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Continuing<00:17:30.140><c> on</c><00:17:30.440><c> in</c><00:17:30.599><c> Mark</c><00:17:30.779><c> 10</c><00:17:31.059><c> verses</c><00:17:32.059><c> 28,</c>

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and<00:18:39.680><c> Jesus</c><00:18:40.000><c> went</c><00:18:40.200><c> before</c><00:18:40.640><c> them,</c><00:18:41.759><c> and</c><00:18:42.019><c> they</c><00:18:42.319><c> were</c><00:18:42.619><c> amazed,</c><00:18:42.980><c> and</c>

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afraid<00:18:51.940><c> of</c><00:18:52.160><c> potentially</c><00:18:52.420><c> the</c><00:18:52.660><c> mounting</c><00:18:53.160><c> contention</c><00:18:53.799><c> between</c>

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what<00:19:09.019><c> things</c><00:19:09.200><c> should</c><00:19:09.380><c> happen</c><00:19:09.640><c> to</c><00:19:09.799><c> Him,</c><00:19:10.039><c> saying,</c>

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Behold,<00:19:10.960><c> when</c><00:19:11.140><c> we</c><00:19:11.220><c> go</c><00:19:11.339><c> up</c><00:19:11.460><c> to</c><00:19:11.559><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:12.519><c> and</c><00:19:12.619><c> the</c><00:19:12.740><c> son</c><00:19:12.880><c> of</c><00:19:13.019><c> man</c><00:19:13.200><c> shall</c><00:19:13.519><c> be</c>

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obedience,<00:29:32.549><c> and</c><00:29:32.890><c> trust</c>

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but<00:29:49.970><c> to</c><00:29:50.250><c> minister</c><00:29:50.869><c> and</c><00:29:51.750><c> to</c><00:29:52.109><c> give</c><00:29:52.470><c> his</c><00:29:53.029><c> life</c><00:29:53.710><c> a</c><00:29:54.210><c> ransom</c><00:29:54.630><c> for</c><00:29:55.630><c> many.</c>