Here’s a readers’ theatre setting of Mark 10:46-52, where Jesus heals
blind Bartimaeus. It is taken from The Voice™. http://www.hearthevoice.com/ translation,
and is set for three voices.
Readers’ Theatre: Mark 10:46-52
One: Jesus and his disciples
reached Jericho.
As they passed through
the town,
a crowd of people
followed along.
They came to a blind
beggar, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,
who sat beside the
main road.
When he was told that
Jesus of Nazareth was passing by,
he called out in a loud
voice.
Two: Jesus, Son of David,
take pity on me and
help me!
One: Disgusted by the blind
man’s public display,
others in the crowed
tried to silence him
until Jesus had
passed.
But Bartimaeus cried
even louder:
Two: Jesus, Son of David,
have pity on me!
One: Jesus stopped where he
stood.
The crowd stopped with
Him.
He told those near the
front of the crowd
to call the blind man
forward.
‘Good news!’ they
said.
‘Jesus has heard
you.
Listen—He calls for
you.
Get up and go to him.’
So Bartimaeus cast
aside his beggar’s robe
and stepped forward,
feeling his way toward Jesus.
Jesus asked,
Three: What do you want from Me?
Two: Teacher, I want to see.
Three: Your faith has made you
whole.
Go in peace.
One: In that moment, Bartimaeus
could see again;
and from that time on,
he followed Jesus.
~ Scripture taken from The Voice™. http://www.hearthevoice.com/ Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008 by
Ecclesia Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
