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Mary<00:25:25.319><c> and</c><00:25:25.579><c> Martha</c><00:25:25.880><c> show</c>

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journey.<00:25:35.700><c> And</c><00:25:36.339><c> Steve,</c><00:25:36.680><c> maybe</c><00:25:37.140><c> if</c><00:25:37.380><c> you're</c>

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ready,<00:25:38.140><c> can</c><00:25:38.240><c> you</c><00:25:38.380><c> read</c><00:25:38.519><c> those</c><00:25:39.160><c> verses</c><00:25:39.480><c> for</c><00:25:39.660><c> us</c><00:25:39.799><c> now,</c><00:25:39.920><c> the</c><00:25:40.160><c> second</c><00:25:40.480><c> section</c><00:25:40.839><c> of</c>

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sitting<00:26:18.559><c> in</c><00:26:18.779><c> the</c><00:26:18.920><c> house.</c>

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life.<00:26:49.960><c> He</c><00:26:50.099><c> who</c><00:26:50.400><c> believes</c><00:26:50.700><c> in</c><00:26:51.019><c> me,</c>

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and<00:26:56.180><c> believes</c><00:26:56.480><c> in</c><00:26:56.779><c> me</c><00:26:57.019><c> shall</c><00:26:57.299><c> never</c><00:26:57.720><c> die.</c>

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when<00:27:11.259><c> she</c><00:27:11.440><c> had</c><00:27:11.680><c> said</c><00:27:11.839><c> these</c><00:27:12.200><c> things,</c>

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she<00:27:12.640><c> went</c><00:27:12.859><c> her</c><00:27:13.160><c> way</c><00:27:13.400><c> and</c><00:27:13.759><c> secretly</c><00:27:14.160><c> called</c><00:27:14.720><c> Mary,</c><00:27:15.339><c> her</c><00:27:15.640><c> sister,</c><00:27:16.059><c> saying,</c><00:27:17.319><c> the</c><00:27:17.339><c> teacher</c><00:27:17.700><c> has</c><00:27:18.059><c> come</c><00:27:18.400><c> and</c><00:27:18.960><c> is</c>

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quickly<00:27:24.220><c> and</c><00:27:24.500><c> came</c><00:27:24.819><c> to</c><00:27:25.099><c> him.</c><00:27:26.380><c> Now</c><00:27:26.619><c> Jesus</c><00:27:26.940><c> had</c><00:27:27.240><c> not</c>

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yet<00:27:27.900><c> come</c><00:27:28.140><c> into</c><00:27:28.480><c> the</c><00:27:28.799><c> town,</c><00:27:29.059><c> but</c><00:27:29.259><c> was</c><00:27:29.500><c> in</c><00:27:29.680><c> the</c><00:27:29.940><c> place</c><00:27:30.180><c> where</c>

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quickly<00:27:39.440><c> and</c><00:27:39.700><c> went</c><00:27:39.819><c> out,</c><00:27:40.440><c> followed</c><00:27:40.519><c> her,</c>

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saying,<00:27:41.740><c> she's</c><00:27:42.180><c> going</c><00:27:42.440><c> to</c><00:27:42.660><c> the</c><00:27:42.900><c> tomb</c><00:27:43.259><c> to</c><00:27:43.720><c> weep</c><00:27:44.039><c> there.</c><00:27:45.599><c> Then</c>

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when<00:27:46.599><c> Mary</c><00:27:46.980><c> came</c><00:27:47.559><c> where</c><00:27:48.099><c> Jesus</c><00:27:48.599><c> was</c><00:27:49.079><c> and</c><00:27:49.440><c> saw</c><00:27:49.799><c> him,</c>

