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And<00:10:02.299><c> he</c><00:10:02.559><c> wastes</c><00:10:02.960><c> his</c><00:10:03.200><c> substance</c><00:10:03.600><c> with</c><00:10:04.000><c> riotous</c><00:10:04.600><c> living.</c>

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Now,<00:10:06.019><c> that's</c><00:10:06.320><c> hardly</c><00:10:06.620><c> something</c><00:10:07.000><c> that</c><00:10:07.179><c> can</c><00:10:07.440><c> be</c><00:10:07.860><c> admirable.</c>

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And<00:10:09.120><c> we</c><00:10:09.320><c> would</c><00:10:09.480><c> look</c><00:10:09.659><c> at</c><00:10:09.779><c> it</c><00:10:09.919><c> and</c><00:10:09.980><c> we</c><00:10:10.000><c> can</c><00:10:10.220><c> imagine</c><00:10:10.559><c> the</c><00:10:10.860><c> Pharisees</c><00:10:11.419><c> listening</c><00:10:11.820><c> to</c>

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this<00:10:12.360><c> parable.</c>

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He's<00:10:13.200><c> telling</c><00:10:13.399><c> it</c><00:10:13.600><c> to</c><00:10:13.700><c> them</c><00:10:13.799><c> and</c><00:10:13.899><c> they're</c><00:10:14.039><c> saying,</c>

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that<00:10:15.000><c> young</c><00:10:15.340><c> man</c><00:10:15.659><c> deserves</c><00:10:16.240><c> everything</c><00:10:17.059><c> he's</c><00:10:17.519><c> going</c><00:10:17.759><c> to</c><00:10:17.940><c> get.</c>

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And<00:10:21.039><c> when</c><00:10:21.179><c> he</c><00:10:21.340><c> had</c><00:10:21.600><c> spent</c><00:10:21.820><c> all,</c><00:10:22.779><c> there</c><00:10:22.899><c> arose</c><00:10:23.200><c> a</c><00:10:23.539><c> mighty</c><00:10:23.919><c> famine.</c>

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And<00:10:27.220><c> he</c><00:10:27.419><c> had</c><00:10:27.659><c> put</c><00:10:27.820><c> nothing</c><00:10:28.100><c> aside.</c>

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He<00:10:29.059><c> didn't</c><00:10:29.259><c> have</c><00:10:29.440><c> anything</c><00:10:29.720><c> in</c><00:10:29.919><c> the</c><00:10:30.139><c> bank</c><00:10:30.279><c> for</c><00:10:30.559><c> a</c><00:10:30.720><c> rainy</c><00:10:30.899><c> day,</c>

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as<00:10:31.360><c> we</c><00:10:31.539><c> might</c><00:10:31.759><c> say.</c>

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There<00:10:32.139><c> was</c><00:10:32.399><c> nothing</c><00:10:32.779><c> that</c><00:10:33.320><c> he</c><00:10:33.600><c> put</c><00:10:33.799><c> aside</c><00:10:34.200><c> of</c><00:10:34.399><c> this</c><00:10:34.740><c> vast</c><00:10:35.139><c> inheritance.</c>

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And<00:10:36.019><c> Father</c><00:10:36.200><c> was</c><00:10:36.399><c> very</c><00:10:36.740><c> rich</c><00:10:36.940><c> because</c><00:10:37.240><c> he</c><00:10:38.159><c> starts</c><00:10:38.440><c> out</c><00:10:38.879><c> by</c>

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that<00:10:39.399><c> assumption</c>

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that<00:10:40.039><c> this</c><00:10:40.299><c> man</c><00:10:40.519><c> has</c><00:10:41.980><c> the</c><00:10:42.440><c> wherewithal</c><00:10:42.919><c> to</c><00:10:43.120><c> give</c><00:10:43.320><c> him</c><00:10:43.519><c> his</c><00:10:43.759><c> inheritance</c>

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right<00:10:44.480><c> up</c><00:10:44.700><c> front</c><00:10:44.840><c> in</c><00:10:45.019><c> the</c><00:10:45.179><c> beginning.</c>

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With<00:10:47.740><c> nothing</c><00:10:48.000><c> in</c><00:10:48.179><c> the</c><00:10:48.379><c> bank,</c><00:10:50.399><c> he</c><00:10:50.679><c> began</c><00:10:51.340><c> to</c><00:10:51.740><c> be</c><00:10:52.100><c> in</c><00:10:52.440><c> want.</c>

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That's<00:10:54.220><c> kind</c><00:10:54.440><c> of</c><00:10:54.580><c> interesting.</c>

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This<00:10:55.299><c> young</c><00:10:55.620><c> man</c><00:10:55.960><c> received</c><00:10:56.460><c> everything</c><00:10:57.000><c> he'd</c><00:10:57.399><c> asked</c><00:10:57.559><c> for</c>

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and<00:10:58.299><c> he</c><00:10:58.500><c> got</c><00:10:58.620><c> himself</c><00:10:59.000><c> into</c><00:10:59.240><c> deep,</c><00:10:59.740><c> deep</c><00:11:00.019><c> trouble.</c>

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Now,<00:11:01.100><c> my</c><00:11:01.200><c> mother</c><00:11:01.460><c> always</c><00:11:01.820><c> used</c><00:11:02.039><c> to</c><00:11:02.240><c> say,</c>

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be<00:11:03.179><c> careful</c><00:11:03.600><c> what</c><00:11:03.820><c> you</c><00:11:04.080><c> pray</c><00:11:04.340><c> for</c><00:11:04.679><c> because</c><00:11:04.980><c> you</c><00:11:05.159><c> may</c><00:11:05.399><c> get</c><00:11:05.600><c> it.</c>

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So<00:11:07.860><c> you</c><00:11:07.940><c> have</c><00:11:08.080><c> to</c><00:11:08.200><c> be</c><00:11:08.379><c> very,</c><00:11:08.759><c> very</c><00:11:09.039><c> careful</c>

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that<00:11:10.220><c> in</c><00:11:10.600><c> wanting</c><00:11:10.940><c> to</c><00:11:11.240><c> put</c><00:11:11.399><c> your</c><00:11:11.740><c> mind</c><00:11:12.059><c> in</c><00:11:12.220><c> a</c><00:11:12.399><c> mindset</c><00:11:12.759><c> of</c><00:11:13.059><c> evil,</c>

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you<00:11:13.879><c> will</c><00:11:14.240><c> surely</c><00:11:14.580><c> get</c><00:11:14.940><c> that.</c>

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If<00:11:15.360><c> you</c><00:11:15.539><c> put</c><00:11:15.700><c> your</c><00:11:16.039><c> mind</c><00:11:16.240><c> in</c><00:11:16.379><c> a</c><00:11:16.559><c> mindset</c><00:11:16.940><c> of</c><00:11:17.159><c> doing</c><00:11:17.419><c> right,</c>

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you<00:11:18.960><c> will</c><00:11:19.259><c> surely</c><00:11:19.500><c> get</c><00:11:19.740><c> that</c><00:11:20.059><c> also.</c>

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So<00:11:21.139><c> he</c><00:11:21.320><c> wanted</c><00:11:21.779><c> the</c><00:11:22.360><c> goods</c><00:11:22.500><c> of</c><00:11:22.700><c> this</c><00:11:22.980><c> world.</c>

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He<00:11:24.320><c> wanted</c><00:11:24.700><c> his</c><00:11:25.039><c> riotous</c><00:11:25.399><c> living</c><00:11:25.639><c> and</c><00:11:25.980><c> he</c><00:11:26.259><c> reaped</c><00:11:26.559><c> the</c><00:11:26.840><c> fruits</c>

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of<00:11:27.240><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:29.240><c> what</c><00:11:29.379><c> does</c><00:11:29.500><c> he</c><00:11:29.659><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:11:30.460><c> his</c><00:11:30.659><c> first</c><00:11:30.960><c> reaction</c><00:11:31.399><c> is,</c><00:11:31.879><c> shame.</c>

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I'm<00:11:32.460><c> not</c><00:11:32.600><c> going</c><00:11:32.720><c> to</c><00:11:32.759><c> go</c><00:11:33.019><c> back</c><00:11:33.220><c> to</c><00:11:33.379><c> my</c><00:11:33.679><c> parents.</c>

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I'm<00:11:35.120><c> not</c><00:11:35.240><c> going</c><00:11:35.360><c> to</c><00:11:35.379><c> go</c><00:11:35.600><c> back</c><00:11:35.860><c> there.</c>

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Boy,<00:11:36.860><c> will</c><00:11:37.159><c> they</c><00:11:37.620><c> lay</c><00:11:37.899><c> it</c><00:11:38.100><c> on</c><00:11:38.259><c> me.</c>

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And<00:11:38.519><c> they're</c><00:11:38.779><c> going</c><00:11:38.899><c> to</c><00:11:39.039><c> remind</c><00:11:39.399><c> me</c><00:11:39.600><c> what</c><00:11:39.820><c> a</c><00:11:39.960><c> bum</c><00:11:40.159><c> I</c><00:11:40.320><c> was.</c>

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They're<00:11:41.299><c> going</c><00:11:41.419><c> to</c><00:11:41.600><c> tell</c><00:11:41.700><c> me,</c><00:11:41.879><c> I</c><00:11:42.039><c> told</c><00:11:42.340><c> you</c><00:11:42.559><c> so</c><00:11:42.700><c> in</c><00:11:42.820><c> the</c><00:11:42.940><c> first</c><00:11:43.159><c> place.</c>

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You<00:11:43.460><c> should</c><00:11:43.639><c> never</c><00:11:43.820><c> have</c><00:11:43.940><c> done</c><00:11:44.080><c> that.</c>

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And<00:11:45.639><c> of</c><00:11:45.759><c> course,</c><00:11:45.919><c> I</c><00:11:46.019><c> guess</c><00:11:46.200><c> that's</c><00:11:46.759><c> our</c><00:11:46.980><c> reaction.</c>

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Boy,<00:11:47.519><c> is</c><00:11:47.679><c> it</c><00:11:47.919><c> hard</c><00:11:48.159><c> not</c><00:11:48.379><c> to</c><00:11:48.639><c> say,</c><00:11:48.799><c> I</c><00:11:48.960><c> told</c><00:11:49.220><c> you</c><00:11:49.419><c> so.</c>

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I<00:11:51.000><c> mean,</c><00:11:51.559><c> you</c><00:11:51.899><c> bite</c><00:11:52.220><c> your</c><00:11:52.460><c> tongue</c><00:11:52.620><c> sometimes</c><00:11:53.139><c> with</c><00:11:53.340><c> your</c><00:11:53.480><c> own</c><00:11:53.679><c> children</c>

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because<00:11:54.740><c> you</c><00:11:55.100><c> know,</c><00:11:55.879><c> you</c><00:11:56.139><c> tell</c><00:11:56.320><c> them</c><00:11:56.519><c> something</c>

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and<00:11:57.080><c> they</c><00:11:57.519><c> don't</c><00:11:57.899><c> listen</c><00:11:58.240><c> to</c><00:11:58.340><c> you</c><00:11:58.440><c> and</c><00:11:58.460><c> they</c><00:11:58.659><c> go</c><00:11:58.840><c> out</c>

