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footsteps.<00:11:09.179><c> And</c><00:11:09.240><c> so</c><00:11:09.500><c> Herod</c><00:11:09.679><c> asked</c><00:11:09.960><c> the</c><00:11:10.220><c> question,</c><00:11:10.919><c> he</c><00:11:11.039><c> says,</c>

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born.<00:12:23.779><c> It's</c><00:12:24.059><c> not</c><00:12:24.220><c> like</c><00:12:24.399><c> they're</c><00:12:25.240><c> pointing</c>

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saviour.<00:12:54.320><c> No</c><00:12:54.559><c> one</c><00:12:54.720><c> had</c><00:12:54.919><c> the</c><00:12:55.139><c> courage</c><00:12:55.320><c> to</c>

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did.<00:14:22.299><c> Very</c><00:14:22.899><c> diligently.</c><00:14:24.539><c> What</c><00:14:24.860><c> time</c>

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old?<00:15:08.299><c> Not</c><00:15:08.559><c> one</c><00:15:08.860><c> year.</c><00:15:09.620><c> He</c><00:15:09.759><c> didn't</c><00:15:09.860><c> go</c><00:15:10.120><c> back</c><00:15:10.360><c> one</c><00:15:10.600><c> year</c><00:15:10.799><c> and</c><00:15:11.139><c> slay</c><00:15:11.360><c> all</c>

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chapter's<00:15:32.860><c> end</c><00:15:33.179><c> a</c><00:15:33.779><c> heinous</c><00:15:34.399><c> and</c><00:15:34.799><c> gross</c><00:15:35.220><c> atrocity</c><00:15:35.940><c> is</c><00:15:36.279><c> going</c>

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babies.<00:15:45.340><c> 30</c><00:15:45.740><c> male</c><00:15:46.080><c> babies</c>

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Bethlehem<00:15:52.000><c> and</c><00:15:52.259><c> its</c><00:15:52.519><c> suburbs.</c><00:15:55.100><c> And</c><00:15:55.159><c> just</c>

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across<00:15:56.379><c> the</c><00:15:56.639><c> valley</c><00:15:56.960><c> from</c><00:15:57.259><c> Bethlehem</c><00:15:57.940><c> in</c><00:15:58.600><c> sight</c><00:15:58.879><c> of</c><00:15:59.259><c> the</c><00:15:59.480><c> township</c><00:15:59.980><c> of</c>

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Bethlehem<00:16:01.059><c> was</c><00:16:01.460><c> one</c><00:16:01.740><c> of</c><00:16:02.019><c> Herod's</c>

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many<00:16:03.700><c> palaces.</c><00:16:06.139><c> And</c><00:16:06.379><c> very</c><00:16:06.740><c> soon,</c><00:16:07.539><c> very</c><00:16:08.059><c> soon</c><00:16:08.320><c> after</c><00:16:08.679><c> the</c><00:16:08.980><c> arrival</c><00:16:09.379><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:10.039><c> wise</c><00:16:10.320><c> men</c><00:16:10.740><c> soldiers</c><00:16:11.600><c> would</c>

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be<00:16:12.259><c> flooding</c><00:16:12.500><c> out</c><00:16:13.080><c> of</c><00:16:13.500><c> the</c><00:16:13.700><c> gates</c><00:16:14.039><c> of</c><00:16:14.299><c> that</c><00:16:14.559><c> palace</c><00:16:14.940><c> Herodian.</c>

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smashed<00:16:20.460><c> open</c><00:16:20.860><c> by</c><00:16:21.220><c> soldiers.</c><00:16:22.659><c> 30</c><00:16:23.200><c> small</c><00:16:23.659><c> lives</c><00:16:24.120><c> cut</c><00:16:24.500><c> short.</c>

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Broad<00:17:08.119><c> daylight?</c><00:17:10.220><c> Or</c><00:17:10.579><c> in</c><00:17:10.740><c> the</c><00:17:10.819><c> dark</c><00:17:11.019><c> of</c><00:17:11.279><c> night?</c><00:17:12.200><c> Verse</c><00:17:12.460><c> 7.</c><00:17:13.220><c> Then</c><00:17:13.440><c> Herod,</c><00:17:13.680><c> when</c><00:17:13.819><c> he</c>

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whole<00:17:44.359><c> story</c><00:17:45.140><c> is</c><00:17:45.660><c> in</c><00:17:45.839><c> the</c><00:17:46.019><c> dark</c><00:17:46.200><c> of</c><00:17:46.420><c> night.</c><00:17:47.799><c> This</c><00:17:48.299><c> is</c><00:17:48.660><c> a</c><00:17:48.940><c> story</c>

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conducted<00:17:50.220><c> in</c><00:17:50.480><c> the</c><00:17:50.660><c> dark</c><00:17:50.900><c> and</c><00:17:51.140><c> the</c><00:17:51.400><c> gruesome</c>

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crimes<00:17:52.539><c> are</c><00:17:53.240><c> hidden</c><00:17:54.299><c> by</c><00:17:54.819><c> the</c><00:17:55.000><c> night.</c><00:17:56.599><c> But</c><00:17:56.700><c> back</c><00:17:56.900><c> to</c><00:17:57.039><c> our</c><00:17:57.200><c> story.</c><00:17:59.380><c> The</c>

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imagine<00:18:06.039><c> Bethlehem</c><00:18:06.640><c> had</c><00:18:06.779><c> never</c>

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appears<00:18:51.680><c> that</c><00:18:52.160><c> this</c><00:18:52.519><c> was</c><00:18:52.759><c> a</c><00:18:53.059><c> star,</c><00:18:53.420><c> unlike</c>

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every<00:18:54.180><c> other</c><00:18:54.480><c> star,</c><00:18:55.599><c> that</c><00:18:55.759><c> when</c><00:18:56.000><c> you</c><00:18:56.299><c> followed</c><00:18:56.480><c> it,</c><00:18:57.000><c> it</c><00:18:57.359><c> actually</c><00:18:57.740><c> moved</c>

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me<00:19:03.119><c> and</c><00:19:03.619><c> when</c><00:19:03.799><c> I</c><00:19:04.039><c> walk</c><00:19:04.240><c> underneath</c>

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them,<00:19:05.039><c> if</c><00:19:05.240><c> I</c><00:19:05.460><c> walk</c><00:19:05.619><c> far</c><00:19:05.859><c> enough,</c><00:19:06.059><c> which</c><00:19:06.220><c> I've</c><00:19:06.380><c> never</c><00:19:06.579><c> done,</c><00:19:06.880><c> they</c><00:19:07.000><c> sort</c><00:19:07.079><c> of</c>

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change<00:19:08.200><c> position</c><00:19:08.759><c> behind</c>

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me.<00:19:10.640><c> But</c><00:19:10.900><c> this</c><00:19:11.140><c> star</c><00:19:11.339><c> didn't.</c><00:19:11.680><c> It</c><00:19:11.960><c> always</c><00:19:12.279><c> stayed</c><00:19:12.519><c> ahead</c><00:19:12.779><c> of</c>

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them<00:19:13.259><c> until</c><00:19:13.660><c> it</c><00:19:13.940><c> came</c><00:19:14.720><c> over</c><00:19:15.299><c> the</c><00:19:15.559><c> place</c>

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where<00:19:16.019><c> the</c><00:19:16.200><c> child</c><00:19:16.640><c> was</c><00:19:17.759><c> and</c><00:19:19.259><c> stood</c><00:19:19.599><c> directly</c><00:19:20.319><c> over</c><00:19:20.660><c> this</c><00:19:20.940><c> house.</c><00:19:22.779><c> There</c><00:19:22.900><c> would</c><00:19:23.079><c> be</c><00:19:23.259><c> a</c>

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knock<00:19:23.480><c> on</c><00:19:23.660><c> the</c>

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door.<00:19:24.980><c> I</c><00:19:25.200><c> don't</c><00:19:25.319><c> imagine</c><00:19:25.740><c> these</c><00:19:26.059><c> men</c><00:19:26.400><c> had</c><00:19:26.700><c> to</c><00:19:26.920><c> knock</c><00:19:27.259><c> every</c><00:19:27.859><c> door</c><00:19:28.140><c> in</c>

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Bethlehem<00:19:28.940><c> to</c><00:19:29.140><c> find</c><00:19:29.380><c> the</c><00:19:29.559><c> house</c>

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of<00:19:29.940><c> Joseph.</c><00:19:30.779><c> That</c><00:19:31.000><c> night</c><00:19:31.220><c> there</c><00:19:31.359><c> was</c><00:19:31.519><c> a</c><00:19:31.640><c> knock</c><00:19:31.759><c> on</c><00:19:31.960><c> the</c><00:19:32.119><c> door</c><00:19:32.319><c> and</c><00:19:32.519><c> a</c>

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number<00:19:32.839><c> of</c><00:19:33.220><c> strange</c><00:19:33.480><c> men</c><00:19:33.759><c> were</c>

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invited<00:19:34.440><c> into</c><00:19:34.740><c> Mary's</c><00:19:35.259><c> lounge</c><00:19:35.559><c> room.</c><00:19:37.059><c> We've</c><00:19:37.299><c> got</c><00:19:37.480><c> no</c><00:19:38.299><c> indication</c><00:19:38.859><c> in</c><00:19:39.079><c> the</c>

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scripture<00:19:39.539><c> of</c><00:19:39.799><c> how</c><00:19:40.180><c> many</c>

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of<00:19:41.019><c> these</c><00:19:41.279><c> men</c><00:19:41.440><c> there</c><00:19:41.700><c> were.</c><00:19:42.460><c> We</c><00:19:42.779><c> don't</c><00:19:43.099><c> know</c><00:19:43.480><c> that</c><00:19:43.660><c> there</c><00:19:43.819><c> were</c><00:19:44.019><c> exactly</c><00:19:44.400><c> three.</c><00:19:44.680><c> We're</c><00:19:44.859><c> not</c><00:19:45.119><c> told</c>

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that.<00:19:45.619><c> That's</c><00:19:46.099><c> an</c><00:19:46.259><c> assumption</c><00:19:46.660><c> based</c><00:19:47.180><c> on</c><00:19:47.420><c> the</c><00:19:47.579><c> gifts</c><00:19:47.720><c> that</c><00:19:47.859><c> were</c><00:19:48.119><c> provided.</c><00:19:49.259><c> It's</c><00:19:49.559><c> a</c>

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actually.<00:19:52.640><c> We</c><00:19:52.839><c> don't</c><00:19:53.180><c> know</c><00:19:53.539><c> very</c><00:19:53.839><c> much</c><00:19:54.000><c> about</c><00:19:54.200><c> these</c><00:19:54.500><c> wise</c><00:19:54.700><c> men</c><00:19:54.859><c> at</c>

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all,<00:19:55.220><c> but</c><00:19:55.319><c> just</c><00:19:55.640><c> for</c><00:19:55.819><c> kicks,</c><00:19:56.299><c> I</c><00:19:56.359><c> thought</c>

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you'd<00:19:56.960><c> like</c><00:19:57.140><c> to</c><00:19:57.319><c> know</c><00:19:57.440><c> what</c><00:19:57.599><c> their</c><00:19:57.839><c> names</c><00:19:58.099><c> are,</c><00:19:59.079><c> according</c><00:19:59.480><c> to</c>

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Catholic<00:20:00.059><c> tradition.</c><00:20:00.940><c> And</c><00:20:00.940><c> I</c><00:20:01.279><c> tell</c><00:20:01.539><c> you</c><00:20:01.779><c> this,</c>

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at<00:20:04.420><c> the</c><00:20:04.579><c> moment</c><00:20:04.839><c> or</c><00:20:04.980><c> maybe</c><00:20:05.220><c> in</c><00:20:05.440><c> the</c><00:20:05.480><c> distant</c>

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future,<00:20:06.599><c> I</c><00:20:06.740><c> thought</c><00:20:06.859><c> you</c><00:20:06.980><c> might</c><00:20:07.220><c> like</c><00:20:07.480><c> some</c><00:20:07.720><c> of</c><00:20:07.859><c> these</c><00:20:08.099><c> names</c>

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because<00:20:09.160><c> they're</c><00:20:09.579><c> illustrious</c><00:20:10.140><c> names</c><00:20:10.420><c> and</c>

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they<00:20:10.680><c> can</c><00:20:11.319><c> go</c><00:20:11.500><c> on</c><00:20:11.640><c> your</c><00:20:11.839><c> list.</c><00:20:12.740><c> Catholic</c><00:20:12.900><c> tradition</c><00:20:13.440><c> has</c><00:20:13.839><c> it</c>

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that<00:20:14.160><c> these</c><00:20:14.579><c> three</c><00:20:15.000><c> wise</c><00:20:15.319><c> men</c><00:20:15.559><c> were</c><00:20:15.839><c> called</c>

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Melchoya,<00:20:18.720><c> Balthazar</c><00:20:19.359><c> and</c><00:20:20.339><c> Caspar.</c><00:20:21.599><c> All</c><00:20:21.900><c> lovely</c><00:20:22.259><c> names</c><00:20:22.619><c> if</c>

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you<00:20:22.940><c> wanted</c><00:20:23.140><c> to</c><00:20:23.400><c> store</c><00:20:23.519><c> them</c><00:20:23.759><c> away</c><00:20:23.980><c> for</c>

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future<00:20:24.500><c> use.</c><00:20:25.980><c> But</c><00:20:26.119><c> anyway,</c><00:20:27.960><c> what</c><00:20:28.140><c> do</c><00:20:28.380><c> you</c><00:20:28.480><c> think</c><00:20:28.720><c> Mary</c><00:20:29.059><c> would</c>

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showed<00:20:31.799><c> very</c><00:20:32.359><c> little</c><00:20:32.640><c> interest</c><00:20:33.039><c> in</c><00:20:33.220><c> her,</c><00:20:34.599><c> very</c><00:20:34.980><c> little</c><00:20:35.279><c> interest</c><00:20:35.599><c> in</c><00:20:35.819><c> Joseph,</c><00:20:37.140><c> but</c><00:20:37.440><c> instead,</c><00:20:38.619><c> as</c><00:20:38.940><c> we're</c>

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given,<00:20:40.859><c> when</c><00:20:41.119><c> they</c><00:20:41.359><c> were</c><00:20:41.599><c> coming</c><00:20:41.759><c> to</c><00:20:41.960><c> the</c><00:20:42.119><c> house,</c><00:20:43.799><c> they</c><00:20:43.940><c> saw</c>

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and<00:20:46.180><c> fell</c><00:20:46.480><c> down</c><00:20:46.900><c> and</c><00:20:47.200><c> worshipped</c><00:20:48.160><c> him.</c><00:20:51.660><c> What</c><00:20:51.960><c> do</c><00:20:52.099><c> you</c><00:20:52.099><c> think</c>

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she<00:20:52.380><c> would</c><00:20:52.519><c> have</c><00:20:52.579><c> made</c><00:20:52.779><c> of</c><00:20:52.900><c> that?</c><00:20:55.980><c> Wise</c>

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men,<00:20:57.519><c> camels,</c><00:20:59.059><c> strange</c><00:20:59.440><c> and</c><00:20:59.720><c> foreign</c><00:21:00.059><c> accents,</c><00:21:01.819><c> and</c><00:21:03.680><c> they</c>

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fall<00:21:03.960><c> down</c><00:21:04.200><c> and</c><00:21:04.339><c> worship</c><00:21:04.579><c> the</c><00:21:04.759><c> child.</c>

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for<00:21:07.720><c> every</c><00:21:08.079><c> other</c><00:21:08.279><c> dramatic</c><00:21:08.819><c> incident</c>

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in<00:21:09.539><c> her</c><00:21:09.759><c> life.</c><00:21:11.539><c> We're</c><00:21:11.759><c> told</c><00:21:11.980><c> in</c><00:21:12.099><c> Luke</c><00:21:12.319><c> 1</c><00:21:12.839><c> verse</c><00:21:13.240><c> 29</c><00:21:13.839><c> that</c><00:21:14.039><c> she</c>

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cast<00:21:14.859><c> in</c><00:21:15.299><c> her</c><00:21:15.680><c> mind.</c><00:21:17.160><c> We're</c><00:21:17.359><c> told</c><00:21:17.619><c> that</c>

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she<00:21:18.480><c> kept</c><00:21:18.819><c> all</c><00:21:19.319><c> these</c><00:21:19.660><c> things</c><00:21:19.920><c> and</c><00:21:20.220><c> pondered</c><00:21:20.539><c> them</c><00:21:20.759><c> in</c><00:21:21.000><c> her</c><00:21:21.359><c> heart</c><00:21:21.619><c> in</c>

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Luke<00:21:22.059><c> chapter</c><00:21:22.440><c> 2</c><00:21:22.619><c> verse</c><00:21:22.880><c> 19.</c><00:21:23.960><c> We're</c>

