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resist<00:14:47.220><c> trial.</c><00:14:48.080><c> And</c><00:14:48.179><c> he</c><00:14:48.279><c> says</c><00:14:48.440><c> in</c><00:14:48.559><c> verse</c><00:14:48.840><c> 18</c><00:14:49.200><c> of</c><00:14:49.399><c> chapter</c>

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should<00:14:56.039><c> be</c><00:14:56.299><c> a</c><00:14:56.460><c> kind</c><00:14:56.679><c> of</c><00:14:57.039><c> first</c><00:14:57.399><c> fruits</c>

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of<00:14:58.419><c> his</c><00:14:58.799><c> creatures.</c><00:15:00.039><c> Again,</c><00:15:00.600><c> he's</c><00:15:00.860><c> already</c><00:15:01.120><c> been</c><00:15:01.379><c> talking</c><00:15:01.700><c> earlier</c><00:15:02.019><c> in</c>

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grace<00:15:11.019><c> of</c><00:15:11.159><c> fascia</c><00:15:11.340><c> of</c><00:15:11.539><c> perishing.</c><00:15:12.460><c> And</c><00:15:12.799><c> so</c><00:15:12.919><c> he's</c><00:15:13.139><c> talking,</c><00:15:13.240><c> he's</c><00:15:13.539><c> picking</c><00:15:13.700><c> up</c>

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ideas<00:15:14.360><c> from</c><00:15:14.580><c> the</c><00:15:14.799><c> parable.</c><00:15:15.220><c> So</c><00:15:15.320><c> also</c>

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end.<00:15:19.159><c> So</c><00:15:19.320><c> here</c><00:15:19.480><c> we</c><00:15:19.620><c> see</c><00:15:19.740><c> this</c><00:15:20.019><c> harmony</c><00:15:20.460><c> of</c><00:15:20.740><c> thinking</c>

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amongst<00:15:21.899><c> the</c><00:15:22.519><c> early</c><00:15:22.860><c> apostles</c><00:15:23.480><c> where</c><00:15:24.480><c> the</c><00:15:24.759><c> same</c><00:15:25.240><c> message</c><00:15:25.559><c> is</c>

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coming<00:15:26.039><c> through.</c><00:15:26.279><c> And</c><00:15:26.399><c> here's</c><00:15:26.679><c> James</c><00:15:26.919><c> saying,</c>

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we're<00:15:27.440><c> begotten</c><00:15:28.179><c> by</c><00:15:28.639><c> the</c><00:15:28.799><c> word</c><00:15:29.059><c> of</c><00:15:29.320><c> truth.</c><00:15:29.940><c> So</c><00:15:30.019><c> the</c><00:15:30.240><c> seed</c><00:15:30.759><c> within</c><00:15:31.100><c> us</c>

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should<00:15:31.980><c> grow</c><00:15:32.419><c> and</c><00:15:33.000><c> start</c><00:15:33.259><c> to</c><00:15:33.500><c> produce</c><00:15:33.879><c> fruit</c>

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to<00:15:34.879><c> the</c><00:15:35.539><c> glory</c><00:15:36.100><c> of</c><00:15:36.419><c> God.</c><00:15:38.039><c> And</c><00:15:38.200><c> of</c><00:15:38.320><c> course,</c><00:15:39.000><c> the</c><00:15:39.080><c> sacrifice</c><00:15:39.799><c> of</c>

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And<00:15:44.899><c> the</c><00:15:45.059><c> apostle</c><00:15:45.500><c> Paul,</c><00:15:47.120><c> sorry,</c><00:15:47.559><c> apostle</c><00:15:47.779><c> Peter</c><00:15:48.320><c> speaks</c><00:15:49.059><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:49.840><c> opening</c><00:15:50.220><c> verses</c><00:15:50.679><c> here</c>

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the<00:15:57.860><c> spirit,</c><00:15:58.419><c> the</c><00:15:58.419><c> word</c><00:15:58.860><c> of</c><00:15:59.019><c> God</c><00:15:59.340><c> working</c><00:15:59.759><c> through</c><00:16:00.039><c> us</c>

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brings<00:16:00.860><c> about</c><00:16:01.399><c> obedience</c><00:16:02.000><c> or</c><00:16:02.340><c> obedient</c><00:16:02.940><c> to</c><00:16:03.460><c> the</c><00:16:03.559><c> things</c><00:16:03.679><c> that</c>

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blood.<00:16:13.039><c> It</c><00:16:13.039><c> takes</c><00:16:13.279><c> us</c><00:16:13.480><c> again</c><00:16:13.659><c> right</c><00:16:13.919><c> the</c><00:16:14.019><c> way</c><00:16:14.159><c> back</c><00:16:14.879><c> to</c><00:16:15.639><c> Old</c>