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and<00:11:59.360><c> they</c><00:11:59.580><c> do</c><00:11:59.720><c> just</c><00:12:00.019><c> the</c><00:12:00.240><c> opposite</c><00:12:00.539><c> and</c><00:12:00.679><c> they</c><00:12:00.840><c> get</c><00:12:01.019><c> themselves</c>

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in<00:12:01.639><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:12:02.600><c> when</c><00:12:02.860><c> they</c><00:12:03.019><c> come</c><00:12:03.220><c> back</c><00:12:03.480><c> to</c><00:12:03.700><c> you,</c>

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perhaps<00:12:04.779><c> the</c><00:12:05.080><c> worst</c><00:12:05.259><c> thing</c><00:12:05.460><c> to</c><00:12:05.639><c> do</c><00:12:05.779><c> is</c><00:12:05.919><c> tell</c><00:12:06.100><c> them</c><00:12:06.240><c> you</c><00:12:06.460><c> told</c>

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you<00:12:06.919><c> so.</c>

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But<00:12:07.679><c> it's</c><00:12:08.159><c> really</c><00:12:08.600><c> tempting</c><00:12:09.100><c> to</c><00:12:09.799><c> do</c><00:12:09.980><c> it.</c>

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I<00:12:10.860><c> know</c><00:12:11.019><c> I've</c><00:12:11.259><c> done</c><00:12:11.440><c> it.</c>

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Maybe<00:12:12.659><c> you've</c><00:12:12.879><c> never</c><00:12:13.080><c> done</c><00:12:13.320><c> it,</c><00:12:13.460><c> but</c><00:12:13.600><c> I've</c><00:12:14.000><c> done</c><00:12:14.120><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:12:14.440><c> just</c><00:12:14.799><c> so</c><00:12:15.059><c> tempting</c><00:12:15.299><c> to</c><00:12:15.500><c> say,</c>

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if<00:12:16.179><c> you</c><00:12:16.379><c> had</c><00:12:16.460><c> done</c><00:12:16.519><c> what</c><00:12:16.679><c> I</c><00:12:16.860><c> said</c><00:12:16.940><c> in</c><00:12:17.179><c> the</c><00:12:17.200><c> first</c><00:12:17.360><c> place,</c>

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you<00:12:17.679><c> would</c><00:12:17.840><c> have</c><00:12:18.000><c> never</c><00:12:18.200><c> gotten</c><00:12:18.379><c> into</c><00:12:18.600><c> that</c><00:12:18.820><c> accident.</c>

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So<00:12:22.080><c> what</c><00:12:22.340><c> happens?</c>

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He<00:12:23.700><c> goes</c><00:12:24.019><c> to</c><00:12:24.240><c> his</c><00:12:24.460><c> friends</c><00:12:24.720><c> in</c><00:12:24.899><c> the</c><00:12:25.080><c> world.</c>

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He<00:12:27.120><c> joins</c><00:12:27.399><c> himself</c><00:12:27.779><c> to</c><00:12:27.980><c> a</c><00:12:28.240><c> citizen</c><00:12:28.539><c> of</c><00:12:28.740><c> that</c><00:12:29.019><c> far</c><00:12:29.279><c> country.</c>

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And<00:12:31.720><c> what</c><00:12:31.879><c> does</c><00:12:32.019><c> that</c><00:12:32.279><c> citizen</c><00:12:32.639><c> do</c><00:12:32.860><c> to</c><00:12:33.059><c> him?</c>

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He<00:12:34.259><c> humiliates</c><00:12:35.179><c> him.</c>

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He<00:12:36.100><c> says,</c><00:12:36.399><c> go</c><00:12:36.399><c> out</c><00:12:36.639><c> and</c><00:12:36.879><c> feed</c><00:12:37.019><c> my</c><00:12:37.360><c> swine.</c>

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Now,<00:12:38.360><c> to</c><00:12:38.559><c> the</c><00:12:38.799><c> Pharisees</c><00:12:39.340><c> listening</c><00:12:39.759><c> to</c><00:12:40.019><c> this,</c>

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again,<00:12:40.519><c> we</c><00:12:40.659><c> have</c><00:12:40.840><c> to</c><00:12:41.019><c> imagine</c><00:12:41.600><c> their</c><00:12:43.080><c> reaction.</c>

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Swine?

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That's<00:12:46.440><c> an</c><00:12:46.679><c> animal</c><00:12:47.039><c> absolutely</c><00:12:47.720><c> forbidden</c><00:12:48.080><c> under</c><00:12:48.379><c> the</c><00:12:48.580><c> law.</c>

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Boy,<00:12:49.600><c> had</c><00:12:49.840><c> this</c><00:12:50.220><c> man</c><00:12:50.899><c> sunk</c><00:12:51.419><c> to</c><00:12:51.820><c> utter</c><00:12:52.120><c> degradation.</c>

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That<00:12:54.000><c> he</c><00:12:54.100><c> was</c><00:12:54.360><c> even</c><00:12:54.659><c> willing</c><00:12:54.940><c> to</c><00:12:55.259><c> feed</c><00:12:55.500><c> pigs</c>

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and<00:12:56.600><c> to</c><00:12:56.799><c> deal</c><00:12:56.940><c> with</c><00:12:57.120><c> an</c><00:12:57.399><c> animal</c><00:12:57.679><c> absolutely</c><00:12:58.620><c> filthy</c><00:12:59.139><c> under</c>

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the<00:12:59.600><c> law.</c>

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He<00:13:03.279><c> would</c><00:13:03.600><c> feign</c><00:13:03.840><c> and</c><00:13:04.120><c> fill</c><00:13:04.259><c> his</c><00:13:04.500><c> belly</c><00:13:04.759><c> with</c><00:13:05.019><c> the</c><00:13:05.179><c> husks</c>

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that<00:13:06.519><c> the</c><00:13:06.879><c> swine</c><00:13:07.179><c> did</c><00:13:07.399><c> eat,</c>

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and<00:13:08.559><c> no</c><00:13:08.799><c> man</c><00:13:09.000><c> gave</c><00:13:09.259><c> it</c><00:13:09.559><c> unto</c><00:13:09.820><c> him.</c>

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So<00:13:10.299><c> he</c><00:13:10.379><c> was</c><00:13:10.600><c> so</c><00:13:10.940><c> hungry,</c><00:13:11.500><c> he</c><00:13:11.700><c> would</c><00:13:11.879><c> even</c><00:13:12.120><c> eat</c><00:13:12.440><c> animal</c><00:13:12.940><c> food.</c>

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But<00:13:16.039><c> they</c><00:13:16.259><c> didn't</c><00:13:16.500><c> even</c><00:13:16.820><c> allow</c><00:13:17.019><c> him</c><00:13:17.179><c> to</c><00:13:17.320><c> do</c><00:13:17.440><c> that</c>

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because<00:13:18.080><c> the</c><00:13:18.360><c> citizen</c><00:13:18.679><c> of</c><00:13:18.840><c> the</c><00:13:19.080><c> world</c><00:13:19.259><c> that</c><00:13:19.440><c> he</c><00:13:19.620><c> had</c><00:13:19.740><c> joined</c>

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himself<00:13:20.279><c> for</c>

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was<00:13:20.759><c> watching</c><00:13:21.240><c> everything</c><00:13:21.779><c> this</c><00:13:22.039><c> man</c><00:13:22.279><c> did.</c>

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He<00:13:23.299><c> wasn't</c><00:13:23.539><c> going</c><00:13:23.740><c> to</c><00:13:23.840><c> let</c><00:13:24.019><c> him</c><00:13:24.419><c> take</c><00:13:24.820><c> food</c><00:13:25.019><c> away</c><00:13:25.299><c> from</c><00:13:25.480><c> his</c><00:13:25.779><c> swine</c>

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in<00:13:26.220><c> which</c><00:13:26.360><c> he</c><00:13:26.480><c> was</c><00:13:26.639><c> earning</c><00:13:26.840><c> a</c><00:13:27.059><c> living</c><00:13:27.240><c> on.</c>

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And<00:13:28.480><c> you</c><00:13:28.559><c> can</c><00:13:28.799><c> see</c><00:13:28.940><c> that</c><00:13:29.179><c> often</c><00:13:29.360><c> when</c><00:13:29.539><c> you</c><00:13:29.740><c> throw</c><00:13:29.940><c> yourself</c>

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at<00:13:30.460><c> the</c><00:13:30.659><c> mercy</c><00:13:30.940><c> of</c><00:13:31.139><c> the</c><00:13:31.360><c> world</c>

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and<00:13:32.240><c> you</c><00:13:32.419><c> think,</c><00:13:32.720><c> well,</c><00:13:32.879><c> gee,</c><00:13:33.039><c> I'll</c><00:13:33.279><c> be</c><00:13:33.480><c> all</c><00:13:33.639><c> right.</c>

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I<00:13:34.000><c> don't</c><00:13:34.159><c> really</c><00:13:34.379><c> need</c><00:13:34.539><c> the</c><00:13:34.779><c> brotherhood.</c><00:13:35.179><c> I</c><00:13:35.360><c> don't</c><00:13:35.519><c> need</c><00:13:35.679><c> this.</c>

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They're<00:13:37.059><c> going</c><00:13:37.139><c> to</c><00:13:37.299><c> take</c><00:13:37.460><c> every</c><00:13:37.840><c> advantage</c><00:13:38.240><c> of</c><00:13:38.440><c> you</c>

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because<00:13:39.039><c> they</c><00:13:39.200><c> don't</c><00:13:39.379><c> really</c><00:13:39.639><c> love</c><00:13:39.860><c> you.</c>

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They<00:13:40.100><c> don't</c><00:13:40.320><c> care</c><00:13:40.539><c> for</c><00:13:40.639><c> you</c><00:13:40.759><c> the</c><00:13:40.860><c> way</c><00:13:41.039><c> God</c><00:13:41.360><c> cares</c><00:13:41.700><c> for</c><00:13:41.980><c> you.</c>

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But<00:13:45.039><c> once</c><00:13:45.279><c> you</c><00:13:45.419><c> put</c><00:13:45.639><c> yourself</c><00:13:46.059><c> in</c><00:13:46.360><c> that</c><00:13:46.879><c> environment,</c>

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you<00:13:48.820><c> are</c><00:13:49.039><c> at</c><00:13:49.200><c> risk</c><00:13:49.519><c> to</c><00:13:49.899><c> take</c><00:13:50.259><c> everything</c><00:13:50.700><c> that</c><00:13:50.980><c> occurs</c><00:13:51.340><c> in</c>

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that<00:13:51.840><c> environment.</c>

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There's<00:13:54.419><c> not</c><00:13:54.639><c> necessarily</c><00:13:55.220><c> going</c><00:13:55.460><c> to</c><00:13:55.639><c> be</c><00:13:55.820><c> any</c><00:13:56.120><c> mercy.</c>

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Only<00:13:58.299><c> justice</c><00:13:58.820><c> if</c><00:13:59.080><c> we're</c><00:13:59.279><c> lucky.</c>