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she<00:27:50.519><c> fell</c><00:27:50.880><c> down</c><00:27:51.259><c> at</c><00:27:51.460><c> his</c><00:27:51.799><c> feet,</c><00:27:52.019><c> saying</c><00:27:52.359><c> to</c><00:27:52.500><c> him,</c><00:27:53.279><c> Lord,</c><00:27:54.240><c> if</c><00:27:54.519><c> you</c><00:27:54.839><c> had</c><00:27:55.039><c> been</c><00:27:55.359><c> here,</c><00:27:56.039><c> my</c>

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brother<00:27:56.720><c> would</c><00:27:57.079><c> not</c><00:27:57.400><c> have</c><00:27:57.660><c> died.</c>

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Therefore,<00:27:59.779><c> when</c><00:28:00.079><c> Jesus</c><00:28:00.559><c> saw</c><00:28:00.920><c> her</c><00:28:01.279><c> weeping</c><00:28:01.859><c> and</c><00:28:02.500><c> the</c><00:28:02.720><c> Jews</c><00:28:03.019><c> who</c><00:28:03.279><c> came</c><00:28:03.500><c> with</c><00:28:03.839><c> her</c><00:28:04.279><c> weeping,</c><00:28:05.319><c> he</c>

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groaned<00:28:06.099><c> in</c><00:28:06.240><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:28:06.880><c> and</c><00:28:07.099><c> was</c><00:28:07.339><c> troubled.</c><00:28:07.759><c> And</c><00:28:07.980><c> he</c><00:28:08.160><c> said,</c><00:28:09.299><c> where</c><00:28:09.759><c> have</c><00:28:10.299><c> you</c>

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laid<00:28:10.740><c> him?</c><00:28:12.259><c> They</c><00:28:12.599><c> said</c><00:28:12.839><c> to</c><00:28:12.839><c> him,</c><00:28:13.220><c> Lord,</c><00:28:13.579><c> come</c><00:28:13.859><c> and</c><00:28:14.240><c> see.</c>

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Jesus<00:28:16.140><c> wept.</c><00:28:17.660><c> Then</c><00:28:17.940><c> the</c><00:28:18.220><c> Jews</c><00:28:18.500><c> said,</c><00:28:18.980><c> see</c><00:28:19.400><c> how</c><00:28:19.700><c> he</c><00:28:20.079><c> loved</c><00:28:20.279><c> him.</c>

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opened<00:28:25.539><c> the</c><00:28:25.940><c> eyes</c><00:28:26.200><c> of</c><00:28:26.400><c> the</c><00:28:26.660><c> blind</c><00:28:26.920><c> also</c><00:28:27.640><c> have</c><00:28:28.019><c> kept</c><00:28:28.240><c> this</c><00:28:28.619><c> man</c>

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from<00:28:29.200><c> dying?</c><00:28:30.759><c> Then</c><00:28:31.160><c> Jesus</c><00:28:31.579><c> again,</c><00:28:32.539><c> groaning</c><00:28:32.960><c> in</c>

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secret,<00:30:49.299><c> it</c><00:30:49.500><c> says</c><00:30:49.859><c> in</c><00:30:50.259><c> verse</c><00:30:50.559><c> 28.</c><00:30:51.200><c> So</c>

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it<00:30:51.460><c> does</c><00:30:52.059><c> seem</c><00:30:52.599><c> that</c><00:30:52.740><c> they</c><00:30:52.859><c> were</c><00:30:53.039><c> doing</c><00:30:53.200><c> their</c><00:30:53.420><c> best</c><00:30:53.640><c> to</c><00:30:53.920><c> help</c>

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my<00:31:03.859><c> brother</c><00:31:04.200><c> would</c><00:31:04.519><c> not</c><00:31:04.740><c> have</c><00:31:04.940><c> died.</c>

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brother<00:31:11.740><c> and</c><00:31:11.960><c> Jesus</c><00:31:12.299><c> tells</c><00:31:12.579><c> her</c><00:31:12.859><c> explicitly</c><00:31:13.359><c> here</c>

