[children laughing
& playing] PHARISEE 1: Hmm. What is it
that they see in Jesus? PHARISEE 2: He forgives
everyone, keeps company
with sinners. See the tax collectors? <i>[chuckle] And we know
they need forgiveness.</i> [scornful laughter] SCRIBE 1: Notice, the crowds
that follow Him keep growing. [sheep baas] PETER: Excuse me,
are those your sheep? MICAH: Yes, I am tending
these myself. <i>And this is just a part of
my family's herd.</i> My father put me in charge.
Ooo! Ugh! Me!! [JOHN & PETER laugh] JOHN: Well, if your father
trusts you with all of them... PETER: I'd say you might want to
go after that runaway. >> Hunh? Oh no! Rebel,
come back! Come back! [sheep baaing] <i>PHARISEE 1: Are you
Jesus of Nazareth?</i> >> I am. >> They call you a
teacher. <i>SCRIBE 1: And a prophet.</i> PHARISEE 1: Yet you dine with
sinners and tax collectors. The leaders of the
Temple are asking how you would
explain that, Teacher. MICAH: Stop. Rebel,
you cannot... >> If any of you has 100
sheep,
and one of them gets lost, what will you do? Won't you leave the
99 in the field and go look for the lost
sheep until you find it? And when you find it,
you will be so glad that you will put
it on your shoulder and carry it home. [murmurs of agreement] Then you will call in your
friends and neighbors, and say, Let's celebrate!
I found my lost sheep! In the same way, there is
more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents
and returns to God than over 99 others
who are righteous and haven't
strayed away. ♪ [music] ♪ ♪ It's the Word for all time ♪ The Word for all the world ♪ The Story's forever alive ♪ Superbook ♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna ♪ The Word...Superbook ♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna ♪ The Word...Superbook ♪♪ GIZMO: Here it comes! JOY: Hey! Over here! [laughs] I got it! [effort] CHRIS: Watch this, guys!
Around the world, to the moon, a-and back!! Yes! AARON: Ugh! GIZMO: Oooh! >> Thorns are sharp!
Thorns are sharp! Need bandages!
Oh, oww! Yow! Guys, you didn't see me. [shoes scrambling up
wood ramp] [hatch slams] >> Whoa. Did you see that? >> What's up with Aaron? GIZMO: Yes, he usually
wears a hat. What? He does! [effort] >> Aaron, open up! <i>AARON: Is my father with you?</i> >> No, why would
your father be...Wooah! JOY: Yaah! [hatch slams] >> Hey! What am I,
scrap metal? Yaahh! [hatch slams] >> Aaron, why are you
hiding
from your father? >> Ah, I did something
really bad, Chris. I'm gonna be in
so much trouble. My dad'll never forgive me. I can never go home again. JOY: What did you do?? >> Chris, how much to rent
out your treehouse? Hm, a lot of floorspace.
Starting, say, now! >> Aaron, you can't live
in my treehouse. >> It's either that, or I
go
find an apartment across town! Look, I've got birthday money.
I'll pay you $10 a week! JOY: This is crazy! GIZMO: Yes, the periscope and
beanbag chair alone make it worth 20. I am trying to negotiate here. >> All right, all right.
Fine! My dad'll probably figure out
I'm living here anyway. Here's a list of things
I'm gonna need on the road. I'm running away. <i>Oh, and the 10 peanut butter
sandwiches?</i> Can you trim off the crust
the way my dad does? I really like them like that. CHRIS: O--kay. Uh, Aaron, do not
leave the treehouse. Understand me?
Do NOT leave the treehouse. <i>>> Nice chair! I'll go 15
a
week. Not a penny more!</i> >> What are we gonna do? >> He likes the chair!
