Godspell (1973)

Joanne Jonas: Joanne

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Quotes 

• Lynne : Master...

  [Lynne climbs down from a stage and rushes to Jesus. Gilmer, Robin, Joanne, Jeffrey, Merrell, Jerry and Katie follow] 

  Lynne : Master! Blessed are the poor in Spirit...

  Jesus : For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

  Gilmer : Blessed are they who mourn...

  Jesus : For they shall be comforted.

  Robin : Blessed are the meek...

  Jesus : For they shall inherit the Earth.

  Joanne : Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice...

  Jesus : For they shall be filled.

  Jeffrey : Blessed are the merciful...

  Jesus : For they shall have mercy.

  Merrell : Blessed are the pure in heart...

  Jesus : For they shall see God.

  Jerry : Blessed are the peace-makers...

  Jesus : For they shall be called the children of God.

  Katie : Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake...

  Jesus : For theirs is the Kingdom of *heaven*!

  [the others applaud] 

  Judas : [shouting from the distant stage]  Blessed are ye... When men shall persecute you and revile you... and say all manner of evil against you...

  [pauses then calms down] 

  Judas : falsely.

• Jesus : Now, what if your brother sues you? You better settle with him quickly...

  [Joanne tries to shake hands with Merrell, who spins her over to Gilmer] 

  Jesus : ... otherwise he'll hand you over to the judge.

  Gilmer : Guilty!

  [She spins Joanne over to Jerry] 

  Jesus : And the judge to the constable.

  [Jerry bops her on the head] 

  Jesus : And you'll land in jail!

  [Joanne is twirled into "jail"] 

  Joanne : [squeaks]  Let me out of here!

  Jesus : And I tell you, you'll not get out of there until you've paid the last penny.

• Joanne : [Mae West impression]  C'mere, Jesus, I've gotta somethin' to show ya!

• Katie : A sower went to sow some seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the footpath, where it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.

  [Merrell, with a bird's beak, pecks on Joanne's leg and she giggles] 

  Katie : Some seed fell on rock. And after coming up...

  Jerry : Grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow. Oh! Ah!

  Katie : ...withered for lack of moisture.

  [Jerry pretends to choke himself to death and falls over] 

  Katie : And some seed fell on among the weeds. The weeds grew up with it and choked it. And some seed fell into good soil.

  [Lynne and Glimmer don't rise] 

  Katie : Good soil! Come on! Where it grew and it yielded a hundredfold.

  Jesus : Do you know what the seed is?

  Katie : A baby!

  Jesus : Wrong! The seed is the word of God. And that seed which fell along the footpath represents those who hear the word, but then the devil comes and carries them off, for fear they should believe and be saved.

  Joanne : Oi.

  Jesus : And that which fell upon rock, they recover the word with joy when they first hear it, but they have no root. So in time of testing, they desert.

  Jerry : Bye.

  Jesus : See you. And that which fell among weeds hear the word, but their further growth is impaired by wealth, and cares, and the pleasures of the world. They bring nothing to fruit.

  Katie : No fruit, Robin.

  Jesus : But that which fell among good soil... Hey, good soil! Good soil! They hear the word with a good and honest heart and through their perseverance, yield a harvest.