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that<00:20:07.940><c> crown.</c>

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charge<00:22:15.880><c> against</c><00:22:16.480><c> him.</c>

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Behold<00:23:26.079><c> the</c><00:23:26.400><c> man.</c>

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Behold<00:23:41.659><c> the</c><00:23:42.339><c> man</c><00:23:42.779><c> who</c><00:23:43.000><c> is</c><00:23:43.240><c> the</c><00:23:43.480><c> branch.</c>

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And<00:23:45.099><c> he</c><00:23:45.279><c> will</c><00:23:45.519><c> branch</c><00:23:45.759><c> out</c><00:23:45.980><c> from</c><00:23:46.220><c> this</c><00:23:46.519><c> place</c><00:23:47.000><c> and</c><00:23:47.980><c> build</c><00:23:48.420><c> the</c>

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temple<00:23:49.299><c> of</c><00:23:50.019><c> the</c><00:23:50.259><c> Lord.</c>

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high<00:24:12.160><c> priest</c><00:24:12.740><c> and</c><00:24:13.480><c> king.</c>

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And<00:24:15.900><c> so</c><00:24:16.099><c> as</c><00:24:16.480><c> we</c><00:24:17.559><c> conclude</c><00:24:17.920><c> our</c><00:24:18.259><c> excitation,</c><00:24:19.079><c> brothers</c><00:24:19.200><c> and</c><00:24:19.559><c> sisters,</c>

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darkness<00:24:24.920><c> of</c><00:24:25.180><c> winter.</c>

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It's<00:24:53.880><c> from</c><00:24:54.160><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:54.599><c> chapter</c><00:24:55.019><c> 9.</c>

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We'll<00:24:56.579><c> conclude</c><00:24:57.019><c> with</c><00:24:57.279><c> these</c><00:24:57.519><c> passages.</c>

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and<00:26:14.640><c> that</c><00:26:14.799><c> they'll</c><00:26:15.019><c> be</c><00:26:15.299><c> replaced</c><00:26:15.880><c> by</c><00:26:16.880><c> the</c><00:26:17.119><c> light</c><00:26:17.400><c> of</c><00:26:17.640><c> his</c><00:26:17.859><c> countenance.</c>

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