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at<00:31:28.859><c> the</c><00:31:29.180><c> last</c><00:31:29.579><c> day.</c><00:31:31.039><c> And</c><00:31:31.200><c> Jesus</c><00:31:31.500><c> responds</c><00:31:31.980><c> in</c><00:31:32.180><c> verse</c><00:31:32.400><c> 25</c><00:31:32.940><c> and</c><00:31:33.119><c> 26</c><00:31:33.599><c> saying,</c><00:31:34.759><c> I</c>

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shall<00:31:44.619><c> never</c><00:31:44.960><c> die.</c><00:31:45.700><c> Do</c><00:31:45.880><c> you</c><00:31:46.099><c> believe</c><00:31:46.359><c> this?</c><00:31:47.799><c> So</c><00:31:48.279><c> in</c><00:31:49.259><c> this</c><00:31:49.559><c> interaction</c><00:31:50.099><c> between</c><00:31:50.519><c> Martha</c><00:31:50.940><c> and</c><00:31:51.160><c> Jesus,</c>

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she<00:31:52.180><c> declares</c><00:31:52.660><c> her</c><00:31:53.019><c> faith</c><00:31:53.319><c> in</c><00:31:53.619><c> the</c><00:31:53.819><c> resurrection</c><00:31:54.200><c> and</c><00:31:54.339><c> that's</c>

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a<00:31:54.720><c> powerful</c><00:31:55.019><c> reminder</c><00:31:55.519><c> and</c><00:31:55.819><c> comfort</c><00:31:56.200><c> for</c><00:31:56.420><c> us</c><00:31:56.579><c> as</c>

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well.<00:31:57.460><c> But</c><00:31:57.660><c> this</c><00:31:57.880><c> conversation</c><00:31:58.519><c> also</c><00:31:59.079><c> prompts</c><00:31:59.380><c> Martha</c><00:31:59.819><c> to</c><00:32:00.140><c> proclaim</c><00:32:00.779><c> what</c><00:32:01.720><c> she</c><00:32:02.019><c> says</c><00:32:02.220><c> in</c>

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Martha<00:32:21.240><c> expresses</c><00:32:21.920><c> here</c><00:32:22.539><c> in</c><00:32:23.220><c> this</c><00:32:23.519><c> verse,</c><00:32:24.019><c> in</c><00:32:24.279><c> John</c><00:32:24.599><c> 20</c><00:32:25.259><c> verse</c>

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of<00:32:30.740><c> John's</c><00:32:31.119><c> gospel,</c><00:32:32.380><c> that</c><00:32:32.559><c> you</c><00:32:32.700><c> may</c><00:32:33.140><c> believe</c><00:32:33.779><c> that</c><00:32:34.359><c> Jesus</c><00:32:34.839><c> is</c>

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the<00:32:35.339><c> Christ,</c><00:32:35.960><c> the</c><00:32:36.119><c> son</c><00:32:36.299><c> of</c><00:32:36.539><c> God,</c><00:32:37.359><c> and</c><00:32:37.579><c> that</c><00:32:37.900><c> believing</c>

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you<00:32:38.799><c> may</c><00:32:39.059><c> have</c><00:32:39.319><c> life</c><00:32:39.720><c> in</c><00:32:39.920><c> his</c><00:32:40.220><c> name.</c><00:32:41.680><c> Martha</c><00:32:42.259><c> believed.</c><00:32:43.220><c> She</c>

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says<00:32:43.660><c> exactly</c><00:32:44.259><c> those</c><00:32:44.599><c> words.</c><00:32:44.980><c> She</c><00:32:45.319><c> believed</c>

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that<00:32:46.680><c> Jesus</c><00:32:47.460><c> is</c><00:32:47.839><c> the</c><00:32:48.039><c> Christ,</c><00:32:48.359><c> the</c><00:32:48.500><c> son</c><00:32:48.680><c> of</c><00:32:48.920><c> God,</c><00:32:49.160><c> and</c><00:32:49.319><c> she</c><00:32:49.579><c> believed</c><00:32:50.160><c> that</c><00:32:50.720><c> she</c>

