Here’s a
readers’ theatre setting of Mark 12:28-34, the gospel reading for Proper 26 B
(Ordinary 31 B). It is set for three voices.
Readers’ Theatre: Mark
12:28-34
One: One of the teachers of
religious law was standing there
listening to the debate.
listening to the debate.
He realized that Jesus
had answered well,
so he asked,
Two: Of all the commandments,
which is the most important?
Three: The most important commandment is this:
‘Listen,
O Israel! The Lord our God is the one
and only Lord.
And
you must love the Lord your God
with
all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’
The
second is equally important:
‘Love
your neighbor as yourself.’
No
other commandment is greater than these.
Two: Well said, Teacher.
You have spoken the truth by saying
that there is only one God and no
other.
And I know it is important to love
him
with all my heart and all my
understanding and all my strength,
and to love my neighbor as myself.
This is more important than to offer
all of the burnt offerings
and sacrifices required in the law.”
One: Realizing how much the man understood,
Jesus said to him,
Three: You are not far from the Kingdom of God.
One: And after that, no one dared to ask him any
more questions.