I say we go in for the kill. 19 bucks a month,
no ups, no extras. JOY: Or we could try to
convince him to go home and face
up to this thing. >> I don't know. Aaron's
been
my friend for a long time. If he says he can't
tell his dad, then... maybe what he did
really IS unforgivable! [Superbook tones] ALL: Superbook!! <i>GIZMO: Oh no, we cannot go.</i> We must stay & draw up a rental
agreement for the treehouuuuse! <i>SUPERBOOK: I am taking you
to meet a man</i> <i>who taught by his example that
forgiveness is always
possible.</i> <i>[whoosh]</i> MICAH: Oh, no you don't! <i>>> Whooaaaa!</i> >> Did you just...? CHRIS: Uh, fall through
the tree? Uh, yes. GIZMO: Weak branches.
[chuckle] JOY: Sorry. Did we startle
your sheep? >> No. No!! This sheep has a mind of
his own. Calm down! >> I'm Joy. This is Chris,
and Gizmo. >> I am Micah, and
I call this one Rebel, because he's always
trying to run away. Were you up in the tree trying
to get a better view of Jesus? >> Jesus? >> Yes, He is the reason <i>there are so many people
gathered here today.</i> <i>Jesus is a great teacher.</i> I especially like it
when He tells parables. >> What's a parable? GIZMO: Oh! A parable is a short
story which uses familiar events to illustrate a religious
or ethical point. <i>MICAH: You HAVE heard
Jesus speak, then!</i> >> No, my internal data
frame is equipped with high-capacity
quantum memory. >> What?! >> I was originally
designed
for the... [muffled] >> Uh, we'd love to hear
Jesus speak! Lead the way. <i>[sheep baas]</i> Why not just TELL everyone
you're a robot? GIZMO: Quit it!
JOY: No, YOU quit! GIZMO: No, YOU quit! [CHRIS groans] <i>JOY: The bread is
really delicious.</i> You want some? CHRIS: Sure! You know, I've been thinking
about what Aaron said. I mean, if he's serious about
running away from home, Joy, whatever he did must be something he believes his father
would never forgive him for. <i>PETER: Teacher, John and I
were discussing</i> what you said earlier
to the Pharisees about the shepherd
and the lost lamb, and we wondered, why do you
speak in parables? >> To those who listen
to my teaching, more understanding
will be given, <i>and they will have an
abundance of knowledge.</i> <i>I tell you the truth.</i> Many prophets and
righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn't see it. And they longed to hear
what you hear, but they didn't hear it. CHRIS: Joy, what do you
think He means? >> I don't know! >> A man had two sons. [slow melancholy
flute music] <i>The younger son
told his father:</i> PRODIGAL SON: Father, I
want my share of your estate now before you die. <i>>> So, his father agreed</i> <i>to divide his wealth
between his sons.</i> [grand music with
foreboding organ & horns] [slow flute music] [ship splashes through water] <i>A few days later, this younger
son packed all his belongings</i> <i>and moved
to a distant land,</i> <i>and there he wasted all
his money in wild living.</i> [drums and tambourines] PRODIGAL SON: Oof! [crash] <i>VENDOR: Watch where
you're going!</i> [drums & tambourines
intensify] [vocalizations] [excited cries] [cheers] GAMBLER: Go ahead,
throw them again! [coins clink on stone] [vomiting] [slap]
>> Augh! [gulp] <i>VENDOR 2: Put that down!
Thief! Thief!</i> [punch]
[crash] >> Ohh! [wind whistles] <i>JESUS: About the time
his money ran out,</i> <i>a great famine swept
over the land</i> <i>and he began to starve.</i> [pigs squeal] <i>He persuaded a local
farmer to hire him,</i> <i>and the man sent him into
his fields to feed the pigs.</i> <i>The young man became so hungry
that even the pods</i> <i>he was feeding the pigs
looked good to him,</i> <i>but no one gave him anything.</i> [sobbing] <i>When he finally came
to his senses,</i> <i>he said to himself,</i> "At home, even the
hired servants have food
enough to spare, and here I am,
dying of hunger." <i>He wasted everything
his father gave him.</i> MICAH: Oh no!
He did it again! CHRIS: Micah, there he goes! >> Rebel, Rebel, come
back! JOY: Come on, guys,
we've got to help. CHRIS: But the story! GIZMO: Yes, we must find out what happens to the
prodigal son. >> Chris, if you lost
Gizmo, wouldn't you want ME
to drop everything <i>and help
you find him?</i> >> That is an
impossibility,
Joy. I'm equipped with a navigation
module and would never... >> WORK with me, Giz!