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could<00:32:51.099><c> have</c><00:32:51.359><c> life</c><00:32:51.700><c> after</c><00:32:52.079><c> death</c><00:32:52.460><c> in</c>

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his<00:32:53.200><c> name.</c><00:32:53.519><c> And</c><00:32:53.660><c> I</c><00:32:53.779><c> think</c><00:32:53.920><c> that's</c><00:32:54.160><c> a</c><00:32:54.339><c> really</c><00:32:54.519><c> amazing</c><00:32:54.980><c> moment</c>

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in<00:32:56.720><c> the</c><00:32:57.299><c> record</c><00:32:57.680><c> of</c><00:32:57.940><c> Martha</c><00:32:58.240><c> and</c><00:32:58.480><c> Mary,</c><00:32:58.720><c> this</c>

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display<00:32:59.420><c> of</c><00:32:59.759><c> faith</c><00:33:00.240><c> and</c><00:33:00.960><c> understanding</c><00:33:01.599><c> from</c><00:33:01.880><c> Martha.</c><00:33:03.960><c> So</c><00:33:04.559><c> Martha</c><00:33:05.039><c> heads</c><00:33:05.259><c> off</c><00:33:05.519><c> in</c>

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secret<00:33:06.160><c> after</c><00:33:06.720><c> this</c><00:33:07.160><c> really</c>

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profound<00:33:08.319><c> moment</c><00:33:08.980><c> with</c><00:33:09.220><c> Jesus</c><00:33:10.079><c> to</c><00:33:10.660><c> go</c><00:33:10.880><c> and</c><00:33:11.039><c> get</c><00:33:11.140><c> her</c><00:33:11.400><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:33:12.599><c> it</c><00:33:12.759><c> seems</c><00:33:13.039><c> that</c><00:33:13.259><c> when</c><00:33:13.460><c> Mary</c><00:33:13.779><c> finds</c><00:33:14.200><c> out</c>

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that<00:33:15.460><c> Jesus</c><00:33:15.859><c> has</c><00:33:16.180><c> called</c><00:33:16.380><c> for</c><00:33:16.559><c> her,</c><00:33:17.259><c> she</c><00:33:17.519><c> can</c><00:33:18.160><c> barely</c><00:33:18.559><c> contain</c>

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her<00:33:19.339><c> excitement.</c><00:33:19.980><c> She's</c><00:33:20.500><c> up</c><00:33:20.740><c> quickly,</c>

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she<00:33:21.920><c> rushes</c><00:33:22.319><c> out</c><00:33:22.519><c> to</c><00:33:22.680><c> meet</c><00:33:22.819><c> him</c><00:33:23.200><c> in</c><00:33:24.000><c> verse</c><00:33:24.299><c> 29,</c><00:33:24.839><c> we're</c><00:33:25.019><c> told</c><00:33:25.279><c> that,</c><00:33:25.759><c> and</c><00:33:26.059><c> it</c>

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would<00:33:26.400><c> seem</c><00:33:26.619><c> that</c><00:33:26.859><c> any</c><00:33:27.160><c> care</c><00:33:27.660><c> that</c>

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they<00:33:28.359><c> were</c><00:33:28.559><c> previously</c><00:33:29.000><c> taking</c><00:33:29.400><c> to</c><00:33:29.579><c> be</c><00:33:29.759><c> discreet</c><00:33:30.160><c> has</c><00:33:30.440><c> gone</c>

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out<00:33:30.799><c> the</c><00:33:30.880><c> window</c><00:33:31.259><c> at</c><00:33:31.500><c> this</c><00:33:31.700><c> point.</c><00:33:32.619><c> Mary</c><00:33:33.000><c> doesn't</c>