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with<00:16:36.139><c> shared</c><00:16:36.580><c> blood</c><00:16:37.120><c> in</c><00:16:37.960><c> order</c><00:16:38.419><c> to</c><00:16:39.019><c> bring</c><00:16:39.240><c> about</c><00:16:39.779><c> its</c><00:16:41.100><c> sanctification.</c><00:16:43.379><c> And</c><00:16:43.460><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:16:44.360><c> Paul,</c>

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writing<00:16:46.320><c> to</c><00:16:46.539><c> the</c><00:16:46.720><c> Romans,</c><00:16:47.879><c> speaks</c><00:16:48.620><c> very</c><00:16:49.519><c> powerfully</c><00:16:49.960><c> about</c>

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that<00:16:54.419><c> the</c><00:16:55.259><c> righteousness</c><00:16:55.720><c> of</c><00:16:56.059><c> God</c><00:16:56.580><c> is</c><00:16:57.399><c> by</c><00:16:57.639><c> faith</c><00:16:58.179><c> of</c><00:16:58.480><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:17:06.960><c> in</c><00:17:07.200><c> Christ</c><00:17:07.400><c> Jesus,</c>

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whom<00:17:08.500><c> God</c><00:17:08.740><c> has</c><00:17:09.039><c> set</c><00:17:09.279><c> forth</c><00:17:09.559><c> to</c><00:17:09.779><c> be</c><00:17:09.960><c> a</c><00:17:10.140><c> propitiation,</c><00:17:11.359><c> a</c><00:17:11.539><c> mercy</c>

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seat,<00:17:12.759><c> through</c><00:17:13.119><c> faith</c><00:17:13.579><c> in</c><00:17:14.000><c> his</c><00:17:14.339><c> blood</c>

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to<00:17:15.680><c> declare</c><00:17:16.180><c> his</c><00:17:16.559><c> righteousness</c><00:17:17.059><c> for</c><00:17:17.339><c> the</c><00:17:17.440><c> remission</c><00:17:17.799><c> of</c><00:17:18.059><c> sins</c><00:17:18.259><c> that</c><00:17:18.400><c> are</c>

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passed<00:17:19.039><c> through</c><00:17:19.660><c> the</c><00:17:19.819><c> forbearance</c><00:17:20.380><c> of</c>

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God.<00:17:22.700><c> Now</c><00:17:22.819><c> it's</c><00:17:22.980><c> not</c><00:17:23.380><c> again</c><00:17:23.819><c> there's</c><00:17:24.099><c> anything</c><00:17:25.140><c> magical</c><00:17:25.960><c> about</c><00:17:26.460><c> the</c>

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blood.<00:17:30.440><c> I</c><00:17:30.619><c> was</c><00:17:30.859><c> sharing</c><00:17:31.339><c> with</c><00:17:32.299><c> Leonie</c><00:17:32.559><c> last</c>

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night,<00:17:33.059><c> we</c><00:17:33.160><c> were</c><00:17:33.160><c> thinking</c><00:17:33.359><c> about</c><00:17:33.700><c> some</c><00:17:33.920><c> hymns</c><00:17:34.220><c> that</c><00:17:34.440><c> Africans</c><00:17:34.720><c> like</c><00:17:35.119><c> to</c>

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sing<00:17:35.700><c> and</c><00:17:35.839><c> there's</c><00:17:36.059><c> one</c><00:17:36.339><c> hymn</c><00:17:36.579><c> which</c>

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they<00:17:37.640><c> seem</c><00:17:37.880><c> to</c><00:17:38.079><c> like</c><00:17:38.259><c> singing</c><00:17:38.599><c> kind</c><00:17:38.960><c> of</c><00:17:39.079><c> near</c><00:17:39.160><c> anyway,</c><00:17:39.880><c> which</c>

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is<00:17:39.960><c> about</c><00:17:40.119><c> being</c><00:17:40.539><c> washed</c><00:17:40.880><c> in</c><00:17:41.059><c> the</c><00:17:41.240><c> blood</c><00:17:41.380><c> of</c><00:17:41.519><c> Jesus.</c>

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such<00:17:45.220><c> relish</c><00:17:45.559><c> that</c><00:17:45.740><c> there's</c><00:17:45.920><c> something</c><00:17:46.140><c> slightly</c>

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bizarre<00:17:47.059><c> about</c><00:17:47.400><c> it</c><00:17:47.599><c> somehow</c><00:17:47.880><c> or</c><00:17:48.019><c> other,</c><00:17:49.039><c> being</c><00:17:49.319><c> washed</c><00:17:49.640><c> in</c><00:17:49.799><c> the</c><00:17:49.920><c> blood</c><00:17:50.039><c> of</c>

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Jesus.<00:17:52.319><c> So</c><00:17:52.519><c> there's</c><00:17:52.720><c> nothing</c><00:17:52.960><c> magical</c>