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And<00:14:03.100><c> when</c><00:14:03.240><c> he</c><00:14:03.360><c> came</c><00:14:03.600><c> to</c><00:14:03.779><c> himself,</c><00:14:04.659><c> he</c><00:14:04.820><c> said,</c>

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notice<00:14:06.559><c> that,</c><00:14:06.779><c> when</c><00:14:06.879><c> he</c><00:14:07.039><c> came</c><00:14:07.299><c> to</c><00:14:07.519><c> himself,</c>

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he<00:14:08.580><c> reached</c><00:14:08.820><c> the</c><00:14:09.080><c> point</c><00:14:09.240><c> when</c><00:14:09.379><c> he</c><00:14:09.700><c> finally</c><00:14:09.980><c> realized</c><00:14:10.440><c> within</c><00:14:10.700><c> himself,</c>

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I'm<00:14:11.580><c> a</c><00:14:11.879><c> jerk.</c>

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Why<00:14:14.000><c> am</c><00:14:14.179><c> I</c><00:14:14.379><c> doing</c><00:14:14.679><c> this?</c>

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I've<00:14:17.179><c> been</c><00:14:17.320><c> brought</c><00:14:17.480><c> up</c><00:14:17.659><c> all</c><00:14:17.799><c> my</c><00:14:17.980><c> life</c><00:14:18.159><c> a</c><00:14:18.379><c> different</c><00:14:18.620><c> way.</c>

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This<00:14:21.419><c> isn't</c><00:14:21.779><c> right.</c><00:14:22.440><c> I</c><00:14:22.600><c> don't</c><00:14:22.759><c> have</c><00:14:23.000><c> to</c><00:14:23.200><c> endure</c><00:14:23.539><c> this.</c>

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And<00:14:26.019><c> you</c><00:14:26.120><c> know,</c><00:14:26.320><c> it's</c><00:14:26.600><c> kind</c><00:14:26.820><c> of</c><00:14:27.019><c> interesting</c>

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that<00:14:27.559><c> it's</c><00:14:27.740><c> very</c><00:14:28.120><c> hard</c><00:14:28.379><c> to</c><00:14:28.700><c> change</c><00:14:29.059><c> a</c><00:14:29.519><c> person's</c><00:14:30.240><c> impression</c>

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of<00:14:31.019><c> what</c><00:14:31.240><c> to</c><00:14:31.500><c> do</c><00:14:31.600><c> with</c><00:14:31.820><c> life</c>

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until<00:14:33.019><c> within</c><00:14:33.500><c> themselves</c><00:14:34.120><c> they're</c><00:14:34.500><c> willing</c><00:14:34.899><c> to</c><00:14:35.179><c> move.</c>

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You<00:14:37.139><c> know,</c><00:14:38.340><c> ever</c><00:14:38.539><c> give</c><00:14:38.679><c> anyone</c><00:14:38.919><c> free</c><00:14:39.179><c> advice?</c>

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They<00:14:40.580><c> don't</c><00:14:40.779><c> want</c><00:14:40.960><c> it.</c>

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If<00:14:43.200><c> you</c><00:14:43.299><c> go</c><00:14:43.500><c> to</c><00:14:43.679><c> someone</c><00:14:43.879><c> and</c><00:14:43.899><c> say,</c>

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you<00:14:44.240><c> know,</c><00:14:44.399><c> you</c><00:14:44.600><c> ought</c><00:14:44.840><c> to</c><00:14:44.960><c> be</c><00:14:45.139><c> doing</c><00:14:45.320><c> such</c><00:14:45.559><c> and</c><00:14:45.700><c> such,</c>

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and<00:14:45.960><c> they're</c><00:14:46.200><c> not</c><00:14:46.419><c> in</c><00:14:46.580><c> the</c><00:14:46.779><c> frame</c><00:14:46.940><c> of</c><00:14:47.159><c> mind</c><00:14:47.299><c> to</c><00:14:47.519><c> accept</c><00:14:47.899><c> it,</c>

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they're<00:14:49.679><c> just</c><00:14:49.980><c> not</c><00:14:50.220><c> going</c><00:14:50.440><c> to</c><00:14:50.700><c> accept</c><00:14:50.919><c> it.</c>

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I<00:14:51.820><c> have</c><00:14:52.039><c> never</c><00:14:52.299><c> found</c><00:14:52.639><c> in</c><00:14:52.759><c> my</c><00:14:53.080><c> life</c><00:14:53.279><c> that</c><00:14:53.500><c> giving</c><00:14:53.720><c> someone</c><00:14:54.179><c> advice</c>

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when<00:14:55.039><c> I</c><00:14:55.200><c> knew</c><00:14:55.340><c> they</c><00:14:55.480><c> were</c><00:14:56.080><c> mindset</c><00:14:56.639><c> absolutely</c><00:14:57.539><c> opposite</c>

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and<00:14:58.080><c> they</c><00:14:58.179><c> didn't</c><00:14:58.320><c> even</c><00:14:58.460><c> want</c><00:14:58.559><c> to</c><00:14:58.720><c> hear</c><00:14:58.840><c> it.</c>

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I<00:15:00.320><c> don't</c><00:15:00.480><c> want</c><00:15:00.559><c> to</c><00:15:00.600><c> hear</c><00:15:00.659><c> what</c><00:15:00.799><c> you're</c><00:15:00.960><c> telling</c><00:15:01.179><c> me.</c>

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Well,<00:15:01.620><c> if</c><00:15:01.720><c> somebody</c><00:15:01.980><c> tells</c><00:15:02.240><c> me</c><00:15:02.460><c> that,</c><00:15:02.659><c> I</c><00:15:02.779><c> don't</c><00:15:02.960><c> tell</c><00:15:03.120><c> them.</c>

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You<00:15:05.179><c> know,</c><00:15:05.399><c> I</c><00:15:06.340><c> try</c><00:15:06.940><c> to</c><00:15:07.179><c> refrain</c><00:15:07.500><c> at</c><00:15:07.779><c> all</c><00:15:08.080><c> circumstances</c>

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to<00:15:08.779><c> giving</c><00:15:08.899><c> people</c><00:15:09.299><c> advice</c><00:15:09.659><c> about</c><00:15:10.139><c> love</c><00:15:10.440><c> affairs.</c>

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How<00:15:11.759><c> to</c><00:15:12.240><c> make</c><00:15:12.440><c> an</c><00:15:12.639><c> enemy.</c>

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I<00:15:12.980><c> mean,</c><00:15:13.220><c> I</c><00:15:13.220><c> had</c><00:15:13.399><c> a</c><00:15:13.559><c> friend,</c>

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very<00:15:14.399><c> good</c><00:15:14.600><c> friend</c><00:15:14.840><c> one</c><00:15:15.139><c> time</c><00:15:15.480><c> in</c><00:15:15.879><c> college,</c>

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and<00:15:16.279><c> he</c><00:15:16.379><c> said</c><00:15:16.500><c> to</c><00:15:16.600><c> me,</c>

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what<00:15:16.840><c> do</c><00:15:16.980><c> you</c><00:15:17.059><c> think</c><00:15:17.200><c> of</c><00:15:17.320><c> this</c><00:15:17.500><c> girl?</c>

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And<00:15:18.259><c> I</c><00:15:18.360><c> made</c><00:15:18.539><c> the</c><00:15:18.679><c> mistake</c><00:15:19.019><c> of</c><00:15:19.220><c> telling</c><00:15:19.379><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:20.860><c> it</c><00:15:20.980><c> didn't</c><00:15:21.220><c> work</c><00:15:21.580><c> out,</c>

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and<00:15:22.220><c> he</c><00:15:22.299><c> didn't</c><00:15:22.519><c> speak</c><00:15:22.740><c> to</c><00:15:22.899><c> me</c><00:15:23.019><c> for</c><00:15:23.519><c> many</c><00:15:23.840><c> years</c><00:15:24.139><c> after</c><00:15:24.480><c> that.</c>

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Of<00:15:25.480><c> course,</c><00:15:25.580><c> I</c><00:15:25.779><c> was</c><00:15:26.039><c> right,</c>

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and<00:15:26.559><c> the</c><00:15:26.720><c> fact</c><00:15:26.840><c> that</c><00:15:27.000><c> I</c><00:15:27.080><c> was</c><00:15:27.259><c> right</c><00:15:27.399><c> made</c><00:15:27.600><c> him</c><00:15:27.759><c> even</c><00:15:28.000><c> madder.</c>

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Now,<00:15:28.860><c> when</c><00:15:29.039><c> my</c><00:15:29.360><c> children</c><00:15:29.620><c> came</c><00:15:29.919><c> to</c><00:15:30.100><c> me</c><00:15:30.240><c> and</c><00:15:30.320><c> they</c><00:15:30.519><c> said,</c>

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what<00:15:30.779><c> do</c><00:15:30.919><c> you</c><00:15:30.960><c> think</c><00:15:31.080><c> of</c><00:15:31.200><c> this</c><00:15:31.399><c> girl,</c>

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and<00:15:32.639><c> forgive</c><00:15:32.840><c> me,</c><00:15:33.139><c> Peter,</c>

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I<00:15:34.779><c> didn't</c><00:15:34.980><c> have</c><00:15:35.200><c> any</c><00:15:35.460><c> opinion.</c>

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I<00:15:36.159><c> wanted</c><00:15:36.440><c> to</c><00:15:36.639><c> tell</c><00:15:36.759><c> her,</c>

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but<00:15:36.919><c> it's</c><00:15:37.059><c> great,</c><00:15:37.580><c> do</c><00:15:37.899><c> it.</c>

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But<00:15:38.840><c> the</c><00:15:38.980><c> problem</c><00:15:39.240><c> is</c><00:15:39.399><c> if</c><00:15:39.480><c> I</c><00:15:39.620><c> did</c><00:15:39.779><c> that,</c>

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I<00:15:40.019><c> wasn't</c><00:15:40.299><c> quite</c><00:15:40.600><c> sure</c><00:15:40.840><c> whether</c><00:15:41.039><c> he'd</c><00:15:41.279><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:15:41.539><c> if</c><00:15:41.679><c> my</c><00:15:41.879><c> father</c><00:15:42.120><c> likes</c><00:15:42.419><c> her,</c>

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what's<00:15:42.940><c> wrong</c><00:15:43.120><c> with</c><00:15:43.320><c> this</c><00:15:43.580><c> girl?</c>

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So<00:15:45.240><c> it's</c><00:15:45.720><c> sometimes</c><00:15:45.960><c> best</c><00:15:46.419><c> to</c><00:15:46.639><c> mind</c><00:15:46.840><c> your</c><00:15:47.039><c> own</c><00:15:47.200><c> business.</c>

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But<00:15:48.940><c> he</c><00:15:49.179><c> came</c><00:15:49.399><c> to</c><00:15:49.620><c> himself.</c>

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In<00:15:51.039><c> his</c><00:15:51.320><c> mind,</c>

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he<00:15:51.620><c> was</c><00:15:51.840><c> now</c><00:15:52.080><c> ready</c><00:15:52.279><c> to</c><00:15:52.639><c> do</c><00:15:52.860><c> something</c><00:15:53.200><c> about</c><00:15:53.519><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:15:54.159><c> the</c><00:15:54.379><c> time,</c>