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told<00:21:24.380><c> that</c><00:21:24.799><c> in</c><00:21:24.960><c> Luke</c><00:21:25.259><c> chapter</c><00:21:25.559><c> 2</c><00:21:25.839><c> verse</c><00:21:26.059><c> 51</c><00:21:26.599><c> she</c><00:21:27.099><c> kept</c><00:21:27.460><c> these</c>

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sayings<00:21:28.240><c> in</c><00:21:28.420><c> her</c><00:21:28.700><c> heart.</c><00:21:29.160><c> And</c><00:21:29.420><c> I'm</c><00:21:29.559><c> sure</c><00:21:29.779><c> that</c>

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like<00:21:30.380><c> every</c><00:21:30.960><c> other</c><00:21:31.319><c> instance</c><00:21:31.759><c> in</c><00:21:31.960><c> her</c><00:21:32.220><c> life,</c><00:21:32.599><c> she</c><00:21:32.759><c> absorbed</c>

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this<00:21:33.579><c> event.</c><00:21:35.799><c> She</c><00:21:35.980><c> didn't</c><00:21:36.180><c> try</c><00:21:36.480><c> and</c><00:21:36.599><c> decide</c>

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what<00:21:37.400><c> it</c><00:21:37.500><c> meant,</c><00:21:37.799><c> but</c><00:21:37.900><c> rather</c><00:21:38.200><c> trusted</c><00:21:38.740><c> that</c><00:21:39.319><c> God</c><00:21:39.500><c> was</c><00:21:39.759><c> behind</c>

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it<00:21:40.200><c> and</c><00:21:40.319><c> waited</c><00:21:40.640><c> for</c><00:21:40.940><c> his</c><00:21:41.619><c> explanation.</c>

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By<00:21:44.220><c> the</c><00:21:44.400><c> way,</c><00:21:45.099><c> I</c><00:21:45.180><c> saw</c><00:21:45.400><c> this</c><00:21:45.859><c> not</c><00:21:46.140><c> long</c><00:21:46.299><c> ago.</c><00:21:46.539><c> It's</c><00:21:46.720><c> a</c><00:21:46.859><c> great</c><00:21:47.059><c> bumper</c><00:21:47.339><c> sticker.</c><00:21:48.099><c> I</c>

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thought<00:21:48.359><c> I'd</c><00:21:48.579><c> share</c>

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it<00:21:48.900><c> with</c><00:21:48.980><c> you</c><00:21:49.119><c> because,</c><00:21:49.539><c> well,</c><00:21:49.759><c> I</c><00:21:49.940><c> liked</c><00:21:50.119><c> it.</c><00:21:51.099><c> It</c><00:21:51.539><c> meant</c><00:21:51.700><c> something</c><00:21:51.960><c> to</c><00:21:52.099><c> me</c>

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and<00:21:52.339><c> I</c><00:21:52.640><c> thought</c><00:21:52.759><c> that</c><00:21:52.920><c> was</c>

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quite<00:21:53.279><c> a</c><00:21:53.440><c> nice</c><00:21:53.720><c> bumper</c><00:21:54.200><c> sticker.</c><00:21:55.440><c> Wise</c><00:21:55.579><c> men</c><00:21:55.859><c> still</c><00:21:56.220><c> seek</c><00:21:56.420><c> him.</c>

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But<00:21:59.140><c> anyway,</c><00:21:59.720><c> the</c><00:21:59.839><c> presents.</c><00:22:00.380><c> On</c><00:22:00.539><c> to</c><00:22:00.720><c> the</c><00:22:00.880><c> presents</c><00:22:01.220><c> and</c><00:22:01.440><c> the</c>

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gifts<00:22:01.819><c> that</c><00:22:02.039><c> were</c><00:22:02.220><c> given.</c><00:22:02.799><c> We're</c><00:22:03.039><c> not</c><00:22:03.259><c> going</c>

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to<00:22:03.500><c> go</c><00:22:03.599><c> into</c><00:22:03.839><c> the</c><00:22:04.079><c> symbology</c><00:22:04.539><c> in</c><00:22:04.779><c> any</c><00:22:05.000><c> depth.</c><00:22:05.619><c> Sure,</c><00:22:05.960><c> the</c><00:22:06.039><c> gift</c>

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of<00:22:06.539><c> gold</c><00:22:06.880><c> probably</c><00:22:07.359><c> represented</c><00:22:08.019><c> kingship.</c>

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Frankincense<00:22:09.680><c> since</c><00:22:10.019><c> can</c><00:22:10.339><c> be</c><00:22:10.980><c> said</c><00:22:11.180><c> to</c><00:22:11.400><c> represent</c><00:22:11.779><c> the</c><00:22:12.019><c> work</c>

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of<00:22:12.400><c> a</c><00:22:12.599><c> priest.</c><00:22:13.640><c> Well,</c><00:22:14.559><c> that's</c><00:22:14.900><c> something</c>

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that's<00:22:15.539><c> used</c><00:22:15.720><c> for</c><00:22:15.960><c> embalming</c><00:22:16.359><c> and</c><00:22:16.539><c> the</c><00:22:16.680><c> Lord</c><00:22:16.940><c> was</c><00:22:17.299><c> one</c><00:22:17.579><c> day</c><00:22:17.779><c> to</c>

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die.<00:22:18.160><c> And</c><00:22:18.400><c> perhaps</c><00:22:18.720><c> there</c><00:22:18.900><c> was</c><00:22:19.160><c> that</c>

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intention<00:22:19.779><c> behind</c><00:22:20.140><c> these</c><00:22:20.440><c> gifts.</c><00:22:20.980><c> But</c><00:22:21.119><c> to</c><00:22:21.380><c> Mary</c><00:22:21.619><c> and</c><00:22:21.880><c> Joseph,</c>

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to<00:22:24.420><c> Mary</c><00:22:24.759><c> and</c><00:22:24.980><c> Joseph,</c><00:22:26.039><c> this</c><00:22:26.420><c> gift</c>

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would<00:22:26.859><c> be</c><00:22:27.200><c> at</c><00:22:27.400><c> once</c><00:22:27.880><c> much</c><00:22:28.279><c> more</c><00:22:28.720><c> and</c><00:22:29.579><c> much</c><00:22:29.960><c> less</c><00:22:30.779><c> than</c><00:22:31.259><c> the</c><00:22:31.460><c> meaning</c><00:22:31.859><c> of</c>

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these<00:22:32.539><c> gifts.</c><00:22:34.440><c> These</c><00:22:34.779><c> gifts</c>

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were<00:22:35.400><c> for</c><00:22:35.480><c> them</c><00:22:35.920><c> really</c><00:22:36.660><c> a</c><00:22:36.799><c> gift</c><00:22:37.000><c> from</c><00:22:37.259><c> on</c><00:22:37.480><c> high.</c><00:22:38.619><c> These</c><00:22:38.839><c> would</c>

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have<00:22:39.160><c> been</c><00:22:39.460><c> desperately</c><00:22:39.960><c> needed</c><00:22:40.500><c> funds</c>

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and<00:22:41.339><c> I</c><00:22:41.539><c> suggest</c><00:22:41.859><c> that</c><00:22:42.220><c> Mary</c><00:22:42.460><c> and</c><00:22:42.700><c> Joseph</c><00:22:42.920><c> had</c><00:22:43.119><c> probably</c><00:22:43.519><c> been</c>

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praying<00:22:44.119><c> about</c><00:22:44.400><c> their</c><00:22:44.700><c> family</c><00:22:45.059><c> finances.</c>

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Having<00:22:46.200><c> made</c><00:22:46.460><c> the</c><00:22:46.779><c> expensive</c><00:22:47.579><c> trip</c><00:22:48.099><c> from</c><00:22:48.539><c> Nazareth</c><00:22:49.000><c> to</c><00:22:49.240><c> Bethlehem</c><00:22:49.680><c> and</c>

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having<00:22:50.119><c> to</c><00:22:50.380><c> leave</c><00:22:50.599><c> everything</c>

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behind<00:22:51.579><c> them</c><00:22:52.099><c> in</c><00:22:52.680><c> that</c><00:22:52.960><c> effort,</c><00:22:53.380><c> they</c><00:22:54.059><c> would</c><00:22:54.259><c> have</c><00:22:54.480><c> been</c><00:22:55.059><c> very,</c><00:22:56.140><c> very</c>

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close<00:22:56.319><c> to</c><00:22:56.519><c> the</c><00:22:56.700><c> wire</c><00:22:56.859><c> financially.</c>

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And<00:22:58.519><c> they'd</c><00:22:58.720><c> probably</c><00:22:58.960><c> been</c><00:22:59.180><c> praying</c><00:22:59.480><c> about</c><00:22:59.799><c> it.</c><00:23:00.859><c> And</c><00:23:01.160><c> here</c>

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was<00:23:02.039><c> God's</c><00:23:02.579><c> answer.</c>

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So<00:23:05.140><c> far,</c><00:23:06.059><c> they</c><00:23:06.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:06.660><c> have</c><00:23:06.920><c> realised</c><00:23:07.299><c> just</c><00:23:07.700><c> how</c><00:23:08.059><c> vital</c><00:23:08.660><c> these</c><00:23:09.339><c> gifts</c><00:23:09.660><c> would</c><00:23:09.940><c> be</c>

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for<00:23:10.339><c> them.</c><00:23:11.680><c> How</c><00:23:12.380><c> this</c>

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would<00:23:13.019><c> be</c><00:23:13.299><c> financed</c><00:23:13.759><c> for</c><00:23:13.940><c> an</c><00:23:14.160><c> emergency</c><00:23:14.680><c> that</c><00:23:15.039><c> would</c><00:23:15.220><c> happen.</c>

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For<00:23:16.220><c> within</c><00:23:16.539><c> days,</c><00:23:17.599><c> Mary</c><00:23:17.599><c> and</c><00:23:17.799><c> Joseph</c><00:23:18.059><c> would</c>

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again<00:23:18.519><c> be</c><00:23:18.799><c> fugitives</c><00:23:19.279><c> fleeing</c><00:23:19.680><c> for</c><00:23:19.920><c> their</c><00:23:20.180><c> lives</c><00:23:20.980><c> and</c><00:23:21.900><c> God</c><00:23:22.259><c> here</c><00:23:22.960><c> in</c>

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this<00:23:23.380><c> event</c><00:23:24.000><c> is</c><00:23:24.740><c> funding</c><00:23:25.220><c> their</c>

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flight.<00:23:27.799><c> I</c><00:23:28.039><c> think</c><00:23:28.259><c> it's</c><00:23:28.400><c> fascinating</c><00:23:28.900><c> that</c><00:23:29.880><c> God</c><00:23:30.259><c> prepared</c><00:23:30.660><c> men</c><00:23:31.079><c> far</c><00:23:31.440><c> away</c><00:23:31.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:32.059><c> East</c><00:23:32.680><c> and</c><00:23:34.380><c> sent</c>

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them<00:23:34.720><c> on</c><00:23:34.900><c> an</c><00:23:35.140><c> enormous</c><00:23:35.539><c> journey</c><00:23:36.079><c> just</c><00:23:37.400><c> to</c><00:23:37.539><c> make</c><00:23:37.640><c> sure</c><00:23:37.839><c> Mary</c><00:23:38.140><c> would</c><00:23:38.359><c> have</c><00:23:38.660><c> the</c><00:23:39.619><c> finances</c><00:23:40.319><c> to</c>

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enable<00:23:41.759><c> her</c>

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to<00:23:42.660><c> protect</c><00:23:43.099><c> God's</c><00:23:43.920><c> son.</c>

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Well<00:23:46.920><c> verse</c><00:23:47.619><c> 14,</c><00:23:48.700><c> we</c><00:23:48.779><c> read</c><00:23:49.099><c> that</c><00:23:50.099><c> when</c><00:23:50.619><c> Joseph</c><00:23:50.980><c> had</c><00:23:51.220><c> had</c><00:23:51.400><c> the</c>

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dream,<00:23:52.420><c> warning</c><00:23:52.779><c> him</c><00:23:53.039><c> to</c><00:23:53.339><c> flee,</c><00:23:53.839><c> he</c><00:23:53.940><c> arose</c>

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and<00:23:54.480><c> he</c><00:23:54.680><c> took</c><00:23:54.799><c> the</c><00:23:55.000><c> young</c><00:23:55.220><c> child</c><00:23:55.519><c> and</c><00:23:55.680><c> his</c><00:23:55.859><c> mother</c><00:23:56.019><c> by</c><00:23:56.339><c> night</c>

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and<00:23:57.119><c> departed</c><00:23:57.640><c> into</c><00:23:58.660><c> Egypt.</c><00:24:00.420><c> That</c><00:24:00.759><c> was</c>

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a<00:24:01.119><c> very,</c><00:24:01.339><c> very</c><00:24:01.720><c> dramatic</c><00:24:02.400><c> sort</c><00:24:02.640><c> of</c><00:24:03.839><c> interlude</c><00:24:04.240><c> to</c><00:24:04.539><c> their</c><00:24:05.160><c> flight.</c><00:24:07.019><c> Verse</c><00:24:07.220><c> 14</c>

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describes<00:24:08.039><c> for</c><00:24:08.200><c> us</c><00:24:08.339><c> their</c>

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journey.<00:24:12.900><c> They</c><00:24:13.279><c> would</c><00:24:13.440><c> have</c><00:24:13.579><c> raced</c><00:24:14.039><c> 420</c><00:24:15.380><c> kilometres</c><00:24:15.920><c> south</c><00:24:16.299><c> to</c><00:24:16.500><c> Egypt,</c><00:24:17.279><c> Joseph,</c><00:24:18.299><c> Mary</c><00:24:18.579><c> and</c><00:24:18.960><c> a</c>

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small<00:24:19.500><c> child.</c>

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A<00:24:20.539><c> child</c><00:24:20.799><c> just</c><00:24:21.240><c> passed</c><00:24:21.619><c> his</c><00:24:21.839><c> first</c><00:24:22.359><c> birthday,</c><00:24:23.759><c> the</c><00:24:23.920><c> door</c><00:24:24.140><c> to</c>

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their<00:24:24.500><c> cottage</c><00:24:24.940><c> now</c><00:24:25.539><c> being</c><00:24:25.980><c> left</c><00:24:26.680><c> swinging</c>

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in<00:24:27.480><c> the</c><00:24:27.619><c> wind</c><00:24:28.039><c> and</c><00:24:28.799><c> the</c><00:24:29.019><c> townspeople</c><00:24:30.160><c> left</c><00:24:30.599><c> to</c><00:24:30.859><c> mutter</c><00:24:31.240><c> and</c><00:24:31.579><c> to</c>

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wonder<00:24:32.240><c> why</c><00:24:33.019><c> they</c><00:24:33.259><c> had</c><00:24:33.559><c> left</c><00:24:33.819><c> with</c><00:24:34.180><c> such</c>

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unseemly<00:24:35.099><c> haste</c><00:24:36.960><c> until</c><00:24:37.160><c> a</c><00:24:37.319><c> few</c><00:24:37.480><c> days</c><00:24:37.740><c> later</c><00:24:38.339><c> when</c><00:24:38.980><c> the</c>

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soldiers<00:24:39.420><c> arrived.</c>

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And<00:24:41.519><c> so</c><00:24:41.759><c> it</c><00:24:41.759><c> was</c><00:24:42.099><c> that</c><00:24:42.940><c> Mary</c><00:24:43.339><c> would</c><00:24:43.500><c> have</c><00:24:43.740><c> watched</c><00:24:44.000><c> our</c><00:24:44.259><c> Lord's</c>

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first<00:24:45.259><c> tottering</c><00:24:45.759><c> steps</c><00:24:46.500><c> among</c><00:24:47.160><c> the</c>

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strange<00:24:48.019><c> accents</c><00:24:48.619><c> in</c><00:24:48.799><c> the</c><00:24:48.980><c> wet</c><00:24:49.279><c> heat</c><00:24:49.480><c> of</c><00:24:49.660><c> an</c><00:24:49.859><c> Egyptian</c><00:24:50.259><c> city.</c>

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Joseph<00:24:52.079><c> and</c><00:24:52.940><c> Mary</c><00:24:53.480><c> Smith</c><00:24:54.079><c> of</c><00:24:54.519><c> no</c><00:24:54.900><c> fixed</c><00:24:55.339><c> abode</c>

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gaining<00:24:56.900><c> anonymity</c><00:24:58.180><c> amongst</c><00:24:58.759><c> the</c><00:24:59.000><c> teeming</c><00:24:59.380><c> millions</c><00:25:00.039><c> of</c><00:25:00.660><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:25:02.220><c> we've</c><00:25:02.359><c> got</c><00:25:02.500><c> no</c><00:25:02.640><c> record</c><00:25:02.960><c> of</c><00:25:03.140><c> that</c><00:25:03.279><c> time</c><00:25:03.500><c> in</c><00:25:03.700><c> Egypt.</c><00:25:05.099><c> There's</c><00:25:05.319><c> some</c>