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sort<00:17:58.279><c> of</c><00:17:58.599><c> caught</c><00:17:58.839><c> up</c><00:17:59.099><c> don't</c><00:17:59.359><c> we</c><00:17:59.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:00.180><c> technicalities</c><00:18:01.099><c> of</c><00:18:01.640><c> the</c><00:18:01.859><c> atonement</c><00:18:02.400><c> and</c><00:18:02.960><c> it</c><00:18:03.380><c> isn't</c><00:18:04.019><c> easy</c>

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I<00:18:07.119><c> think</c><00:18:07.359><c> for</c><00:18:07.599><c> me</c><00:18:08.519><c> what</c><00:18:08.819><c> is</c><00:18:09.059><c> important</c><00:18:09.619><c> is</c><00:18:09.900><c> to</c><00:18:10.059><c> realise,</c><00:18:10.559><c> I</c><00:18:10.579><c> mean</c><00:18:10.779><c> why</c>

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did<00:18:11.460><c> God</c><00:18:12.059><c> require</c><00:18:13.299><c> the</c><00:18:14.200><c> death?</c><00:18:14.400><c> God</c><00:18:14.579><c> has</c><00:18:14.819><c> no</c>

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pleasure<00:18:15.680><c> in</c><00:18:15.880><c> the</c><00:18:16.019><c> death</c><00:18:16.200><c> of</c><00:18:16.299><c> an</c><00:18:16.460><c> animal</c><00:18:16.740><c> or</c><00:18:16.859><c> of</c><00:18:17.000><c> anybody</c><00:18:17.200><c> else.</c><00:18:17.940><c> There's</c><00:18:18.140><c> no</c>

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delight<00:18:18.880><c> for</c><00:18:19.119><c> God</c><00:18:19.339><c> in</c><00:18:19.559><c> the</c><00:18:19.759><c> shedding</c>

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nearly<00:18:24.720><c> end</c><00:18:25.640><c> up</c><00:18:25.920><c> on</c><00:18:26.099><c> the</c><00:18:26.299><c> floor,</c>

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I'm<00:18:26.660><c> not</c><00:18:26.839><c> very</c><00:18:27.079><c> good</c><00:18:27.180><c> with</c><00:18:27.339><c> it</c><00:18:27.539><c> at</c><00:18:27.720><c> all.</c><00:18:29.660><c> So</c><00:18:29.920><c> why</c><00:18:30.299><c> did</c><00:18:30.480><c> God</c><00:18:30.740><c> say</c>

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it's<00:18:33.240><c> no</c><00:18:33.480><c> good?</c><00:18:34.039><c> Again</c><00:18:34.319><c> I'm</c><00:18:36.839><c> just</c><00:18:36.859><c> thinking</c>

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this<00:18:37.099><c> about</c><00:18:37.720><c> Cain</c><00:18:38.059><c> and</c><00:18:38.299><c> Abel</c><00:18:38.519><c> and</c><00:18:38.680><c> say</c><00:18:38.819><c> why</c><00:18:39.140><c> was</c><00:18:39.519><c> why</c><00:18:40.460><c> was</c><00:18:40.960><c> why</c>

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was<00:18:41.559><c> Cain's</c><00:18:42.220><c> offering</c><00:18:42.400><c> not</c><00:18:42.700><c> acceptable</c><00:18:43.259><c> and</c>

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I<00:18:43.779><c> remember</c><00:18:43.980><c> somebody</c><00:18:44.279><c> saying</c><00:18:44.460><c> well</c><00:18:45.140><c> because</c><00:18:45.440><c> the</c><00:18:45.660><c> vegetables</c><00:18:46.000><c> grew</c><00:18:46.279><c> in</c>

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Well<00:18:47.920><c> maybe</c><00:18:48.119><c> that's</c><00:18:48.339><c> not</c><00:18:49.160><c> that's</c><00:18:49.539><c> perhaps</c><00:18:49.680><c> perhaps</c><00:18:50.059><c> an</c><00:18:50.319><c> interesting</c><00:18:50.680><c> answer</c><00:18:50.980><c> isn't</c>

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it<00:18:51.319><c> sort</c><00:18:51.460><c> of</c><00:18:51.640><c> thing.</c>

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which<00:18:58.980><c> God</c><00:18:59.240><c> had</c><00:18:59.500><c> taught</c><00:18:59.640><c> them</c><00:19:00.000><c> and</c><00:19:00.220><c> the</c><00:19:00.400><c> point</c><00:19:00.559><c> of</c><00:19:00.680><c> it</c><00:19:00.920><c> surely</c>

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is<00:19:01.339><c> God</c><00:19:01.599><c> is</c><00:19:01.859><c> wanting</c><00:19:02.079><c> us</c><00:19:02.220><c> to</c><00:19:02.420><c> understand</c><00:19:02.940><c> that</c>

