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Reader: | John 2.1-8a. |
| REUBEN: | Yes, I agree, Hesseth
- it is worrying! |
| HESSETH: | Not just worrying,
Reuben! It's embarrassing and it's your fault too! You're the
master of the feast! |
| REUBEN: | True, but the amount
of wine I ordered was just right for the numbers you gave me.
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| HESSETH: | Well, I hear Mary
of Nazareth, Joseph's widow, could come, so, of course, I invite
her. |
| REUBEN: | And her eldest
son, Jesus, too! |
| HESSETH: | But naturally, because
he's the one who carried on the business after Joseph died. |
| REUBEN: | And his helpers,
too! |
| HESSETH: | Mmmm..... I was caught
there. I was thinking of dear old Joab who used to help in the
carpenter's shop. I hadn't heard that Jesus had turned preacher
and gathered a group of disciples around him. |
| REUBEN: | A whole twelve of
them! Twelve extras, and that's not all.....< |
| HESSETH: | Look, Reuben, please
keep your voice down or my daughter and the bridegroom will hear
you. So I made a mistake and I'm sorry. Now, have you been able
to do anything about it? |
| REUBEN: | You know what the
wine supplies in Cana are like, Hesseth. Never an oversupply,
and we've cleaned them out! Not another litre left! |
| HESSETH: | But have you thought
of something? |
| REUBEN: | I had a quiet word
to Mary of Nazareth. |
| HESSETH: | Don't embarrass me,
Reuben! She's one of the guests! You shouldn't have asked her!
What could she do, anyway? |
| REUBEN: | Just a hunch. I mean
- among that extra thirteen they might have come up with something.
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| HESSETH: | And have they?
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| REUBEN: | I have no idea. The
servants seemed to be doing something in the back room. Wait.
Here comes one of them now. |
Reader: | John 2.8b-11.
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