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debate<00:25:05.880><c> about</c><00:25:06.140><c> how</c><00:25:06.400><c> long</c><00:25:06.559><c> they</c><00:25:06.799><c> spent</c>

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down<00:25:07.319><c> there</c><00:25:07.759><c> but</c><00:25:08.299><c> we</c><00:25:09.220><c> don't</c><00:25:09.460><c> know.</c><00:25:09.960><c> I'd</c><00:25:10.299><c> suggest</c><00:25:10.599><c> it</c><00:25:10.720><c> was</c><00:25:10.940><c> a</c><00:25:11.059><c> couple</c><00:25:11.259><c> of</c>

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years<00:25:11.640><c> at</c><00:25:11.880><c> least</c><00:25:12.359><c> and</c><00:25:13.500><c> these</c>

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would<00:25:14.079><c> have</c><00:25:14.380><c> been</c><00:25:14.920><c> very</c><00:25:15.500><c> stressful</c><00:25:16.079><c> years</c><00:25:16.859><c> as</c><00:25:18.019><c> Mary</c><00:25:18.400><c> and</c><00:25:18.619><c> Joseph</c><00:25:18.940><c> were</c>

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constantly<00:25:19.900><c> looking</c><00:25:20.240><c> over</c><00:25:20.539><c> their</c>

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shoulder<00:25:21.359><c> making</c><00:25:23.240><c> sure</c><00:25:23.880><c> that</c><00:25:25.039><c> they</c><00:25:25.240><c> had</c><00:25:25.480><c> not</c><00:25:25.619><c> been</c><00:25:25.880><c> found.</c>

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Until<00:25:27.299><c> verse</c><00:25:27.599><c> 19</c><00:25:28.160><c> when</c><00:25:28.359><c> we're</c><00:25:28.579><c> told</c><00:25:28.779><c> that</c><00:25:29.019><c> when</c><00:25:29.319><c> Herod</c><00:25:29.559><c> was</c><00:25:29.819><c> dead</c><00:25:30.000><c> behold</c><00:25:30.380><c> an</c>

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angel<00:25:31.039><c> of</c><00:25:31.240><c> the</c><00:25:31.400><c> Lord</c><00:25:31.779><c> appeared</c>

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in<00:25:32.480><c> a</c><00:25:32.759><c> dream</c><00:25:33.000><c> to</c><00:25:33.299><c> Joseph</c><00:25:34.059><c> while</c><00:25:34.680><c> they</c><00:25:34.839><c> were</c><00:25:35.180><c> in</c><00:25:35.640><c> Egypt.</c><00:25:36.819><c> An</c><00:25:36.900><c> angel</c><00:25:37.240><c> appears</c><00:25:38.019><c> unto</c><00:25:38.480><c> them</c><00:25:38.700><c> and</c>

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they<00:25:39.059><c> return.</c>

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And<00:25:39.700><c> verse</c><00:25:39.900><c> 22</c><00:25:40.339><c> tells</c><00:25:40.619><c> us</c><00:25:40.859><c> that</c><00:25:41.019><c> they</c><00:25:41.259><c> bypassed</c><00:25:42.140><c> Bethlehem</c><00:25:42.619><c> because</c><00:25:42.980><c> a</c>

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relative<00:25:43.599><c> of</c><00:25:43.940><c> Herod</c><00:25:44.220><c> was</c><00:25:44.640><c> still</c><00:25:44.960><c> ruling</c>

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there<00:25:45.619><c> and</c><00:25:45.779><c> now</c><00:25:46.079><c> they</c><00:25:46.319><c> head</c><00:25:46.480><c> home</c><00:25:46.880><c> finally</c><00:25:47.380><c> to</c><00:25:47.680><c> Nazareth.</c>

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Verse<00:25:49.660><c> 23</c><00:25:50.599><c> they</c><00:25:51.200><c> came</c><00:25:51.660><c> and</c><00:25:52.039><c> dwelt</c><00:25:52.940><c> in</c><00:25:53.500><c> a</c><00:25:53.759><c> city</c><00:25:54.400><c> called</c><00:25:55.180><c> Nazareth.</c><00:25:56.960><c> So</c><00:25:57.259><c> introduced</c><00:25:57.960><c> because</c><00:25:58.660><c> this</c><00:25:58.940><c> city</c>

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in<00:26:04.259><c> the</c><00:26:04.359><c> Old</c><00:26:04.559><c> Testament.</c><00:26:05.619><c> In</c><00:26:05.700><c> all</c><00:26:05.940><c> 37</c><00:26:06.599><c> books</c><00:26:06.980><c> this</c><00:26:07.619><c> little</c><00:26:07.960><c> village</c><00:26:08.279><c> never</c><00:26:08.680><c> crops</c><00:26:08.980><c> up.</c>

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Totally<00:26:11.000><c> endsful.</c>

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pregnancy<00:26:20.140><c> of</c><00:26:20.460><c> Mary.</c><00:26:22.059><c> And</c><00:26:22.299><c> now</c><00:26:22.819><c> they</c><00:26:23.180><c> walk</c><00:26:23.339><c> back</c><00:26:23.660><c> through</c><00:26:23.920><c> the</c>

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town<00:26:24.359><c> square.</c><00:26:25.640><c> Joseph</c><00:26:26.079><c> leading</c><00:26:26.420><c> a</c>

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little<00:26:26.759><c> boy</c><00:26:27.799><c> serious</c><00:26:29.279><c> faced</c><00:26:29.880><c> and</c><00:26:30.140><c> attentive</c><00:26:30.660><c> while</c><00:26:31.359><c> perhaps</c>

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Mary<00:26:32.180><c> carries</c><00:26:32.960><c> another.</c><00:26:34.079><c> Perhaps</c><00:26:34.400><c> by</c><00:26:34.640><c> this</c>

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time<00:26:35.140><c> Joseph</c><00:26:35.559><c> and</c><00:26:35.700><c> Mary</c><00:26:36.259><c> have</c><00:26:36.920><c> started</c><00:26:37.519><c> their</c><00:26:38.200><c> family</c><00:26:38.940><c> and</c>

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perhaps<00:26:40.059><c> Mary</c><00:26:40.460><c> cradles</c><00:26:40.920><c> James</c><00:26:41.680><c> the</c><00:26:42.339><c> Lord's</c>

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half<00:26:43.039><c> brother</c><00:26:43.299><c> in</c><00:26:43.519><c> her</c><00:26:43.680><c> arms.</c>

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The<00:26:46.359><c> record</c><00:26:46.700><c> tells</c><00:26:47.099><c> us</c><00:26:47.380><c> nothing</c><00:26:47.680><c> about</c><00:26:48.079><c> the</c><00:26:48.200><c> next</c><00:26:48.720><c> 12</c><00:26:49.140><c> years.</c>

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These<00:26:51.279><c> were</c><00:26:51.480><c> probably</c><00:26:51.920><c> the</c><00:26:52.180><c> best</c><00:26:52.579><c> years</c>

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of<00:26:53.319><c> Mary's</c><00:26:53.779><c> life</c><00:26:54.259><c> as</c><00:26:54.619><c> her</c><00:26:54.759><c> little</c><00:26:55.019><c> family</c><00:26:55.359><c> grew</c><00:26:55.660><c> and</c><00:26:55.960><c> prospered</c><00:26:56.380><c> in</c><00:26:56.559><c> Nazareth.</c><00:26:57.880><c> She</c>

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and<00:26:58.180><c> Joseph</c>

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were<00:26:59.079><c> to</c><00:26:59.240><c> end</c><00:26:59.480><c> up</c><00:26:59.640><c> with</c><00:26:59.799><c> at</c><00:26:59.980><c> least</c><00:27:00.319><c> six</c><00:27:00.779><c> children</c><00:27:01.299><c> of</c><00:27:01.819><c> their</c>

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own<00:27:02.559><c> we're</c><00:27:03.420><c> told.</c><00:27:04.859><c> First</c><00:27:05.099><c> there</c><00:27:05.259><c> would</c>

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Joses<00:27:11.059><c> or</c><00:27:11.519><c> Joseph</c><00:27:11.960><c> probably</c><00:27:12.440><c> named</c><00:27:12.779><c> after</c>

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his<00:27:13.480><c> father.</c><00:27:15.019><c> Simeon</c><00:27:15.519><c> or</c><00:27:15.900><c> in</c><00:27:16.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:27:16.619><c> Simon,</c><00:27:18.160><c> Shimeon.</c><00:27:19.519><c> Perhaps</c><00:27:20.019><c> for</c>

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the<00:27:20.440><c> faithful</c><00:27:20.859><c> old</c><00:27:21.440><c> Israelite</c><00:27:22.019><c> who</c>

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they<00:27:22.299><c> had</c><00:27:22.579><c> met</c><00:27:23.200><c> at</c><00:27:23.819><c> the</c><00:27:23.980><c> temple</c><00:27:24.299><c> now</c><00:27:24.779><c> passed</c><00:27:25.119><c> away.</c><00:27:26.119><c> And</c><00:27:26.359><c> Judas</c>

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or<00:27:27.619><c> Judah</c><00:27:28.000><c> a</c><00:27:28.380><c> name</c><00:27:28.640><c> that</c><00:27:29.039><c> speaks</c><00:27:29.420><c> of</c><00:27:29.960><c> praise</c>

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half<00:27:36.640><c> sisters.</c>

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particularly<00:27:44.079><c> her</c><00:27:44.480><c> youngest</c><00:27:44.740><c> son.</c><00:27:45.940><c> And</c><00:27:46.140><c> it's</c><00:27:46.359><c> clear</c><00:27:46.619><c> that</c><00:27:46.839><c> Mary</c><00:27:47.059><c> was</c><00:27:47.279><c> a</c>

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very<00:27:47.680><c> very</c><00:27:48.079><c> dedicated</c><00:27:48.599><c> mother.</c>

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of<00:27:53.200><c> spiritual</c><00:27:53.539><c> wisdom</c><00:27:54.059><c> that</c><00:27:54.480><c> she</c><00:27:54.680><c> could</c>

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possibly<00:27:55.440><c> impart.</c><00:27:57.299><c> Joseph's</c><00:27:57.599><c> influence</c><00:27:58.099><c> on</c><00:27:58.500><c> the</c><00:27:58.640><c> Lord</c><00:27:58.819><c> though</c><00:27:59.099><c> doubtless</c><00:27:59.579><c> important</c><00:28:00.380><c> would</c><00:28:01.440><c> have</c>

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been<00:28:01.759><c> limited</c><00:28:02.099><c> by</c><00:28:02.440><c> his</c><00:28:02.759><c> duty</c><00:28:03.039><c> to</c><00:28:03.359><c> provide</c><00:28:03.819><c> for</c><00:28:04.299><c> his</c><00:28:04.599><c> growing</c>

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family.<00:28:06.019><c> To</c><00:28:06.259><c> provide</c><00:28:06.559><c> for</c><00:28:06.759><c> their</c><00:28:07.000><c> living</c>

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and<00:28:07.900><c> their</c><00:28:08.200><c> feeding.</c><00:28:09.579><c> And</c><00:28:09.740><c> it</c><00:28:09.819><c> would</c><00:28:09.960><c> have</c><00:28:10.099><c> been</c><00:28:10.279><c> Mary</c><00:28:10.799><c> who</c><00:28:11.500><c> would</c><00:28:11.799><c> have</c><00:28:12.019><c> had</c><00:28:12.640><c> the</c><00:28:12.839><c> most</c><00:28:13.180><c> impact</c><00:28:13.779><c> on</c>

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this<00:28:14.980><c> very</c><00:28:15.619><c> special</c><00:28:16.380><c> little</c><00:28:16.759><c> boy</c><00:28:17.119><c> and</c><00:28:17.420><c> his</c><00:28:17.640><c> thinking.</c><00:28:19.539><c> You</c>

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know<00:28:19.900><c> what?</c><00:28:20.339><c> It's</c><00:28:20.839><c> clear</c><00:28:21.200><c> from</c><00:28:21.480><c> the</c><00:28:21.720><c> record</c>

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that<00:28:22.660><c> Mary</c><00:28:23.019><c> had</c><00:28:23.319><c> a</c><00:28:23.799><c> massive</c><00:28:24.700><c> impact</c><00:28:25.480><c> on</c><00:28:26.559><c> the</c><00:28:26.740><c> thinking</c><00:28:26.940><c> of</c><00:28:27.200><c> our</c>

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Lord.<00:28:28.599><c> Have</c><00:28:28.759><c> a</c><00:28:28.819><c> look</c><00:28:28.960><c> at</c><00:28:29.079><c> this</c><00:28:29.299><c> quote</c><00:28:29.519><c> Matthew</c>

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chapter<00:28:30.200><c> 7</c><00:28:30.539><c> verse</c><00:28:31.119><c> 29.</c><00:28:34.200><c> You</c><00:28:34.319><c> see</c><00:28:34.460><c> we're</c><00:28:34.740><c> told</c><00:28:34.900><c> here</c><00:28:35.119><c> that</c><00:28:35.619><c> Jesus</c><00:28:36.059><c> taught</c><00:28:36.279><c> not</c>

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as<00:28:36.880><c> one</c><00:28:37.079><c> having</c><00:28:37.599><c> taught</c>

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kids,<00:28:42.359><c> not</c><00:28:42.700><c> as</c><00:28:42.980><c> one</c><00:28:43.240><c> who</c><00:28:43.480><c> had</c><00:28:43.700><c> graduated</c><00:28:44.180><c> from</c><00:28:44.440><c> one</c><00:28:44.619><c> of</c><00:28:44.720><c> the</c>

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famous<00:28:45.359><c> Jewish</c><00:28:45.759><c> rabbinical</c><00:28:46.299><c> schools.</c>

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The<00:28:47.180><c> way</c><00:28:47.380><c> he</c><00:28:47.640><c> taught</c><00:28:47.880><c> was</c><00:28:48.220><c> completely</c><00:28:49.000><c> different</c><00:28:49.500><c> to</c><00:28:49.819><c> a</c><00:28:49.920><c> graduate</c><00:28:50.400><c> of</c><00:28:50.799><c> one</c><00:28:51.000><c> of</c>

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those<00:28:51.440><c> schools.</c><00:28:53.119><c> Clearly</c>

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the<00:28:53.940><c> Lord</c><00:28:54.160><c> had</c><00:28:54.460><c> never</c><00:28:54.940><c> been</c><00:28:55.339><c> the</c><00:28:55.619><c> beneficiary</c><00:28:56.359><c> of</c><00:28:56.920><c> an</c><00:28:57.059><c> education</c><00:28:57.839><c> from</c><00:28:58.299><c> a</c>

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school<00:28:58.940><c> of</c><00:28:59.740><c> rabbinic</c><00:29:00.319><c> thought.</c>

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He<00:29:01.079><c> had</c><00:29:01.319><c> a</c><00:29:01.319><c> totally</c><00:29:01.839><c> different</c><00:29:02.200><c> way</c><00:29:02.460><c> of</c><00:29:02.720><c> teaching</c><00:29:03.099><c> and</c><00:29:03.779><c> thinking</c><00:29:04.180><c> to</c><00:29:04.400><c> them</c><00:29:04.559><c> yet</c>

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he<00:29:04.859><c> was</c><00:29:05.160><c> still</c><00:29:05.440><c> able</c>

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to<00:29:05.859><c> teach</c><00:29:06.240><c> with</c><00:29:07.119><c> authority.</c><00:29:09.980><c> I</c><00:29:10.039><c> want</c><00:29:10.240><c> us</c><00:29:10.400><c> to</c><00:29:10.460><c> jump</c><00:29:10.680><c> across</c><00:29:11.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:11.720><c> story</c><00:29:12.000><c> that</c><00:29:12.140><c> we're</c><00:29:12.279><c> going</c><00:29:12.559><c> to</c><00:29:12.720><c> look</c>

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at<00:29:13.420><c> in</c><00:29:14.059><c> a</c><00:29:14.220><c> minute</c><00:29:14.440><c> or</c><00:29:14.700><c> two</c><00:29:14.940><c> and</c><00:29:15.299><c> just</c><00:29:15.579><c> pluck</c><00:29:15.700><c> out</c><00:29:15.960><c> one</c><00:29:16.339><c> verse</c><00:29:16.819><c> out</c><00:29:17.160><c> of</c>

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that<00:29:17.500><c> story</c><00:29:17.779><c> before</c><00:29:18.059><c> we</c><00:29:18.240><c> come</c><00:29:18.460><c> back</c>

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to<00:29:18.880><c> it.</c><00:29:19.160><c> And</c><00:29:19.319><c> that's</c><00:29:19.519><c> in</c><00:29:19.640><c> Luke</c><00:29:19.799><c> chapter</c><00:29:20.160><c> 2</c><00:29:20.579><c> and</c><00:29:20.859><c> verse</c><00:29:21.220><c> 47.</c><00:29:24.819><c> Clearly</c><00:29:25.380><c> Mary</c><00:29:26.319><c> had</c>