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really<00:33:34.039><c> seem</c><00:33:34.240><c> to</c><00:33:34.500><c> care</c><00:33:34.700><c> too</c><00:33:35.000><c> much</c><00:33:35.160><c> now</c><00:33:35.400><c> about</c><00:33:35.599><c> who</c><00:33:35.859><c> follows</c>

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her<00:33:36.500><c> and</c><00:33:36.720><c> sees</c><00:33:36.920><c> where</c><00:33:37.119><c> she's</c><00:33:37.380><c> off</c><00:33:37.559><c> to.</c>

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And<00:33:38.700><c> it's</c><00:33:38.900><c> the</c><00:33:39.079><c> same</c><00:33:39.559><c> place</c><00:33:40.200><c> that</c><00:33:41.220><c> Martha</c><00:33:41.539><c> had</c><00:33:41.720><c> just</c><00:33:41.980><c> been</c><00:33:42.119><c> with</c><00:33:42.279><c> Jesus.</c><00:33:42.640><c> We're</c><00:33:42.859><c> told</c><00:33:43.160><c> he</c>

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hasn't<00:33:43.759><c> moved</c><00:33:44.119><c> in</c>

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verse<00:33:44.599><c> 30.</c><00:33:45.579><c> As</c><00:33:45.779><c> soon</c><00:33:45.960><c> as</c><00:33:46.059><c> she</c><00:33:46.180><c> gets</c><00:33:46.460><c> there,</c><00:33:47.319><c> she</c><00:33:47.559><c> says</c><00:33:47.759><c> the</c><00:33:48.000><c> exact</c><00:33:48.380><c> same</c><00:33:49.079><c> words</c><00:33:49.619><c> that</c><00:33:50.000><c> her</c>

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sister<00:33:50.559><c> had</c><00:33:50.759><c> just</c><00:33:50.980><c> spoken,</c>

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Lord,<00:33:52.299><c> if</c><00:33:52.480><c> you</c><00:33:52.619><c> had</c><00:33:52.779><c> been</c><00:33:53.019><c> here,</c><00:33:53.279><c> my</c><00:33:53.519><c> brother</c><00:33:53.799><c> would</c><00:33:54.039><c> not</c><00:33:54.200><c> have</c>

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died.<00:33:55.339><c> I</c><00:33:55.819><c> wonder</c><00:33:55.980><c> how</c><00:33:56.220><c> many</c><00:33:56.460><c> times</c><00:33:56.779><c> they'd</c><00:33:57.140><c> said</c>

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those<00:33:57.619><c> words</c><00:33:58.339><c> during</c><00:33:59.579><c> those</c><00:33:59.839><c> painful</c><00:34:00.299><c> days</c><00:34:00.839><c> leading</c><00:34:01.299><c> up</c><00:34:01.519><c> to</c>

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his<00:34:01.819><c> arrival.</c><00:34:02.200><c> If</c><00:34:02.440><c> only</c><00:34:02.900><c> Jesus</c><00:34:03.319><c> had</c><00:34:03.539><c> been</c><00:34:03.720><c> here,</c>

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Lazarus<00:34:05.819><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:06.079><c> have</c><00:34:06.359><c> died.</c><00:34:06.799><c> And</c><00:34:06.960><c> she</c><00:34:07.119><c> doesn't</c><00:34:07.339><c> say</c><00:34:07.559><c> anything</c><00:34:07.859><c> else.</c>

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She<00:34:08.360><c> just</c><00:34:09.199><c> falls</c><00:34:09.719><c> to</c><00:34:10.440><c> Jesus's</c><00:34:11.099><c> feet</c>

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as<00:34:12.039><c> she's</c><00:34:12.260><c> saying</c><00:34:12.559><c> it</c><00:34:13.079><c> and</c><00:34:13.420><c> begins</c><00:34:13.900><c> to</c><00:34:14.199><c> cry.</c><00:34:15.659><c> So</c><00:34:16.260><c> where</c><00:34:17.139><c> has</c>