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when<00:15:55.220><c> you</c><00:15:55.419><c> see</c><00:15:55.600><c> that</c><00:15:55.860><c> opening</c><00:15:56.220><c> and</c><00:15:56.419><c> someone</c><00:15:56.700><c> is</c><00:15:57.320><c> ready,</c>

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then<00:15:58.299><c> boy,</c><00:15:58.740><c> jump</c><00:15:59.120><c> in.</c>

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And<00:16:01.480><c> that</c><00:16:01.679><c> involves</c><00:16:02.059><c> us</c><00:16:02.320><c> being</c><00:16:02.539><c> sensitive,</c><00:16:03.080><c> doesn't</c><00:16:03.399><c> it?</c>

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Being<00:16:04.399><c> sensitive</c><00:16:04.840><c> to</c><00:16:05.080><c> the</c><00:16:05.200><c> needs</c><00:16:05.500><c> of</c><00:16:06.899><c> others.</c>

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How<00:16:07.679><c> many</c><00:16:07.960><c> hired</c><00:16:08.320><c> servants</c><00:16:08.700><c> of</c><00:16:08.899><c> my</c><00:16:09.120><c> fathers</c>

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have<00:16:09.720><c> bread</c><00:16:09.919><c> enough</c><00:16:10.279><c> to</c><00:16:10.620><c> spare,</c>

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and<00:16:11.000><c> I</c><00:16:11.340><c> perish</c><00:16:11.659><c> with</c><00:16:11.899><c> hunger.</c>

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I<00:16:12.740><c> will</c><00:16:12.960><c> arise</c><00:16:13.320><c> and</c><00:16:13.460><c> go</c><00:16:13.620><c> to</c><00:16:13.779><c> my</c><00:16:14.000><c> father</c>

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and<00:16:14.379><c> will</c><00:16:14.580><c> say</c><00:16:14.679><c> unto</c><00:16:14.799><c> him,</c>

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Father,<00:16:15.340><c> I</c><00:16:15.519><c> have</c><00:16:15.799><c> sinned</c><00:16:16.100><c> against</c><00:16:16.519><c> heaven</c><00:16:17.039><c> and</c><00:16:18.720><c> before</c><00:16:19.100><c> thee.</c>

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You<00:16:19.779><c> know,</c><00:16:19.820><c> that's</c><00:16:20.019><c> kind</c><00:16:20.200><c> of</c><00:16:20.299><c> an</c><00:16:20.480><c> interesting</c><00:16:20.840><c> expression.</c>

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If<00:16:21.460><c> you</c><00:16:21.539><c> look</c><00:16:21.659><c> at</c><00:16:21.820><c> Psalm</c><00:16:22.039><c> 51,</c>

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you<00:16:23.200><c> see</c><00:16:23.340><c> that</c><00:16:23.639><c> recognition</c><00:16:24.220><c> on</c><00:16:24.559><c> David's</c><00:16:25.100><c> part</c>

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when<00:16:25.340><c> he</c><00:16:25.500><c> had</c><00:16:25.700><c> created</c><00:16:26.080><c> that</c><00:16:26.679><c> great</c><00:16:26.980><c> sin</c><00:16:27.200><c> with</c><00:16:27.460><c> Bathsheba</c>

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in<00:16:28.759><c> the</c><00:16:28.899><c> 51st</c><00:16:29.600><c> Psalm.</c>

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And<00:16:30.519><c> it's</c><00:16:30.860><c> an</c><00:16:30.879><c> important</c><00:16:31.179><c> thing</c><00:16:31.399><c> for</c><00:16:31.580><c> us</c><00:16:31.779><c> to</c><00:16:32.039><c> remember</c>

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that<00:16:32.720><c> when</c><00:16:32.940><c> we</c><00:16:33.240><c> hurt</c><00:16:33.399><c> others,</c><00:16:33.980><c> we</c><00:16:34.139><c> hurt</c><00:16:34.419><c> God.</c>

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Our<00:16:35.299><c> sins</c><00:16:35.519><c> are</c><00:16:35.799><c> ultimately</c><00:16:36.399><c> all</c><00:16:36.980><c> against</c><00:16:37.419><c> God.</c>

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Psalm<00:16:39.139><c> 51,</c><00:16:39.960><c> verse</c><00:16:40.179><c> 4.</c>

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Against<00:16:41.100><c> thee,</c>

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thee<00:16:42.539><c> only</c><00:16:43.019><c> have</c><00:16:43.279><c> I</c><00:16:43.620><c> sinned</c>

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and<00:16:44.460><c> done</c><00:16:44.659><c> this</c><00:16:45.019><c> evil</c><00:16:45.299><c> in</c><00:16:45.559><c> thy</c><00:16:45.940><c> sight,</c>

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that<00:16:47.519><c> thou</c><00:16:47.700><c> mightest</c><00:16:48.059><c> be</c><00:16:48.340><c> justified</c><00:16:48.980><c> when</c><00:16:49.200><c> thou</c><00:16:49.519><c> speakest</c>

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and<00:16:50.100><c> be</c><00:16:50.399><c> clear</c><00:16:50.620><c> when</c><00:16:50.840><c> thou</c><00:16:51.100><c> judgest.</c>

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Against<00:16:52.940><c> thee</c><00:16:53.220><c> and</c><00:16:53.480><c> thee</c><00:16:53.720><c> only</c><00:16:54.080><c> have</c><00:16:54.360><c> I</c><00:16:54.580><c> sinned.</c>

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So<00:16:54.960><c> he</c><00:16:55.240><c> recognized</c><00:16:55.899><c> that</c><00:16:56.100><c> his</c><00:16:56.320><c> sin</c><00:16:56.419><c> was</c><00:16:56.700><c> against</c><00:16:57.120><c> God</c><00:16:57.639><c> and</c><00:16:58.240><c> his</c><00:16:58.480><c> father</c>

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and<00:16:58.919><c> ultimately</c><00:16:59.480><c> all</c><00:16:59.919><c> our</c><00:17:00.240><c> sins.</c>

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When<00:17:01.200><c> we</c><00:17:01.379><c> hurt</c><00:17:01.580><c> other</c><00:17:01.940><c> people,</c>

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we<00:17:04.180><c> are</c><00:17:04.420><c> sinning</c><00:17:04.740><c> against</c><00:17:05.079><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:17:06.460><c> not</c><00:17:06.720><c> just</c><00:17:07.640><c> a</c><00:17:08.380><c> small</c><00:17:08.680><c> circumstance.</c>

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It's<00:17:10.640><c> the</c><00:17:10.859><c> major</c><00:17:11.259><c> reason</c>

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why<00:17:12.279><c> we</c><00:17:12.519><c> have</c><00:17:12.759><c> to</c><00:17:13.079><c> keep</c><00:17:13.319><c> our</c><00:17:13.680><c> lives</c><00:17:14.099><c> in</c><00:17:14.539><c> order.</c>

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I<00:17:16.640><c> am</c><00:17:16.839><c> no</c><00:17:17.220><c> more</c><00:17:17.539><c> worthy</c><00:17:17.779><c> to</c><00:17:18.039><c> be</c><00:17:18.359><c> called</c><00:17:18.539><c> thy</c><00:17:18.839><c> son.</c>

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Make<00:17:19.859><c> me</c><00:17:20.220><c> as</c><00:17:20.440><c> one</c><00:17:20.680><c> of</c><00:17:20.839><c> thy</c><00:17:21.079><c> hired</c><00:17:21.480><c> servants.</c>

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And<00:17:23.160><c> so</c><00:17:23.359><c> here</c><00:17:23.819><c> we</c><00:17:24.380><c> see</c><00:17:24.619><c> his</c><00:17:25.220><c> tremendous</c><00:17:25.859><c> humility.</c>

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It's<00:17:27.440><c> an</c><00:17:27.619><c> incredible</c><00:17:28.240><c> thing</c><00:17:28.539><c> that</c><00:17:28.680><c> when</c><00:17:29.000><c> people</c><00:17:29.279><c> repent,</c>

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they<00:17:29.799><c> don't</c><00:17:29.960><c> always</c><00:17:30.240><c> come</c><00:17:30.420><c> with</c><00:17:30.579><c> this</c><00:17:30.799><c> humility.</c>

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They<00:17:32.299><c> don't</c><00:17:32.460><c> always</c><00:17:32.740><c> come</c><00:17:32.940><c> together.</c>

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It's<00:17:34.779><c> often,</c><00:17:35.160><c> well,</c><00:17:35.279><c> I</c><00:17:35.599><c> really</c><00:17:35.900><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:36.059><c> have</c><00:17:36.220><c> done</c><00:17:36.380><c> that.</c>

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But<00:17:36.900><c> if</c><00:17:37.079><c> you</c><00:17:37.279><c> hadn't</c><00:17:37.579><c> done</c><00:17:37.819><c> such</c><00:17:38.099><c> and</c><00:17:38.299><c> such,</c><00:17:38.500><c> I</c><00:17:38.539><c> would</c><00:17:38.720><c> have</c>

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never<00:17:39.039><c> done</c><00:17:39.259><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:17:40.660><c> there's</c><00:17:41.119><c> a</c><00:17:41.380><c> sign</c><00:17:41.599><c> to</c><00:17:41.680><c> us</c><00:17:41.859><c> that</c><00:17:42.059><c> always</c><00:17:42.420><c> wants</c><00:17:42.740><c> to</c>

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share<00:17:43.859><c> blame.</c>

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You<00:17:45.480><c> know,</c><00:17:45.599><c> I</c><00:17:45.839><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:46.059><c> have</c><00:17:46.279><c> done</c><00:17:46.380><c> it,</c><00:17:46.660><c> Dad,</c>

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if<00:17:46.900><c> you</c><00:17:47.140><c> weren't</c><00:17:47.299><c> such</c><00:17:47.559><c> a</c><00:17:47.779><c> stubborn</c><00:17:48.000><c> oaf.</c>

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That's<00:17:48.480><c> probably</c><00:17:48.759><c> true.</c>

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But<00:17:50.940><c> unless</c><00:17:51.319><c> we</c><00:17:51.539><c> are</c><00:17:51.700><c> willing</c><00:17:51.940><c> to</c><00:17:52.220><c> accept</c><00:17:52.700><c> to</c><00:17:52.920><c> blame</c><00:17:53.119><c> ourselves,</c>

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we're<00:17:53.859><c> not</c><00:17:54.039><c> ready</c><00:17:54.279><c> really</c><00:17:54.599><c> to</c><00:17:54.779><c> be</c><00:17:55.099><c> repentant.</c>

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Because<00:17:57.200><c> we're</c><00:17:57.440><c> still</c><00:17:57.640><c> looking</c><00:17:57.940><c> for</c><00:17:58.200><c> a</c><00:17:58.339><c> way</c><00:17:58.500><c> out.</c>

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We<00:17:58.960><c> still</c><00:17:59.200><c> have</c><00:17:59.900><c> part</c><00:18:00.259><c> of</c><00:18:00.400><c> that</c><00:18:00.640><c> phariseitic</c><00:18:01.180><c> mind,</c>

