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Israel</c><00:27:00.539><c> in</c><00:27:00.720><c> the</c><00:27:00.940><c> days</c><00:27:01.140><c> of</c><00:27:01.440><c> Elias</c><00:27:01.920><c> when</c><00:27:02.200><c> the</c> 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.859 heaven<00:27:02.559><c> was</c><00:27:02.799><c> shut</c><00:27:02.940><c> up</c><00:27:03.099><c> three</c><00:27:03.339><c> years</c><00:27:03.680><c> and</c> 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:06.720 six<00:27:04.079><c> months,</c><00:27:04.880><c> when</c><00:27:05.039><c> great</c><00:27:05.440><c> famine</c><00:27:05.779><c> was</c><00:27:06.039><c> throughout</c><00:27:06.299><c> all</c><00:27:06.579><c> the</c> 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:09.720 land.<00:27:07.140><c> But</c><00:27:07.220><c> unto</c><00:27:07.460><c> none</c><00:27:07.900><c> of</c><00:27:08.079><c> them,</c><00:27:08.720><c> not</c><00:27:08.880><c> one,</c> 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:17.440 none<00:27:12.920><c> of</c><00:27:13.099><c> them</c><00:27:13.799><c> was</c><00:27:14.059><c> Elijah</c><00:27:14.519><c> sent</c><00:27:14.960><c> save</c><00:27:15.400><c> unto</c><00:27:15.779><c> Sretta,</c><00:27:16.660><c> a</c><00:27:16.940><c> city</c> 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:22.220 of<00:27:18.220><c> Sidon,</c><00:27:20.259><c> unto</c><00:27:20.400><c> a</c><00:27:20.599><c> woman</c><00:27:20.779><c> that</c><00:27:20.980><c> was</c><00:27:21.180><c> a</c><00:27:21.279><c> widow.</c> 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:26.660 And<00:27:23.180><c> many</c><00:27:23.420><c> lepers</c><00:27:23.980><c> were</c><00:27:24.279><c> in</c><00:27:24.440><c> Israel</c><00:27:24.940><c> in</c><00:27:25.359><c> the</c><00:27:25.599><c> time</c><00:27:26.039><c> of</c><00:27:26.319><c> Elisha</c> 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:33.359 the<00:27:27.380><c> prophet.</c><00:27:29.559><c> And</c><00:27:30.119><c> none</c><00:27:30.759><c> of</c><00:27:31.039><c> them</c><00:27:32.119><c> was</c> 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:44.839 cleansed,<00:27:35.079><c> saving</c><00:27:35.140><c> Naaman</c><00:27:35.779><c> the</c><00:27:37.220><c> Syrian.</c><00:27:40.400><c> How</c><00:27:41.180><c> dare</c><00:27:42.000><c> he,</c><00:27:44.440><c> how</c> 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:47.759 dare<00:27:45.420><c> he</c><00:27:45.759><c> make</c><00:27:45.960><c> this</c><00:27:46.259><c> indictment</c><00:27:47.160><c> against</c> 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:54.740 the<00:27:48.019><c> people</c><00:27:48.480><c> of</c><00:27:48.880><c> God,</c><00:27:49.920><c> Israel.</c><00:27:53.819><c> It's</c><00:27:54.059><c> interesting</c><00:27:54.359><c> to</c><00:27:54.579><c> note,</c> 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:59.680 isn't<00:27:54.960><c> it,</c><00:27:55.220><c> verse</c><00:27:55.480><c> 22,</c><00:27:56.819><c> all</c><00:27:57.900><c> had</c><00:27:59.140><c> borne</c> 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:04.339 and<00:28:00.240><c> wondered</c><00:28:00.640><c> at</c><00:28:00.859><c> the</c><00:28:01.039><c> greatest</c><00:28:01.319><c> words,</c><00:28:02.619><c> all</c><00:28:02.940><c> of</c><00:28:03.119><c> them</c><00:28:03.640><c> in</c> 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:08.059 the<00:28:04.539><c> synagogue</c><00:28:04.819><c> there.</c><00:28:05.940><c> Verse</c><00:28:06.140><c> 28,</c><00:28:07.059><c> And</c> 00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:11.839 all<00:28:08.660><c> they</c><00:28:09.000><c> in</c><00:28:09.299><c> the</c><00:28:09.599><c> synagogue,</c><00:28:10.220><c> when</c><00:28:10.599><c> they</c><00:28:10.779><c> heard</c><00:28:10.940><c> these</c><00:28:11.339><c> things,</c><00:28:11.619><c> were</c> 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.960 filled<00:28:12.140><c> with</c><00:28:12.339><c> wrath,</c><00:28:12.599><c> rose</c> 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.920 up,<00:28:13.299><c> thrust</c><00:28:13.420><c> him</c><00:28:13.559><c> out</c><00:28:13.680><c> of</c><00:28:13.799><c> the</c><00:28:13.940><c> city,</c><00:28:14.220><c> led</c><00:28:14.339><c> him</c><00:28:14.480><c> unto</c><00:28:14.660><c> the</c><00:28:14.819><c> brow</c> 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.960 of<00:28:15.079><c> the</c><00:28:15.180><c> hill,</c><00:28:15.319><c> whereon</c><00:28:15.660><c> their</c><00:28:15.799><c> city</c> 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:18.559 was<00:28:16.180><c> built,</c><00:28:16.599><c> that</c><00:28:16.700><c> they</c><00:28:16.880><c> might</c><00:28:17.140><c> cast</c><00:28:17.400><c> him</c><00:28:17.640><c> down</c><00:28:17.940><c> headlong</c><00:28:18.400><c> and</c> 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:23.700 push<00:28:18.740><c> him</c><00:28:18.859><c> over</c><00:28:19.019><c> the</c><00:28:19.200><c> cliff.</c><00:28:23.119><c> That's</c><00:28:23.519><c> a</c><00:28:23.599><c> bit</c> 00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:30.960 of<00:28:23.819><c> a</c><00:28:24.019><c> turnaround,</c><00:28:24.640><c> isn't</c><00:28:24.759><c> it?</c><00:28:28.259><c> Because</c><00:28:28.900><c> he</c><00:28:29.299><c> spoke</c><00:28:30.039><c> candidly</c> 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:34.700 the<00:28:31.299><c> truth</c><00:28:31.759><c> of</c><00:28:32.319><c> indictment</c><00:28:33.000><c> against</c><00:28:33.460><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:39.259 And<00:28:36.680><c> you</c><00:28:36.880><c> see</c><00:28:37.059><c> how</c><00:28:37.420><c> great</c><00:28:37.640><c> they,</c><00:28:38.160><c> there</c><00:28:38.400><c> they</c><00:28:38.579><c> were,</c><00:28:38.900><c> admiring</c> 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:41.880 his<00:28:39.579><c> talking,</c><00:28:40.759><c> and</c><00:28:40.980><c> they</c><00:28:41.359><c> turned</c><00:28:41.599><c> right</c> 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:47.839 around<00:28:42.220><c> like</c><00:28:42.539><c> that</c><00:28:43.019><c> and</c><00:28:43.359><c> would</c><00:28:43.519><c> have</c><00:28:43.700><c> pushed</c><00:28:43.819><c> him</c><00:28:44.000><c> over</c><00:28:44.220><c> a</c><00:28:44.380><c> cliff.</c><00:28:46.440><c> They</c><00:28:47.079><c> didn't</c><00:28:47.319><c> like</c><00:28:47.619><c> to</c> 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.279 hear<00:28:47.960><c> the</c> 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:59.500 truth<00:28:48.779><c> about</c><00:28:50.400><c> themselves.</c><00:28:55.920><c> Many</c><00:28:56.359><c> widows.</c><00:28:57.180><c> Just</c><00:28:57.640><c> turn</c><00:28:57.980><c> to</c><00:28:58.079><c> Matthew</c><00:28:58.480><c> chapter</c><00:28:58.839><c> 15</c> 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:03.319 for<00:28:59.759><c> a</c><00:28:59.960><c> moment.</c><00:29:03.099><c> And</c> 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:11.539 it<00:29:03.559><c> almost</c><00:29:03.980><c> seems</c><00:29:04.579><c> that</c><00:29:06.039><c> on</c><00:29:08.480><c> this</c><00:29:08.660><c> occasion</c><00:29:09.380><c> those</c><00:29:11.119><c> words</c><00:29:11.380><c> of</c> 00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:13.259 Jesus<00:29:11.859><c> were</c><00:29:12.099><c> very</c><00:29:12.359><c> much</c><00:29:12.559><c> to</c><00:29:12.819><c> the</c><00:29:12.940><c> forefront</c> 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:17.740 of<00:29:13.380><c> his</c><00:29:13.720><c> mind.</c><00:29:14.900><c> Verse</c><00:29:15.119><c> 21,</c><00:29:15.859><c> Jesus</c><00:29:16.279><c> went</c><00:29:16.640><c> thence</c><00:29:17.099><c> and</c><00:29:17.259><c> departed</c> 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:21.319 into<00:29:18.059><c> the</c><00:29:18.319><c> coasts</c><00:29:18.900><c> of</c><00:29:18.940><c> Tyre</c><00:29:19.980><c> and</c><00:29:20.460><c> Sidon.</c> 00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:26.079 Mark<00:29:22.640><c> tells</c><00:29:22.960><c> us</c><00:29:23.440><c> he</c><00:29:23.799><c> went</c><00:29:24.079><c> secretly</c><00:29:24.599><c> and</c><00:29:25.299><c> shut</c><00:29:25.500><c> himself</c><00:29:25.839><c> into</c> 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:28.460 the<00:29:26.359><c> house.</c><00:29:26.839><c> He</c><00:29:27.059><c> wanted</c><00:29:27.299><c> a</c><00:29:27.400><c> bit</c><00:29:27.539><c> of</c><00:29:27.779><c> quiet</c><00:29:28.019><c> time</c> 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:33.640 with<00:29:28.680><c> his</c><00:29:29.000><c> disciples</c><00:29:29.619><c> and</c><00:29:29.799><c> he</c><00:29:29.980><c> shut</c><00:29:30.079><c> the</c><00:29:30.279><c> door.