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consequence<00:19:04.160><c> of</c><00:19:04.460><c> sin</c><00:19:04.759><c> is</c><00:19:05.339><c> death.</c><00:19:06.799><c> If</c><00:19:06.799><c> we</c><00:19:07.680><c> misbehave,</c><00:19:09.519><c> if</c><00:19:09.680><c> we</c>

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go<00:19:11.519><c> against</c><00:19:12.000><c> the</c><00:19:12.279><c> commandments</c><00:19:12.700><c> of</c><00:19:13.039><c> God</c>

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which<00:19:13.859><c> are</c><00:19:14.079><c> there</c><00:19:14.279><c> for</c><00:19:14.500><c> our</c><00:19:14.779><c> benefit</c><00:19:15.500><c> then</c><00:19:16.920><c> thankfully</c><00:19:18.220><c> in</c><00:19:18.480><c> a</c>

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sense<00:19:18.819><c> we'll</c><00:19:19.140><c> end</c><00:19:19.339><c> up</c><00:19:19.660><c> dead.</c><00:19:19.839><c> You</c><00:19:19.839><c> know</c><00:19:20.140><c> thankfully</c>

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people<00:19:21.460><c> who</c><00:19:22.180><c> are</c><00:19:22.680><c> murderers,</c><00:19:23.640><c> people</c><00:19:23.680><c> who</c><00:19:24.000><c> are</c><00:19:25.500><c> oppressors,</c>

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the<00:19:26.900><c> hitlers</c><00:19:27.440><c> of</c><00:19:27.880><c> this</c><00:19:28.220><c> world,</c>

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they<00:19:29.819><c> don't</c><00:19:30.140><c> live</c><00:19:30.440><c> forever.</c><00:19:31.500><c> What</c><00:19:31.599><c> a</c><00:19:31.900><c> terrible</c><00:19:32.099><c> thing</c><00:19:32.339><c> it</c><00:19:32.359><c> would</c><00:19:32.599><c> be</c>

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if<00:19:32.940><c> God</c><00:19:33.160><c> had</c><00:19:33.380><c> said</c><00:19:33.480><c> well</c><00:19:33.680><c> it</c><00:19:33.680><c> doesn't</c><00:19:33.920><c> matter</c>

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you<00:19:34.779><c> know</c><00:19:34.920><c> you</c><00:19:34.940><c> can</c><00:19:35.079><c> go</c><00:19:35.140><c> on</c><00:19:35.339><c> sinning</c><00:19:35.539><c> as</c><00:19:35.660><c> much</c><00:19:35.839><c> as</c><00:19:35.940><c> you</c><00:19:36.039><c> like</c><00:19:36.180><c> you'll</c><00:19:36.359><c> go</c>

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on<00:19:36.759><c> forever.</c><00:19:37.259><c> We'd</c><00:19:37.480><c> be</c><00:19:37.680><c> in</c><00:19:37.880><c> a</c><00:19:38.019><c> hopeless</c>

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situation<00:19:39.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:39.380><c> we</c><00:19:39.819><c> if</c><00:19:40.839><c> death</c><00:19:41.380><c> was</c><00:19:41.859><c> not</c><00:19:42.200><c> the</c><00:19:42.460><c> consequence</c><00:19:43.119><c> of</c><00:19:43.720><c> sin.</c><00:19:44.359><c> So</c>

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very<00:19:45.000><c> mercifully</c><00:19:46.000><c> God</c>

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give<00:19:50.279><c> you</c><00:19:50.440><c> responsibility</c>

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to<00:19:54.940><c> reflect</c><00:19:55.500><c> my</c><00:19:56.140><c> own</c><00:19:56.440><c> character</c><00:19:56.819><c> and</c><00:19:57.000><c> I'm</c>

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God<00:19:57.460><c> of</c><00:19:57.619><c> love.</c><00:19:58.799><c> How</c><00:19:58.799><c> can</c><00:19:59.099><c> you</c><00:19:59.339><c> therefore</c><00:19:59.680><c> just</c><00:19:59.940><c> be</c><00:20:00.140><c> like</c><00:20:00.359><c> a</c><00:20:00.579><c> computer?</c><00:20:01.440><c> The</c>

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make<00:20:06.940><c> it</c><00:20:07.079><c> to</c><00:20:07.200><c> do</c><00:20:07.359><c> things</c>

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it's<00:20:33.460><c> like</c><00:20:33.720><c> with</c><00:20:34.019><c> our</c><00:20:34.259><c> own</c><00:20:34.500><c> children</c><00:20:35.059><c> you</c><00:20:35.500><c> know</c><00:20:35.500><c> you</c><00:20:35.740><c> can</c>

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