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an<00:29:27.000><c> enormous</c><00:29:27.480><c> impact</c><00:29:28.259><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:29.940><c> thinking</c><00:29:30.000><c> and</c><00:29:30.920><c> the</c><00:29:31.160><c> teaching</c><00:29:31.700><c> of</c><00:29:32.640><c> the</c><00:29:32.740><c> Lord</c><00:29:33.000><c> Jesus</c><00:29:33.559><c> Christ.</c><00:29:35.140><c> Luke</c>

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chapter<00:29:35.660><c> 2</c><00:29:35.900><c> verse</c><00:29:36.140><c> 47</c><00:29:36.960><c> describes</c>

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the<00:29:37.940><c> instance</c><00:29:38.259><c> where</c><00:29:38.519><c> the</c><00:29:38.680><c> Lord</c><00:29:39.160><c> was</c><00:29:39.740><c> while</c><00:29:39.980><c> he</c><00:29:40.119><c> was</c><00:29:40.299><c> in</c><00:29:40.440><c> the</c>

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temple<00:29:40.839><c> debating</c><00:29:41.539><c> the</c><00:29:41.839><c> teachers</c><00:29:42.240><c> of</c><00:29:42.460><c> the</c>

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law<00:29:42.740><c> and</c><00:29:42.920><c> the</c><00:29:43.059><c> doctors</c><00:29:43.539><c> and</c><00:29:44.019><c> we're</c><00:29:44.220><c> told</c><00:29:44.400><c> that</c><00:29:44.720><c> all</c><00:29:45.039><c> that</c><00:29:45.359><c> heard</c><00:29:45.559><c> him</c>

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were<00:29:46.519><c> astonished</c><00:29:48.099><c> at</c><00:29:49.000><c> his</c><00:29:49.180><c> understanding</c>

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ringleaders<00:30:27.700><c> that</c><00:30:28.740><c> have</c><00:30:28.900><c> been</c><00:30:29.079><c> not</c><00:30:29.299><c> interested</c>

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teaching<00:30:33.160><c> at</c><00:30:33.380><c> its</c><00:30:33.619><c> core.</c>

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was<00:30:45.039><c> so</c><00:30:45.440><c> unique</c><00:30:45.819><c> to</c><00:30:46.019><c> theirs</c><00:30:46.380><c> this</c><00:30:47.680><c> was</c>

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thinking<00:30:53.240><c> and</c><00:30:53.519><c> speaking</c><00:30:53.859><c> from</c><00:30:54.619><c> Joseph.</c>

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There's<00:30:56.279><c> no</c><00:30:56.660><c> way</c><00:30:57.039><c> the</c><00:30:57.500><c> Lord</c><00:30:57.700><c> could</c><00:30:57.920><c> have</c><00:30:58.160><c> got</c><00:30:58.819><c> this</c><00:30:59.940><c> mindset</c><00:31:00.980><c> from</c><00:31:01.319><c> Joseph.</c><00:31:01.740><c> Yes,</c><00:31:01.980><c> Joseph</c><00:31:02.259><c> was</c><00:31:02.480><c> a</c><00:31:02.660><c> just</c>

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:07.099
man.<00:31:03.720><c> Yes,</c><00:31:04.119><c> he</c><00:31:04.240><c> was</c><00:31:04.440><c> a</c><00:31:04.579><c> faithful</c><00:31:04.799><c> man</c><00:31:05.000><c> but</c><00:31:05.200><c> Joseph</c><00:31:05.660><c> we</c><00:31:05.920><c> know</c><00:31:06.059><c> was</c><00:31:06.440><c> guided</c><00:31:06.779><c> by</c>

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the<00:31:07.279><c> law</c><00:31:07.539><c> and</c><00:31:07.960><c> rabbinic</c>

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thought,<00:31:09.400><c> one</c><00:31:09.599><c> of</c><00:31:09.759><c> the</c><00:31:09.940><c> few</c><00:31:10.119><c> instances</c><00:31:10.660><c> we</c><00:31:10.900><c> know</c><00:31:11.200><c> about</c><00:31:11.440><c> Joseph</c><00:31:11.779><c> where</c>

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.980
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decision<00:31:18.400><c> about</c><00:31:19.220><c> whether</c>

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change<00:31:39.500><c> his</c><00:31:40.220><c> train</c><00:31:40.660><c> of</c><00:31:41.000><c> thought</c><00:31:41.240><c> and</c>

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the<00:31:46.559><c> time.</c><00:31:47.119><c> Now</c><00:31:47.240><c> our</c>

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00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:59.799
from<00:31:54.920><c> Mary.</c><00:31:56.980><c> When</c><00:31:57.220><c> we</c><00:31:57.420><c> talk</c><00:31:57.579><c> about</c><00:31:57.799><c> the</c><00:31:58.019><c> teachings</c><00:31:58.480><c> of</c><00:31:59.359><c> Christ</c>

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what<00:32:00.000><c> comes</c><00:32:00.259><c> to</c><00:32:00.460><c> mind?</c><00:32:01.319><c> The</c><00:32:01.539><c> first</c><00:32:01.759><c> thing</c>

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is<00:32:04.380><c> probably</c><00:32:04.759><c> parables.</c><00:32:05.700><c> The</c><00:32:06.000><c> parables,</c>

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mother's<00:32:14.720><c> explanation</c><00:32:15.220><c> to</c><00:32:15.460><c> a</c><00:32:15.619><c> child.</c><00:32:16.799><c> Simple,</c><00:32:17.680><c> earthy</c><00:32:18.200><c> analogies</c><00:32:18.720><c> as</c><00:32:18.880><c> if</c>

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explained<00:32:19.980><c> to</c><00:32:20.480><c> a</c><00:32:20.619><c> child.</c><00:32:22.200><c> And</c>

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I<00:32:22.500><c> think</c><00:32:22.680><c> this</c><00:32:22.960><c> talent</c><00:32:23.240><c> of</c><00:32:23.420><c> our</c><00:32:23.619><c> Lord's</c><00:32:24.400><c> for</c><00:32:24.640><c> telling</c><00:32:24.980><c> these</c>

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:29.359
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Mary's<00:32:29.799><c> name.</c><00:32:30.940><c> I</c><00:32:31.059><c> think</c><00:32:31.460><c> that,</c><00:32:32.180><c> don't</c><00:32:32.359><c> you?</c>

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Have<00:32:35.559><c> a</c><00:32:35.680><c> look</c><00:32:35.740><c> at</c><00:32:35.839><c> this.</c><00:32:38.339><c> My</c><00:32:38.400><c> first</c><00:32:38.799><c> memory</c><00:32:39.319><c> is</c><00:32:40.079><c> of</c><00:32:40.380><c> a</c><00:32:40.519><c> particular</c><00:32:40.940><c> instance</c>

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in<00:32:41.640><c> my</c><00:32:41.920><c> childhood</c><00:32:42.279><c> where</c>

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I've<00:32:43.880><c> got</c><00:32:44.000><c> this</c><00:32:44.220><c> picture</c><00:32:44.539><c> of,</c><00:32:45.059><c> in</c><00:32:45.200><c> my</c><00:32:45.460><c> head</c><00:32:45.559><c> I've</c><00:32:45.759><c> been</c><00:32:45.940><c> in</c><00:32:46.119><c> the</c>

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house<00:32:46.480><c> of</c><00:32:46.700><c> another</c><00:32:46.900><c> family,</c><00:32:47.779><c> another</c>

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Christadelphian<00:32:48.559><c> family.</c><00:32:49.000><c> I</c><00:32:49.000><c> can</c><00:32:49.220><c> remember</c><00:32:49.500><c> their</c><00:32:49.779><c> combi</c>

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:52.920
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glass<00:32:53.700><c> window</c><00:32:54.299><c> and</c><00:32:54.799><c> my</c><00:32:54.980><c> mother</c><00:32:55.220><c> leaving.</c><00:32:55.599><c> That's</c><00:32:55.880><c> my</c><00:32:56.099><c> first</c>

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memory.<00:32:56.920><c> It's</c><00:32:57.259><c> very</c><00:32:57.579><c> vague,</c><00:32:57.900><c> it's</c><00:32:57.980><c> very</c>

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misty,<00:32:58.680><c> it's</c><00:32:58.759><c> in</c><00:32:58.920><c> the</c><00:32:58.980><c> distant</c><00:32:59.299><c> past.</c><00:33:01.240><c> The</c><00:33:01.380><c> Lord</c><00:33:01.759><c> had</c><00:33:02.259><c> a</c><00:33:02.480><c> first</c>

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memory.<00:33:04.940><c> Psalm</c><00:33:05.079><c> 22</c><00:33:05.619><c> verse</c><00:33:06.000><c> 9,</c><00:33:06.660><c> a</c><00:33:06.900><c> psalm</c>

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that<00:33:07.480><c> tells</c><00:33:07.720><c> us</c><00:33:07.960><c> in</c><00:33:08.319><c> great</c><00:33:08.599><c> detail</c><00:33:09.000><c> the</c><00:33:09.279><c> thinking</c><00:33:09.519><c> of</c><00:33:09.720><c> the</c><00:33:09.839><c> Lord</c><00:33:10.039><c> Jesus</c><00:33:10.519><c> Christ,</c><00:33:11.019><c> particularly</c><00:33:11.440><c> on</c>

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was<00:33:25.119><c> weaned</c><00:33:25.819><c> he</c><00:33:26.059><c> was</c><00:33:26.500><c> already</c><00:33:27.519><c> learning</c>

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to<00:33:28.940><c> trust</c><00:33:29.339><c> God,</c><00:33:29.900><c> he</c><00:33:30.480><c> says.</c><00:33:31.339><c> This</c><00:33:31.619><c> is</c><00:33:31.880><c> a</c><00:33:32.000><c> psalm</c><00:33:32.279><c> of</c><00:33:32.720><c> Christ's</c><00:33:33.359><c> thought</c><00:33:33.579><c> and</c><00:33:33.940><c> it</c>

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00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:49.440
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00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.839
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00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:05.160
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00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:08.500
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00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:12.480
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00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:14.019
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00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:17.159
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Nazareth,<00:34:17.739><c> one</c><00:34:18.000><c> can</c>

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00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:26.039
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00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:30.559
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00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.260
enduring<00:34:30.980><c> memory,</c><00:34:31.780><c> a</c><00:34:32.059><c> phrase</c>

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:36.139
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00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:38.760
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00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:44.440
thought.<00:34:41.360><c> You</c><00:34:41.619><c> know</c><00:34:41.739><c> this</c><00:34:41.860><c> is</c><00:34:42.139><c> a</c><00:34:42.239><c> real</c><00:34:42.400><c> lesson</c><00:34:42.800><c> for</c><00:34:43.019><c> the</c><00:34:43.760><c> sisters,</c><00:34:44.340><c> for</c>

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.440
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00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:56.019
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00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.019
the<00:34:56.019><c> world.</c>

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00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:08.019
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00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:12.219
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00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:17.920
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00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:23.659
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00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:25.860
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00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:34.139
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00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:38.059
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00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:40.559
find<00:35:38.539><c> is</c><00:35:39.579><c> a</c><00:35:39.739><c> Mary.</c>

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00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:48.900
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00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:55.260
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00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.639
no<00:35:55.559><c> child</c><00:35:55.940><c> so</c><00:35:56.239><c> obedient,</c>

00:35:57.039 --> 00:36:01.000
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00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:08.559
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special<00:36:08.840><c> child.</c>

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And<00:36:10.139><c> Luke</c><00:36:10.380><c> chapter</c><00:36:10.760><c> 2</c><00:36:11.360><c> records,</c><00:36:12.179><c> well</c><00:36:12.559><c> for</c><00:36:12.920><c> us</c><00:36:13.159><c> it</c><00:36:13.340><c> records</c><00:36:13.659><c> the</c><00:36:13.860><c> first</c><00:36:14.420><c> crack</c><00:36:14.900><c> in</c>

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.940
this<00:36:15.840><c> special</c><00:36:16.219><c> relationship.</c>

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00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:24.420
crack<00:36:22.719><c> that</c><00:36:23.119><c> over</c><00:36:23.440><c> the</c><00:36:23.659><c> years</c><00:36:23.880><c> was</c><00:36:24.099><c> going</c>

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:29.000
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00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.980
soul<00:36:29.239><c> with</c><00:36:29.519><c> grief.</c><00:36:31.019><c> Because</c><00:36:31.239><c> in</c><00:36:31.400><c> Luke</c><00:36:31.599><c> chapter</c>

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:37.960
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00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.420
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00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:42.460
law<00:36:38.599><c> according</c><00:36:39.039><c> to</c><00:36:39.300><c> the</c><00:36:39.480><c> custom</c><00:36:39.820><c> as</c><00:36:39.980><c> it</c><00:36:40.179><c> says</c><00:36:40.340><c> in</c><00:36:40.519><c> verse</c><00:36:41.219><c> 42.</c>

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.539
When<00:36:43.079><c> he</c><00:36:43.219><c> was</c><00:36:43.460><c> 12</c><00:36:43.800><c> years</c><00:36:44.179><c> old</c><00:36:44.559><c> they</c><00:36:45.360><c> went</c>

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:52.519
up<00:36:45.699><c> to</c><00:36:45.880><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:46.440><c> after</c><00:36:47.260><c> the</c><00:36:47.519><c> custom</c><00:36:48.119><c> of</c><00:36:48.920><c> the</c><00:36:49.059><c> feast.</c><00:36:52.059><c> Christ</c>

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:57.380
was<00:36:53.619><c> now</c><00:36:54.139><c> committed</c><00:36:54.659><c> to</c><00:36:54.900><c> God.</c><00:36:56.679><c> Like</c><00:36:56.880><c> every</c>

00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:01.519
Jewish<00:36:57.800><c> boy</c><00:36:58.059><c> of</c><00:36:58.300><c> this</c><00:36:58.500><c> age</c><00:36:58.760><c> he</c><00:36:58.940><c> would</c><00:36:59.239><c> become</c><00:36:59.639><c> responsible</c><00:37:00.599><c> to</c>

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:04.440
Yahweh<00:37:02.039><c> now.</c><00:37:02.420><c> Responsible</c><00:37:03.119><c> to</c><00:37:03.300><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:03.840><c> first</c>

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:10.039
and<00:37:04.900><c> foremost.</c><00:37:07.519><c> And</c><00:37:07.639><c> having</c><00:37:08.079><c> completed</c><00:37:08.820><c> all</c><00:37:09.300><c> that</c><00:37:09.440><c> they</c><00:37:09.639><c> wished</c><00:37:09.880><c> to</c>

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.260
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00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:14.519
year<00:37:11.460><c> the</c><00:37:11.579><c> family</c><00:37:11.900><c> returned</c><00:37:12.380><c> home.</c><00:37:13.599><c> Of</c><00:37:13.719><c> course</c><00:37:13.960><c> we</c><00:37:14.059><c> know</c><00:37:14.320><c> that</c>

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:16.840
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remained<00:37:17.360><c> debating</c><00:37:17.820><c> in</c><00:37:18.119><c> the</c><00:37:18.280><c> temple.</c><00:37:19.960><c> And</c><00:37:20.039><c> in</c><00:37:20.199><c> verse</c><00:37:20.380><c> 48</c><00:37:20.980><c> we</c>

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.440
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00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:28.199
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you<00:37:30.480><c> dealt</c><00:37:30.880><c> thus</c><00:37:31.139><c> with</c><00:37:31.400><c> us?</c><00:37:31.760><c> Behold</c><00:37:32.079><c> your</c><00:37:32.300><c> father</c><00:37:32.599><c> and</c><00:37:32.780><c> I</c><00:37:32.900><c> we</c>

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sought<00:37:33.300><c> you</c><00:37:33.659><c> sorrowing.</c><00:37:35.340><c> Four</c><00:37:35.619><c> days</c><00:37:35.900><c> of</c>

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strayed<00:37:46.420><c> son.</c><00:37:48.000><c> But</c><00:37:48.619><c> there's</c><00:37:48.920><c> a</c><00:37:49.039><c> slip</c><00:37:49.179><c> of</c><00:37:49.380><c> the</c>

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tongue<00:37:50.079><c> in</c><00:37:51.039><c> her</c><00:37:51.360><c> rebuke</c><00:37:51.699><c> here.</c><00:37:53.360><c> For</c><00:37:53.539><c> she</c><00:37:53.780><c> said,</c><00:37:55.980><c> son</c><00:37:56.320><c> thy</c><00:37:57.900><c> father</c><00:37:58.739><c> and</c>

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I<00:37:59.860><c> have</c><00:38:00.980><c> sought</c><00:38:01.360><c> thee</c><00:38:01.980><c> sorrowing.</c>