</c><00:29:32.920><c> And</c><00:29:33.180><c> here</c><00:29:33.440><c> he</c> 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:37.259 is<00:29:34.319><c> in</c><00:29:35.019><c> the</c><00:29:35.160><c> very</c><00:29:35.519><c> coasts</c><00:29:36.180><c> to</c><00:29:36.240><c> which</c><00:29:36.440><c> he</c><00:29:36.680><c> lied.</c><00:29:36.859><c> He</c><00:29:36.960><c> was</c> 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:41.740 where<00:29:37.700><c> the</c><00:29:37.980><c> widow</c><00:29:38.200><c> woman</c><00:29:38.480><c> of</c><00:29:38.700><c> Serepta</c><00:29:39.099><c> was.</c><00:29:41.160><c> And</c><00:29:41.339><c> behold,</c><00:29:41.680><c> a</c> 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.920 woman<00:29:41.940><c> of</c><00:29:42.220><c> Canaan</c><00:29:42.460><c> came</c><00:29:42.700><c> out</c><00:29:42.880><c> of</c><00:29:43.000><c> the</c><00:29:43.140><c> same</c><00:29:43.380><c> coast</c><00:29:43.680><c> and</c> 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:47.720 cried<00:29:44.220><c> 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her</c><00:30:23.680><c> not</c><00:30:23.799><c> a</c><00:30:24.000><c> word.</c><00:30:26.819><c> Now</c><00:30:26.900><c> the</c><00:30:27.079><c> disciples</c><00:30:27.519><c> were</c><00:30:27.759><c> watching</c><00:30:28.019><c> this</c><00:30:28.279><c> with</c><00:30:28.480><c> interest</c><00:30:29.019><c> because</c><00:30:29.400><c> he</c> 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:35.180 told<00:30:30.039><c> them</c><00:30:31.039><c> not</c><00:30:32.000><c> to</c><00:30:32.279><c> go</c><00:30:33.000><c> to</c><00:30:33.559><c> the</c><00:30:33.700><c> Gentiles</c><00:30:34.119><c> or</c><00:30:34.240><c> Samaritans</c><00:30:34.759><c> but</c> 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:38.759 to<00:30:35.859><c> the</c><00:30:36.140><c> lost</c><00:30:36.500><c> sheep</c><00:30:36.799><c> of</c><00:30:37.039><c> the</c><00:30:37.259><c> house</c><00:30:37.519><c> of</c><00:30:37.660><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:43.019 Now<00:30:40.099><c> what</c><00:30:40.240><c> was</c><00:30:40.359><c> he</c><00:30:40.559><c> going</c><00:30:40.720><c> to</c><00:30:40.859><c> do?</c><00:30:41.779><c> I</c><00:30:42.220><c> think</c><00:30:42.359><c> the</c><00:30:42.619><c> disciples</c> 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:45.700 were<00:30:43.259><c> watching</c><00:30:43.539><c> him</c><00:30:43.839><c> here</c><00:30:44.099><c> very</c><00:30:44.539><c> carefully.</c> 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:53.619 Send<00:30:49.079><c> her</c><00:30:49.359><c> away,</c><00:30:49.900><c> master,</c><00:30:50.079><c> she</c><00:30:50.339><c> cried</c><00:30:50.559><c> after</c><00:30:50.960><c> us.</c><00:30:52.759><c> But</c><00:30:52.920><c> he</c><00:30:53.079><c> answered</c><00:30:53.319><c> and</c> 00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:56.359 said,<00:30:54.599><c> and</c><00:30:54.799><c> then</c><00:30:54.940><c> he</c><00:30:55.039><c> did</c><00:30:55.279><c> say</c><00:30:55.519><c> something,</c> 00:30:57.339 --> 00:31:01.299 I<00:30:57.640><c> am</c><00:30:57.740><c> not</c><00:30:58.059><c> 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said,</c><00:31:24.859><c> it</c><00:31:25.039><c> is</c><00:31:25.319><c> not</c><00:31:25.660><c> me</c><00:31:25.920><c> to</c><00:31:26.259><c> take</c><00:31:26.519><c> the</c><00:31:26.839><c> children's</c><00:31:27.559><c> bread</c> 00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:31.359 and<00:31:28.940><c> to</c><00:31:29.420><c> cast</c><00:31:29.660><c> it</c><00:31:29.960><c> to</c><00:31:30.279><c> dogs.</c> 00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:36.799 If<00:31:33.299><c> you'd</c><00:31:33.660><c> ever</c><00:31:33.900><c> managed</c><00:31:34.299><c> to</c><00:31:34.619><c> start</c><00:31:34.900><c> worshipping</c><00:31:35.680><c> sisters,</c> 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.140 would<00:31:37.640><c> you</c><00:31:37.839><c> have</c><00:31:38.019><c> gone</c><00:31:38.140><c> on</c><00:31:38.460><c> then,</c><00:31:40.160><c> dogs?</c> 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:53.759 Truth,<00:31:45.119><c> Lord.</c><00:31:48.500><c> She</c><00:31:48.759><c> doesn't</c><00:31:48.980><c> try</c><00:31:49.299><c> and</c><00:31:49.640><c> contradict.</c><00:31:52.740><c> Yet</c><00:31:53.079><c> the</c> 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:56.220 dogs,<00:31:54.019><c> the</c><00:31:54.259><c> pet</c><00:31:54.579><c> dogs</c><00:31:54.880><c> of</c><00:31:55.059><c> the</c><00:31:55.259><c> family,</c> 00:31:56.299 --> 00:32:02.559 they<00:31:56.640><c> do</c><00:31:57.000><c> eat</c><00:31:57.140><c> of</c><00:31:57.299><c> the</c><00:31:57.599><c> crumbs</c><00:31:57.859><c> which</c><00:31:58.319><c> fall</c><00:31:58.720><c> from</c><00:31:58.960><c> their</c><00:31:59.279><c> master's</c><00:32:00.200><c> table.</c><00:32:02.339><c> It's</c> 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:04.460 interesting<00:32:02.859><c> to</c><00:32:03.099><c> note</c><00:32:03.240><c> in</c><00:32:03.599><c> Mark,</c> 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:08.359 what<00:32:04.779><c> she</c><00:32:04.960><c> actually</c><00:32:05.240><c> said</c><00:32:05.480><c> was,</c><00:32:06.619><c> the</c><00:32:06.980><c> children's</c><00:32:07.980><c> 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Israel.</c><00:32:51.319><c> History</c><00:32:51.460><c> was</c><00:32:51.740><c> repeating</c> 00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:56.700 itself.<00:32:53.480><c> The</c><00:32:53.700><c> Jew</c><00:32:54.220><c> hadn't</c><00:32:55.059><c> changed.</c> 00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:06.220 And<00:32:59.960><c> it</c><00:33:00.099><c> was</c><00:33:00.319><c> this</c><00:33:01.559><c> constant</c><00:33:02.420><c> indictment</c><00:33:03.619><c> of</c><00:33:04.079><c> his</c><00:33:04.440><c> people</c><00:33:05.119><c> that</c><00:33:06.019><c> got</c> 00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:08.240 them<00:33:06.440><c> so</c><00:33:06.799><c> angry.</c><00:33:07.180><c> He's</c><00:33:07.519><c> telling</c><00:33:07.740><c> the</c><00:33:08.059><c> truth.</c> 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:11.359 He's<00:33:08.400><c> holding</c><00:33:08.700><c> a</c><00:33:08.940><c> mirror</c><00:33:09.099><c> to</c><00:33:09.279><c> their</c><00:33:09.579><c> face</c><00:33:09.880><c> and</c><00:33:10.380><c> showing</c><00:33:10.660><c> them</c> 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:18.359 what<00:33:11.839><c> they</c><00:33:12.200><c> were.</c><00:33:13.339><c> Matthew</c><00:33:13.400><c> chapter</c><00:33:13.819><c> 8,</c><00:33:17.579><c> verse</c><00:33:17.619><c> 5,</c> 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:21.079 when<00:33:18.640><c> Jesus</c><00:33:19.079><c> was</c><00:33:19.319><c> entered</c><00:33:19.559><c> into</c><00:33:19.839><c> Capernaum,</c><00:33:20.420><c> they</c><00:33:20.619><c> came</c><00:33:20.859><c> unto</c> 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:23.680 him<00:33:21.279><c> a</c><00:33:21.539><c> centurion,</c><00:33:22.319><c> besteching</c><00:33:22.880><c> him,</c> 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:28.799 and<00:33:24.319><c> saying,</c><00:33:25.140><c> Lord,</c><00:33:25.579><c> my</c><00:33:25.960><c> servant</c><00:33:26.380><c> life</c><00:33:26.740><c> at</c><00:33:26.980><c> home,</c><00:33:27.319><c> seek</c><00:33:27.680><c> of</c><00:33:27.880><c> the</c><00:33:28.160><c> Pauls,</c><00:33:28.539><c> he</c> 00:33:28.799 --> 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he</c> 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.619 goeth,<00:34:18.079><c> to</c><00:34:18.239><c> another</c><00:34:18.539><c> come</c><00:34:18.780><c> and</c><00:34:18.900><c> he</c><00:34:19.079><c> cometh,</c><00:34:19.380><c> and</c><00:34:19.480><c> to</c> 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:24.719 thy<00:34:19.800><c> servant</c><00:34:20.019><c> do</c><00:34:20.219><c> this</c><00:34:20.440><c> and</c><00:34:20.539><c> he</c><00:34:20.780><c> doeth</c><00:34:21.039><c> it.</c><00:34:23.639><c> And</c><00:34:24.119><c> why</c><00:34:24.400><c> did</c><00:34:24.559><c> the</c> 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:29.139 man<00:34:24.880><c> do</c><00:34:25.099><c> it?</c><00:34:26.059><c> Because</c><00:34:26.440><c> the</c><00:34:26.780><c> centurion</c><00:34:28.260><c> was</c><00:34:28.639><c> himself</c> 00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:31.559 under<00:34:29.440><c> authority</c><00:34:29.960><c> and</c><00:34:30.139><c> the</c><00:34:30.380><c> authority</c><00:34:30.719><c> was</c><00:34:30.980><c> the</c><00:34:31.139><c> authority</c> 00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:36.980 of<00:34:31.780><c> Rome</c><00:34:32.239><c> and</c><00:34:32.739><c> Caesar.