human
The carpenter has been seen with the preacher. He has been baptized.
gpt
That's just like him. One enthusiast keeps company with another.
human
It would be more correct to say with false prophets. For what else is it when a man declares that he can wash away sin with a dash of water?
gpt
That's excellent! You Israelites can do so much with your ablutions. That would be a capital thing!
human
Ah! what things one hears! Everything points to the speedy destruction of the world. And one whispered in his ear,
gpt
I tell you, frankly, 'twould be no great misfortune.
human
Now John has caught it. Do you know what he's always shouting?
gpt
The young carpenter, his apprentice? He's never said anything that matters.
human
Do you know what he's always exclaiming? He strides through the streets, and his hair flies in the wind. He spreads out his hands before him, and says: 'The word has become flesh!'
gpt
I have summoned you here because I am told that you are the preacher.
human
They call me preacher and Baptist.
gpt
I want to hear you. And, indeed, you must refute what your enemies say against you.
human
If it was only my enemies, it would be easy to refute them.
gpt
They say that you insult my royal house, that you say the prince lives in incest with his brother's wife. Did you say that?
human
I do not deny it.
gpt
You have come to withdraw it?
human
Sire, said the prophet,
gpt
I have come to repeat it. You are living in incest with your brother's wife. Know that the day of reckoning is at hand. It will come with its mercy, and it will come with its justice. Put away this woman.