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Joseph<00:38:05.840><c> did</c><00:38:06.280><c> have</c><00:38:06.820><c> the</c><00:38:07.039><c> legal</c><00:38:07.519><c> right</c><00:38:07.980><c> to</c><00:38:08.980><c> call</c><00:38:09.300><c> himself</c><00:38:10.039><c> Jesus'</c><00:38:10.840><c> father.</c><00:38:12.340><c> That</c>

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legal<00:38:12.800><c> right</c><00:38:13.000><c> was</c><00:38:13.300><c> conferred</c>

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on<00:38:14.099><c> the</c><00:38:14.320><c> one</c><00:38:14.539><c> who</c><00:38:14.900><c> paid</c><00:38:15.280><c> for</c><00:38:15.739><c> the</c><00:38:16.079><c> sacrifices</c><00:38:16.579><c> that</c><00:38:16.800><c> were</c><00:38:17.019><c> offered</c><00:38:17.360><c> 40</c>

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child.<00:38:20.619><c> And</c><00:38:20.820><c> legally</c><00:38:21.559><c> Joseph</c><00:38:22.639><c> was</c><00:38:23.139><c> entitled</c><00:38:23.719><c> to</c><00:38:24.000><c> call</c><00:38:24.260><c> himself</c><00:38:25.239><c> the</c><00:38:25.920><c> father</c><00:38:26.679><c> of</c>

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Jesus.<00:38:28.219><c> But</c><00:38:28.519><c> Mary</c>

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:32.079
should<00:38:29.139><c> have</c><00:38:29.599><c> known,</c><00:38:29.780><c> she</c><00:38:30.079><c> should</c><00:38:30.559><c> have</c><00:38:30.760><c> known</c><00:38:31.000><c> that</c><00:38:31.539><c> in</c><00:38:31.820><c> the</c>

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case<00:38:32.480><c> of</c><00:38:32.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:38:34.639><c> his</c><00:38:34.820><c> real</c><00:38:35.260><c> father</c><00:38:35.579><c> was</c>

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:42.619
far<00:38:36.559><c> too</c><00:38:36.940><c> great</c><00:38:37.320><c> for</c><00:38:38.059><c> Joseph</c><00:38:38.460><c> to</c><00:38:38.780><c> ever</c><00:38:38.960><c> be</c><00:38:39.239><c> placed</c><00:38:39.519><c> in</c><00:38:39.739><c> a</c><00:38:39.960><c> comparable</c><00:38:40.420><c> position.</c><00:38:42.460><c> The</c>

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father<00:38:43.320><c> of</c><00:38:44.199><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:38:45.340><c> far</c><00:38:45.760><c> too</c><00:38:46.019><c> sublime,</c><00:38:46.679><c> far</c><00:38:46.980><c> too</c><00:38:47.320><c> elevated</c><00:38:47.840><c> for</c><00:38:48.500><c> Joseph</c><00:38:48.980><c> to</c>

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:53.699
ever<00:38:49.980><c> have</c><00:38:51.019><c> that</c><00:38:51.420><c> title,</c><00:38:52.559><c> the</c><00:38:52.840><c> father</c>

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of<00:38:54.039><c> Christ,</c><00:38:54.940><c> and</c><00:38:55.019><c> to</c><00:38:55.119><c> be</c><00:38:55.320><c> put</c><00:38:55.579><c> on</c><00:38:55.800><c> a</c><00:38:55.960><c> level.</c><00:38:57.960><c> And</c><00:38:58.119><c> this</c><00:38:58.360><c> was</c><00:38:58.639><c> a</c>

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:01.019
slip<00:38:58.860><c> of</c><00:38:59.039><c> the</c><00:38:59.239><c> tongue</c><00:38:59.420><c> by</c><00:38:59.659><c> Mary.</c><00:39:00.599><c> And</c><00:39:00.679><c> so</c><00:39:00.880><c> in</c>

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:04.960
verse<00:39:01.239><c> 49</c><00:39:01.739><c> the</c><00:39:01.840><c> Lord</c><00:39:02.159><c> said,</c><00:39:03.019><c> how</c><00:39:03.059><c> is</c><00:39:03.260><c> it</c><00:39:03.360><c> that</c><00:39:03.500><c> you</c><00:39:03.760><c> sought</c><00:39:03.940><c> me?</c>

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Didn't<00:39:05.340><c> you</c><00:39:05.579><c> know</c><00:39:05.820><c> that</c><00:39:05.960><c> I</c><00:39:06.119><c> must</c><00:39:06.300><c> be</c>

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about<00:39:06.659><c> my</c><00:39:06.960><c> father's</c><00:39:07.780><c> business?</c><00:39:09.400><c> In</c><00:39:09.739><c> many</c><00:39:10.000><c> ways</c><00:39:10.260><c> this</c><00:39:10.500><c> is</c><00:39:10.800><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:39:11.239><c> of</c><00:39:11.519><c> Christ's</c><00:39:12.219><c> ministry.</c><00:39:13.420><c> 21</c>

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years<00:39:14.400><c> later</c><00:39:14.659><c> on</c><00:39:14.920><c> he's</c><00:39:15.340><c> going</c><00:39:15.460><c> to</c><00:39:15.800><c> complete</c><00:39:16.500><c> this</c><00:39:17.179><c> ministry</c>

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:20.800
in<00:39:18.300><c> the</c><00:39:18.659><c> same</c><00:39:19.019><c> city,</c><00:39:19.739><c> 21</c><00:39:20.179><c> years</c><00:39:20.500><c> later</c>

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:25.199
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is<00:39:25.760><c> finished,</c><00:39:26.559><c> as</c><00:39:26.780><c> he</c><00:39:27.019><c> completed</c>

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his<00:39:27.840><c> father's</c><00:39:28.400><c> business.</c><00:39:30.440><c> The</c><00:39:30.679><c> rebuke</c><00:39:31.159><c> to</c><00:39:31.400><c> Mary</c><00:39:31.960><c> here</c><00:39:32.400><c> is</c><00:39:32.820><c> clear.</c><00:39:34.420><c> And</c>

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yet<00:39:34.920><c> the</c><00:39:35.519><c> full</c><00:39:35.840><c> meaning</c><00:39:36.260><c> of</c>

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this<00:39:36.840><c> sentence</c><00:39:37.440><c> is</c><00:39:38.559><c> less</c><00:39:39.059><c> clear.</c><00:39:40.780><c> Clearly</c><00:39:41.480><c> Christ</c><00:39:42.519><c> was</c><00:39:42.739><c> telling</c><00:39:43.000><c> his</c><00:39:43.219><c> mother,</c><00:39:44.199><c> I</c>

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should<00:39:44.679><c> have</c><00:39:44.860><c> been</c>

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doing<00:39:45.219><c> what</c><00:39:45.400><c> I</c><00:39:45.599><c> was</c><00:39:45.739><c> doing,</c><00:39:45.940><c> you're</c><00:39:46.139><c> wrong</c><00:39:46.440><c> here.</c><00:39:47.840><c> But</c><00:39:48.159><c> the</c><00:39:48.300><c> question</c><00:39:48.619><c> is,</c><00:39:49.039><c> what</c><00:39:49.099><c> business</c><00:39:49.559><c> of</c><00:39:49.940><c> gods</c>

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:56.960
could<00:39:51.460><c> a</c><00:39:51.739><c> 12</c><00:39:51.880><c> year</c><00:39:52.079><c> old</c><00:39:52.360><c> possibly</c><00:39:52.880><c> be</c><00:39:53.219><c> engaged</c><00:39:53.679><c> in?</c><00:39:56.099><c> Verse</c><00:39:56.280><c> 50,</c>

00:39:57.239 --> 00:40:00.239
they<00:39:57.579><c> understood</c><00:39:58.199><c> not</c><00:39:59.119><c> the</c><00:39:59.780><c> saying</c><00:40:00.019><c> which</c>

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:06.739
he<00:40:00.500><c> spake</c><00:40:01.199><c> unto</c><00:40:01.559><c> him.</c><00:40:03.000><c> They</c><00:40:03.179><c> didn't</c><00:40:03.400><c> understand</c><00:40:03.900><c> how</c><00:40:04.139><c> a</c><00:40:04.300><c> 12</c><00:40:04.460><c> year</c><00:40:04.639><c> old</c><00:40:04.699><c> could</c><00:40:04.940><c> possibly</c><00:40:05.579><c> be</c><00:40:06.199><c> engaged</c>

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in<00:40:07.280><c> the</c><00:40:07.480><c> business</c><00:40:07.780><c> of</c><00:40:08.000><c> the</c><00:40:08.159><c> father.</c><00:40:10.579><c> And</c><00:40:10.920><c> what</c><00:40:10.980><c> was</c><00:40:11.159><c> Mary's</c><00:40:11.579><c> response?</c><00:40:13.400><c> Verse</c><00:40:13.659><c> 51,</c><00:40:15.039><c> the</c><00:40:15.039><c> father</c><00:40:15.039><c> of</c>

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him,<00:40:15.980><c> when</c><00:40:16.280><c> he</c><00:40:16.360><c> came</c><00:40:16.639><c> down</c><00:40:17.000><c> with</c><00:40:17.219><c> them,</c><00:40:17.760><c> came</c><00:40:18.039><c> to</c><00:40:18.219><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:21.360
he<00:40:19.179><c> was</c><00:40:19.360><c> subject</c><00:40:19.760><c> to</c><00:40:19.920><c> them,</c><00:40:20.820><c> but</c><00:40:21.079><c> his</c>

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:29.039
mother<00:40:21.659><c> kept</c><00:40:22.079><c> all</c><00:40:22.780><c> these</c><00:40:23.280><c> sayings</c><00:40:23.940><c> in</c><00:40:24.800><c> her</c><00:40:25.280><c> heart.</c><00:40:27.539><c> Once</c><00:40:27.760><c> again</c><00:40:28.139><c> Mary</c>

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:32.760
watches<00:40:30.219><c> carefully.</c><00:40:32.219><c> And</c><00:40:32.440><c> rather</c>

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:36.179
than<00:40:32.920><c> jumping</c><00:40:33.300><c> to</c><00:40:33.559><c> a</c><00:40:33.820><c> decision</c><00:40:34.099><c> and</c><00:40:34.280><c> a</c><00:40:34.519><c> conclusion,</c><00:40:35.340><c> she</c><00:40:35.539><c> waits</c><00:40:35.920><c> for</c>

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God's<00:40:36.880><c> explanation.</c><00:40:45.039><c> The</c><00:40:45.039><c> way</c>

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once<00:40:45.500><c> again</c><00:40:46.559><c> Mary</c><00:40:47.360><c> doesn't</c><00:40:47.619><c> jump</c><00:40:47.900><c> to</c><00:40:48.039><c> a</c><00:40:48.179><c> conclusion,</c><00:40:49.579><c> she</c><00:40:49.900><c> waits</c><00:40:50.460><c> for</c>

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the<00:40:51.800><c> father</c><00:40:52.059><c> to</c><00:40:52.320><c> tell</c><00:40:52.440><c> her</c><00:40:52.559><c> what</c>

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this<00:40:53.019><c> means.</c><00:40:55.840><c> Well</c><00:40:55.980><c> once</c><00:40:56.320><c> again</c><00:40:56.579><c> the</c><00:40:56.780><c> hands</c><00:40:57.119><c> of</c><00:40:57.280><c> time</c><00:40:57.519><c> are</c><00:40:57.679><c> going</c><00:40:57.940><c> to</c>

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blur<00:40:58.619><c> before</c><00:40:59.019><c> us</c><00:40:59.300><c> and</c><00:40:59.460><c> I</c><00:40:59.719><c> want</c><00:40:59.880><c> us</c>

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now<00:41:00.199><c> to</c><00:41:00.400><c> turn</c><00:41:00.539><c> over</c><00:41:00.739><c> to</c><00:41:00.920><c> our</c><00:41:01.059><c> reading</c><00:41:01.300><c> in</c><00:41:01.519><c> John</c><00:41:01.739><c> chapter</c><00:41:02.099><c> 2.</c><00:41:03.760><c> Another</c><00:41:04.059><c> 18</c>

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:09.059
years<00:41:05.400><c> are</c><00:41:05.980><c> going</c><00:41:06.199><c> to</c><00:41:06.519><c> pass</c><00:41:07.199><c> in</c><00:41:07.840><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:14.880
Another<00:41:09.739><c> 18</c><00:41:10.360><c> unrecorded</c><00:41:11.420><c> years</c><00:41:12.039><c> will</c><00:41:12.619><c> flash</c><00:41:12.920><c> by.</c><00:41:14.380><c> The</c><00:41:14.539><c> Lord</c>

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we're<00:41:15.179><c> told</c><00:41:15.340><c> grew</c><00:41:15.880><c> physically</c><00:41:16.780><c> and</c><00:41:17.400><c> spiritually</c>

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:23.639
and<00:41:18.980><c> we</c><00:41:19.099><c> know</c><00:41:19.380><c> that</c><00:41:19.599><c> he</c><00:41:19.699><c> was</c><00:41:20.000><c> an</c><00:41:20.360><c> apprentice</c><00:41:21.280><c> in</c><00:41:21.880><c> Joseph's</c><00:41:22.619><c> trade,</c><00:41:23.019><c> helping</c><00:41:23.340><c> out</c>

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.920
in<00:41:24.539><c> the</c><00:41:24.699><c> family</c><00:41:25.119><c> carpentry</c>

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:33.340
business.<00:41:27.639><c> For</c><00:41:27.820><c> 18</c><00:41:28.360><c> years</c><00:41:28.900><c> the</c><00:41:29.480><c> sharp</c><00:41:29.840><c> rebuke</c><00:41:30.280><c> by</c><00:41:30.500><c> the</c><00:41:30.679><c> Lord</c><00:41:30.880><c> Jesus</c><00:41:31.320><c> Christ,</c><00:41:32.480><c> wish</c><00:41:32.719><c> ye</c><00:41:32.900><c> not</c><00:41:33.039><c> I</c><00:41:33.159><c> must</c>

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:36.880
be<00:41:33.579><c> about</c><00:41:33.679><c> my</c><00:41:34.039><c> father's</c><00:41:34.539><c> business,</c><00:41:35.619><c> the</c><00:41:35.840><c> sharp</c><00:41:36.159><c> rebuke</c><00:41:36.480><c> by</c><00:41:36.679><c> a</c>

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12<00:41:37.079><c> year</c><00:41:37.280><c> old</c><00:41:37.820><c> lay</c><00:41:38.159><c> in</c><00:41:38.340><c> the</c><00:41:38.460><c> back</c><00:41:38.659><c> of</c>

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:45.559
her<00:41:39.000><c> mind,</c><00:41:40.280><c> collecting</c><00:41:40.659><c> dust</c><00:41:41.239><c> as</c><00:41:41.480><c> the</c><00:41:41.659><c> years</c><00:41:41.880><c> race</c><00:41:42.219><c> by.</c><00:41:44.059><c> Sometime</c><00:41:44.659><c> in</c><00:41:44.860><c> those</c><00:41:45.139><c> 18</c>

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years<00:41:46.280><c> Mary</c><00:41:46.679><c> would</c>

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have<00:41:47.099><c> found</c><00:41:47.280><c> herself</c><00:41:48.239><c> seated</c><00:41:48.880><c> at</c><00:41:49.199><c> a</c><00:41:49.360><c> funeral,</c><00:41:50.599><c> the</c><00:41:50.820><c> funeral</c>

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of<00:41:51.420><c> her</c><00:41:51.579><c> husband</c><00:41:52.019><c> Joseph.</c><00:41:53.559><c> For</c><00:41:53.739><c> Joseph</c>

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never<00:41:54.420><c> again</c><00:41:54.719><c> appears</c><00:41:55.139><c> in</c><00:41:55.300><c> the</c><00:41:55.480><c> record</c><00:41:55.739><c> and</c><00:41:55.900><c> it</c><00:41:56.139><c> seems</c><00:41:56.400><c> almost</c>

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ministry<00:41:59.199><c> he</c><00:41:59.559><c> has</c><00:41:59.780><c> passed</c><00:42:00.119><c> away.</c><00:42:01.539><c> Now</c><00:42:01.860><c> the</c><00:42:02.159><c> responsibility</c>

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slight<00:42:11.800><c> shoulders.</c><00:42:14.260><c> In</c><00:42:14.420><c> those</c><00:42:14.739><c> years</c>

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after<00:42:15.380><c> the</c><00:42:15.579><c> death</c><00:42:16.019><c> of</c><00:42:16.400><c> her</c><00:42:16.639><c> Joseph</c><00:42:17.199><c> she</c><00:42:18.280><c> would</c><00:42:18.480><c> have</c><00:42:18.619><c> marvelled</c><00:42:19.079><c> at</c><00:42:19.300><c> the</c>

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capable<00:42:19.920><c> way</c><00:42:20.320><c> her</c><00:42:20.579><c> son</c><00:42:20.900><c> rose</c>