</c><00:34:35.480><c> And</c><00:34:35.719><c> the</c><00:34:35.920><c> soldier,</c> 00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:41.420 looking<00:34:37.400><c> up</c><00:34:37.579><c> to</c><00:34:37.699><c> his</c><00:34:37.920><c> centurion,</c><00:34:39.059><c> saw</c><00:34:39.179><c> beyond</c><00:34:39.599><c> him</c><00:34:40.179><c> to</c><00:34:40.460><c> the</c><00:34:40.719><c> might</c><00:34:41.039><c> of</c> 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:43.400 the<00:34:41.619><c> power</c><00:34:41.860><c> that</c><00:34:42.000><c> was</c><00:34:42.239><c> behind</c><00:34:42.599><c> him.</c> 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:54.079 But<00:34:45.519><c> that's</c><00:34:45.820><c> exactly</c><00:34:46.539><c> what</c><00:34:47.300><c> the</c><00:34:47.619><c> centurion</c><00:34:48.300><c> has</c><00:34:48.559><c> seen</c><00:34:48.840><c> in</c><00:34:49.139><c> Christ.</c><00:34:53.760><c> There</c><00:34:53.940><c> was</c> 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.800 a<00:34:54.320><c> power</c><00:34:54.539><c> behind</c><00:34:55.000><c> him,</c> 00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:04.400 a<00:34:58.239><c> vast</c><00:34:58.719><c> power.</c><00:35:00.820><c> He'd</c><00:35:00.900><c> only</c><00:35:01.019><c> got</c><00:35:01.159><c> to</c><00:35:01.340><c> say</c><00:35:01.480><c> the</c><00:35:01.699><c> word</c><00:35:02.400><c> and</c><00:35:03.960><c> it</c><00:35:04.019><c> would</c><00:35:04.179><c> be</c> 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:09.019 done.<00:35:07.300><c> He,</c><00:35:07.619><c> Christ,</c><00:35:08.019><c> was</c><00:35:08.179><c> a</c><00:35:08.320><c> man</c><00:35:08.559><c> under</c> 00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:17.380 authority.<00:35:10.820><c> What</c><00:35:11.300><c> perception!</c><00:35:15.139><c> Verse</c><00:35:15.500><c> 10,</c><00:35:15.739><c> when</c><00:35:16.019><c> Jesus</c><00:35:16.420><c> heard</c><00:35:16.699><c> that,</c><00:35:17.320><c> he</c> 00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:19.199 marveled<00:35:18.219><c> and</c><00:35:18.300><c> said</c><00:35:18.579><c> to</c><00:35:18.739><c> them</c><00:35:18.860><c> that</c> 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:27.780 and<00:35:20.340><c> I</c><00:35:21.119><c> think</c><00:35:21.420><c> he</c><00:35:21.719><c> said</c><00:35:21.920><c> it</c><00:35:22.820><c> with</c><00:35:23.460><c> very</c><00:35:23.820><c> great</c><00:35:24.199><c> sadness.</c><00:35:27.159><c> Verily</c><00:35:27.360><c> I</c><00:35:27.639><c> say</c> 00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:32.059 unto<00:35:28.019><c> you,</c><00:35:29.739><c> I</c><00:35:30.059><c> have</c><00:35:30.179><c> not</c><00:35:30.519><c> found</c><00:35:31.000><c> so</c><00:35:31.539><c> great</c> 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:42.420 faith,<00:35:33.800><c> no,</c><00:35:35.719><c> not</c><00:35:36.059><c> in</c><00:35:36.360><c> Israel.</c><00:35:39.019><c> Oh</c><00:35:39.460><c> dear!</c><00:35:40.119><c> He</c><00:35:40.300><c> was</c><00:35:40.480><c> a</c><00:35:40.679><c> Roman!</c><00:35:42.179><c> So</c> 00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:46.219 here<00:35:42.579><c> we</c><00:35:42.719><c> have</c><00:35:42.900><c> a</c><00:35:43.099><c> Syrophoenician,</c><00:35:44.059><c> a</c><00:35:44.239><c> Roman,</c><00:35:45.840><c> being</c> 00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:52.719 praised<00:35:46.639><c> by</c><00:35:46.920><c> Christ</c><00:35:47.159><c> for</c><00:35:47.360><c> their</c><00:35:47.559><c> faith</c><00:35:48.260><c> and</c><00:35:50.239><c> it</c><00:35:50.820><c> caused</c><00:35:51.539><c> great</c> 00:35:52.719 --> 00:36:01.699 offence.<00:35:57.300><c> Matthew</c><00:35:57.599><c> chapter</c><00:35:58.900><c> 11,</c><00:36:00.480><c> here</c><00:36:00.880><c> was</c><00:36:01.300><c> more</c> 00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:07.320 frank<00:36:02.179><c> talking</c><00:36:02.599><c> on</c><00:36:02.840><c> the</c><00:36:03.099><c> part</c><00:36:03.920><c> of</c><00:36:04.920><c> Jesus.</c><00:36:06.559><c> Matthew</c><00:36:06.980><c> chapter</c> 00:36:07.320 --> 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been</c><00:36:24.139><c> done</c><00:36:24.659><c> in</c><00:36:25.719><c> Tyre</c><00:36:26.340><c> and</c><00:36:26.500><c> Sidon,</c> 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:31.900 they<00:36:28.260><c> would</c><00:36:28.460><c> have</c><00:36:28.599><c> repented</c><00:36:29.019><c> long</c><00:36:29.340><c> ago</c><00:36:29.539><c> in</c><00:36:29.800><c> sackcloth</c><00:36:30.139><c> and</c><00:36:30.340><c> ashes.</c><00:36:31.420><c> But</c><00:36:31.679><c> I</c> 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:42.920 say<00:36:32.039><c> unto</c><00:36:32.239><c> you,</c><00:36:32.639><c> it</c><00:36:32.800><c> shall</c><00:36:32.940><c> be</c><00:36:42.420><c> more</c> 00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.860 exalted<00:36:43.840><c> unto</c><00:36:44.159><c> heaven,</c><00:36:44.559><c> shall</c><00:36:44.579><c> be</c><00:36:44.820><c> brought</c><00:36:45.099><c> down</c><00:36:45.380><c> to</c><00:36:45.559><c> hell,</c> 00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:48.619 if<00:36:46.199><c> the</c><00:36:46.460><c> mighty</c><00:36:46.840><c> works</c><00:36:47.199><c> which</c><00:36:47.400><c> had</c><00:36:47.559><c> been</c><00:36:47.860><c> done</c><00:36:48.019><c> in</c><00:36:48.280><c> thee</c> 00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:57.940 had<00:36:49.159><c> been</c><00:36:49.440><c> done</c><00:36:49.719><c> in,</c><00:36:51.119><c> in</c><00:36:51.920><c> where?</c><00:36:53.820><c> In</c><00:36:54.380><c> Sodom.</c><00:36:57.000><c> It</c><00:36:57.559><c> would</c><00:36:57.760><c> have</c> 00:36:57.940 --> 00:37:01.260 remained<00:36:58.340><c> until</c><00:36:58.760><c> this</c><00:36:59.159><c> day.</c><00:37:00.280><c> It</c><00:37:00.539><c> shall</c><00:37:00.679><c> be</c><00:37:00.880><c> more</c> 00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:07.699 tolerable<00:37:01.659><c> for</c><00:37:01.840><c> the</c><00:37:01.980><c> land</c><00:37:02.139><c> of</c><00:37:02.460><c> Sodom</c><00:37:02.679><c> in</c><00:37:02.840><c> the</c><00:37:02.940><c> day</c><00:37:03.079><c> of</c><00:37:03.300><c> judgment</c><00:37:03.719><c> than</c><00:37:04.820><c> for</c><00:37:05.059><c> thee.</c><00:37:07.159><c> It</c> 00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:09.380 was<00:37:07.840><c> these</c><00:37:08.179><c> denunciations</c> 00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:17.000 that<00:37:11.059><c> so</c><00:37:11.599><c> incensed</c><00:37:12.360><c> the</c><00:37:12.679><c> Jew.</c><00:37:15.420><c> If</c><00:37:15.519><c> we</c><00:37:15.719><c> come</c><00:37:15.860><c> to</c><00:37:16.059><c> John</c><00:37:16.579><c> chapter</c> 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:25.280 15,<00:37:21.500><c> John</c><00:37:21.900><c> chapter</c><00:37:22.219><c> 15,</c><00:37:23.599><c> hear</c><00:37:23.940><c> this</c><00:37:24.519><c> wonderful</c> 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:32.199 discourse<00:37:25.860><c> between</c><00:37:26.280><c> Christ</c><00:37:26.739><c> and</c><00:37:26.920><c> his</c><00:37:27.139><c> disciples.</c><00:37:29.539><c> Verse</c><00:37:30.179><c> 18,</c> 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:37.199 If<00:37:33.239><c> the</c><00:37:33.639><c> world</c><00:37:34.159><c> hates</c><00:37:34.760><c> you,</c><00:37:35.780><c> you</c><00:37:36.139><c> know</c><00:37:36.480><c> that</c><00:37:36.699><c> it</c> 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:41.199 hated<00:37:37.239><c> me</c><00:37:37.659><c> before</c><00:37:38.360><c> it</c><00:37:38.719><c> hated</c><00:37:39.039><c> you.</c><00:37:40.159><c> If</c><00:37:40.280><c> you</c><00:37:40.440><c> were</c><00:37:40.579><c> of</c><00:37:40.619><c> the</c><00:37:40.860><c> world,</c><00:37:41.179><c> the</c> 00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.579 world<00:37:41.420><c> would</c><00:37:41.619><c> love</c><00:37:41.780><c> his</c><00:37:42.019><c> own,</c><00:37:42.199><c> but</c><00:37:42.280><c> because</c> 00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:44.820 you're<00:37:42.820><c> not</c><00:37:42.960><c> of</c><00:37:43.099><c> the</c><00:37:43.320><c> world,</c><00:37:43.519><c> but</c><00:37:43.699><c> I've</c><00:37:43.980><c> chosen</c><00:37:44.179><c> you</c><00:37:44.440><c> out</c><00:37:44.699><c> of</c> 00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:50.039 the<00:37:45.039><c> world,</c><00:37:45.480><c> therefore</c><00:37:45.880><c> the</c><00:37:46.219><c> world</c><00:37:47.019><c> hateth</c><00:37:47.619><c> you.</c><00:37:49.579><c> Why</c> 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:56.039 did<00:37:50.239><c> it</c><00:37:50.420><c> hate</c><00:37:50.719><c> Christ?