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which<00:18:02.180><c> says,</c><00:18:02.400><c> legalistically,</c><00:18:03.200><c> I</c><00:18:03.339><c> can</c><00:18:03.640><c> cop</c><00:18:03.779><c> a</c><00:18:04.019><c> plea.</c>

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I<00:18:05.900><c> want</c><00:18:06.099><c> a</c><00:18:06.279><c> plea</c><00:18:06.420><c> bargain.</c>

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But<00:18:09.440><c> this</c><00:18:10.000><c> son</c><00:18:10.200><c> came</c><00:18:10.539><c> back</c><00:18:10.920><c> with</c><00:18:11.400><c> absolutely</c><00:18:11.980><c> open</c><00:18:12.319><c> heart.</c>

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I<00:18:13.559><c> am</c><00:18:13.799><c> no</c><00:18:14.059><c> more</c><00:18:14.259><c> worthy</c><00:18:14.460><c> to</c><00:18:14.640><c> be</c><00:18:14.859><c> called</c><00:18:15.059><c> thy</c><00:18:15.299><c> son.</c>

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Take<00:18:15.980><c> a</c><00:18:16.119><c> look</c><00:18:16.200><c> at</c><00:18:16.359><c> the</c><00:18:16.599><c> passage</c><00:18:16.880><c> in</c><00:18:17.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:17.460><c> 55.</c>

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Perhaps<00:18:18.799><c> Jesus</c><00:18:19.559><c> had</c><00:18:19.819><c> this</c><00:18:20.119><c> in</c><00:18:20.299><c> mind</c><00:18:20.599><c> a</c><00:18:20.839><c> bit</c>

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when<00:18:21.839><c> he</c><00:18:22.740><c> was</c><00:18:23.160><c> telling</c><00:18:23.480><c> this</c><00:18:24.319><c> story.</c>

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Isaiah<00:18:26.440><c> 55,</c><00:18:29.240><c> verse</c><00:18:29.539><c> 7.</c>

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Let<00:18:31.240><c> the</c><00:18:31.500><c> wicked</c><00:18:31.799><c> forsake</c><00:18:32.420><c> his</c><00:18:32.700><c> way</c><00:18:33.220><c> and</c><00:18:33.720><c> the</c><00:18:33.920><c> unrighteous</c>

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man<00:18:34.819><c> his</c><00:18:35.220><c> thoughts</c>

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and<00:18:36.160><c> let</c><00:18:36.319><c> him</c><00:18:36.519><c> return</c><00:18:37.019><c> unto</c><00:18:37.279><c> the</c><00:18:37.539><c> Lord.</c>

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See,<00:18:39.420><c> let</c><00:18:39.779><c> that</c><00:18:40.240><c> happen</c><00:18:40.559><c> within</c><00:18:41.039><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:44.000><c> he</c><00:18:44.660><c> will</c><00:18:44.859><c> have</c><00:18:45.160><c> mercy</c><00:18:45.680><c> upon</c><00:18:46.119><c> him</c><00:18:46.819><c> and</c><00:18:47.440><c> to</c><00:18:47.720><c> our</c><00:18:48.019><c> God,</c>

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for<00:18:49.000><c> he</c><00:18:49.339><c> will</c><00:18:49.720><c> abundantly</c><00:18:50.460><c> pardon.</c>

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So<00:18:53.799><c> this</c><00:18:54.380><c> young</c><00:18:54.819><c> man</c><00:18:55.619><c> recognized</c><00:18:56.700><c> his</c><00:18:57.299><c> need</c><00:18:57.599><c> for</c><00:18:57.920><c> forgiveness.</c>

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He<00:18:59.220><c> was</c><00:18:59.660><c> willing</c><00:18:59.980><c> to</c><00:19:00.180><c> come</c><00:19:00.420><c> back</c><00:19:00.599><c> as</c><00:19:00.839><c> a</c><00:19:01.160><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:19:05.259><c> he</c><00:19:05.579><c> threw</c><00:19:05.660><c> himself</c><00:19:06.099><c> on</c><00:19:06.299><c> the</c><00:19:06.500><c> mercy</c><00:19:06.859><c> of</c><00:19:07.140><c> his</c><00:19:07.359><c> father.</c>

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But<00:19:09.299><c> when</c><00:19:09.539><c> he</c><00:19:09.740><c> was</c><00:19:09.940><c> yet</c><00:19:10.160><c> a</c><00:19:10.460><c> great</c><00:19:10.640><c> way</c><00:19:10.940><c> off,</c><00:19:11.180><c> verse</c><00:19:11.519><c> 20,</c>

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his<00:19:13.740><c> father</c><00:19:14.079><c> saw</c><00:19:14.400><c> him</c><00:19:14.619><c> and</c><00:19:14.759><c> had</c><00:19:14.940><c> compassion</c><00:19:15.500><c> and</c><00:19:15.720><c> ran</c>

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and<00:19:16.140><c> fell</c><00:19:16.319><c> on</c><00:19:16.500><c> his</c><00:19:16.700><c> neck</c><00:19:16.819><c> and</c><00:19:17.019><c> kissed</c><00:19:17.240><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:18.299><c> I</c><00:19:18.440><c> like</c><00:19:18.599><c> that</c><00:19:18.839><c> expression.</c>

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While<00:19:20.319><c> he</c><00:19:20.440><c> was</c><00:19:20.640><c> yet</c><00:19:20.819><c> a</c><00:19:21.099><c> great</c><00:19:21.220><c> way</c><00:19:21.519><c> off.</c>

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Don't<00:19:22.240><c> we</c><00:19:22.460><c> see</c><00:19:22.619><c> it,</c><00:19:22.940><c> brethren</c><00:19:23.059><c> and</c><00:19:23.299><c> sisters?</c>

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The<00:19:24.079><c> father</c><00:19:24.319><c> had</c><00:19:24.480><c> been</c><00:19:24.700><c> looking</c><00:19:25.019><c> for</c><00:19:25.259><c> him</c><00:19:25.339><c> not</c><00:19:25.559><c> just</c><00:19:25.839><c> that</c><00:19:26.140><c> day,</c>

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but<00:19:26.500><c> maybe</c><00:19:26.799><c> every</c><00:19:27.279><c> day</c><00:19:27.500><c> since</c><00:19:27.680><c> he</c><00:19:27.900><c> left.</c>

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Maybe<00:19:30.259><c> he</c><00:19:30.500><c> had</c><00:19:31.220><c> a</c><00:19:31.680><c> habit</c><00:19:31.839><c> of</c><00:19:32.019><c> going</c><00:19:32.240><c> out</c><00:19:32.480><c> every</c><00:19:32.720><c> day</c><00:19:32.880><c> in</c><00:19:33.019><c> early</c><00:19:33.279><c> morning</c>

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to<00:19:33.759><c> some</c><00:19:33.960><c> high</c><00:19:34.279><c> spot</c><00:19:34.539><c> of</c><00:19:34.819><c> ground</c><00:19:35.099><c> to</c><00:19:35.599><c> overlook</c><00:19:35.960><c> in</c><00:19:36.160><c> the</c><00:19:36.359><c> direction</c>

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towards<00:19:36.940><c> that</c><00:19:37.220><c> far</c><00:19:37.460><c> country</c><00:19:37.799><c> that</c><00:19:37.960><c> his</c><00:19:38.200><c> son</c><00:19:38.299><c> had</c><00:19:38.559><c> gone</c>

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to<00:19:39.220><c> see</c><00:19:39.440><c> if</c><00:19:39.579><c> he</c><00:19:39.720><c> was</c><00:19:39.920><c> going</c><00:19:40.099><c> to</c><00:19:40.400><c> return.</c>

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And<00:19:43.220><c> I</c><00:19:43.319><c> think</c><00:19:43.440><c> there's</c><00:19:43.700><c> a</c><00:19:43.839><c> great</c><00:19:44.019><c> lesson</c><00:19:44.319><c> in</c><00:19:44.480><c> that</c><00:19:44.640><c> for</c><00:19:44.900><c> us,</c>

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that<00:19:45.920><c> when</c><00:19:46.099><c> we</c><00:19:46.380><c> lose</c><00:19:46.599><c> someone,</c><00:19:47.279><c> whether</c><00:19:47.500><c> it</c><00:19:47.660><c> be</c><00:19:47.740><c> in</c><00:19:47.839><c> the</c><00:19:48.079><c> family</c>

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or<00:19:48.539><c> in</c><00:19:48.700><c> the</c><00:19:48.920><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:19:50.160><c> that</c><00:19:50.680><c> we</c><00:19:50.859><c> should</c><00:19:51.079><c> keep</c><00:19:51.380><c> a</c><00:19:51.680><c> constant</c>

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look<00:19:52.579><c> out</c><00:19:52.819><c> for</c><00:19:53.019><c> their</c><00:19:53.259><c> recovery.</c>

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And<00:19:57.799><c> he</c><00:19:57.940><c> had</c><00:19:58.180><c> compassion</c><00:19:58.819><c> on</c><00:19:59.039><c> him</c><00:20:00.299><c> while</c><00:20:00.759><c> he</c><00:20:00.900><c> was</c><00:20:01.140><c> yet</c><00:20:01.380><c> a</c><00:20:01.700><c> great</c>

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way<00:20:02.220><c> off</c>

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and<00:20:02.980><c> he</c><00:20:03.200><c> fell</c><00:20:03.319><c> on</c><00:20:03.480><c> his</c><00:20:03.700><c> neck</c><00:20:03.900><c> and</c><00:20:04.180><c> kissed</c><00:20:04.440><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:20:06.579><c> notice</c><00:20:06.880><c> he</c><00:20:07.000><c> did</c><00:20:07.160><c> all</c><00:20:07.420><c> of</c><00:20:07.539><c> this</c><00:20:07.759><c> before</c><00:20:08.119><c> he</c><00:20:08.519><c> was</c><00:20:08.779><c> aware</c>

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that<00:20:09.319><c> his</c><00:20:09.579><c> son</c><00:20:09.940><c> was</c><00:20:10.660><c> saying,</c><00:20:11.140><c> I'm</c><00:20:11.220><c> not</c><00:20:11.480><c> worthy,</c>

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make<00:20:12.099><c> me</c><00:20:12.299><c> as</c><00:20:12.440><c> one</c><00:20:12.640><c> of</c><00:20:12.759><c> thy</c><00:20:12.960><c> hired</c><00:20:13.259><c> servants.</c>

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Quite<00:20:14.259><c> the</c><00:20:14.640><c> contrary</c><00:20:15.160><c> of</c><00:20:15.880><c> the</c><00:20:16.140><c> pharisaic</c><00:20:16.599><c> parable</c>

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I<00:20:17.180><c> told</c><00:20:17.420><c> you</c><00:20:17.640><c> about</c><00:20:17.859><c> yesterday</c><00:20:18.460><c> where</c><00:20:18.880><c> the</c><00:20:19.079><c> father</c><00:20:19.359><c> went</c>

