Lucius:
[Arriving at Jesus' home in Nazareth on horseback with another Roman soldier and greeting the Holy Family]
Have no fear. We're simply checking the census against the tax rolls.
[Reading from a scroll]
Lucius:
Now, you are... Joseph. And you live here with your wife Mary.
Joseph:
That is so.
Lucius:
[Pointing to Jesus]
Who's this boy?
Virgin Mary:
My son, Jesus.
Lucius:
[Looking at the scroll again]
I have no record of His birth. When was He born?
Virgin Mary:
Twelve years ago.
Lucius:
Where?
Virgin Mary:
In Bethlehem.
[Jesus walks away]
Lucius:
[Realizing Jesus must have survived the killing of the young boys in Bethlehem which he commanded on Herod's orders 12 years before, and after a long, tense pause]
Bethlehem?
[Mary slowly nods "yes"]
Lucius:
[to the other Roman soldier, who then rides away]
Count those in the next house.
[to Mary]
Lucius:
See that the boy is registered before the year is out.
[Lucius himself rides away, after which Joseph and Mary look at each other with relief]
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