In this skit use modern clothing. Don’t tell who the characters are ahead of time. Let the audience decide who they were when it has ended. For your use: Boy 1 is Jesus’ brother James; Girl 1 is his mother, Mary; Boy 2 is Jesus’ cousin James, the son of Zebedee and Salome, whose brother is John; Girl 2 is Mary of Bethany, a sister of Martha and Lazarus; Boy 3 is the Rich Young Ruler; Girl 3 is Mary Magdalene; Boy 4 is Pilate. The Narrator may be male or female. Total cast: eight. Arrange the staging as you like.

NARRATOR: This is a short story about the short life of a young man. He lived in a small town where everybody knew everybody else. Everyone did the same things, said the same things, thought the same things.

BOY 1: Except him. I’m his younger brother. He made my life miserable! Oh, I…