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and<00:20:19.980><c> bought</c><00:20:20.140><c> his</c><00:20:20.500><c> son</c><00:20:20.619><c> as</c><00:20:20.839><c> a</c><00:20:21.140><c> slave</c><00:20:21.519><c> and</c><00:20:21.900><c> made</c><00:20:22.039><c> him</c><00:20:22.200><c> come</c><00:20:22.440><c> back</c>

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and<00:20:23.019><c> serve</c><00:20:23.220><c> him</c><00:20:23.380><c> in</c><00:20:23.579><c> humility</c><00:20:23.920><c> so</c><00:20:24.160><c> he'd</c><00:20:24.359><c> learn</c><00:20:24.519><c> his</c><00:20:24.740><c> lesson.</c>

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Quite<00:20:26.700><c> the</c><00:20:27.079><c> opposite.</c>

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The<00:20:28.799><c> very</c><00:20:29.119><c> mere</c><00:20:29.380><c> fact</c><00:20:29.799><c> that</c><00:20:29.980><c> he</c><00:20:30.180><c> saw</c><00:20:30.380><c> his</c><00:20:30.619><c> son</c><00:20:30.740><c> coming</c><00:20:31.019><c> back</c>

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meant<00:20:32.059><c> to</c><00:20:32.259><c> the</c><00:20:32.460><c> father</c><00:20:32.680><c> that</c><00:20:32.839><c> he</c><00:20:33.200><c> recognized</c><00:20:33.880><c> that</c><00:20:34.160><c> that</c><00:20:34.380><c> son</c>

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must<00:20:34.900><c> have</c><00:20:35.180><c> had</c><00:20:35.759><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:36.420><c> in</c><00:20:37.160><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:20:38.240><c> he</c><00:20:38.319><c> was</c><00:20:38.519><c> ready</c><00:20:38.720><c> to</c><00:20:39.099><c> offer</c><00:20:39.380><c> it</c><00:20:39.700><c> immediately</c>

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without<00:20:41.039><c> making</c><00:20:41.440><c> the</c><00:20:41.700><c> son</c><00:20:41.900><c> prostrate</c><00:20:42.400><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:20:45.680><c> the</c><00:20:45.839><c> son</c><00:20:46.039><c> said</c><00:20:46.259><c> unto</c><00:20:46.460><c> him,</c><00:20:46.880><c> Father,</c>

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I<00:20:47.099><c> have</c><00:20:47.440><c> sinned</c><00:20:47.720><c> against</c><00:20:48.140><c> heaven</c><00:20:48.339><c> now</c><00:20:49.000><c> after,</c>

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after<00:20:51.319><c> the</c><00:20:51.539><c> compassion</c><00:20:52.240><c> and</c><00:20:53.079><c> the</c><00:20:53.359><c> love</c><00:20:53.640><c> had</c><00:20:53.799><c> been</c><00:20:54.079><c> shown</c><00:20:54.660><c> first.</c>

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Now,<00:20:56.200><c> you</c><00:20:56.339><c> know,</c><00:20:56.440><c> I</c><00:20:56.559><c> think</c><00:20:56.720><c> that's</c><00:20:57.019><c> remarkable</c>

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because<00:20:57.799><c> all</c><00:20:58.140><c> too</c><00:20:58.299><c> many</c><00:20:58.500><c> times</c><00:20:58.759><c> in</c><00:20:58.920><c> my</c><00:20:59.140><c> life</c>

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I've<00:20:59.579><c> seen</c><00:20:59.700><c> it</c><00:20:59.880><c> just</c><00:21:00.059><c> the</c><00:21:00.319><c> opposite</c><00:21:00.660><c> way.</c>

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Someone<00:21:01.720><c> says,</c><00:21:02.279><c> well,</c><00:21:02.460><c> I'll</c><00:21:02.799><c> forgive</c><00:21:03.099><c> them</c>

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when<00:21:03.420><c> they</c><00:21:03.640><c> come</c><00:21:03.839><c> around</c><00:21:04.140><c> and</c><00:21:04.440><c> recognize</c><00:21:04.799><c> it</c>

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and<00:21:05.059><c> tell</c><00:21:05.240><c> me</c><00:21:05.400><c> that</c><00:21:05.519><c> they</c><00:21:05.700><c> were</c><00:21:05.900><c> wrong.</c>

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It's<00:21:07.539><c> absolutely</c><00:21:08.039><c> backwards.</c>

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The<00:21:09.559><c> stronger</c><00:21:09.839><c> brother,</c><00:21:10.240><c> the</c><00:21:10.420><c> one</c><00:21:10.559><c> who</c><00:21:10.839><c> knows</c><00:21:11.200><c> this,</c>

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should<00:21:11.660><c> be</c><00:21:11.839><c> the</c><00:21:11.980><c> one</c><00:21:12.099><c> to</c><00:21:12.339><c> offer</c><00:21:12.539><c> the</c><00:21:12.799><c> compassion</c><00:21:13.240><c> and</c><00:21:13.400><c> love</c><00:21:13.599><c> first.</c>

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Paul<00:21:17.819><c> exhorts</c><00:21:18.200><c> us</c><00:21:18.400><c> to</c><00:21:18.579><c> that</c><00:21:18.779><c> fact</c><00:21:19.039><c> also.</c>

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But<00:21:25.480><c> the</c><00:21:25.720><c> father</c><00:21:26.019><c> said</c><00:21:26.319><c> to</c><00:21:26.539><c> his</c><00:21:26.799><c> servants,</c>

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bring<00:21:27.400><c> forth</c><00:21:27.700><c> the</c><00:21:27.980><c> best</c><00:21:28.279><c> robe</c><00:21:28.539><c> and</c><00:21:28.740><c> put</c><00:21:28.920><c> it</c><00:21:28.980><c> on</c><00:21:29.200><c> him,</c>

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put<00:21:30.079><c> a</c><00:21:30.240><c> ring</c><00:21:30.400><c> on</c><00:21:30.579><c> his</c><00:21:30.839><c> hand</c><00:21:31.180><c> and</c><00:21:31.440><c> shoes</c><00:21:31.779><c> on</c><00:21:32.000><c> his</c><00:21:32.200><c> feet.</c>

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So<00:21:33.339><c> far</c><00:21:33.500><c> from</c><00:21:33.759><c> making</c><00:21:34.019><c> him</c><00:21:34.400><c> his</c><00:21:34.720><c> servant,</c>

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he<00:21:35.500><c> had</c><00:21:35.920><c> his</c><00:21:36.400><c> servants</c><00:21:36.980><c> restore</c><00:21:38.140><c> him</c>

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to<00:21:38.519><c> his</c><00:21:38.759><c> place</c><00:21:39.000><c> of</c><00:21:39.339><c> honor</c><00:21:39.539><c> in</c><00:21:39.720><c> the</c><00:21:39.880><c> house,</c>

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not<00:21:42.539><c> the</c><00:21:42.779><c> place</c><00:21:42.940><c> of</c><00:21:43.180><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:21:45.880><c> bring</c><00:21:46.119><c> hither</c><00:21:46.259><c> the</c><00:21:46.599><c> fatted</c><00:21:46.859><c> calf</c><00:21:47.160><c> and</c><00:21:47.380><c> kill</c><00:21:47.579><c> it</c>

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and<00:21:47.819><c> let</c><00:21:48.000><c> us</c><00:21:48.220><c> eat</c><00:21:48.400><c> and</c><00:21:48.619><c> be</c><00:21:48.839><c> merry.</c>

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And<00:21:49.619><c> in</c><00:21:49.839><c> some</c><00:21:50.119><c> modern</c><00:21:51.380><c> renditions,</c>

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if<00:21:52.099><c> you</c><00:21:52.180><c> have</c><00:21:52.279><c> the</c><00:21:52.539><c> 26</c><00:21:52.900><c>-way</c><00:21:53.140><c> Bible,</c>

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you<00:21:53.640><c> can</c><00:21:53.859><c> know</c><00:21:54.000><c> everything</c><00:21:54.299><c> there</c><00:21:54.539><c> is</c><00:21:54.740><c> to</c><00:21:54.900><c> know</c>

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about<00:21:55.339><c> alternate</c><00:21:55.859><c> translation.</c>

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So<00:21:57.119><c> I</c><00:21:58.200><c> looked</c><00:21:58.380><c> through</c><00:21:58.559><c> this</c><00:21:58.759><c> and</c><00:21:58.880><c> I</c><00:21:59.079><c> found</c><00:21:59.220><c> one</c><00:21:59.380><c> I</c><00:21:59.599><c> liked</c><00:21:59.799><c> better,</c>

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which<00:22:00.319><c> is</c><00:22:00.500><c> what</c><00:22:00.599><c> you</c><00:22:00.759><c> do</c><00:22:00.900><c> when</c><00:22:01.039><c> you're</c><00:22:01.660><c> making</c><00:22:01.920><c> up</c><00:22:02.200><c> a</c><00:22:02.779><c> class.</c>

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But<00:22:03.579><c> one</c><00:22:03.779><c> that</c><00:22:04.140><c> I</c><00:22:04.380><c> like</c><00:22:04.539><c> is,</c><00:22:05.079><c> he</c><00:22:05.259><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:05.559><c> bring</c><00:22:05.819><c> hither</c><00:22:06.319><c> the</c><00:22:06.759><c> calf,</c><00:22:07.319><c> the</c><00:22:07.559><c> fatted</c><00:22:07.779><c> one,</c>

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as<00:22:09.119><c> if</c><00:22:09.279><c> there</c><00:22:09.420><c> had</c><00:22:09.559><c> been</c><00:22:09.740><c> a</c><00:22:09.960><c> calf</c><00:22:10.180><c> put</c><00:22:10.500><c> aside,</c>

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the<00:22:11.000><c> very</c><00:22:11.279><c> best</c><00:22:11.480><c> one,</c><00:22:11.920><c> waiting</c><00:22:12.220><c> for</c><00:22:12.539><c> that</c><00:22:12.799><c> day</c>

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when<00:22:13.539><c> the</c><00:22:13.720><c> sun</c><00:22:13.859><c> would</c><00:22:14.059><c> come</c><00:22:14.339><c> back.</c>

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For<00:22:17.019><c> my</c><00:22:17.279><c> son</c><00:22:17.500><c> was</c><00:22:17.799><c> dead</c><00:22:18.079><c> and</c><00:22:18.259><c> is</c><00:22:18.500><c> alive</c><00:22:18.759><c> again.</c>

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He<00:22:19.640><c> was</c><00:22:19.920><c> lost</c><00:22:20.259><c> and</c><00:22:20.440><c> is</c><00:22:20.700><c> found.</c>

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And<00:22:21.759><c> they</c><00:22:22.019><c> began</c><00:22:22.500><c> to</c><00:22:22.759><c> be</c><00:22:22.960><c> merry.</c>

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Now<00:22:24.940><c> we</c><00:22:25.140><c> get</c><00:22:25.319><c> to</c><00:22:25.519><c> the</c><00:22:25.740><c> part</c><00:22:26.000><c> which</c><00:22:26.339><c> I</c><00:22:26.579><c> believe</c>

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is<00:22:26.940><c> the</c><00:22:27.119><c> heart</c><00:22:27.279><c> of</c><00:22:27.420><c> the</c><00:22:27.660><c> parable</c>

