# Quote — José Saramago, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

> The son of Joseph and Mary was born, like any other child, covered with his mother's blood, dripping with mucus, and suffering in silence. He cried because they made him cry, and he will cry for this one and only reason.

- Author: [José Saramago](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago.md)
- Book: [The Gospel According to Jesus Christ](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/the-gospel-according-to-jesus-christ.md)
- Page: 58
- Original (pt): O filho de José e de Maria nasceu como todos os filhos dos homens, sujo de sangue de sua mãe, viscoso das suas mucosidades e sofrendo em silêncio. Chorou porque o fizeram chorar, e chorará por esse mesmo e único motivo.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago#The_Gospel_According_to_Jesus_Christ_(1991)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/the-gospel-according-to-jesus-christ/the-son-of-joseph

## More from this book

> No one has committed so much sin in his life that he deserves to die twice.

p. 362 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/the-gospel-according-to-jesus-christ/no-one-has.md)

> Jesus then realized he had been brought here under false pretences, as the lamb is led to sacrifice and that his life had been planned for death since the very beginning. Remembering the river of blood and suffering that would flow from his side and flood the entire earth, he called out to the open sky where God could be seen smiling, Men, forgive Him, for He knows not what He has done.

p. 376 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/the-gospel-according-to-jesus-christ/jesus-then-realized.md)

> Then Jesus slowly turned to look at her and said, I have never been with a woman. Mary held his hands, This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women who have never known a man, until the day comes for the one who knows to teach the one who does not.

p. 235 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/the-gospel-according-to-jesus-christ/then-jesus-slowly.md)