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Mary<00:34:17.719><c> positioned</c><00:34:18.260><c> herself</c><00:34:18.719><c> once</c><00:34:19.059><c> again,</c>

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whilst<00:34:19.980><c> she's</c><00:34:20.280><c> in</c><00:34:20.380><c> the</c><00:34:20.579><c> presence</c><00:34:20.800><c> of</c><00:34:21.000><c> Jesus?</c><00:34:21.480><c> Where</c><00:34:21.719><c> is</c><00:34:21.900><c> she?</c>

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She's<00:34:22.300><c> at</c><00:34:22.539><c> his</c><00:34:22.840><c> feet.</c><00:34:23.960><c> She</c><00:34:24.159><c> falls</c><00:34:24.639><c> at</c><00:34:24.920><c> his</c><00:34:25.179><c> feet</c>

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in<00:34:25.659><c> verse</c><00:34:25.940><c> 32.</c><00:34:26.480><c> And</c><00:34:26.599><c> I</c><00:34:26.719><c> think</c><00:34:27.539><c> that</c><00:34:28.760><c> this,</c><00:34:30.179><c> the</c><00:34:30.500><c> difference</c><00:34:30.960><c> between</c><00:34:31.340><c> the</c><00:34:31.519><c> way</c><00:34:31.840><c> in</c>

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which<00:34:32.239><c> they</c><00:34:32.719><c> approach</c><00:34:33.099><c> Jesus</c><00:34:33.500><c> in</c>

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this<00:34:33.900><c> passage</c><00:34:34.420><c> and</c><00:34:35.000><c> the</c><00:34:35.179><c> way</c><00:34:35.340><c> Martha</c><00:34:35.860><c> calmly</c><00:34:36.500><c> talks</c><00:34:36.900><c> to</c><00:34:37.199><c> Mary</c>

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and<00:34:37.780><c> Mary's</c><00:34:38.280><c> haste</c><00:34:38.639><c> and</c><00:34:38.760><c> emotion,</c><00:34:39.659><c> all</c><00:34:39.920><c> of</c><00:34:40.039><c> this</c>

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demonstrates<00:34:41.159><c> or</c><00:34:42.639><c> clarifies</c><00:34:43.179><c> for</c><00:34:43.300><c> us</c><00:34:43.420><c> the</c><00:34:43.599><c> difference</c><00:34:43.920><c> in</c><00:34:44.260><c> character,</c><00:34:44.579><c> I</c>

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think,<00:34:45.019><c> between</c><00:34:45.260><c> the</c><00:34:45.480><c> two</c><00:34:45.659><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:34:46.599><c> we'll</c><00:34:46.760><c> see</c><00:34:46.900><c> it</c><00:34:47.139><c> more</c><00:34:47.280><c> later</c><00:34:47.659><c> on.</c><00:34:48.980><c> Martha</c><00:34:49.119><c> really</c><00:34:49.519><c> seems</c>

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to<00:34:49.960><c> be</c><00:34:50.059><c> more</c><00:34:50.880><c> practical,</c><00:34:52.199><c> maybe</c><00:34:52.460><c> self</c><00:34:52.780><c>-sufficient,</c>

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forthright,<00:34:55.199><c> pragmatic,</c><00:34:56.519><c> maybe</c><00:34:56.719><c> less</c><00:34:57.000><c> emotional,</c><00:34:58.119><c> still</c>

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with<00:34:58.699><c> great</c><00:34:59.059><c> faith</c><00:34:59.460><c> and</c><00:34:59.840><c> understanding,</c>

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as<00:35:00.519><c> we've</c><00:35:00.719><c> just</c><00:35:01.000><c> seen.</c><00:35:01.679><c> But</c><00:35:01.920><c> Mary</c><00:35:02.199><c> seems</c><00:35:02.820><c> more</c><00:35:03.679><c> passionate,</c>