</c><00:37:52.360><c> Why?</c><00:37:54.260><c> And</c><00:37:54.639><c> if</c><00:37:54.780><c> we</c><00:37:54.960><c> turn</c><00:37:55.179><c> back</c><00:37:55.559><c> to</c><00:37:55.719><c> John</c> 00:37:56.039 --> 00:38:00.760 chapter<00:37:56.460><c> 7,</c><00:37:57.400><c> Jesus</c><00:37:57.860><c> gives</c><00:37:58.159><c> us</c><00:37:58.420><c> the</c><00:37:58.599><c> answer.</c><00:38:00.340><c> John</c> 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:10.420 chapter<00:38:01.039><c> 7,</c><00:38:05.119><c> verse</c><00:38:05.300><c> 6,</c><00:38:05.880><c> Jesus</c><00:38:06.280><c> said</c><00:38:06.579><c> to</c><00:38:06.780><c> them,</c><00:38:07.179><c> My</c><00:38:07.519><c> time</c><00:38:07.940><c> is</c><00:38:08.159><c> not</c><00:38:08.440><c> yet</c><00:38:08.800><c> come,</c><00:38:09.400><c> but</c><00:38:09.619><c> your</c><00:38:09.900><c> time</c><00:38:10.159><c> is</c> 00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.139 always<00:38:10.699><c> ready.</c> 00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:15.539 The<00:38:11.619><c> world</c><00:38:11.940><c> cannot</c><00:38:12.380><c> hate</c><00:38:12.619><c> you,</c><00:38:12.980><c> but</c><00:38:13.400><c> me</c><00:38:13.739><c> it</c><00:38:14.000><c> hateth,</c><00:38:14.579><c> because</c> 00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:18.900 I<00:38:16.400><c> testify</c><00:38:16.940><c> of</c><00:38:17.179><c> it</c><00:38:17.440><c> that</c><00:38:17.739><c> the</c><00:38:18.019><c> works</c><00:38:18.280><c> thereof</c> 00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:24.980 are<00:38:19.460><c> evil.</c><00:38:20.900><c> And</c><00:38:21.360><c> that</c><00:38:21.579><c> was</c><00:38:21.760><c> why</c><00:38:22.159><c> that</c><00:38:22.579><c> hatred</c><00:38:22.940><c> and</c><00:38:23.420><c> that</c><00:38:23.659><c> rejection</c><00:38:24.260><c> was</c> 00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:28.920 there.<00:38:26.179><c> Christ</c><00:38:26.579><c> told</c><00:38:26.900><c> them</c><00:38:27.539><c> the</c><00:38:27.940><c> truth.</c> 00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:42.199 And<00:38:35.380><c> then</c><00:38:36.360><c> their</c><00:38:38.079><c> hatred</c><00:38:38.360><c> of</c><00:38:38.559><c> him</c><00:38:39.219><c> was</c><00:38:40.320><c> also</c><00:38:40.820><c> because</c><00:38:41.539><c> of</c><00:38:41.980><c> his</c> 00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:46.880 denunciation<00:38:43.079><c> of</c><00:38:44.019><c> the</c><00:38:44.699><c> traditions</c><00:38:45.320><c> of</c><00:38:45.579><c> the</c><00:38:45.900><c> elders.</c> 00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:58.400 They<00:38:48.119><c> were</c><00:38:49.500><c> so</c><00:38:49.820><c> offended</c><00:38:50.500><c> at</c><00:38:50.699><c> what</c><00:38:50.920><c> he</c><00:38:51.300><c> said.</c><00:38:51.579><c> Just</c><00:38:51.800><c> look</c><00:38:52.000><c> at</c><00:38:52.199><c> Mark</c><00:38:52.599><c> chapter</c><00:38:53.139><c> 7.</c><00:38:55.880><c> Those</c><00:38:56.300><c> traditions</c><00:38:57.000><c> meant</c><00:38:57.980><c> such</c><00:38:58.219><c> a</c> 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:06.559 lot<00:38:58.579><c> to</c><00:38:58.739><c> them.</c><00:39:00.159><c> And</c><00:39:00.679><c> there</c><00:39:00.820><c> was</c><00:39:01.019><c> one</c><00:39:01.300><c> of</c><00:39:01.480><c> them</c><00:39:02.260><c> who</c><00:39:02.639><c> was</c><00:39:02.980><c> exceedingly</c><00:39:03.739><c> zealous</c><00:39:04.420><c> for</c><00:39:05.380><c> the</c><00:39:05.559><c> tradition</c><00:39:06.039><c> of</c> 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.119 the<00:39:06.739><c> elders</c> 00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:13.320 by<00:39:07.639><c> his</c><00:39:07.840><c> own</c><00:39:08.039><c> confession.</c><00:39:09.139><c> And</c><00:39:09.340><c> that</c><00:39:09.559><c> was</c><00:39:09.880><c> Saul.</c><00:39:12.619><c> And</c><00:39:12.900><c> so</c><00:39:13.099><c> here</c> 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:22.119 is<00:39:13.559><c> this</c><00:39:14.760><c> frank</c><00:39:15.820><c> comment</c><00:39:16.800><c> here.</c><00:39:20.000><c> All</c><00:39:20.519><c> this</c><00:39:21.480><c> washing,</c> 00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:28.000 these<00:39:22.739><c> washings,</c><00:39:24.380><c> an</c><00:39:24.579><c> outward</c><00:39:24.960><c> sign</c><00:39:25.639><c> of</c><00:39:26.320><c> cleanliness.</c><00:39:27.840><c> Verse</c> 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:30.739 5,<00:39:28.780><c> Why</c><00:39:28.960><c> walk</c><00:39:29.260><c> not</c><00:39:29.480><c> thy</c><00:39:29.679><c> disciples</c><00:39:30.119><c> according</c><00:39:30.539><c> to</c> 00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:36.000 the<00:39:30.900><c> tradition</c><00:39:31.300><c> of</c><00:39:31.480><c> the</c><00:39:31.679><c> elders,</c><00:39:32.539><c> but</c><00:39:32.679><c> eat</c><00:39:32.900><c> bread</c><00:39:33.159><c> with</c><00:39:33.440><c> unwashed</c><00:39:33.880><c> hands?</c><00:39:35.260><c> O</c><00:39:35.639><c> well</c><00:39:35.880><c> of</c> 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:37.219 the<00:39:36.219><c> Zias</c><00:39:36.460><c> prophesied</c><00:39:37.000><c> of</c> 00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:40.159 you<00:39:37.780><c> hypocrites,</c><00:39:38.699><c> as</c><00:39:38.820><c> it</c><00:39:38.980><c> is</c><00:39:39.099><c> written,</c><00:39:39.440><c> This</c><00:39:39.539><c> people</c><00:39:39.900><c> honors</c> 00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.800 me<00:39:40.360><c> with</c><00:39:40.519><c> their</c><00:39:40.699><c> lips,</c><00:39:41.000><c> but</c><00:39:41.059><c> their</c><00:39:41.280><c> heart</c><00:39:41.539><c> is</c> 00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:45.739 far<00:39:42.019><c> from</c><00:39:42.340><c> me.</c><00:39:43.059><c> Howbeit</c><00:39:43.559><c> in</c><00:39:43.880><c> vain</c><00:39:44.159><c> do</c><00:39:44.300><c> they</c><00:39:44.460><c> worship</c><00:39:44.800><c> me,</c><00:39:45.159><c> teaching</c><00:39:45.460><c> for</c> 00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:47.800 doctrines<00:39:46.219><c> the</c><00:39:46.599><c> commandments</c><00:39:47.099><c> of</c><00:39:47.420><c> men.</c> 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:56.139 And<00:39:48.280><c> these</c><00:39:48.800><c> were</c><00:39:49.219><c> the</c><00:39:49.440><c> traditions</c><00:39:50.039><c> that</c><00:39:51.199><c> Saul</c><00:39:51.420><c> was</c><00:39:51.739><c> so</c><00:39:52.099><c> zealous</c><00:39:52.440><c> of.</c><00:39:54.460><c> For</c><00:39:54.539><c> laying</c><00:39:54.880><c> aside</c><00:39:55.260><c> the</c><00:39:55.460><c> commandments</c><00:39:55.860><c> of</c> 00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:58.539 God,<00:39:56.420><c> you</c><00:39:56.559><c> hold</c><00:39:56.780><c> the</c><00:39:57.000><c> tradition</c><00:39:57.340><c> of</c><00:39:57.539><c> men</c><00:39:57.739><c> as</c><00:39:57.880><c> the</c><00:39:58.079><c> washing</c><00:39:58.260><c> of</c> 00:39:58.539 --> 00:40:01.079 pots<00:39:58.739><c> and</c><00:39:58.960><c> cups,</c><00:39:59.519><c> and</c><00:39:59.659><c> many</c><00:39:59.980><c> other</c><00:40:00.239><c> suchlike</c><00:40:00.719><c> things</c> 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:05.559 do<00:40:01.440><c> ye.</c><00:40:02.480><c> For</c><00:40:02.900><c> well</c><00:40:03.159><c> you</c><00:40:03.380><c> reject</c><00:40:04.039><c> the</c><00:40:04.639><c> commandment</c><00:40:05.099><c> of</c><00:40:05.320><c> God,</c> 00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:08.800 that<00:40:05.699><c> you</c><00:40:05.880><c> may</c><00:40:06.119><c> keep</c><00:40:06.559><c> your</c><00:40:06.880><c> own</c><00:40:07.159><c> tradition.</c><00:40:08.280><c> Moses</c><00:40:08.579><c> said,</c> 00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:11.619 honor<00:40:09.019><c> thy</c><00:40:09.239><c> father</c><00:40:09.579><c> and</c><00:40:09.719><c> thy</c><00:40:09.880><c> mother.</c><00:40:10.380><c> And</c><00:40:10.539><c> whoso</c><00:40:10.699><c> curses</c><00:40:11.179><c> father</c><00:40:11.480><c> or</c> 00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:13.199 mother,<00:40:12.079><c> let</c><00:40:12.119><c> him</c><00:40:12.300><c> die</c><00:40:12.480><c> the</c><00:40:12.659><c> death.