afraid. If you look inside me you see fear, that's

all. Fear is my mother, my father, my God.

 

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John The Baptist: God demands anger!

 

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Saul: So Lazarus, how do you feel?

 

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Judas: Rabbi, you broke my heart.

 

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Pontius Pilate: Unfortunately for you, we don't want things changed.

 

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Girl Angel/Satan: There is only one woman in the world. One woman,

with many faces.

 

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Jesus: If I was a woodcutter, I'd cut. If I was a fire, I'd burn. But

I'm a heart and I love. That's the only thing I can do.

 

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Jesus: I am here to set fire to the world! John the Baptist spoke to

me in the desert. He said God is coming. Well, I'm telling you it's

too late! God is already here; I am here! And I'm going to baptize

everybody with fire!

 

 

 

 

This was one of Martin Scorsese's best efforts IMHO......

 

.........bob