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to<00:42:21.980><c> the</c><00:42:22.119><c> challenge</c><00:42:22.559><c> of</c><00:42:22.800><c> providing</c><00:42:23.320><c> for</c><00:42:23.599><c> their</c><00:42:23.900><c> family.</c><00:42:25.179><c> Her</c>

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confidence<00:42:25.900><c> in</c><00:42:26.119><c> his</c><00:42:26.320><c> ability</c><00:42:26.760><c> to</c><00:42:27.000><c> deal</c><00:42:27.179><c> with</c>

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people<00:42:27.840><c> and</c><00:42:28.320><c> situations</c><00:42:29.179><c> would</c><00:42:29.579><c> have</c><00:42:29.760><c> grown</c><00:42:30.039><c> with</c><00:42:30.320><c> each</c><00:42:30.679><c> new</c>

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demonstration<00:42:31.699><c> of</c><00:42:32.059><c> his</c><00:42:32.320><c> God</c><00:42:32.780><c> given</c><00:42:33.079><c> abilities</c>

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and<00:42:34.440><c> his</c><00:42:34.480><c> God</c><00:42:34.800><c> given</c><00:42:35.099><c> brilliance.</c><00:42:37.840><c> And</c><00:42:37.900><c> it's</c><00:42:38.119><c> this</c><00:42:38.739><c> reliance</c>

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of<00:42:40.679><c> Mary</c><00:42:41.340><c> upon</c><00:42:42.179><c> the</c><00:42:42.440><c> Lord</c><00:42:42.920><c> and</c><00:42:43.519><c> the</c><00:42:43.840><c> everyday</c>

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humdrum<00:42:45.219><c> events</c><00:42:45.579><c> of</c><00:42:45.840><c> life</c><00:42:46.460><c> that</c><00:42:47.019><c> goes</c><00:42:47.599><c> quite</c><00:42:47.980><c> some</c><00:42:48.239><c> way</c><00:42:48.440><c> to</c><00:42:48.679><c> explaining</c><00:42:49.159><c> the</c><00:42:49.420><c> events</c><00:42:49.739><c> of</c>

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John<00:42:50.300><c> chapter</c>

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00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:58.480
been<00:42:56.579><c> recently</c><00:42:57.239><c> doing</c><00:42:57.539><c> a</c><00:42:57.579><c> lot</c><00:42:57.840><c> of</c><00:42:58.179><c> travelling</c>

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as<00:42:59.000><c> his</c><00:42:59.320><c> ministry</c><00:42:59.739><c> commenced.</c><00:43:01.440><c> He</c><00:43:01.480><c> had</c><00:43:01.599><c> been</c><00:43:01.820><c> spending</c><00:43:02.159><c> some</c>

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time<00:43:02.860><c> with</c><00:43:03.119><c> his</c><00:43:03.380><c> cousin</c><00:43:03.659><c> John</c><00:43:03.980><c> the</c><00:43:04.099><c> Baptist</c>

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from<00:43:09.840><c> home.</c><00:43:10.599><c> But</c><00:43:10.719><c> now</c><00:43:11.380><c> it's</c><00:43:12.099><c> time</c><00:43:12.420><c> for</c><00:43:12.559><c> both</c>

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she<00:43:13.159><c> and</c><00:43:13.360><c> her</c><00:43:13.639><c> son</c><00:43:13.960><c> to</c><00:43:14.880><c> catch</c><00:43:15.119><c> up,</c><00:43:15.960><c> time</c><00:43:16.280><c> to</c><00:43:16.500><c> spend</c><00:43:16.980><c> together</c><00:43:18.000><c> at</c><00:43:18.320><c> a</c>

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wedding.<00:43:19.199><c> She</c><00:43:19.539><c> and</c><00:43:19.860><c> her</c><00:43:20.139><c> son</c><00:43:20.559><c> have</c>

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00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:28.739
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the<00:43:29.199><c> mother</c><00:43:29.480><c> of</c><00:43:29.699><c> Jesus</c><00:43:30.119><c> saith</c><00:43:30.380><c> unto</c><00:43:30.619><c> him</c><00:43:31.179><c> they've</c><00:43:32.179><c> got</c><00:43:32.320><c> no</c><00:43:32.619><c> wine.</c><00:43:35.239><c> Now</c>

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this<00:43:35.639><c> wasn't</c><00:43:36.300><c> a</c><00:43:36.519><c> simple</c><00:43:37.099><c> observation.</c>

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Mary<00:43:39.239><c> wasn't</c><00:43:39.739><c> saying</c><00:43:39.980><c> to</c><00:43:40.179><c> Jesus</c><00:43:40.360><c> oh</c><00:43:40.519><c> by</c><00:43:40.699><c> the</c><00:43:40.820><c> way</c><00:43:40.940><c> son</c><00:43:41.139><c> if</c><00:43:41.320><c> you're</c><00:43:41.460><c> looking</c><00:43:41.699><c> for</c>

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a<00:43:42.019><c> glass</c><00:43:42.199><c> of</c><00:43:42.420><c> red</c>

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they're<00:43:43.519><c> out</c><00:43:43.739><c> so</c><00:43:44.119><c> I</c><00:43:44.380><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:44.940><c> worry</c><00:43:45.260><c> about</c><00:43:45.500><c> it.</c><00:43:45.699><c> That's</c><00:43:46.219><c> not</c>

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what<00:43:46.780><c> Mary</c><00:43:47.059><c> was</c><00:43:47.340><c> saying.</c><00:43:50.119><c> No</c><00:43:50.380><c> when</c>

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:55.099
the<00:43:51.000><c> wine</c><00:43:51.300><c> at</c><00:43:51.480><c> this</c><00:43:51.639><c> wedding</c><00:43:51.880><c> ran</c><00:43:52.280><c> out</c><00:43:53.820><c> Mary</c><00:43:54.320><c> turned</c><00:43:54.719><c> to</c><00:43:54.960><c> the</c>

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one<00:43:55.340><c> who</c><00:43:55.679><c> she</c><00:43:56.059><c> now</c><00:43:56.539><c> placed</c><00:43:56.900><c> such</c><00:43:57.400><c> reliance</c>

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their<00:44:02.500><c> predicament,</c><00:44:04.139><c> if</c><00:44:04.360><c> anyone</c><00:44:04.900><c> could</c>

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stop<00:44:05.619><c> this</c><00:44:06.199><c> embarrassment</c><00:44:06.920><c> of</c><00:44:07.219><c> being</c><00:44:07.500><c> the</c><00:44:07.920><c> wedding</c><00:44:08.179><c> with</c><00:44:08.480><c> no</c>

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wine<00:44:09.260><c> she</c><00:44:10.039><c> was</c><00:44:10.320><c> confident</c><00:44:10.739><c> it</c><00:44:10.980><c> was</c><00:44:11.159><c> her</c>

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son.<00:44:12.260><c> She</c><00:44:12.539><c> knew</c><00:44:12.960><c> that</c><00:44:13.440><c> the</c><00:44:13.539><c> one</c><00:44:13.800><c> whom</c><00:44:14.039><c> she</c><00:44:14.460><c> always</c><00:44:15.199><c> leaned</c><00:44:15.480><c> on</c>

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in<00:44:16.119><c> life's</c><00:44:16.539><c> troubles</c><00:44:16.940><c> would</c><00:44:17.619><c> be</c><00:44:17.800><c> able</c>

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to<00:44:17.980><c> help</c><00:44:18.239><c> her</c><00:44:18.440><c> out.</c><00:44:21.199><c> Well</c><00:44:21.639><c> we</c><00:44:22.179><c> read</c><00:44:22.420><c> of</c><00:44:22.940><c> the</c><00:44:23.099><c> Lord's</c><00:44:23.460><c> response.</c>

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The<00:44:25.719><c> response</c><00:44:26.039><c> to</c><00:44:26.199><c> his</c><00:44:26.320><c> mother's</c><00:44:26.699><c> question</c>

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and<00:44:28.179><c> it's</c><00:44:28.380><c> important</c><00:44:28.679><c> we</c><00:44:28.880><c> don't</c><00:44:29.079><c> get</c><00:44:29.400><c> misled</c><00:44:29.800><c> here.</c><00:44:30.659><c> Mary</c><00:44:30.780><c> was</c>

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not<00:44:31.780><c> expecting</c><00:44:32.360><c> a</c><00:44:32.559><c> miracle.</c><00:44:34.000><c> Mary</c><00:44:34.320><c> had</c>

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no<00:44:35.440><c> anticipation</c><00:44:36.360><c> that</c><00:44:37.000><c> the</c><00:44:37.139><c> Lord</c><00:44:37.280><c> was</c><00:44:37.500><c> going</c><00:44:37.599><c> to</c><00:44:37.760><c> do</c><00:44:37.880><c> a</c><00:44:38.039><c> miracle</c><00:44:38.320><c> here</c>

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on<00:44:38.920><c> this</c><00:44:39.059><c> particular</c><00:44:39.500><c> day.</c>

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In<00:44:40.059><c> fact</c><00:44:40.340><c> Mary</c><00:44:40.719><c> had</c><00:44:41.039><c> actually</c><00:44:41.639><c> never</c><00:44:42.139><c> seen</c><00:44:43.079><c> Christ</c><00:44:43.480><c> perform</c><00:44:43.900><c> a</c>

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miracle.<00:44:45.059><c> Not</c><00:44:45.300><c> yet.</c><00:44:45.940><c> Verse</c><00:44:46.199><c> 11</c><00:44:46.500><c> tells</c>

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us<00:44:46.900><c> this</c><00:44:47.179><c> because</c><00:44:47.420><c> in</c><00:44:47.679><c> verse</c><00:44:47.940><c> 11</c><00:44:48.199><c> we're</c><00:44:48.420><c> told</c><00:44:48.840><c> this</c><00:44:49.960><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:44:51.980><c> miracles</c><00:44:52.440><c> did</c><00:44:52.739><c> Jesus</c><00:44:53.119><c> and</c><00:44:53.400><c> Cana</c>

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of<00:44:53.719><c> Galilee</c><00:44:54.219><c> manifesting</c><00:44:55.199><c> forth</c><00:44:55.519><c> his</c><00:44:55.780><c> glory</c><00:44:56.159><c> and</c><00:44:56.519><c> his</c><00:44:56.719><c> disciples</c><00:44:57.280><c> believed.</c><00:44:58.679><c> They'd</c>

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never<00:44:59.000><c> seen</c>

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a<00:44:59.599><c> miracle</c><00:44:59.880><c> before.</c><00:45:02.360><c> This</c><00:45:02.760><c> was</c><00:45:03.019><c> to</c><00:45:03.159><c> be</c><00:45:03.300><c> the</c><00:45:03.500><c> first.</c><00:45:04.280><c> The</c><00:45:04.400><c> little</c><00:45:04.639><c> house</c>

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in<00:45:05.239><c> Nazareth</c><00:45:05.719><c> witnessed</c><00:45:06.380><c> no</c>

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other<00:45:07.159><c> miracle</c><00:45:07.599><c> throughout</c><00:45:08.000><c> those</c><00:45:08.420><c> years</c><00:45:08.780><c> than</c><00:45:09.219><c> a</c><00:45:09.480><c> sinless</c>

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son.<00:45:11.800><c> Now</c><00:45:11.920><c> Mary</c><00:45:12.179><c> turned</c><00:45:12.480><c> to</c><00:45:12.679><c> him</c><00:45:12.900><c> on</c><00:45:13.159><c> this</c>

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particular<00:45:13.860><c> occasion</c><00:45:14.519><c> because</c><00:45:15.500><c> he</c><00:45:16.059><c> was</c><00:45:16.920><c> who</c><00:45:17.199><c> she</c><00:45:17.500><c> always</c><00:45:18.940><c> turned</c><00:45:19.440><c> to.</c>

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:23.300
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her,<00:45:23.920><c> woman</c><00:45:23.920><c> what</c><00:45:25.280><c> have</c><00:45:25.500><c> I</c><00:45:25.739><c> to</c><00:45:25.920><c> do</c><00:45:26.099><c> with</c><00:45:26.380><c> you?</c><00:45:27.719><c> My</c><00:45:27.840><c> hour</c><00:45:28.119><c> is</c><00:45:28.659><c> not</c>

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yet<00:45:29.340><c> come.</c><00:45:31.320><c> Now</c><00:45:31.599><c> this</c><00:45:31.840><c> expression</c>

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:36.039
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00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:43.460
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00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:49.380
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00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:52.900
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00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:59.199
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Mary<00:45:59.400><c> is</c><00:45:59.780><c> disrespectful.</c><00:46:01.559><c> It's</c>

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00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:08.820
was<00:46:06.380><c> not</c><00:46:07.079><c> calling</c><00:46:07.460><c> her</c><00:46:07.760><c> mother.</c><00:46:08.039><c> That's</c><00:46:08.420><c> the</c><00:46:08.579><c> point</c>

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here.<00:46:09.840><c> When</c><00:46:10.079><c> he</c><00:46:10.260><c> said</c><00:46:10.480><c> woman</c><00:46:11.119><c> he</c><00:46:12.059><c> was</c><00:46:12.280><c> saying</c><00:46:12.800><c> he</c><00:46:13.300><c> was</c><00:46:13.699><c> not</c><00:46:14.019><c> saying</c><00:46:14.619><c> mother.</c><00:46:16.739><c> You</c>

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see<00:46:16.920><c> Mary</c><00:46:17.199><c> had</c><00:46:17.440><c> come</c>

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to<00:46:17.920><c> a</c><00:46:18.059><c> wedding</c><00:46:18.199><c> to</c><00:46:18.480><c> see</c><00:46:18.639><c> what</c><00:46:18.800><c> one</c><00:46:18.980><c> always</c><00:46:19.420><c> sees</c><00:46:19.860><c> at</c><00:46:20.079><c> weddings.</c>

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One<00:46:22.119><c> set</c><00:46:22.300><c> of</c><00:46:22.800><c> relationships</c><00:46:23.579><c> falling</c>

00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:29.480
away<00:46:24.900><c> as</c><00:46:25.219><c> a</c><00:46:25.380><c> new</c><00:46:25.579><c> one</c><00:46:25.860><c> is</c><00:46:26.219><c> built</c><00:46:26.500><c> in</c><00:46:26.739><c> its</c><00:46:27.000><c> place.</c><00:46:29.179><c> And</c><00:46:29.280><c> it</c><00:46:29.300><c> was</c>

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:33.019
to<00:46:29.619><c> be</c><00:46:29.860><c> here</c><00:46:30.059><c> that</c><00:46:31.360><c> Mary</c><00:46:31.739><c> was</c><00:46:32.000><c> to</c><00:46:32.219><c> hear</c><00:46:32.599><c> the</c>

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:37.079
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say<00:46:37.300><c> to</c><00:46:37.400><c> her</c><00:46:37.579><c> Mary</c><00:46:38.159><c> relationships</c>

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change<00:46:40.139><c> at</c><00:46:40.539><c> weddings</c><00:46:40.980><c> and</c><00:46:41.519><c> you</c><00:46:41.699><c> need</c><00:46:41.880><c> to</c><00:46:42.059><c> know</c><00:46:42.219><c> that</c><00:46:42.420><c> the</c><00:46:42.639><c> relationships</c><00:46:43.280><c> that</c>

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I<00:46:44.019><c> am</c><00:46:44.300><c> forming</c><00:46:45.000><c> today</c>

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00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:52.619
More<00:46:50.079><c> important</c><00:46:50.579><c> than</c><00:46:50.880><c> you.</c><00:46:51.300><c> More</c><00:46:51.719><c> meaningful</c><00:46:52.239><c> than</c>

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:55.760
your<00:46:52.940><c> natural</c><00:46:53.440><c> relationship</c><00:46:54.099><c> with</c><00:46:54.320><c> me</c><00:46:54.639><c> is</c><00:46:54.980><c> the</c><00:46:55.179><c> relationship</c>

00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:57.599
that<00:46:56.019><c> I</c><00:46:56.139><c> am</c><00:46:56.360><c> forming</c><00:46:56.599><c> with</c><00:46:56.800><c> the</c><00:46:57.000><c> people</c><00:46:57.179><c> that</c><00:46:57.480><c> hear</c>

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my<00:46:57.880><c> words.</c><00:46:58.260><c> Can</c><00:46:58.460><c> you</c><00:46:58.780><c> see</c><00:46:59.079><c> that</c><00:46:59.400><c> Mary?</c><00:47:00.000><c> Can</c><00:47:00.199><c> you</c><00:47:00.380><c> understand</c>

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that?<00:47:02.880><c> That's</c><00:47:03.199><c> what</c><00:47:03.360><c> the</c><00:47:03.500><c> Lord</c><00:47:03.679><c> was</c><00:47:03.900><c> trying</c><00:47:04.179><c> to</c><00:47:04.380><c> tell</c>