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affectionate,<00:35:05.500><c> and</c><00:35:05.719><c> really</c><00:35:05.940><c> just</c>

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willing<00:35:06.619><c> to</c><00:35:07.500><c> dedicate</c><00:35:08.260><c> her</c><00:35:08.500><c> whole</c><00:35:08.800><c> being,</c><00:35:09.340><c> it</c><00:35:09.340><c> seems.</c><00:35:11.219><c> For</c>

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her,<00:35:11.840><c> Jesus</c><00:35:12.239><c> was</c><00:35:12.460><c> the</c><00:35:12.699><c> one</c><00:35:13.039><c> who</c><00:35:13.400><c> understood</c><00:35:13.739><c> her,</c>

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accepted<00:35:14.639><c> her,</c><00:35:15.420><c> and</c><00:35:15.920><c> really</c><00:35:16.480><c> satisfied</c><00:35:17.300><c> her</c><00:35:18.280><c> inquisitive</c><00:35:18.920><c> hunger</c><00:35:19.360><c> for</c><00:35:19.579><c> God's</c><00:35:20.039><c> Word</c><00:35:20.380><c> and</c><00:35:21.400><c> her</c><00:35:21.840><c> desire</c><00:35:22.199><c> to</c><00:35:22.480><c> understand</c>

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it,<00:35:23.139><c> her</c><00:35:23.460><c> desire</c><00:35:24.000><c> to</c><00:35:24.300><c> know</c><00:35:24.579><c> his</c><00:35:24.920><c> Son.</c><00:35:26.119><c> And</c><00:35:26.460><c> we</c><00:35:26.639><c> really</c><00:35:27.019><c> see</c><00:35:27.239><c> how</c>

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much<00:35:27.719><c> she</c><00:35:28.000><c> loved</c><00:35:28.139><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:28.659><c> seemingly</c><00:35:29.000><c> with</c><00:35:29.579><c> her</c><00:35:29.880><c> whole</c>

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soul<00:35:31.420><c> and</c><00:35:31.880><c> strength,</c><00:35:32.880><c> as</c><00:35:33.059><c> much</c><00:35:33.300><c> as</c><00:35:33.500><c> a</c><00:35:33.639><c> human</c><00:35:34.019><c> can.</c><00:35:35.619><c> And</c><00:35:35.960><c> what</c><00:35:36.159><c> an</c><00:35:36.380><c> example</c><00:35:36.780><c> she</c><00:35:36.960><c> is</c><00:35:37.199><c> for</c><00:35:37.440><c> us,</c><00:35:37.579><c> what</c><00:35:37.820><c> a</c><00:35:38.000><c> brilliant</c>

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high<00:35:39.059><c> standard</c><00:35:39.659><c> she's</c><00:35:40.500><c> set</c><00:35:40.639><c> for</c><00:35:40.900><c> future</c><00:35:41.239><c> disciples</c><00:35:41.840><c> in</c><00:35:42.420><c> terms</c>

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of<00:35:42.860><c> our</c><00:35:43.099><c> dedication</c><00:35:43.699><c> and</c><00:35:43.920><c> our</c><00:35:44.179><c> love</c><00:35:44.519><c> for</c><00:35:45.019><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:35:45.860><c> God</c><00:35:46.059><c> and</c><00:35:46.280><c> learning</c><00:35:46.619><c> about</c><00:35:46.920><c> them</c><00:35:47.300><c> and</c><00:35:47.559><c> serving</c><00:35:47.940><c> them.</c><00:35:50.159><c> So</c>

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Mary<00:35:51.119><c> is</c><00:35:51.440><c> crying,</c><00:35:52.719><c> and</c><00:35:52.840><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:53.719><c> seeing</c><00:35:54.159><c> how</c><00:35:54.420><c> upset</c>

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