Here is another 3-voice readers’ theatre setting of Matthew 1 6 1 32 0, one of the suggested scripture readings for August 2 1 2 01 1
For an alternate version of this reading, see Who Do You Say I Am?, based on the New Living Translation.
Readers’ Theatre: Matthew 1 6 1 32 0
(The Message)
Narr: When Jesus arrived in the villages of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples,
Jesus: What are people saying about who the Son of Man is?
Peter: Some people think he is John the Baptizer,
some say Elijah,
some Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.
Narr: Jesus pressed them:
Jesus: And how about you? Who do you say I am?
Narr: Simon answered:
Peter: You are the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Jesus: God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah!
You didn't get that answer out of books or from teachers.
My Father in heaven, God himself,
let you in on this secret of who I really am.
And now I'm going to tell you who you are, really are.
You are Peter, a rock.
This is the rock on which I will put together my church,
a church so expansive with energy
that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.
And that's not all.
You will have complete and free access to God's kingdom,
keys to open any and every door:
no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven.
A yes on earth is yes in heaven.
A no on earth is no in heaven."
Narr: And then Jesus swore the disciples to secrecy.
He made them promise they would tell no one that he was the Messiah.
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