</c><00:40:12.840><c> But</c><00:40:12.960><c> you</c> 00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:17.039 say,<00:40:13.400><c> if</c><00:40:13.539><c> a</c><00:40:13.639><c> man</c><00:40:13.820><c> shall</c><00:40:13.980><c> say</c><00:40:14.179><c> to</c><00:40:14.340><c> his</c><00:40:14.539><c> father</c><00:40:14.739><c> or</c><00:40:14.820><c> mother,</c><00:40:15.260><c> It</c><00:40:15.260><c> is</c><00:40:15.480><c> Corbin,</c><00:40:15.900><c> that</c><00:40:16.099><c> is</c><00:40:16.260><c> to</c><00:40:16.440><c> say,</c><00:40:16.860><c> a</c> 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:18.099 gift<00:40:17.360><c> bear</c><00:40:17.679><c> by</c> 00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:20.400 whatsoever<00:40:18.480><c> that</c><00:40:18.739><c> mightest</c><00:40:19.079><c> be</c><00:40:19.320><c> profited</c><00:40:19.579><c> by</c><00:40:19.800><c> me,</c><00:40:20.039><c> he</c><00:40:20.280><c> shall</c> 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.920 be<00:40:20.719><c> free.</c><00:40:22.460><c> And</c><00:40:22.780><c> you</c><00:40:22.980><c> suffer</c><00:40:23.119><c> him</c><00:40:23.280><c> no</c><00:40:23.480><c> more</c><00:40:23.619><c> to</c><00:40:23.780><c> do</c> 00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:26.139 ought<00:40:24.099><c> for</c><00:40:24.219><c> his</c><00:40:24.380><c> father</c><00:40:24.619><c> or</c><00:40:24.760><c> his</c><00:40:24.960><c> mother,</c><00:40:25.460><c> making</c><00:40:25.699><c> the</c><00:40:25.920><c> word</c> 00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:28.719 of<00:40:26.280><c> God</c><00:40:26.480><c> of</c><00:40:26.699><c> none</c><00:40:26.980><c> effect</c><00:40:27.380><c> through</c><00:40:27.820><c> your</c><00:40:28.179><c> traditions</c> 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:34.099 which<00:40:28.980><c> you</c><00:40:29.219><c> delivered.</c><00:40:29.880><c> And</c><00:40:30.179><c> they</c><00:40:30.400><c> lay</c><00:40:30.559><c> great</c><00:40:30.960><c> store</c><00:40:31.460><c> by</c><00:40:31.960><c> these</c><00:40:32.500><c> traditions.</c><00:40:33.719><c> And</c> 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.780 they<00:40:34.420><c> hated</c><00:40:34.639><c> him</c><00:40:35.519><c> the</c><00:40:35.800><c> more.</c> 00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:42.860 They<00:40:38.420><c> haven't</c><00:40:38.739><c> changed</c><00:40:39.159><c> much,</c><00:40:39.719><c> brethren</c><00:40:39.820><c> and</c><00:40:40.119><c> sisters.</c><00:40:42.719><c> There's</c><00:40:42.840><c> a</c> 00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:44.840 little<00:40:43.139><c> cutting</c><00:40:43.400><c> here</c><00:40:44.039><c> from</c><00:40:44.400><c> the</c><00:40:44.599><c> Daily</c> 00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:50.420 Telegraph,<00:40:45.860><c> 21st</c><00:40:46.420><c> of</c><00:40:46.579><c> August,</c><00:40:46.940><c> 1993.</c><00:40:49.280><c> Most</c><00:40:49.599><c> of</c><00:40:49.840><c> Israel</c><00:40:50.199><c> will</c> 00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:53.019 be<00:40:50.719><c> sold</c><00:40:50.900><c> to</c><00:40:51.079><c> an</c><00:40:51.300><c> Arab</c><00:40:51.500><c> lawyer</c><00:40:51.840><c> before</c><00:40:52.280><c> next</c><00:40:52.599><c> month's</c> 00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:58.820 Jewish<00:40:53.280><c> New</c><00:40:53.599><c> Year</c><00:40:54.039><c> in</c><00:40:54.519><c> one</c><00:40:54.699><c> of</c><00:40:54.840><c> the</c><00:40:54.900><c> most</c><00:40:55.199><c> bizarre</c><00:40:55.880><c> of</c><00:40:56.139><c> rabbinical</c><00:40:56.599><c> practices.</c><00:40:58.420><c> Jews</c><00:40:58.659><c> in</c> 00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.699 Israel<00:40:59.219><c> are</c><00:40:59.440><c> supposed</c> 00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:02.360 to<00:40:59.920><c> leave</c><00:41:00.119><c> their</c><00:41:00.380><c> lands</c><00:41:00.719><c> fallow</c><00:41:01.219><c> for</c><00:41:01.420><c> twelve</c><00:41:01.699><c> months</c><00:41:02.059><c> every</c> 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:05.300 seven<00:41:02.699><c> years,</c><00:41:03.400><c> as</c><00:41:03.659><c> commanded</c><00:41:04.039><c> by</c><00:41:04.420><c> God</c><00:41:04.679><c> to</c><00:41:04.900><c> Moses</c> 00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:13.019 on<00:41:05.539><c> Mount</c><00:41:05.860><c> Sinai.</c><00:41:08.059><c> To</c><00:41:08.340><c> avoid</c><00:41:08.739><c> losing</c><00:41:09.360><c> farming</c><00:41:09.760><c> revenue,</c><00:41:11.360><c> Israel's</c><00:41:11.820><c> chief</c><00:41:12.079><c> rabbis</c><00:41:12.719><c> have</c> 00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:14.880 adopted<00:41:13.500><c> the</c><00:41:13.739><c> legal</c><00:41:14.239><c> trick</c> 00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:21.280 of<00:41:15.559><c> selling</c><00:41:16.539><c> state</c><00:41:17.280><c> land,</c><00:41:18.199><c> about</c><00:41:18.780><c> 93</c><00:41:19.219><c>%</c><00:41:19.599><c> of</c><00:41:19.760><c> the</c><00:41:19.820><c> country,</c><00:41:20.940><c> to</c><00:41:21.079><c> a</c> 00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:24.920 non<00:41:21.659><c>-Jew</c><00:41:22.420><c> for</c><00:41:22.780><c> the</c><00:41:22.960><c> year,</c><00:41:23.599><c> so</c><00:41:23.780><c> that</c><00:41:23.940><c> it</c><00:41:24.039><c> is</c><00:41:24.139><c> not</c><00:41:24.460><c> subject</c> 00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:28.800 to<00:41:25.119><c> the</c><00:41:25.260><c> restriction</c><00:41:25.900><c> and</c><00:41:26.159><c> can</c><00:41:26.420><c> still</c><00:41:26.639><c> be</c><00:41:26.920><c> farmed.</c><00:41:28.239><c> The</c><00:41:28.539><c> sale</c> 00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:32.260 price<00:41:29.159><c> is</c><00:41:29.360><c> unknown,</c><00:41:30.320><c> but</c><00:41:30.460><c> the</c><00:41:30.699><c> main</c><00:41:30.960><c> buyer</c><00:41:31.400><c> is</c><00:41:31.780><c> Mr.</c> 00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:38.219 Hamid<00:41:32.840><c> Mugrabi,</c><00:41:34.500><c> an</c><00:41:34.739><c> Israeli</c><00:41:35.099><c> Arab</c><00:41:35.480><c> lawyer.</c><00:41:37.179><c> It</c><00:41:37.179><c> is</c><00:41:37.579><c> tacitly</c> 00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:42.780 understood<00:41:39.239><c> that</c><00:41:40.460><c> Mr.</c><00:41:41.260><c> Mugrabi,</c><00:41:41.940><c> who</c><00:41:42.219><c> has</c><00:41:42.440><c> long</c> 00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:45.980 offered<00:41:43.119><c> its</c><00:41:43.340><c> legal</c><00:41:43.719><c> services</c><00:41:44.340><c> to</c><00:41:44.539><c> the</c><00:41:44.719><c> chief</c><00:41:44.960><c> rabbinate,</c> 00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:50.019 will<00:41:46.420><c> return</c><00:41:46.760><c> the</c><00:41:47.000><c> land</c><00:41:47.179><c> after</c><00:41:47.519><c> one</c><00:41:47.880><c> year.</c><00:41:49.320><c> There</c><00:41:49.619><c> are</c> 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:57.239 contractual<00:41:50.619><c> safeguards</c><00:41:51.340><c> to</c><00:41:51.579><c> ensure</c><00:41:52.320><c> that</c><00:41:52.760><c> he</c><00:41:52.940><c> does.</c><00:41:55.739><c> And</c><00:41:55.920><c> thus</c><00:41:56.119><c> they</c><00:41:56.380><c> make</c><00:41:56.579><c> the</c><00:41:56.820><c> law</c><00:41:57.000><c> of</c> 00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:58.000 God<00:41:57.480><c> of</c><00:41:57.639><c> none</c><00:41:57.780><c> effect.</c> 00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:03.900 Things<00:41:58.320><c> haven't</c><00:41:58.599><c> changed</c><00:41:58.980><c> much,</c><00:41:59.420><c> have</c><00:41:59.420><c> they?</c><00:42:01.260><c> And</c><00:42:01.480><c> they</c><00:42:01.679><c> hated</c><00:42:02.119><c> Jesus</c><00:42:03.139><c> for</c> 00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:11.400 this.<00:42:07.820><c> And</c><00:42:07.880><c> then</c><00:42:08.059><c> there</c><00:42:08.199><c> was</c><00:42:08.519><c> envy.</c><00:42:11.199><c> Oh,</c> 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:14.960 what<00:42:11.619><c> a</c><00:42:11.780><c> powerful</c><00:42:12.119><c> thing</c><00:42:12.500><c> was</c><00:42:12.699><c> the</c><00:42:12.920><c> Proverbs.</c><00:42:13.420><c> Who</c><00:42:13.659><c> can</c><00:42:14.219><c> stand</c> 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:21.239 before<00:42:16.400><c> envy?</c><00:42:18.619><c> They</c><00:42:18.980><c> couldn't</c><00:42:19.500><c> match</c><00:42:20.079><c> him</c><00:42:20.420><c> in</c><00:42:20.900><c> the</c> 00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:26.780 noble<00:42:21.719><c> exchanges</c><00:42:22.559><c> that</c><00:42:22.920><c> took</c><00:42:23.239><c> place.</c><00:42:25.739><c> Just</c><00:42:25.800><c> come</c><00:42:26.099><c> to</c><00:42:26.400><c> Matthew</c> 00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:30.300 22.<00:42:28.800><c> We</c><00:42:28.940><c> won't</c><00:42:29.159><c> go</c><00:42:29.360><c> through</c><00:42:29.480><c> this</c><00:42:29.739><c> in</c><00:42:29.900><c> detail,</c> 00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:36.400 but<00:42:30.699><c> you</c><00:42:31.179><c> know</c><00:42:31.380><c> the</c><00:42:31.619><c> account</c><00:42:31.940><c> well.