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Mary<00:47:04.780><c> on</c><00:47:04.980><c> this</c><00:47:05.179><c> occasion.</c><00:47:08.000><c> I'm</c><00:47:08.340><c> sure</c><00:47:08.679><c> Mary</c><00:47:09.059><c> felt</c><00:47:09.360><c> a</c><00:47:09.500><c> pang</c><00:47:09.739><c> of</c>

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sorrow<00:47:10.340><c> when</c><00:47:11.340><c> she</c><00:47:11.539><c> heard</c><00:47:11.780><c> the</c><00:47:11.920><c> words</c>

00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:16.780
of<00:47:12.360><c> verse</c><00:47:12.639><c> 4.</c><00:47:14.539><c> I'm</c><00:47:14.780><c> equally</c><00:47:15.119><c> sure</c><00:47:15.440><c> that</c><00:47:15.860><c> like</c><00:47:16.239><c> everything</c><00:47:16.639><c> in</c>

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her<00:47:17.000><c> life</c><00:47:17.500><c> she</c><00:47:18.320><c> absorbed</c><00:47:18.880><c> what</c><00:47:19.079><c> he</c><00:47:19.300><c> said</c><00:47:19.780><c> and</c>

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waited<00:47:21.360><c> for</c><00:47:21.639><c> God</c><00:47:21.840><c> to</c><00:47:22.079><c> explain</c><00:47:22.480><c> what</c><00:47:22.699><c> it</c><00:47:22.739><c> meant.</c><00:47:25.059><c> Note</c><00:47:25.300><c> verse</c>

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5.<00:47:26.460><c> Even</c><00:47:26.679><c> after</c><00:47:27.059><c> these</c><00:47:27.280><c> words</c><00:47:27.559><c> of</c><00:47:27.739><c> our</c><00:47:27.880><c> Lord</c>

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00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:34.659
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00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:40.199
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his<00:47:40.460><c> kind</c><00:47:40.800><c> heart</c>

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00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:50.519
on<00:47:46.059><c> him.</c><00:47:48.780><c> We</c><00:47:49.340><c> don't</c><00:47:49.599><c> have</c><00:47:49.840><c> time</c><00:47:50.119><c> tonight</c>

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it's<00:47:50.719><c> not</c><00:47:50.920><c> our</c><00:47:51.139><c> plan</c><00:47:51.320><c> to</c><00:47:51.480><c> go</c><00:47:51.679><c> through</c><00:47:51.880><c> Christ's</c><00:47:52.539><c> ministry</c><00:47:52.780><c> in</c>

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:58.739
detail<00:47:53.380><c> but</c><00:47:53.800><c> this</c><00:47:54.500><c> incident</c><00:47:55.219><c> in</c><00:47:56.860><c> Cana</c><00:47:58.239><c> was</c><00:47:58.579><c> to</c>

00:47:58.739 --> 00:48:02.420
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were<00:48:04.880><c> to</c><00:48:05.099><c> grow</c><00:48:05.380><c> and</c><00:48:05.900><c> his</c><00:48:06.079><c> connection</c><00:48:06.559><c> with</c><00:48:06.719><c> the</c><00:48:06.940><c> little</c><00:48:07.159><c> household</c><00:48:07.719><c> in</c><00:48:08.300><c> Nazareth</c><00:48:08.840><c> began</c><00:48:09.460><c> to</c>

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fall<00:48:09.940><c> away</c><00:48:10.239><c> melting</c>

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like<00:48:11.079><c> ice</c><00:48:11.519><c> in</c><00:48:11.820><c> the</c><00:48:11.980><c> sun.</c><00:48:13.420><c> Mary</c><00:48:13.539><c> would</c><00:48:13.699><c> have</c><00:48:13.840><c> been</c><00:48:14.059><c> amazed</c><00:48:14.460><c> by</c>

00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:17.380
this<00:48:15.000><c> miracle</c><00:48:15.420><c> of</c><00:48:15.699><c> water</c><00:48:16.059><c> to</c><00:48:16.579><c> wine</c><00:48:16.880><c> and</c>

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amazed<00:48:17.760><c> at</c><00:48:18.000><c> the</c><00:48:18.219><c> reports</c><00:48:18.420><c> of</c><00:48:18.639><c> the</c><00:48:18.840><c> miracles</c><00:48:19.099><c> that</c><00:48:19.300><c> he</c><00:48:19.380><c> was</c><00:48:19.579><c> doing</c><00:48:19.800><c> in</c>

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other<00:48:20.340><c> towns</c><00:48:20.659><c> and</c><00:48:20.880><c> places</c><00:48:21.239><c> yet</c>

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at<00:48:21.719><c> the</c><00:48:21.960><c> same</c><00:48:22.360><c> time</c><00:48:22.760><c> it</c><00:48:23.139><c> seems</c><00:48:23.420><c> that</c><00:48:23.659><c> she</c><00:48:23.920><c> found</c><00:48:24.179><c> it</c><00:48:24.519><c> hard</c><00:48:24.739><c> to</c>

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reconcile<00:48:25.420><c> some</c><00:48:25.739><c> of</c><00:48:25.940><c> his</c><00:48:26.139><c> words</c><00:48:26.739><c> with</c><00:48:27.480><c> the</c>

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her<00:48:31.380><c> lullabies.</c>

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prophecy<00:48:46.340><c> so</c><00:48:48.079><c> inflamed</c><00:48:48.480><c> the</c><00:48:48.760><c> townspeople</c>

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man<00:48:53.820><c> whom</c><00:48:54.219><c> they'd</c><00:48:54.480><c> known</c><00:48:54.659><c> for</c><00:48:54.900><c> over</c><00:48:55.440><c> twenty</c>

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five<00:48:56.559><c> years.</c><00:48:58.420><c> It</c><00:48:59.079><c> would</c><00:48:59.219><c> have</c><00:48:59.380><c> been</c><00:48:59.519><c> with</c><00:48:59.780><c> sorrow</c><00:49:00.440><c> perhaps</c><00:49:01.699><c> with</c><00:49:02.039><c> a</c>

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and<00:49:31.440><c> again</c><00:49:31.719><c> and</c><00:49:32.039><c> again</c><00:49:32.340><c> and</c><00:49:32.840><c> gradually</c><00:49:33.380><c> negativity</c>

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found<00:49:40.699><c> it</c><00:49:40.960><c> challenging</c><00:49:41.440><c> to</c><00:49:41.800><c> believe</c>

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with<00:49:58.039><c> him</c><00:49:58.139><c> in</c><00:49:58.280><c> the</c><00:49:58.480><c> playground</c><00:49:58.760><c> that</c>

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this<00:49:59.500><c> man</c><00:49:59.820><c> was</c><00:50:00.079><c> God's</c><00:50:00.579><c> son?</c><00:50:01.559><c> Impossible.</c><00:50:05.000><c> We're</c><00:50:05.119><c> not</c><00:50:05.380><c> told</c>

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exactly<00:50:06.360><c> what</c><00:50:06.619><c> Mary</c><00:50:06.980><c> thought</c><00:50:07.280><c> about</c><00:50:07.539><c> these</c>

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00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:26.460
and<00:50:24.519><c> again</c><00:50:24.940><c> the</c><00:50:25.340><c> Lord</c><00:50:25.659><c> did</c><00:50:26.119><c> things</c>

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called<00:50:30.539><c> down</c><00:50:31.280><c> condemnation</c><00:50:32.360><c> and</c><00:50:32.639><c> judgment</c>

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00:50:44.179 --> 00:50:46.420
and<00:50:44.559><c> further</c><00:50:44.800><c> from</c><00:50:45.079><c> her.</c><00:50:45.940><c> Luke</c><00:50:46.119><c> chapter</c>

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your<00:50:58.420><c> brethren</c><00:50:58.719><c> stand</c><00:50:59.179><c> outside,</c>

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which<00:51:09.000><c> hear</c><00:51:09.179><c> the</c><00:51:09.320><c> word</c><00:51:09.480><c> of</c><00:51:09.659><c> God</c><00:51:10.079><c> and</c><00:51:11.320><c> do</c><00:51:11.519><c> it.</c><00:51:13.400><c> Mary</c><00:51:13.599><c> tried</c><00:51:13.980><c> to</c>

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meet<00:51:14.340><c> him,</c><00:51:15.320><c> she</c><00:51:15.539><c> tried</c><00:51:15.820><c> to</c><00:51:16.059><c> talk</c><00:51:16.300><c> to</c><00:51:16.420><c> him</c>

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but<00:51:16.800><c> instead</c><00:51:17.480><c> she</c><00:51:17.940><c> found</c><00:51:18.260><c> herself,</c><00:51:19.139><c> in</c><00:51:19.300><c> fact</c><00:51:19.460><c> the</c><00:51:19.599><c> whole</c><00:51:19.860><c> family</c><00:51:20.260><c> found</c><00:51:20.659><c> themselves</c><00:51:21.059><c> the</c><00:51:21.360><c> subject</c>

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of<00:51:21.880><c> his</c><00:51:21.980><c> lesson</c><00:51:22.360><c> that</c><00:51:22.639><c> day,</c><00:51:23.280><c> a</c><00:51:23.440><c> lesson</c><00:51:23.760><c> of</c><00:51:24.380><c> closeness</c><00:51:25.440><c> to</c><00:51:25.860><c> his</c>

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followers<00:51:26.860><c> and</c><00:51:27.800><c> distance</c><00:51:28.539><c> from</c><00:51:29.199><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:51:29.639><c> blood.</c><00:51:32.280><c> And</c><00:51:32.360><c> of</c><00:51:32.559><c> course</c><00:51:32.719><c> the</c><00:51:32.880><c> Lord</c><00:51:33.000><c> had</c><00:51:33.300><c> good</c><00:51:33.800><c> reason</c><00:51:34.260><c> for</c>

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saying<00:51:34.760><c> these</c><00:51:35.139><c> things</c><00:51:35.380><c> but</c><00:51:35.599><c> how</c><00:51:35.920><c> that</c>

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must<00:51:36.320><c> have</c><00:51:36.480><c> hurt</c><00:51:36.659><c> Mary.</c><00:51:37.900><c> I'm</c><00:51:38.139><c> close</c><00:51:38.360><c> to</c><00:51:38.519><c> you,</c><00:51:38.980><c> the</c><00:51:39.119><c> people</c><00:51:39.340><c> in</c>

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this<00:51:39.699><c> room,</c><00:51:40.760><c> I'm</c><00:51:40.980><c> distant</c><00:51:41.519><c> from</c><00:51:41.860><c> my</c><00:51:42.039><c> mother</c>

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out<00:51:43.139><c> there.</c><00:51:49.980><c> Christ</c><00:51:50.260><c> had</c><00:51:50.460><c> good</c><00:51:50.699><c> reason</c><00:51:51.039><c> for</c><00:51:51.260><c> saying</c><00:51:51.500><c> what</c><00:51:51.699><c> he</c>

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said<00:51:51.699><c> to</c><00:51:51.699><c> Mary,</c><00:51:51.699><c> he</c><00:51:51.699><c> said</c><00:51:51.699><c> to</c><00:51:51.699><c> her,</c><00:51:51.699><c> he</c><00:51:51.699><c> said</c>

00:51:52.940 --> 00:51:58.980
a<00:51:53.579><c> prophet</c><00:51:53.900><c> is</c><00:51:54.079><c> not</c><00:51:54.260><c> without</c><00:51:54.639><c> honour</c><00:51:55.300><c> but</c><00:51:56.019><c> in</c><00:51:56.119><c> his</c><00:51:56.320><c> own</c><00:51:56.579><c> country,</c><00:51:58.719><c> among</c>

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his<00:51:59.219><c> own</c><00:51:59.559><c> kin,</c><00:52:00.980><c> in</c><00:52:01.420><c> his</c><00:52:02.000><c> own</c>

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house.<00:52:03.079><c> Where</c><00:52:03.340><c> was</c><00:52:03.619><c> the</c><00:52:03.760><c> place</c><00:52:04.000><c> he</c><00:52:04.159><c> was</c><00:52:04.400><c> most</c><00:52:04.659><c> disbelieved?</c>

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Among<00:52:07.159><c> his</c><00:52:07.360><c> own</c><00:52:07.619><c> kin,</c><00:52:09.300><c> in</c><00:52:09.440><c> his</c><00:52:09.619><c> own</c><00:52:09.820><c> house.</c><00:52:12.800><c> The</c><00:52:12.920><c> fact</c>

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that<00:52:13.539><c> the</c><00:52:13.719><c> whole</c><00:52:14.039><c> family</c><00:52:14.500><c> failed</c><00:52:15.079><c> to</c><00:52:15.420><c> believe</c><00:52:15.800><c> this</c><00:52:17.559><c> would</c>

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have<00:52:18.460><c> hurt</c><00:52:18.639><c> Mary</c><00:52:18.960><c> most</c><00:52:19.619><c> for</c><00:52:20.599><c> she</c><00:52:20.920><c> knew</c><00:52:21.500><c> that</c>

00:52:22.079 --> 00:52:28.760
he<00:52:22.340><c> was</c><00:52:22.619><c> the</c><00:52:22.800><c> son</c><00:52:23.039><c> of</c><00:52:23.159><c> God.</c><00:52:26.739><c> Perhaps</c><00:52:26.980><c> we</c><00:52:27.099><c> can</c><00:52:27.320><c> see</c><00:52:27.559><c> the</c><00:52:28.019><c> rest</c><00:52:28.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:52:28.940><c> family's</c>

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rejection<00:52:29.860><c> of</c><00:52:30.059><c> their</c><00:52:30.340><c> half</c><00:52:30.579><c> brother</c><00:52:30.860><c> and</c><00:52:31.380><c> their</c><00:52:31.579><c> disbelief</c>

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most<00:52:32.440><c> clearly</c><00:52:32.800><c> in</c><00:52:33.000><c> this</c><00:52:33.260><c> quote.</c><00:52:34.199><c> Mark</c>

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chapter<00:52:34.619><c> 3</c><00:52:34.940><c> verse</c><00:52:35.260><c> 21,</c><00:52:36.260><c> it</c><00:52:36.280><c> says</c><00:52:36.420><c> here</c><00:52:36.699><c> that</c><00:52:37.179><c> when</c><00:52:37.480><c> his</c><00:52:37.940><c> friends</c><00:52:38.400><c> heard</c>

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of<00:52:39.079><c> it,</c><00:52:39.460><c> heard</c><00:52:39.699><c> of</c><00:52:40.119><c> some</c><00:52:40.300><c> of</c>

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the<00:52:40.619><c> episodes</c><00:52:41.000><c> of</c><00:52:41.219><c> his</c><00:52:41.480><c> preaching,</c><00:52:42.179><c> they</c><00:52:42.400><c> went</c><00:52:42.679><c> out</c><00:52:42.940><c> to</c><00:52:43.159><c> lay</c>

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hold<00:52:43.599><c> on</c><00:52:43.780><c> him</c><00:52:43.880><c> for</c><00:52:44.019><c> they</c><00:52:44.340><c> said</c><00:52:44.599><c> he's</c><00:52:45.199><c> beside</c>

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himself.<00:52:48.280><c> Now</c><00:52:48.500><c> that</c><00:52:48.760><c> word</c><00:52:49.059><c> friends</c><00:52:49.480><c> there</c><00:52:49.860><c> is</c><00:52:50.320><c> literally</c><00:52:50.860><c> they</c><00:52:51.659><c> who</c>

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were<00:52:52.300><c> of</c><00:52:52.519><c> him.</c><00:52:53.039><c> Here's</c><00:52:53.199><c> another</c><00:52:53.440><c> version,</c>

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way<00:52:54.059><c> mouth.</c><00:52:54.699><c> Hearing</c><00:52:54.960><c> of</c><00:52:55.320><c> this,</c><00:52:56.420><c> his</c><00:52:56.639><c> relatives,</c><00:52:57.420><c> his</c><00:52:57.519><c> brothers</c><00:52:57.820><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:52:58.460><c> and</c><00:52:58.739><c> cousins</c><00:52:59.159><c> came</c>

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to<00:53:00.059><c> seize</c><00:53:00.260><c> him</c><00:53:00.460><c> by</c><00:53:00.800><c> force</c><00:53:01.119><c> for</c><00:53:01.460><c> they</c><00:53:01.699><c> said</c><00:53:01.780><c> he's</c><00:53:02.219><c> out</c><00:53:02.500><c> of</c><00:53:02.659><c> his</c>

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mind.<00:53:05.119><c> His</c><00:53:05.400><c> family</c><00:53:06.119><c> thought</c><00:53:07.360><c> Christ</c><00:53:07.760><c> was</c>

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insane.<00:53:11.159><c> Now</c><00:53:11.320><c> from</c><00:53:11.460><c> what</c><00:53:11.639><c> we</c><00:53:11.840><c> already</c><00:53:12.199><c> know</c><00:53:12.400><c> of</c><00:53:12.539><c> Mary's</c><00:53:13.059><c> character</c><00:53:13.280><c> we</c><00:53:13.440><c> can</c><00:53:13.599><c> be</c>