It's an "as if." >> An "as if"? >> An "as if."
Like a parable. I'm making up a story
about you getting lost to make my point to
Chris that he should... Oh, why do I bother? >> All right, all right.
We'll help. >> Hm! Yes, we will come
along
"as if" we are helping. MICAH: [gasp] He's run into
someone else's herd! JOY: Oh no! <i>How are we ever going to find
your sheep in a flock this
big?</i> >> Look closely. Rebel has
a
brown spot behind his ear. JOY: Rebel! <i>CHRIS: Rebel, where are you?
Rebel!</i> >> No spot there. Hm! No
again. OK, this could take a while. Unless! Doggie-Bots to the rescue! [thump] [servos & barking] CHRIS: Rebel! MICAH: Rebel, where are you? Rebel! Rebel! Rebel...oh! Ahh! Unh, unh! Help! Help!! Aaaah! [straining] Help!! [servos] >> Hmph! We are going to
need to
cover more of this herd faster. Doggie-Bots, to Doggie Saucer! [brakes squeal] [engine whine] [whoosh] CHRIS: Rebel,
where are you? <i>MICAH: Chris, Joy, help!!</i> >> Micah! [straining] JOY: Oh, no!! CHRIS: Hold on, Micah! JOY: Grab this staff! [MICAH strains] MICAH: Ahh! CHRIS: We got you! [ALL straining] [whoosh of plane] [electronic twitters] GIZMO: You can run,
but you cannot hide, Rebel! [whoosh of plane] Net! Drop the net now! [whoosh of plane] Oh no! Get back!
Doggie-Saucer, do not drop the net until I'm at
least 10 feet in front of Rebel. Confirm you understand! Get back, Rebel, get back! Back, back, back, back! [plane whoosh] Ohhhhhh! MICAH: I cannot thank you
enough, my friends. [sheep baa] >> Don't you think I am
the one
you should be thanking? MICAH: I can't believe
you got him back! [CHRIS & JOY talking at once] JOY: You are one clever sheep,
aren't you? CHRIS: Not to mention quick. He
doesn't look any worse for wear. JOY: There's the brown
spot on his ear. MICAH: In that story
Jesus was telling, the son took everything
his father had given him, and he lost it all. I wonder what happened
after that? >> Come on! If we hurry, maybe we can still hear
the end of the story! JOY: Guys, I think
we're too late. <i>CHRIS: Wow, that was
a short story.</i> GIZMO: Yes, a parable
IS a short story which uses familiar events to illustrate a
religious or ethical... JOY: Oh, we know, Gizmo. [KIDS talking at once] PETER: Slow down!
Slow down! Not all at once! JESUS: Now, what
were you saying, children? [KIDS talking at once] Please, sit with us! CHRIS: Jesus, we were
listening to the story you were
telling the crowd. >> But my sheep ran away! >> Micah, again? >> [chuckles] Yes! But Chris, Joy, and Gizmo
helped me find him. GIZMO: So, when we chased
off after Rebel, the son had wasted
all his money and was working
feeding the pigs. CHRIS: Yes, what
happened after that? [KIDS talking at once] JESUS: Let me finish
the story for you. While he had the job
of feeding the pigs <i>the young man became so hungry
that even the pods</i> <i>he was feeding the pigs
looked good to him,</i> [sobbing] <i>but no one
gave him anything.</i> <i>Finally he came
to his senses and said,</i> SON: My father's workers have
plenty of wheat, and here I am
starving to death! I will go to my father and say to him, "Father,
I have sinned against God in heaven
and against you. I am no longer good enough
to be called your son. Treat me like one of
your workers." [dramatic organ music] <i>JESUS: But when he was
still a long way off,</i> <i>his father saw him
and felt sorry for him.</i> [FATHER gasps] <i>He ran to his son.</i> [vocalized panting] [joyful sobs] [soaring trumpet music] [celebratory music
with organ and bells] <i>He hugged and kissed him.</i> FATHER: Hurry and bring the best
clothes and put them on him. <i>Give him a ring for his finger
and sandals for his feet.</i> Get the best calf and prepare it
so we can eat and celebrate. This son of mine was dead
but has now come back to life. He was lost, and has
now been found! <i>JESUS: And they began
to celebrate.</i> [cheerful music] <i>The older son had been