</c><00:42:33.039><c> They'd</c><00:42:33.400><c> had</c><00:42:33.519><c> their</c><00:42:33.820><c> committee</c><00:42:34.119><c> meetings</c><00:42:34.679><c> and</c> 00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:38.519 come<00:42:37.340><c> up</c><00:42:37.559><c> with</c><00:42:37.800><c> all</c><00:42:38.159><c> these</c> 00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:43.619 smart<00:42:39.480><c> ideas.</c><00:42:41.599><c> The</c><00:42:41.699><c> Pharisees</c><00:42:42.179><c> with</c><00:42:42.320><c> their</c><00:42:42.579><c> tribute</c><00:42:42.860><c> to</c><00:42:43.159><c> Caesar</c><00:42:43.320><c> and</c> 00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:52.199 so<00:42:43.880><c> on.</c><00:42:47.099><c> And</c><00:42:47.380><c> here</c><00:42:50.239><c> the</c><00:42:50.440><c> Lord</c><00:42:50.900><c> Jesus</c><00:42:51.420><c> Christ,</c> 00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:59.480 off<00:42:53.480><c> the</c><00:42:53.780><c> cuff,</c><00:42:54.980><c> answers</c><00:42:55.400><c> them</c><00:42:55.940><c> so</c><00:42:56.539><c> simply.</c><00:42:57.300><c> Show</c><00:42:57.599><c> me</c><00:42:57.840><c> a</c><00:42:58.119><c> penny.</c><00:42:59.179><c> Whose</c> 00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:01.539 image?<00:43:00.340><c> Well,</c><00:43:00.659><c> render</c><00:43:00.800><c> to</c><00:43:00.940><c> him</c><00:43:01.139><c> the</c><00:43:01.340><c> things</c> 00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:04.460 that<00:43:01.699><c> are</c><00:43:01.780><c> him.</c><00:43:02.159><c> And</c><00:43:02.420><c> render</c><00:43:02.880><c> to</c><00:43:03.260><c> God</c><00:43:03.559><c> the</c><00:43:03.780><c> things</c><00:43:04.039><c> that</c><00:43:04.219><c> are</c> 00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:06.659 God's.<00:43:04.679><c> And</c><00:43:04.800><c> they</c><00:43:04.920><c> hadn't</c><00:43:05.139><c> asked</c><00:43:05.300><c> that.</c><00:43:06.300><c> There</c><00:43:06.460><c> was</c> 00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:13.260 a<00:43:07.139><c> sting</c><00:43:07.460><c> in</c><00:43:07.699><c> the</c><00:43:07.900><c> tale</c><00:43:08.239><c> of</c><00:43:08.760><c> his</c><00:43:08.940><c> reply</c><00:43:09.539><c> that</c><00:43:10.000><c> went</c><00:43:10.320><c> home.</c><00:43:13.039><c> And</c> 00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:15.840 then<00:43:13.420><c> the</c><00:43:13.639><c> Sadducees</c><00:43:14.139><c> with</c><00:43:14.360><c> their</c><00:43:14.860><c> smart</c><00:43:15.320><c> argument</c> 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:19.659 about<00:43:16.159><c> the</c><00:43:16.360><c> woman</c><00:43:16.579><c> with</c><00:43:16.880><c> seven</c><00:43:17.139><c> husbands.</c><00:43:18.980><c> I</c><00:43:19.139><c> think</c><00:43:19.260><c> I'd</c><00:43:19.559><c> have</c> 00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:21.280 been<00:43:20.039><c> a</c><00:43:20.079><c> bit</c><00:43:20.300><c> thoughtful</c><00:43:20.519><c> about</c><00:43:20.800><c> taking</c><00:43:21.059><c> the</c> 00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:23.699 marriage<00:43:21.539><c> vows</c><00:43:21.880><c> if</c><00:43:22.099><c> I'd</c><00:43:22.280><c> been</c><00:43:22.460><c> man</c><00:43:22.719><c> number</c><00:43:23.019><c> 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to</c><00:43:39.820><c> happen</c><00:43:39.960><c> in</c><00:43:40.139><c> the</c><00:43:40.260><c> case</c><00:43:40.380><c> of</c><00:43:40.559><c> that</c><00:43:40.679><c> woman?</c><00:43:42.019><c> What</c><00:43:42.199><c> a</c> 00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.739 smart<00:43:42.639><c> question.</c> 00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:49.739 You<00:43:44.880><c> notice</c><00:43:45.079><c> the</c><00:43:45.260><c> reply</c><00:43:45.619><c> of</c><00:43:45.760><c> Jesus.</c><00:43:46.820><c> You</c><00:43:47.079><c> do</c><00:43:47.480><c> err</c><00:43:48.199><c> not</c><00:43:49.079><c> knowing</c> 00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:51.000 the<00:43:50.340><c> scriptures.</c> 00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:59.739 Oh,<00:43:52.519><c> to</c><00:43:52.840><c> a</c><00:43:53.380><c> Sadducee.</c><00:43:55.739><c> You</c><00:43:55.780><c> do</c><00:43:56.119><c> err</c><00:43:56.360><c> not</c><00:43:56.739><c> knowing</c><00:43:57.099><c> the</c><00:43:57.480><c> scriptures.</c><00:43:59.440><c> 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00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:17.199 It<00:44:13.800><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:14.079><c> have</c><00:44:14.340><c> been</c><00:44:14.559><c> so</c><00:44:15.019><c> bad</c><00:44:15.360><c> if</c><00:44:15.519><c> he'd</c><00:44:16.039><c> followed</c><00:44:16.360><c> that</c><00:44:16.860><c> up</c> 00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:20.219 with<00:44:17.679><c> some</c><00:44:18.119><c> rather</c><00:44:18.579><c> obscure</c><00:44:19.400><c> passage</c><00:44:19.980><c> from</c> 00:44:20.219 --> 00:44:28.760 one<00:44:20.380><c> of</c><00:44:20.440><c> the</c><00:44:20.699><c> minor</c><00:44:21.039><c> prophets.</c><00:44:25.940><c> But</c><00:44:25.940><c> what</c><00:44:26.519><c> he</c><00:44:26.840><c> quoted</c><00:44:27.239><c> was</c><00:44:27.539><c> sort</c><00:44:27.780><c> of</c> 00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:31.139 page<00:44:29.119><c> one,</c><00:44:29.519><c> chapter</c><00:44:29.860><c> one</c><00:44:30.159><c> of</c><00:44:30.380><c> elementary</c><00:44:30.860><c> book</c> 00:44:31.139 --> 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unhappily</c><00:44:49.760><c> they've</c> 00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:53.699 said,<00:44:50.480><c> I'm</c><00:44:50.480><c> not</c><00:44:50.719><c> their</c><00:44:50.940><c> God</c><00:44:51.159><c> any</c><00:44:51.480><c> longer.</c><00:44:52.780><c> He</c><00:44:53.059><c> is</c><00:44:53.159><c> not</c><00:44:53.360><c> the</c><00:44:53.539><c> God</c> 00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:55.699 of<00:44:53.860><c> the</c><00:44:54.119><c> dead,</c><00:44:54.400><c> but</c><00:44:54.539><c> of</c><00:44:54.719><c> the</c><00:44:54.880><c> living.</c> 00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:59.340 And<00:44:56.420><c> when</c><00:44:56.619><c> the</c><00:44:56.739><c> multitude</c><00:44:57.019><c> heard</c><00:44:57.300><c> this,</c><00:44:57.599><c> they</c><00:44:57.780><c> were</c><00:44:58.199><c> astonished</c><00:44:58.619><c> and</c><00:44:58.780><c> he</c> 00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:01.340 flattened<00:44:59.780><c> them</c><00:44:59.920><c> off</c><00:45:00.219><c> the</c><00:45:00.599><c> cuff.</c> 00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:05.539 They<00:45:01.719><c> couldn't</c><00:45:02.260><c> match</c><00:45:03.239><c> his</c><00:45:04.480><c> arguments.</c> 00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:12.039 And<00:45:09.099><c> of</c><00:45:09.300><c> course,</c><00:45:09.780><c> why</c><00:45:10.300><c> hadn't</c><00:45:10.639><c> they</c><00:45:10.980><c> learned?</c><00:45:11.579><c> Well,</c><00:45:11.880><c> that's</c> 00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:15.300 very<00:45:12.380><c> powerful</c><00:45:12.739><c> in</c><00:45:12.940><c> that</c><00:45:13.159><c> verse</c><00:45:13.360><c> 31</c><00:45:13.760><c> and</c><00:45:13.960><c> Matthew</c><00:45:14.219><c> 22.</c> 00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:20.960 Have<00:45:16.239><c> you</c><00:45:16.500><c> not</c><00:45:16.679><c> read</c><00:45:17.039><c> that</c><00:45:17.280><c> which</c><00:45:17.440><c> was</c><00:45:17.719><c> spoken</c><00:45:18.059><c> unto</c><00:45:18.619><c> you</c><00:45:20.139><c> by</c> 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:24.619 God<00:45:21.460><c> saying,</c><00:45:22.679><c> in</c><00:45:22.920><c> the</c><00:45:23.119><c> record</c><00:45:23.400><c> in</c><00:45:23.619><c> Mark</c><00:45:23.880><c> chapter</c><00:45:24.219><c> 12,</c> 00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:28.559 you<00:45:24.760><c> can</c><00:45:24.860><c> look</c><00:45:24.980><c> at</c><00:45:25.059><c> this</c><00:45:25.260><c> in</c><00:45:25.780><c> your</c><00:45:26.000><c> own</c><00:45:26.280><c> time,</c><00:45:27.500><c> it</c><00:45:27.699><c> was</c><00:45:28.000><c> what</c><00:45:28.360><c> he</c> 00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:32.699 said<00:45:28.699><c> unto</c><00:45:29.019><c> Moses,</c><00:45:31.519><c> said</c><00:45:31.659><c> Jesus.</c> 00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:36.199 It's<00:45:33.679><c> what</c><00:45:33.800><c> he</c><00:45:34.019><c> said</c><00:45:34.139><c> unto</c><00:45:34.460><c> you.