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their<00:14:34.590><c> chief</c><00:14:35.029><c> mission</c><00:14:35.529><c> seemed</c><00:14:35.889><c> to</c><00:14:36.230><c> be</c><00:14:36.850><c> the</c><00:14:38.149><c> never</c><00:14:38.710><c>-ending</c><00:14:39.330><c> pursuit</c><00:14:39.990><c> of</c>

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baloney<00:14:44.110><c> jobs.</c>

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who<00:14:54.389><c> sought</c><00:14:54.610><c> power</c><00:14:55.210><c> by</c><00:14:55.750><c> aligning</c><00:14:56.129><c> themselves</c><00:14:56.850><c> with</c><00:14:57.370><c> the</c><00:14:57.509><c> Romans.</c>

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Master,<00:15:05.809><c> we</c><00:15:05.929><c> know</c><00:15:06.350><c> that</c><00:15:06.590><c> you</c><00:15:06.789><c> are</c><00:15:07.149><c> true</c><00:15:07.690><c> and</c><00:15:08.690><c> care</c><00:15:08.950><c> for</c><00:15:09.149><c> no</c><00:15:09.370><c> man,</c><00:15:10.649><c> for</c>

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But<00:15:25.029><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:25.549><c> knowing</c><00:15:25.850><c> their</c><00:15:26.129><c> hypocrisy,</c><00:15:27.289><c> said</c><00:15:27.490><c> unto</c><00:15:27.870><c> them,</c>

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Why<00:15:30.169><c> tempt</c><00:15:30.529><c> you</c><00:15:30.789><c> me?</c><00:15:32.730><c> Bring</c><00:15:32.929><c> me</c><00:15:33.190><c> a</c><00:15:33.330><c> penny</c><00:15:33.490><c> that</c><00:15:33.690><c> I</c><00:15:33.889><c> may</c><00:15:34.090><c> see</c><00:15:34.289><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:38.769><c> Jesus</c><00:15:39.110><c> said</c><00:15:39.350><c> unto</c><00:15:39.649><c> them,</c><00:15:41.210><c> Whose</c><00:15:41.370><c> is</c><00:15:41.570><c> this</c><00:15:41.769><c> image</c><00:15:42.129><c> and</c><00:15:42.470><c> superscription?</c>

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Render<00:15:51.409><c> to</c><00:15:51.750><c> Caesar</c><00:15:52.169><c> the</c><00:15:52.669><c> things</c><00:15:52.990><c> that</c><00:15:53.190><c> are</c><00:15:53.490><c> Caesar's,</c><00:15:54.450><c> and</c><00:15:54.649><c> to</c>

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Most<00:16:13.309><c> importantly,</c><00:16:14.190><c> Jesus</c><00:16:14.710><c> assures</c><00:16:15.309><c> the</c><00:16:15.590><c> people</c><00:16:15.909><c> that</c><00:16:16.149><c> regardless</c><00:16:16.750><c> of</c><00:16:16.990><c> what</c><00:16:17.210><c> the</c><00:16:17.529><c> political</c><00:16:17.850><c> powers</c><00:16:18.450><c> may</c><00:16:19.230><c> do</c>

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We<00:16:29.370><c> may</c><00:16:29.649><c> not</c><00:16:30.009><c> agree</c><00:16:30.389><c> with</c><00:16:30.710><c> everything</c><00:16:31.190><c> our</c><00:16:31.549><c> country</c><00:16:31.929><c> does</c><00:16:32.409><c> with</c><00:16:32.669><c> the</c>

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Well,<00:16:45.669><c> next</c><00:16:45.889><c> up</c><00:16:46.330><c> come</c><00:16:46.570><c> the</c><00:16:46.909><c> Sadducees,</c><00:16:48.730><c> also</c><00:16:49.110><c> a</c><00:16:49.389><c> religious</c><00:16:49.750><c> group.</c>

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But<00:16:51.169><c> unlike</c><00:16:51.490><c> the</c><00:16:51.809><c> Pharisees,</c><00:16:52.429><c> they</c><00:16:52.789><c> claim</c><00:16:53.149><c> there</c><00:16:53.350><c> is</c><00:16:53.649><c> no</c><00:16:53.950><c> resurrection.</c>

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and<00:17:03.710><c> who</c><00:17:03.929><c> has</c><00:17:04.190><c> been</c><00:17:04.549><c> promised</c><00:17:04.970><c> that</c><00:17:05.190><c> he</c><00:17:05.349><c> will</c><00:17:05.630><c> inherit</c><00:17:05.970><c> the</c>

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land<00:17:06.430><c> forever.</c>