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certain<00:53:14.079><c> that</c><00:53:14.280><c> she</c><00:53:14.440><c> did</c><00:53:14.659><c> not</c>

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share<00:53:15.099><c> this</c><00:53:15.380><c> view.</c><00:53:15.940><c> But</c><00:53:16.019><c> imagine</c><00:53:16.539><c> how</c><00:53:16.800><c> this</c><00:53:17.099><c> war</c><00:53:17.360><c> in</c><00:53:17.599><c> her</c><00:53:17.800><c> family</c><00:53:18.219><c> felt.</c><00:53:19.360><c> Her</c>

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other<00:53:19.880><c> children</c><00:53:20.199><c> convincing</c>

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her<00:53:21.179><c> or</c><00:53:21.659><c> trying</c><00:53:22.099><c> to</c><00:53:22.380><c> convince</c><00:53:22.679><c> her</c><00:53:23.059><c> continually</c><00:53:23.599><c> that</c><00:53:24.079><c> her</c>

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first<00:53:24.699><c> son</c><00:53:25.059><c> was</c><00:53:25.360><c> mad.</c><00:53:26.219><c> Her</c><00:53:26.480><c> other</c><00:53:26.820><c> children</c>

00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:32.940
completely<00:53:28.860><c> convinced</c><00:53:29.480><c> that</c><00:53:30.420><c> their</c><00:53:30.739><c> oldest</c><00:53:31.440><c> brother</c><00:53:32.079><c> was</c>

00:53:32.940 --> 00:53:35.039
insane.<00:53:33.420><c> Imagine</c><00:53:33.780><c> how</c><00:53:34.119><c> that</c><00:53:34.420><c> war</c><00:53:34.599><c> would</c><00:53:34.800><c> have</c>

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hurt.<00:53:35.800><c> Mary</c><00:53:36.059><c> would</c><00:53:36.239><c> have</c><00:53:36.400><c> been</c><00:53:36.679><c> torn.</c><00:53:38.780><c> And</c><00:53:38.940><c> just</c><00:53:39.099><c> before</c><00:53:39.380><c> the</c>

00:53:39.659 --> 00:53:40.940
Passover<00:53:40.099><c> in</c><00:53:40.460><c> the</c><00:53:40.659><c> third</c>

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year<00:53:41.179><c> of</c><00:53:41.380><c> our</c><00:53:41.579><c> Lord's</c><00:53:42.059><c> ministry,</c><00:53:43.440><c> breaking</c><00:53:43.699><c> point</c><00:53:43.900><c> was</c><00:53:44.139><c> reached</c><00:53:44.500><c> in</c><00:53:44.679><c> the</c><00:53:44.840><c> family</c><00:53:45.079><c> at</c>

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Nazareth.<00:53:45.599><c> And</c>

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I'd<00:53:45.900><c> like</c><00:53:46.019><c> you</c><00:53:46.199><c> to</c><00:53:46.320><c> flick</c><00:53:46.440><c> over</c><00:53:46.699><c> to</c><00:53:46.900><c> our</c><00:53:47.340><c> last</c><00:53:47.679><c> passage</c><00:53:48.019><c> for</c><00:53:48.239><c> tonight,</c><00:53:49.139><c> John</c><00:53:49.400><c> chapter</c><00:53:49.760><c> 7.</c>

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Breaking<00:53:55.260><c> point</c>

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in<00:53:56.679><c> that</c><00:53:56.900><c> little</c><00:53:57.179><c> family</c><00:53:57.860><c> at</c><00:53:58.719><c> Nazareth.</c><00:53:59.199><c> Three</c><00:53:59.719><c> and</c><00:54:00.039><c> a</c><00:54:00.179><c> half</c>

00:54:00.420 --> 00:54:03.280
years<00:54:00.940><c> of</c><00:54:01.460><c> incessant</c><00:54:02.199><c> pressure</c><00:54:02.559><c> in</c><00:54:02.980><c> the</c>

00:54:03.280 --> 00:54:08.699
glare<00:54:03.519><c> of</c><00:54:03.880><c> public</c><00:54:04.300><c> scrutiny</c><00:54:04.940><c> brought</c><00:54:05.579><c> down</c><00:54:05.940><c> upon</c><00:54:06.239><c> them</c><00:54:06.599><c> by</c><00:54:06.980><c> the</c><00:54:07.440><c> unceasing</c><00:54:08.320><c> as</c>

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they<00:54:08.960><c> would</c><00:54:09.159><c> see</c><00:54:09.300><c> it</c>

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provocative<00:54:10.179><c> statements</c><00:54:10.860><c> and</c><00:54:11.179><c> actions</c><00:54:11.780><c> by</c><00:54:12.380><c> the</c><00:54:12.699><c> eldest</c><00:54:13.320><c> child</c><00:54:14.099><c> in</c>

00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:18.539
the<00:54:14.739><c> family.</c><00:54:17.079><c> And</c><00:54:17.079><c> so</c><00:54:17.559><c> in</c><00:54:18.039><c> John</c>

00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:22.980
chapter<00:54:19.059><c> 7</c><00:54:19.679><c> and</c><00:54:20.139><c> verse</c><00:54:20.420><c> 2</c><00:54:20.699><c> we're</c><00:54:20.900><c> told,</c><00:54:21.300><c> Now</c><00:54:21.300><c> the</c><00:54:21.559><c> Jews'</c><00:54:22.579><c> feast</c>

00:54:22.980 --> 00:54:25.460
of<00:54:23.599><c> tabernacles</c><00:54:24.239><c> was</c><00:54:24.500><c> at</c><00:54:24.760><c> hand.</c><00:54:25.400><c> And</c>

00:54:25.460 --> 00:54:29.219
his<00:54:25.599><c> brethren</c><00:54:25.940><c> therefore</c><00:54:26.300><c> said</c><00:54:26.519><c> unto</c><00:54:26.780><c> him,</c><00:54:27.880><c> Depart</c><00:54:28.219><c> heads,</c>

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go<00:54:29.900><c> unto</c><00:54:30.119><c> Judea.</c><00:54:30.980><c> Your</c><00:54:31.179><c> disciples</c><00:54:31.820><c> there</c>

00:54:32.500 --> 00:54:37.380
can<00:54:32.820><c> see</c><00:54:32.980><c> your</c><00:54:33.260><c> works</c><00:54:33.820><c> that</c><00:54:34.380><c> thou</c><00:54:34.760><c> doest.</c><00:54:36.079><c> Now</c><00:54:36.460><c> this</c><00:54:36.920><c> on</c><00:54:37.199><c> the</c>

00:54:37.380 --> 00:54:38.980
surface<00:54:37.579><c> sounds</c><00:54:37.820><c> good,</c><00:54:38.199><c> this</c><00:54:38.219><c> anthem.</c><00:54:38.619><c> Look,</c>

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go<00:54:39.579><c> up,</c><00:54:40.000><c> go</c><00:54:40.000><c> up,</c><00:54:40.199><c> that'd</c><00:54:40.320><c> be</c><00:54:40.400><c> great.</c><00:54:41.320><c> Head</c><00:54:41.500><c> up</c><00:54:41.780><c> to</c><00:54:42.159><c> the</c><00:54:42.980><c> Passover.</c><00:54:45.219><c> But</c><00:54:45.360><c> it</c>

00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:48.000
wasn't.<00:54:46.519><c> Verse</c><00:54:46.519><c> 5.</c><00:54:47.699><c> For</c>

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neither<00:54:48.440><c> did</c><00:54:48.900><c> his</c><00:54:49.400><c> brethren</c><00:54:49.739><c> believe</c><00:54:50.360><c> in</c><00:54:50.559><c> him.</c><00:54:50.880><c> This</c><00:54:51.340><c> was</c><00:54:51.619><c> sarcastic.</c><00:54:54.039><c> They</c><00:54:54.320><c> just</c><00:54:54.599><c> wanted</c><00:54:55.000><c> to</c>

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be<00:54:56.300><c> rid</c>

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of<00:54:56.619><c> him.</c><00:54:57.920><c> It'd</c><00:54:58.019><c> be</c><00:54:58.199><c> great</c><00:54:58.420><c> if</c><00:54:58.559><c> you'd</c><00:54:59.099><c> just</c><00:54:59.599><c> get</c><00:54:59.880><c> lost.</c><00:55:00.099><c> Head</c><00:55:00.239><c> up</c>

00:55:00.420 --> 00:55:04.360
to<00:55:00.519><c> the</c><00:55:00.679><c> feast,</c><00:55:00.980><c> why</c><00:55:01.039><c> don't</c><00:55:01.239><c> you?</c><00:55:03.719><c> And</c><00:55:04.260><c> you</c>

00:55:04.360 --> 00:55:08.340
know<00:55:04.460><c> what?</c><00:55:04.699><c> We</c><00:55:04.920><c> actually</c><00:55:05.300><c> know</c><00:55:05.619><c> who</c><00:55:05.860><c> this</c><00:55:06.139><c> was.</c><00:55:06.719><c> Because</c><00:55:06.900><c> there's</c><00:55:07.199><c> a</c><00:55:07.199><c> repetition</c><00:55:07.980><c> of</c><00:55:08.239><c> a</c>

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little<00:55:08.559><c> word</c>

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in<00:55:08.960><c> here</c><00:55:09.239><c> that</c><00:55:09.699><c> gives</c><00:55:09.940><c> us</c><00:55:10.420><c> an</c><00:55:10.699><c> indication</c><00:55:11.280><c> as</c><00:55:11.820><c> to</c><00:55:11.920><c> who</c><00:55:12.119><c> was</c><00:55:12.340><c> the</c>

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ringleader<00:55:13.079><c> in</c><00:55:13.659><c> saying,</c><00:55:14.300><c> Depart</c><00:55:14.679><c> heads,</c>

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get<00:55:15.179><c> lost.</c><00:55:17.260><c> For</c><00:55:17.400><c> in</c><00:55:17.559><c> verse</c><00:55:17.780><c> 3</c><00:55:18.119><c> it</c><00:55:18.260><c> says</c><00:55:18.599><c> that</c><00:55:19.300><c> also,</c><00:55:20.179><c> at</c><00:55:20.360><c> the</c><00:55:20.380><c> end</c><00:55:20.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:55:20.800><c> verse,</c><00:55:21.460><c> thy</c><00:55:21.619><c> disciples</c><00:55:22.280><c> also</c>

00:55:22.880 --> 00:55:28.960
may<00:55:23.159><c> see</c><00:55:23.500><c> the</c><00:55:23.719><c> works</c><00:55:24.039><c> that</c><00:55:24.440><c> thou</c><00:55:25.199><c> doest.</c><00:55:26.199><c> For</c><00:55:26.320><c> there</c><00:55:26.539><c> is</c><00:55:26.699><c> no</c><00:55:26.900><c> man</c><00:55:27.099><c> that</c><00:55:27.539><c> doest</c><00:55:28.159><c> anything</c><00:55:28.619><c> in</c>

00:55:28.960 --> 00:55:29.599
secret,<00:55:29.500><c> he</c>

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himself<00:55:29.900><c> seeking</c><00:55:30.300><c> to</c><00:55:30.519><c> be</c><00:55:30.679><c> known</c><00:55:30.840><c> openly.</c><00:55:31.460><c> If</c><00:55:31.639><c> thou</c><00:55:31.900><c> do</c><00:55:32.239><c> these</c>

00:55:32.539 --> 00:55:33.840
things,<00:55:32.739><c> show</c><00:55:33.039><c> thyself</c><00:55:33.400><c> to</c><00:55:33.599><c> the</c><00:55:33.699><c> world.</c>

00:55:33.840 --> 00:55:37.980
You<00:55:33.840><c> know,</c><00:55:34.579><c> that</c><00:55:34.860><c> phrase,</c><00:55:35.599><c> doest,</c><00:55:35.860><c> to</c><00:55:36.099><c> do,</c><00:55:36.340><c> to</c><00:55:36.579><c> do,</c><00:55:36.920><c> to</c><00:55:37.139><c> do,</c><00:55:37.480><c> that</c><00:55:37.780><c> is</c>

00:55:37.980 --> 00:55:41.280
a<00:55:38.199><c> favourite</c><00:55:38.500><c> word</c><00:55:38.840><c> of</c><00:55:40.159><c> James,</c>

00:55:42.139 --> 00:55:47.920
Joseph's<00:55:42.579><c> eldest</c><00:55:42.880><c> son.</c><00:55:44.880><c> And</c><00:55:45.039><c> here</c><00:55:45.179><c> we</c><00:55:45.400><c> have</c><00:55:46.119><c> two</c><00:55:46.780><c> of</c><00:55:47.260><c> the</c><00:55:47.460><c> sons</c>

00:55:47.920 --> 00:55:53.440
of<00:55:48.280><c> Mary</c><00:55:48.679><c> at</c><00:55:49.559><c> war</c><00:55:50.000><c> in</c><00:55:50.519><c> her</c><00:55:50.719><c> house.</c><00:55:53.139><c> Imagine</c>

00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:57.960
how<00:55:53.699><c> that</c><00:55:54.059><c> tore</c><00:55:54.300><c> at</c><00:55:54.639><c> Mary's</c><00:55:55.159><c> tired</c><00:55:55.380><c> heart.</c><00:55:57.019><c> Three</c><00:55:57.320><c> years</c><00:55:57.639><c> of</c>

00:55:57.960 --> 00:56:00.099
constant<00:55:58.539><c> fighting</c><00:55:58.980><c> in</c><00:55:59.199><c> her</c><00:55:59.380><c> once</c><00:55:59.719><c> peaceful</c>

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home.<00:56:00.460><c> Imagine</c><00:56:00.760><c> how</c><00:56:00.960><c> that</c><00:56:01.139><c> felt</c><00:56:01.340><c> for</c><00:56:01.539><c> her.</c><00:56:03.699><c> It</c><00:56:03.780><c> would</c><00:56:03.900><c> have</c><00:56:03.980><c> felt</c><00:56:04.079><c> like</c><00:56:04.340><c> a</c>

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sword<00:56:04.860><c> piercing</c><00:56:05.280><c> her</c><00:56:05.639><c> heart,</c>

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as<00:56:06.880><c> her</c><00:56:07.099><c> dear</c><00:56:07.320><c> son,</c><00:56:07.840><c> once</c><00:56:08.260><c> so</c><00:56:08.659><c> close,</c><00:56:08.960><c> drifted</c><00:56:09.400><c> away</c><00:56:10.199><c> and</c><00:56:10.980><c> out</c>

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of<00:56:11.420><c> reach.</c><00:56:12.699><c> Once</c><00:56:12.920><c> she</c><00:56:13.079><c> was</c><00:56:13.280><c> a</c><00:56:13.380><c> mother,</c><00:56:13.579><c> but</c>

00:56:13.800 --> 00:56:19.400
now,<00:56:15.119><c> now</c><00:56:15.380><c> she's</c><00:56:15.559><c> just</c><00:56:15.880><c> a</c><00:56:15.980><c> woman</c><00:56:16.300><c> to</c><00:56:16.500><c> him.</c><00:56:18.039><c> Once</c><00:56:18.260><c> she,</c><00:56:18.900><c> once</c><00:56:19.179><c> he</c>

00:56:19.400 --> 00:56:22.900
was<00:56:19.639><c> her</c><00:56:20.039><c> son,</c><00:56:21.539><c> now</c><00:56:21.780><c> she</c><00:56:21.980><c> can't</c><00:56:22.280><c> even</c><00:56:22.739><c> get</c>

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an<00:56:23.139><c> audience</c><00:56:23.460><c> with</c><00:56:23.659><c> him.</c><00:56:25.139><c> Once</c><00:56:25.539><c> her</c><00:56:25.760><c> family</c><00:56:26.099><c> was</c><00:56:26.320><c> at</c><00:56:26.559><c> peace,</c>

00:56:27.059 --> 00:56:30.079
trusting<00:56:27.360><c> in</c><00:56:27.639><c> Yahweh,</c><00:56:28.659><c> and</c><00:56:28.940><c> now</c><00:56:29.400><c> all</c>

00:56:30.099 --> 00:56:34.539
of<00:56:30.280><c> that</c><00:56:30.500><c> was</c><00:56:30.699><c> coming</c><00:56:30.940><c> apart.</c><00:56:33.360><c> In</c><00:56:33.500><c> our</c><00:56:33.760><c> final</c><00:56:34.039><c> session,</c><00:56:34.480><c> what</c>

00:56:34.539 --> 00:56:37.739
we'll<00:56:34.699><c> have</c><00:56:34.860><c> a</c><00:56:34.960><c> look</c><00:56:35.139><c> at</c><00:56:35.480><c> is</c><00:56:36.519><c> how</c><00:56:36.760><c> our</c><00:56:37.000><c> Lord</c>

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healed<00:56:39.780><c> his</c><00:56:40.219><c> mother.</c>