</c><00:45:35.000><c> Little</c><00:45:35.280><c> exhortation</c><00:45:35.960><c> here</c> 00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:37.719 for<00:45:36.380><c> us</c><00:45:36.539><c> all,</c><00:45:36.780><c> isn't</c><00:45:36.880><c> it,</c><00:45:37.039><c> brothers</c><00:45:37.260><c> and</c><00:45:37.440><c> sisters?</c> 00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:42.679 That<00:45:38.300><c> was</c><00:45:38.480><c> the</c><00:45:38.659><c> trouble.</c><00:45:40.059><c> Have</c><00:45:40.219><c> you</c><00:45:40.420><c> never</c><00:45:40.679><c> read?</c><00:45:40.980><c> They'd</c><00:45:41.280><c> always</c><00:45:41.659><c> read</c><00:45:41.920><c> these</c><00:45:42.239><c> things</c><00:45:42.440><c> as</c> 00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:44.780 something<00:45:42.900><c> that</c><00:45:43.039><c> was</c> 00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:49.800 said<00:45:44.940><c> to</c><00:45:45.260><c> Joshua.</c><00:45:46.019><c> No,</c><00:45:46.239><c> it</c><00:45:46.380><c> was</c><00:45:46.380><c> said</c><00:45:47.079><c> to</c><00:45:47.340><c> you.</c><00:45:49.440><c> And</c><00:45:49.619><c> when</c><00:45:49.679><c> we</c> 00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:52.219 do<00:45:49.940><c> our</c><00:45:50.139><c> readings,</c><00:45:50.760><c> brothers</c><00:45:50.800><c> and</c><00:45:51.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:58.260 especially<00:45:53.380><c> the</c><00:45:53.659><c> Pauline</c><00:45:54.019><c> epistles,</c><00:45:55.619><c> oh</c><00:45:55.880><c> yes,</c><00:45:56.139><c> it</c><00:45:56.219><c> was</c><00:45:56.739><c> written</c><00:45:57.019><c> to</c><00:45:57.179><c> them,</c><00:45:57.960><c> but</c><00:45:58.159><c> it</c> 00:45:58.260 --> 00:45:59.800 is<00:45:58.519><c> written</c><00:45:58.739><c> to</c><00:45:59.000><c> us.</c><00:45:59.699><c> No,</c> 00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:06.079 it<00:46:00.260><c> is</c><00:46:00.539><c> written</c><00:46:00.900><c> to</c><00:46:01.840><c> me.</c><00:46:03.840><c> And</c><00:46:04.099><c> then</c><00:46:04.300><c> it</c><00:46:04.480><c> becomes</c><00:46:04.820><c> a</c><00:46:05.059><c> living</c><00:46:05.300><c> word</c><00:46:05.739><c> and</c> 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:07.000 that's<00:46:06.579><c> why</c> 00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:11.260 they'd<00:46:07.539><c> never</c><00:46:07.780><c> reasoned.</c><00:46:08.260><c> What</c><00:46:08.480><c> a</c><00:46:09.079><c> simple</c><00:46:09.739><c> answer.</c> 00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:18.559 And<00:46:13.639><c> finally,</c><00:46:13.980><c> of</c><00:46:14.199><c> course,</c><00:46:14.579><c> we</c><00:46:14.820><c> know</c><00:46:15.980><c> how</c><00:46:17.039><c> he</c><00:46:17.260><c> said,</c><00:46:18.280><c> I've</c><00:46:18.440><c> got</c> 00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:20.019 a<00:46:18.699><c> question</c><00:46:19.000><c> for</c><00:46:19.260><c> you.</c> 00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:30.159 Verse<00:46:23.360><c> 43,</c><00:46:25.659><c> verse</c><00:46:26.380><c> 42,</c><00:46:28.239><c> what</c><00:46:28.519><c> think</c><00:46:28.860><c> ye</c><00:46:29.019><c> of</c><00:46:29.159><c> Christ,</c><00:46:29.579><c> whose</c><00:46:29.800><c> son</c><00:46:29.980><c> is</c> 00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:31.519 he?<00:46:30.599><c> Oh,</c><00:46:30.719><c> the</c><00:46:30.780><c> son</c><00:46:30.960><c> of</c><00:46:31.219><c> David.</c> 00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:35.179 How<00:46:32.420><c> then</c><00:46:32.659><c> doth</c><00:46:32.820><c> David</c><00:46:33.139><c> in</c><00:46:33.480><c> spirit</c><00:46:33.679><c> call</c><00:46:34.000><c> him</c><00:46:34.300><c> Lord,</c><00:46:34.900><c> saying</c> 00:46:35.179 --> 00:46:38.699 the<00:46:35.420><c> Lord</c><00:46:35.780><c> said</c><00:46:36.019><c> to</c><00:46:36.360><c> my</c><00:46:36.719><c> Lord,</c><00:46:37.800><c> sit</c><00:46:37.920><c> thou</c><00:46:38.139><c> on</c><00:46:38.400><c> my</c> 00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:44.340 right<00:46:39.119><c> hand?</c><00:46:40.360><c> No</c><00:46:40.619><c> ancestor</c><00:46:41.159><c> would</c><00:46:41.440><c> ever</c><00:46:42.400><c> describe</c><00:46:43.239><c> a</c><00:46:43.480><c> descendant</c><00:46:44.019><c> of</c><00:46:44.179><c> his</c> 00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:46.079 of<00:46:44.480><c> his</c><00:46:44.780><c> Lord.</c><00:46:45.400><c> It</c><00:46:45.519><c> was</c><00:46:45.780><c> always</c> 00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:51.579 the<00:46:46.300><c> other</c><00:46:46.440><c> way</c><00:46:46.739><c> around.</c><00:46:49.360><c> Establishing</c><00:46:49.960><c> here</c><00:46:50.480><c> the</c><00:46:51.139><c> claim</c><00:46:51.340><c> of</c> 00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:54.079 Christ<00:46:51.860><c> to</c><00:46:52.119><c> be</c><00:46:52.340><c> the</c><00:46:52.559><c> son</c><00:46:52.760><c> of</c><00:46:53.059><c> God.</c> 00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:59.659 That<00:46:54.960><c> is</c><00:46:55.099><c> the</c><00:46:55.199><c> only</c><00:46:55.400><c> way</c><00:46:55.699><c> that</c><00:46:56.000><c> David</c><00:46:56.400><c> would</c><00:46:56.659><c> ever</c><00:46:57.039><c> have</c><00:46:57.320><c> addressed</c><00:46:57.579><c> a</c><00:46:57.900><c> descendant</c><00:46:58.360><c> as</c><00:46:58.679><c> Lord.</c> 00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:08.679 If<00:47:04.099><c> David</c><00:47:04.539><c> then</c><00:47:04.840><c> call</c><00:47:05.079><c> him</c><00:47:05.340><c> Lord,</c><00:47:06.639><c> how</c><00:47:06.900><c> is</c><00:47:07.019><c> he</c><00:47:07.159><c> then</c><00:47:07.320><c> his</c><00:47:07.619><c> son?</c> 00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:13.579 And<00:47:10.059><c> no</c><00:47:10.539><c> man</c><00:47:10.900><c> was</c><00:47:11.340><c> able</c><00:47:11.780><c> to</c><00:47:12.139><c> answer</c><00:47:12.539><c> him</c><00:47:12.860><c> a</c><00:47:13.139><c> word,</c> 00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:18.019 neither<00:47:14.280><c> durst</c><00:47:14.619><c> any</c><00:47:15.000><c> man</c><00:47:15.260><c> from</c><00:47:15.500><c> that</c><00:47:15.860><c> day</c><00:47:16.179><c> forth</c><00:47:16.579><c> ask</c><00:47:17.260><c> him</c><00:47:17.699><c> any</c> 00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:19.920 more<00:47:18.239><c> questions,</c><00:47:18.739><c> say</c><00:47:18.860><c> that</c><00:47:19.019><c> enough.</c> 00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:26.699 And<00:47:23.400><c> there</c><00:47:23.579><c> was</c><00:47:23.699><c> that</c><00:47:24.320><c> envy</c><00:47:24.719><c> there.</c> 00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:36.239 The<00:47:31.119><c> vast</c><00:47:31.659><c> area</c><00:47:32.400><c> of</c><00:47:32.860><c> his</c><00:47:33.300><c> popularity.</c><00:47:35.199><c> While</c><00:47:35.440><c> we're</c><00:47:35.639><c> in</c><00:47:35.820><c> Matthew,</c><00:47:36.039><c> just</c> 00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:39.820 go<00:47:36.440><c> back</c><00:47:36.659><c> to</c><00:47:36.820><c> chapter</c><00:47:37.139><c> four.</c> 00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:45.559 Jesus<00:47:42.820><c> went</c><00:47:43.139><c> about,</c><00:47:43.460><c> verse</c><00:47:43.639><c> 23,</c><00:47:44.199><c> he</c><00:47:44.300><c> went</c><00:47:44.519><c> about</c><00:47:44.780><c> all</c><00:47:45.099><c> Galilee</c> 00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:46.940 teaching<00:47:45.960><c> in</c><00:47:46.159><c> their</c><00:47:46.380><c> synagogues,</c> 00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:49.579 preaching<00:47:47.260><c> the</c><00:47:47.480><c> gospel</c><00:47:47.780><c> of</c><00:47:47.960><c> the</c><00:47:48.139><c> kingdom,</c><00:47:48.619><c> healing</c><00:47:48.800><c> all</c><00:47:49.099><c> manner</c><00:47:49.320><c> of</c> 00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:50.920 sickness<00:47:49.800><c> and</c><00:47:50.019><c> all</c><00:47:50.260><c> manner</c><00:47:50.460><c> of</c><00:47:50.679><c> disease</c> 00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:55.500 among<00:47:51.219><c> the</c><00:47:51.480><c> people,</c><00:47:52.079><c> and</c><00:47:52.300><c> his</c><00:47:52.619><c> fame</c><00:47:53.039><c> went</c><00:47:53.480><c> throughout</c><00:47:53.840><c> all</c><00:47:54.500><c> Syria.