out in the field,</i> <i>but when he came
near the house</i> <i>he heard the music
and dancing.</i> [music with trumpets] OLDER SON: What's going on here? SERVANT: Your brother has
come home safe and sound, and your father ordered us
to kill the best calf. [dark music,
heavy slow strings] <i>JESUS: The older brother
got so angry</i> <i>that he would not even go
into the house.</i> >> Grr! <i>>> His father came out
and begged him to go in.</i> >> For years I have worked
for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even
given me a little goat so that I could give a
dinner for my friends. This other son of yours
wasted your money! And now that
he has come home you ordered the best calf
to be killed for a feast! Grrr! >> My son, you were
always with me and everything
I have is yours. But we should be glad
and celebrate! Your brother was dead
and he is now alive. He was lost
and has now been found. CHRIS: Wow! I never expected a father to
take his son back like that! JOY: Especially after he wasted
everything his father gave him. MICAH: Yes, he was welcomed home
with open arms and his father
just gave him more! >> That is love! A father whose love is unfailing
always forgives like that. PETER: Take care of
that sheep, Micah. CHRIS: That was
an amazing story. MICAH: Whoa! Rebel!
Rebel! GIZMO: It's Superbook! >> Looks like
we're going home! [whoosh] [whoosh] JOY: I don't know
what Aaron did that makes him
so afraid to go home. >> Well, whatever it is, it can't be as bad as
the prodigal son. Come on. [latch opens] AARON: Hey guys! I wonder what
the jungles of Borneo are like this
time of year? Nobody'd ever find me
in a rain forest. JOY: Aaron, you can't run
away from home, no matter what you did. >> You don't know my dad. [electronic chirp] CHRIS: What did you do
anyway? >> I skipped school. GIZMO: Yes?? >> And took the ATV
out of the garage. >> Oo-kay. >> And drove the back
way to the beach >> That's bad. >> Where I accidentally
smacked it up against the bottom of the
lifeguard station! >> OK, that's REALLY bad! >> And my father will
never ever
forgive me for any of it! >> Aaron, you know what? I know that's bad stuff. >> Huh! It sure is!
[clank] Oh! >> But you know what else? I bet your father's love for you
is way bigger than that stuff. <i>JOY: Fathers forgive.</i> [sigh] >> My runaway plans are
pretty lame, aren't they? Yeah, I'd better go home
and face the music. <i>AARON'S DAD: Chris! Joy!</i> Have you seen Aaron? <i>He skipped school today
and I just don't know...</i> <i>Aaron! Where have you been?</i> <i>The ATV is gone and your
mother
and I have been worried sick!</i> >> I've got something
to tell you. >> You come down here,
son. >> Dad... >> I'm just glad
you're OK. <i>SUPERBOOK: The Lord is
compassionate and merciful,</i> <i>slow to get angry, and
filled with unfailing love.</i> [Upbeat music] ♪ ♪ Jesus, You died
upon a cross ♪ and rose again
to save the lost. ♪ Forgive me now of all my sin ♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and friend. ♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You. ♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You. ♪ Jesus, You died
upon a cross ♪ and rose again
to save the lost. ♪ Forgive me now
of all my sin ♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and friend. ♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You. ♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪ and help me, Lord,
to live...for You. ♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪ Help me, Lord,
to live for You. ♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪ Won't You make it new? ♪ And help me,
Lord, to live ♪ to live for You. ♪♪ ♪ [drums and voices] ♪ ♪ [Middle Eastern woodwind] ♪ ♪ [strings, percussion full] ♪ ♪ [strings, percussion
intensify] ♪ ♪ [timpani only] ♪ ♪ [music ends] ♪♪ Captioning made possible by
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