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and<00:22:28.519><c> why</c><00:22:28.700><c> he</c><00:22:28.940><c> told</c><00:22:29.200><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:30.940><c> why</c><00:22:31.160><c> he</c><00:22:31.440><c> told</c><00:22:31.640><c> it,</c><00:22:31.839><c> because</c><00:22:32.160><c> those</c><00:22:32.559><c> murmuring</c><00:22:33.160><c> Pharisees</c>

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had<00:22:34.039><c> to</c><00:22:34.299><c> learn</c><00:22:34.680><c> what</c><00:22:35.059><c> forgiveness,</c><00:22:36.339><c> repentance,</c>

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mercy,<00:22:38.819><c> recovery</c><00:22:39.240><c> was</c><00:22:39.559><c> all</c><00:22:39.900><c> about.</c>

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Now<00:22:42.359><c> his</c><00:22:42.720><c> eldest</c><00:22:43.059><c> son</c><00:22:43.259><c> was</c><00:22:43.480><c> in</c><00:22:43.660><c> the</c><00:22:43.839><c> field.</c>

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:46.559
And<00:22:44.880><c> as</c><00:22:45.079><c> he</c><00:22:45.259><c> came</c><00:22:45.559><c> and</c><00:22:45.740><c> drew</c><00:22:45.940><c> nigh</c><00:22:46.160><c> the</c><00:22:46.359><c> house,</c>

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he<00:22:46.720><c> heard</c><00:22:46.960><c> music</c><00:22:47.500><c> and</c><00:22:47.880><c> dancing.</c>

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And<00:22:49.359><c> he</c><00:22:49.539><c> called</c><00:22:49.740><c> one</c><00:22:49.980><c> of</c><00:22:50.099><c> the</c><00:22:50.279><c> servants</c><00:22:50.539><c> and</c><00:22:50.900><c> said,</c>

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and<00:22:51.359><c> asked,</c><00:22:52.099><c> What</c><00:22:52.240><c> these</c><00:22:52.539><c> things</c><00:22:52.799><c> mean?</c>

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And<00:22:55.039><c> he</c><00:22:55.200><c> said</c><00:22:55.339><c> unto</c><00:22:55.539><c> him,</c><00:22:55.960><c> Thy</c><00:22:56.220><c> brother</c><00:22:56.619><c> is</c><00:22:56.900><c> come,</c>

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and<00:22:58.039><c> thy</c><00:22:58.240><c> father</c><00:22:58.579><c> had</c><00:22:58.880><c> killed</c><00:22:59.240><c> the</c><00:22:59.640><c> fatted</c><00:22:59.940><c> calf,</c>

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the<00:23:00.660><c> fatted</c><00:23:01.019><c> calf,</c>

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because<00:23:02.240><c> he</c><00:23:02.400><c> hath</c><00:23:02.619><c> received</c><00:23:03.000><c> them</c><00:23:03.220><c> safe</c><00:23:03.559><c> and</c><00:23:03.900><c> sound.</c>

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:08.839
And<00:23:04.920><c> he</c><00:23:05.000><c> was</c><00:23:05.240><c> angry</c><00:23:05.700><c> and</c><00:23:06.720><c> would</c><00:23:06.960><c> not</c><00:23:07.160><c> go</c><00:23:07.420><c> in.</c>

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You<00:23:10.599><c> know,</c><00:23:10.700><c> I'd</c><00:23:10.920><c> like</c><00:23:11.019><c> to</c><00:23:11.299><c> say,</c><00:23:12.000><c> boy,</c><00:23:12.259><c> that's</c><00:23:12.539><c> real</c><00:23:12.759><c> unusual.</c>

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I've<00:23:13.500><c> never</c><00:23:13.720><c> seen</c><00:23:13.960><c> anybody</c><00:23:14.359><c> do</c><00:23:14.660><c> that.</c>

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But<00:23:15.700><c> I</c><00:23:15.880><c> think,</c><00:23:16.079><c> in</c><00:23:16.319><c> fact,</c><00:23:16.519><c> that's</c><00:23:16.740><c> a</c><00:23:16.839><c> very</c><00:23:17.059><c> typical</c><00:23:17.460><c> reaction.</c>

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Very<00:23:19.079><c> typical.</c>

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What<00:23:21.140><c> are</c><00:23:21.220><c> you</c><00:23:21.339><c> making</c><00:23:21.599><c> merry</c><00:23:22.079><c> for</c><00:23:22.160><c> him</c><00:23:22.359><c> for?</c>

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I'm<00:23:22.819><c> here</c><00:23:22.960><c> all</c><00:23:23.200><c> the</c><00:23:23.400><c> time.</c>

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How<00:23:24.779><c> about</c><00:23:24.960><c> me?</c>

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I've<00:23:26.859><c> been</c><00:23:26.980><c> to</c><00:23:27.240><c> service</c><00:23:27.519><c> all</c><00:23:27.799><c> the</c><00:23:28.000><c> time.</c>

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I'm<00:23:28.940><c> the</c><00:23:29.059><c> one</c><00:23:29.160><c> who's</c><00:23:29.480><c> faithfully</c><00:23:29.779><c> there</c>

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:31.579
when<00:23:30.180><c> work</c><00:23:30.339><c> has</c><00:23:30.559><c> to</c><00:23:30.680><c> be</c><00:23:30.799><c> done</c><00:23:30.900><c> in</c><00:23:31.059><c> the</c><00:23:31.220><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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I've<00:23:32.279><c> served</c><00:23:32.400><c> this</c><00:23:32.640><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:32.799><c> for</c><00:23:33.000><c> 30</c><00:23:33.220><c> years,</c>

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never<00:23:33.660><c> done</c><00:23:33.859><c> anything</c><00:23:34.140><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:23:34.819><c> now</c><00:23:35.059><c> that</c><00:23:35.500><c> bum</c><00:23:35.859><c> who</c><00:23:36.019><c> went</c><00:23:36.140><c> out</c><00:23:36.420><c> there</c><00:23:36.559><c> and</c><00:23:36.680><c> did</c><00:23:36.799><c> this</c><00:23:37.059><c> and</c><00:23:37.200><c> this,</c>

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:40.519
he<00:23:37.740><c> comes</c><00:23:37.960><c> back</c><00:23:38.259><c> and</c><00:23:38.400><c> you</c><00:23:38.700><c> welcome</c><00:23:38.940><c> him</c><00:23:39.119><c> with</c><00:23:39.359><c> open</c><00:23:39.619><c> arms?</c>

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Wow.

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There's<00:23:43.500><c> no</c><00:23:43.700><c> justice.</c>

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Well,<00:23:46.019><c> of</c><00:23:46.180><c> course,</c><00:23:46.240><c> we're</c><00:23:46.420><c> not</c><00:23:46.579><c> talking</c><00:23:46.920><c> about</c><00:23:47.240><c> justice,</c><00:23:47.799><c> are</c><00:23:47.940><c> we?</c>

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We're<00:23:48.339><c> talking</c><00:23:48.500><c> about</c><00:23:48.880><c> mercy.</c>

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We're<00:23:49.740><c> talking</c><00:23:50.039><c> about</c><00:23:50.279><c> what</c><00:23:50.500><c> we</c><00:23:50.799><c> want</c><00:23:50.940><c> from</c><00:23:51.200><c> God.</c>

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I<00:23:52.720><c> don't</c><00:23:52.920><c> want</c><00:23:53.099><c> justice</c><00:23:53.460><c> from</c><00:23:53.700><c> God.</c>

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I<00:23:54.000><c> don't</c><00:23:54.119><c> know</c><00:23:54.279><c> about</c><00:23:54.420><c> the</c><00:23:54.619><c> rest</c><00:23:54.839><c> of</c><00:23:55.000><c> you.</c>

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But<00:23:55.480><c> if</c><00:23:55.640><c> I'm</c><00:23:55.839><c> given</c><00:23:56.059><c> justice,</c><00:23:56.519><c> I'm</c><00:23:56.799><c> through.</c>

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I<00:23:57.799><c> don't</c><00:23:57.960><c> have</c><00:23:58.119><c> a</c><00:23:58.259><c> chance.</c>

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I'll<00:24:01.140><c> get</c><00:24:01.240><c> exactly</c><00:24:01.680><c> what</c><00:24:01.819><c> I</c><00:24:02.059><c> deserve.</c>

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And<00:24:04.079><c> that's</c><00:24:04.380><c> bad.</c>

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But<00:24:06.759><c> mercy,</c><00:24:07.380><c> which</c><00:24:07.380><c> is</c><00:24:07.720><c> unwarranted</c><00:24:08.380><c> kindness,</c>

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:13.059
mercy<00:24:10.460><c> which</c><00:24:10.700><c> is</c><00:24:10.900><c> giving</c><00:24:11.039><c> me</c><00:24:11.500><c> the</c><00:24:11.740><c> gift</c><00:24:12.019><c> of</c><00:24:12.299><c> eternal</c><00:24:12.579><c> life,</c>

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not<00:24:13.640><c> something</c><00:24:13.960><c> I've</c><00:24:14.259><c> earned,</c>

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that's<00:24:15.640><c> what</c><00:24:15.759><c> I</c><00:24:15.940><c> hope</c><00:24:16.119><c> and</c><00:24:16.259><c> pray</c><00:24:16.480><c> for.</c>

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And<00:24:18.420><c> he</c><00:24:18.519><c> says</c><00:24:18.720><c> here,</c>

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:22.180
therefore<00:24:20.420><c> his</c><00:24:20.619><c> father</c><00:24:20.859><c> came</c><00:24:21.180><c> out</c><00:24:21.400><c> and</c><00:24:21.539><c> he</c><00:24:21.740><c> entreated</c><00:24:22.019><c> him.</c>

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:24.299
And<00:24:22.380><c> notice</c><00:24:22.579><c> again</c><00:24:22.980><c> the</c><00:24:23.279><c> reaction</c><00:24:23.720><c> of</c><00:24:23.880><c> the</c><00:24:24.079><c> father.</c>

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He<00:24:24.440><c> didn't</c><00:24:24.660><c> overreact.</c>

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He<00:24:26.380><c> didn't</c><00:24:26.579><c> say</c><00:24:26.779><c> to</c><00:24:26.880><c> this</c><00:24:27.079><c> elder</c><00:24:27.299><c> son,</c>

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.319
you<00:24:27.960><c> have</c><00:24:28.200><c> some</c><00:24:28.460><c> nerve</c><00:24:28.680><c> being</c><00:24:28.980><c> mad.</c>

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He<00:24:29.900><c> entreated</c><00:24:30.259><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:24:31.279><c> a</c><00:24:31.420><c> tremendous</c><00:24:32.019><c> lesson</c><00:24:32.599><c> here</c>

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in<00:24:33.579><c> the</c><00:24:33.819><c> whole</c><00:24:34.619><c> psychology</c><00:24:35.480><c> of</c><00:24:35.960><c> behavior</c><00:24:36.640><c> in</c><00:24:36.960><c> restoration.</c>

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:40.160
Don't<00:24:38.859><c> offend</c><00:24:39.180><c> that</c><00:24:39.440><c> brother</c><00:24:39.640><c> who's</c><00:24:40.000><c> mad</c>