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For<00:17:10.869><c> now,</c><00:17:11.329><c> they</c><00:17:11.650><c> pitch</c><00:17:11.849><c> a</c><00:17:12.150><c> question</c><00:17:12.809><c> regarding</c><00:17:13.609><c> which</c><00:17:14.009><c> of</c><00:17:14.349><c> seven</c><00:17:14.650><c> brothers</c><00:17:15.289><c> will</c><00:17:15.869><c> lay</c>

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claim<00:17:16.769><c> to</c><00:17:17.329><c> a</c><00:17:17.529><c> woman</c><00:17:17.829><c> in</c><00:17:18.150><c> the</c><00:17:18.289><c> day</c><00:17:18.470><c> of</c><00:17:18.609><c> the</c><00:17:18.809><c> resurrection,</c>

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who<00:17:20.089><c> has</c><00:17:20.369><c> been</c><00:17:20.490><c> a</c><00:17:20.690><c> wife</c><00:17:20.869><c> to</c><00:17:21.089><c> all</c><00:17:21.430><c> seven</c><00:17:21.750><c> men</c><00:17:22.250><c> following</c><00:17:22.789><c> the</c><00:17:23.150><c> death</c><00:17:23.730><c> of</c>

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each<00:17:24.609><c> brother.</c>

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Do<00:17:28.890><c> you</c><00:17:29.529><c> not</c><00:17:29.690><c> therefore</c><00:17:30.230><c> err,</c><00:17:31.470><c> because</c><00:17:31.910><c> you</c><00:17:32.170><c> know</c><00:17:32.430><c> not</c><00:17:32.730><c> the</c><00:17:32.970><c> Scriptures,</c><00:17:33.910><c> neither</c><00:17:34.109><c> the</c><00:17:34.329><c> power</c><00:17:34.650><c> of</c><00:17:34.910><c> God?</c>

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Remember,<00:17:36.730><c> Jesus</c><00:17:37.170><c> is</c><00:17:37.529><c> speaking</c><00:17:37.829><c> in</c><00:17:38.150><c> front</c><00:17:38.289><c> of</c><00:17:38.509><c> the</c><00:17:38.769><c> public</c><00:17:39.289><c> to</c>

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a<00:17:40.069><c> group</c><00:17:40.250><c> who</c><00:17:40.529><c> fancies</c><00:17:40.930><c> themselves</c><00:17:41.730><c> high</c><00:17:42.269><c> rollers</c><00:17:42.609><c> in</c><00:17:42.829><c> the</c><00:17:43.049><c> law</c><00:17:43.190><c> of</c><00:17:43.390><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:17:45.029><c> Jesus</c><00:17:45.410><c> continues,</c>

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marry<00:17:51.789><c> nor</c><00:17:52.250><c> are</c><00:17:52.509><c> given</c><00:17:52.630><c> in</c><00:17:52.930><c> marriage,</c>

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but<00:17:54.009><c> are</c><00:17:54.410><c> as</c><00:17:54.690><c> the</c><00:17:55.029><c> angels</c><00:17:55.349><c> which</c><00:17:55.589><c> are</c><00:17:55.809><c> in</c><00:17:56.009><c> heaven,</c><00:17:57.450><c> and</c><00:17:57.690><c> concerning</c><00:17:58.130><c> the</c>

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dead<00:17:58.809><c> who</c><00:17:59.089><c> rise.</c>

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God<00:18:05.390><c> spoke</c><00:18:05.869><c> unto</c><00:18:06.190><c> him,</c>

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saying,<00:18:08.309><c> I</c><00:18:08.630><c> am</c><00:18:09.109><c> the</c><00:18:09.349><c> God</c><00:18:09.549><c> of</c><00:18:09.769><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:10.809><c> and</c><00:18:11.009><c> the</c><00:18:11.230><c> God</c><00:18:11.410><c> of</c><00:18:11.670><c> Isaac,</c><00:18:12.309><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:12.730><c> God</c><00:18:12.930><c> of</c><00:18:13.289><c> Jacob.</c>

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He<00:18:15.289><c> is</c><00:18:15.609><c> not</c><00:18:15.869><c> the</c><00:18:16.089><c> God</c><00:18:16.289><c> of</c><00:18:16.470><c> the</c><00:18:16.670><c> dead,</c><00:18:17.829><c> but</c><00:18:18.029><c> the</c><00:18:18.289><c> God</c><00:18:18.490><c> of</c><00:18:18.670><c> the</c><00:18:18.869><c> living.</c>

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You<00:18:20.329><c> therefore</c><00:18:20.950><c> do</c><00:18:21.369><c> greatly</c><00:18:22.109><c> err.</c>

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