</c> 00:47:56.079 --> 00:48:03.579 Verse<00:47:56.880><c> 25,</c><00:47:58.199><c> and</c><00:47:58.519><c> Galilee,</c><00:47:59.420><c> and</c><00:47:59.519><c> Decapolis,</c><00:48:00.679><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:48:01.800><c> Judea,</c><00:48:02.659><c> beyond</c><00:48:02.940><c> Jordan</c><00:48:03.360><c> to</c> 00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:04.219 the<00:48:03.760><c> east.</c> 00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:08.800 I<00:48:04.880><c> looked</c><00:48:05.019><c> this</c><00:48:05.219><c> up</c><00:48:05.400><c> once</c><00:48:05.579><c> and</c><00:48:05.820><c> being</c><00:48:06.199><c> interested</c><00:48:07.380><c> in</c><00:48:07.579><c> Matthew,</c><00:48:07.980><c> it's</c><00:48:08.119><c> thousands</c><00:48:08.480><c> of</c> 00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:10.440 square<00:48:08.940><c> miles</c><00:48:09.360><c> actually.</c> 00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:16.940 That's<00:48:12.119><c> popularity.</c><00:48:13.860><c> His</c><00:48:14.179><c> fame</c><00:48:14.440><c> was</c><00:48:14.980><c> spread</c><00:48:15.300><c> aboard</c><00:48:15.800><c> and</c> 00:48:16.940 --> 00:48:19.579 they<00:48:17.699><c> envied</c><00:48:18.199><c> him.</c> 00:48:21.739 --> 00:48:26.760 That<00:48:22.500><c> influence</c><00:48:23.260><c> was</c><00:48:23.820><c> what</c><00:48:24.199><c> they</c><00:48:24.539><c> wanted,</c><00:48:26.039><c> and</c><00:48:26.119><c> here</c><00:48:26.340><c> was</c><00:48:26.559><c> a</c> 00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:32.179 man<00:48:27.239><c> who</c><00:48:28.159><c> apparently,</c><00:48:28.780><c> without</c><00:48:29.079><c> any</c><00:48:29.400><c> effort,</c><00:48:30.300><c> got</c><00:48:30.579><c> it.</c> 00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:36.280 And<00:48:32.699><c> they</c><00:48:32.940><c> envied</c><00:48:33.179><c> him,</c><00:48:33.420><c> and</c><00:48:33.559><c> who</c><00:48:33.760><c> can</c><00:48:34.099><c> stand</c><00:48:34.519><c> before</c><00:48:35.360><c> envy?</c> 00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:41.500 Nicodemus<00:48:38.079><c> came</c><00:48:39.340><c> to</c><00:48:39.559><c> Christ</c><00:48:39.900><c> by</c><00:48:40.320><c> night</c><00:48:40.719><c> and</c><00:48:41.179><c> he</c><00:48:41.300><c> said,</c> 00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:47.210 Master,<00:48:42.239><c> I</c><00:48:43.780><c> 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could</c><00:49:03.719><c> answer</c><00:49:04.000><c> their</c><00:49:04.260><c> questions</c><00:49:04.639><c> off</c><00:49:04.880><c> the</c><00:49:05.119><c> cuff</c><00:49:05.360><c> and</c><00:49:06.019><c> tie</c> 00:49:06.260 --> 00:49:07.659 them<00:49:06.380><c> up</c><00:49:06.559><c> in</c><00:49:06.820><c> knots.</c> 00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:13.840 And<00:49:08.539><c> when</c><00:49:08.920><c> finally</c><00:49:09.400><c> he</c><00:49:09.860><c> was</c><00:49:10.139><c> brought</c><00:49:10.360><c> before</c><00:49:10.860><c> Pilate,</c><00:49:13.420><c> that</c> 00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:17.099 Roman,<00:49:15.139><c> wicked</c><00:49:15.360><c> man</c><00:49:15.699><c> though</c><00:49:15.920><c> he</c><00:49:16.199><c> was.</c> 00:49:19.019 --> 00:49:21.559 Therefore<00:49:19.480><c> when</c><00:49:19.780><c> they</c><00:49:19.940><c> were</c><00:49:20.179><c> gathered</c><00:49:20.400><c> together,</c><00:49:21.119><c> Pilate</c> 00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:22.880 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the</c><00:49:41.260><c> Roman</c> 00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:45.699 was<00:49:41.820><c> right.</c><00:49:43.219><c> He</c><00:49:43.380><c> was</c><00:49:43.579><c> very</c><00:49:43.900><c> perceptive.</c> 00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:49.920 He<00:49:46.559><c> was</c><00:49:46.739><c> also</c><00:49:47.860><c> perceptive</c><00:49:48.659><c> in</c><00:49:48.800><c> his</c><00:49:49.099><c> assessment</c><00:49:49.360><c> of</c><00:49:49.539><c> the</c><00:49:49.659><c> man.</c> 00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:56.619 I<00:49:50.360><c> find</c><00:49:50.719><c> in</c><00:49:50.900><c> him</c><00:49:51.820><c> no</c><00:49:52.800><c> fault</c><00:49:53.599><c> at</c><00:49:54.619><c> all.</c> 00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:03.800 Beat<00:49:57.840><c> that?</c><00:50:00.539><c> And</c><00:50:01.179><c> he</c><00:50:01.460><c> saw</c><00:50:01.840><c> that</c><00:50:02.179><c> it</c><00:50:02.320><c> was</c><00:50:02.480><c> because</c><00:50:02.739><c> of</c><00:50:02.960><c> envy.</c> 00:50:04.880 --> 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claimed</c><00:50:26.320><c> to</c><00:50:26.500><c> be</c><00:50:26.639><c> the</c><00:50:26.860><c> son</c><00:50:27.099><c> of</c><00:50:27.300><c> the</c><00:50:27.519><c> God</c> 00:50:27.900 --> 00:50:32.159 who<00:50:28.739><c> owned</c><00:50:29.239><c> not</c><00:50:29.739><c> only</c><00:50:29.940><c> the</c><00:50:30.159><c> land,</c><00:50:30.579><c> but</c><00:50:30.780><c> the</c><00:50:31.099><c> world.</c> 00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:36.320 They<00:50:33.099><c> hated</c><00:50:33.559><c> him</c><00:50:33.820><c> for</c><00:50:34.079><c> his</c><00:50:34.519><c> criticism.</c><00:50:35.519><c> He</c><00:50:35.739><c> saw</c><00:50:35.980><c> through</c> 00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:37.679 their<00:50:36.659><c> hypocrisy.</c> 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:43.019 The<00:50:39.239><c> Jews</c><00:50:39.780><c> he</c><00:50:40.500><c> criticized</c><00:50:41.139><c> as</c><00:50:41.340><c> we've</c><00:50:41.679><c> seen</c><00:50:41.980><c> together,</c><00:50:42.820><c> and</c> 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at</c><00:52:05.119><c> together.</c> 00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:16.199 The<00:52:06.900><c> Lord,</c><00:52:09.239><c> the</c><00:52:10.360><c> Lord</c><00:52:10.960><c> God</c><00:52:11.219><c> Almighty,</c><00:52:12.900><c> testified</c><00:52:13.340><c> against</c><00:52:13.760><c> Israel</c><00:52:14.320><c> and</c><00:52:14.820><c> against</c><00:52:15.179><c> Judah</c><00:52:15.599><c> by</c> 00:52:16.199 --> 00:52:19.460 all<00:52:16.579><c> the</c><00:52:16.800><c> prophets</c><00:52:17.079><c> and</c><00:52:17.340><c> by</c><00:52:17.539><c> all</c><00:52:17.840><c> the</c><00:52:18.000><c> seers</c><00:52:18.340><c> saying,</c> 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:23.280 Turn<00:52:20.099><c> me</c><00:52:20.340><c> from</c><00:52:20.440><c> your</c><00:52:20.699><c> evil</c><00:52:21.079><c> ways,</c><00:52:21.980><c> keep</c><00:52:22.139><c> my</c><00:52:22.480><c> commandments</c><00:52:23.019><c> and</c> 00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:26.880 my<00:52:23.639><c> statutes</c><00:52:24.079><c> 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rejected</c><00:55:38.679><c> him.</c> 00:55:40.599 --> 00:55:48.380 He<00:55:40.760><c> came</c><00:55:41.019><c> unto</c><00:55:41.219><c> his</c><00:55:41.539><c> own</c><00:55:42.079><c> and</c><00:55:42.940><c> his</c><00:55:43.219><c> own</c><00:55:44.639><c> received</c><00:55:46.900><c> him</c><00:55:47.179><c> not.</c> 00:55:49.099 --> 00:55:51.260 They<00:55:49.360><c> rejected</c><00:55:49.780><c> him.</c> 00:55:53.380 --> 00:55:59.699 So<00:55:54.139><c> let</c><00:55:54.380><c> us</c><00:55:54.639><c> finish</c><00:55:55.199><c> where</c><00:55:55.719><c> we</c><00:55:55.960><c> began,</c><00:55:57.199><c> in</c><00:55:57.500><c> John</c><00:55:57.840><c> chapter</c><00:55:58.239><c> 1.</c> 00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:06.599 That<00:56:03.519><c> is</c><00:56:03.739><c> a</c><00:56:03.860><c> very</c><00:56:04.420><c> negative</c><00:56:05.139><c> note</c><00:56:05.440><c> on</c><00:56:05.659><c> which</c><00:56:05.840><c> to</c><00:56:06.039><c> end,</c><00:56:06.519><c> isn't</c> 00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:08.280 it,<00:56:06.900><c> brothers</c><00:56:07.059><c> and</c><00:56:07.360><c> sisters?</c> 00:56:08.519 --> 00:56:12.940 John<00:56:09.079><c> chapter</c><00:56:09.599><c> 1,</c><00:56:11.320><c> verse</c><00:56:11.719><c> 11.</c> 00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:18.360 He<00:56:13.039><c> came</c><00:56:13.539><c> unto</c><00:56:13.860><c> his</c><00:56:14.280><c> own</c><00:56:14.840><c> and</c><00:56:16.059><c> his</c><00:56:16.280><c> own</c><00:56:16.579><c> people</c><00:56:17.000><c> received</c><00:56:17.599><c> him</c><00:56:17.980><c> not.</c> 00:56:18.360 --> 00:56:25.119 But<00:56:19.360><c> as</c><00:56:20.280><c> many</c><00:56:20.519><c> as</c><00:56:20.780><c> received</c><00:56:21.139><c> him,</c><00:56:22.159><c> to</c><00:56:22.320><c> them</c><00:56:22.679><c> gave</c><00:56:23.099><c> he</c><00:56:23.539><c> the</c><00:56:23.900><c> right</c><00:56:24.559><c> to</c> 00:56:25.119 --> 00:56:29.960 become<00:56:25.900><c> 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