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:43.039
just<00:24:40.359><c> because</c><00:24:40.619><c> you</c><00:24:40.799><c> did</c><00:24:41.000><c> something</c><00:24:41.380><c> to</c><00:24:41.759><c> restore</c><00:24:42.119><c> someone.</c>

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Placate<00:24:43.440><c> him</c><00:24:43.720><c> also.</c>

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And<00:24:49.180><c> he</c><00:24:49.319><c> answered</c><00:24:49.539><c> him,</c>

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lo,<00:24:51.160><c> these</c><00:24:51.339><c> many</c><00:24:51.640><c> years</c><00:24:51.900><c> do</c><00:24:52.160><c> I</c><00:24:52.460><c> serve</c><00:24:52.720><c> thee,</c>

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:57.000
neither<00:24:53.740><c> transgress</c><00:24:54.420><c> I</c><00:24:55.160><c> at</c><00:24:55.440><c> any</c><00:24:55.740><c> time</c><00:24:55.980><c> thy</c><00:24:56.200><c> commandment,</c>

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and<00:24:57.299><c> yet</c><00:24:57.539><c> thou</c><00:24:57.819><c> never</c><00:24:58.180><c> gavest</c><00:24:58.519><c> me</c><00:24:58.799><c> a</c><00:24:59.019><c> kid</c>

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that<00:24:59.640><c> I</c><00:25:00.059><c> might</c><00:25:00.359><c> make</c><00:25:00.680><c> merry</c><00:25:00.980><c> with</c><00:25:01.259><c> my</c><00:25:01.680><c> friends.</c>

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And<00:25:03.319><c> notice</c><00:25:03.500><c> the</c><00:25:03.720><c> kind</c><00:25:03.859><c> of</c><00:25:03.960><c> little</c><00:25:04.180><c> subtleties</c><00:25:04.660><c> here.</c>

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They<00:25:05.240><c> weren't</c><00:25:05.500><c> the</c><00:25:05.799><c> father's</c><00:25:06.299><c> friends</c><00:25:06.460><c> or</c><00:25:06.619><c> the</c><00:25:06.859><c> family</c><00:25:07.200><c> friends.</c>

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:09.119
They<00:25:07.720><c> were</c><00:25:07.880><c> his</c><00:25:08.200><c> friends.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:09.920><c> he</c><00:25:10.180><c> had</c><00:25:10.319><c> friends</c><00:25:10.640><c> in</c><00:25:10.799><c> the</c><00:25:10.980><c> world</c><00:25:11.140><c> of</c><00:25:11.319><c> his</c><00:25:11.539><c> own.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:12.460><c> he</c><00:25:13.019><c> really</c><00:25:13.480><c> wanted</c><00:25:13.759><c> to</c><00:25:14.000><c> do</c>

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what<00:25:14.180><c> his</c><00:25:14.380><c> younger</c><00:25:14.599><c> brother</c><00:25:14.880><c> had</c><00:25:14.880><c> done</c><00:25:15.039><c> in</c><00:25:15.220><c> the</c><00:25:15.359><c> first</c><00:25:15.579><c> place.</c>

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And<00:25:17.019><c> he</c><00:25:17.099><c> only</c><00:25:17.380><c> served</c><00:25:17.720><c> God</c><00:25:18.140><c> because</c><00:25:18.779><c> it</c><00:25:19.019><c> was</c><00:25:19.319><c> expected</c><00:25:19.700><c> of</c><00:25:19.859><c> him,</c>

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not<00:25:20.160><c> because</c><00:25:20.500><c> it</c><00:25:20.640><c> was</c><00:25:20.759><c> in</c><00:25:21.099><c> his</c><00:25:21.319><c> heart</c><00:25:21.680><c> to</c><00:25:21.900><c> do</c><00:25:22.039><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:23.359><c> so</c><00:25:23.460><c> you</c><00:25:23.579><c> get</c><00:25:23.740><c> this</c><00:25:24.000><c> jealousy</c><00:25:24.339><c> that</c><00:25:24.500><c> says,</c>

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boy,<00:25:24.859><c> I</c><00:25:24.980><c> wish</c><00:25:25.180><c> I</c><00:25:25.319><c> had</c><00:25:25.400><c> done</c><00:25:25.559><c> the</c><00:25:25.740><c> same</c><00:25:25.940><c> thing.</c>

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He's<00:25:26.299><c> getting</c><00:25:26.460><c> away.</c>

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He<00:25:26.759><c> had</c><00:25:26.880><c> all</c><00:25:27.059><c> that</c><00:25:27.200><c> fun</c><00:25:27.359><c> and</c><00:25:27.559><c> pleasure,</c>

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and<00:25:27.859><c> now</c><00:25:28.000><c> he's</c><00:25:28.220><c> coming</c><00:25:28.400><c> back,</c>

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:31.000
and<00:25:28.980><c> he's</c><00:25:29.160><c> being</c><00:25:29.400><c> received</c><00:25:29.779><c> even</c><00:25:29.980><c> better</c><00:25:30.180><c> than</c><00:25:30.339><c> I</c><00:25:30.640><c> am,</c>

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:34.099
even<00:25:31.599><c> though</c><00:25:31.799><c> I</c><00:25:31.940><c> was</c><00:25:32.099><c> a</c><00:25:32.240><c> good</c><00:25:32.359><c> guy</c><00:25:32.579><c> when</c><00:25:32.720><c> I</c><00:25:32.839><c> didn't</c><00:25:33.039><c> want</c><00:25:33.180><c> to</c><00:25:33.299><c> be.</c>

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:38.099
There's<00:25:35.940><c> a</c><00:25:36.079><c> lot</c><00:25:36.220><c> of</c><00:25:36.359><c> that</c><00:25:36.579><c> reaction</c><00:25:37.039><c> in</c><00:25:37.220><c> this</c><00:25:37.420><c> parable</c>

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:40.619
or<00:25:38.960><c> story,</c><00:25:39.319><c> if</c><00:25:39.480><c> you</c><00:25:39.660><c> prefer.</c>

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:44.119
I<00:25:41.839><c> make</c><00:25:42.099><c> merry</c><00:25:42.440><c> with</c><00:25:42.759><c> my</c><00:25:43.160><c> friends.</c>

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:48.319
But<00:25:44.779><c> as</c><00:25:45.079><c> soon</c><00:25:45.319><c> as</c><00:25:45.720><c> this</c><00:25:46.160><c> thy</c><00:25:46.720><c> son</c><00:25:47.200><c> was</c><00:25:47.980><c> come,</c>

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:50.660
see,<00:25:48.859><c> not</c><00:25:49.039><c> my</c><00:25:49.339><c> brother,</c>

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.940
not<00:25:52.680><c> my</c><00:25:52.980><c> brother,</c><00:25:53.519><c> thy</c><00:25:53.880><c> son.</c>

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Isn't<00:25:55.200><c> that</c><00:25:55.380><c> interesting?</c>

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Any<00:25:56.640><c> parent</c><00:25:56.940><c> here</c><00:25:57.160><c> ever</c><00:25:57.380><c> have</c><00:25:57.599><c> a</c><00:25:57.740><c> kid</c><00:25:57.859><c> behave</c><00:25:58.420><c> badly</c>

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:01.099
and<00:25:58.980><c> you</c><00:25:59.180><c> say,</c><00:25:59.299><c> takes</c><00:25:59.519><c> after</c><00:25:59.740><c> your</c><00:25:59.900><c> half</c><00:26:00.059><c> of</c><00:26:00.180><c> the</c><00:26:00.359><c> family?</c>

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:03.319
My<00:26:01.700><c> kid</c><00:26:01.859><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:02.059><c> do</c><00:26:02.299><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:26:04.680><c> true,</c><00:26:04.880><c> actually.</c>

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.720
They<00:26:05.420><c> do</c><00:26:05.740><c> generally</c><00:26:06.119><c> take</c><00:26:06.400><c> after</c><00:26:06.640><c> the</c><00:26:06.839><c> other</c><00:26:07.059><c> side</c><00:26:07.220><c> of</c><00:26:07.319><c> the</c><00:26:07.500><c> family.</c>

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:09.640
In<00:26:07.859><c> this</c><00:26:08.039><c> case,</c><00:26:08.279><c> I</c><00:26:08.480><c> make</c><00:26:08.619><c> an</c><00:26:08.839><c> exception.</c>

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No,<00:26:09.980><c> that's</c><00:26:10.559><c> a</c><00:26:10.680><c> natural</c><00:26:10.960><c> human</c><00:26:11.259><c> reaction,</c><00:26:11.819><c> isn't</c><00:26:11.940><c> it?</c>

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You<00:26:13.940><c> place</c><00:26:14.200><c> the</c><00:26:14.420><c> blame</c><00:26:14.599><c> somewhere</c><00:26:15.019><c> else.</c>

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As<00:26:16.900><c> soon</c><00:26:17.119><c> as</c><00:26:17.400><c> thy</c><00:26:17.660><c> son,</c>

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:22.160
he<00:26:18.480><c> didn't</c><00:26:18.660><c> even</c><00:26:18.940><c> really</c><00:26:19.279><c> want</c><00:26:19.519><c> to</c><00:26:19.819><c> recognize</c><00:26:20.259><c> him</c><00:26:20.519><c> as</c><00:26:20.859><c> his</c><00:26:21.180><c> brother.</c>

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Isn't<00:26:23.240><c> that</c><00:26:23.380><c> a</c><00:26:23.619><c> tragedy?</c>

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:31.779
As<00:26:28.400><c> soon</c><00:26:28.640><c> as</c><00:26:28.859><c> thy</c><00:26:29.140><c> son</c><00:26:29.319><c> was</c><00:26:29.619><c> come,</c><00:26:30.200><c> thou</c><00:26:30.299><c> hast</c><00:26:30.539><c> devoured</c><00:26:31.079><c> thy</c><00:26:31.559><c> living,</c>

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:35.200
which<00:26:32.339><c> hath</c><00:26:32.619><c> devoured</c><00:26:33.140><c> thy</c><00:26:33.480><c> living</c><00:26:33.700><c> with</c><00:26:34.059><c> harlots.</c>

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:39.420
By<00:26:36.420><c> the</c><00:26:36.579><c> way,</c><00:26:36.759><c> that's</c><00:26:37.019><c> put</c><00:26:37.200><c> in</c><00:26:37.400><c> there</c><00:26:37.579><c> as</c><00:26:37.839><c> a</c><00:26:38.000><c> real</c><00:26:38.700><c> twitch</c><00:26:39.059><c> at</c>

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those<00:26:39.779><c> Pharisees</c>

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:44.279
who<00:26:41.019><c> were</c><00:26:41.180><c> talking</c><00:26:41.500><c> about</c><00:26:41.779><c> Jesus</c><00:26:42.619><c> consorting</c><00:26:43.519><c> with</c><00:26:43.839><c> sinners,</c>

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:46.079
publicans<00:26:44.980><c> and</c><00:26:45.259><c> harlots.</c>

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:48.680
There<00:26:46.539><c> isn't</c><00:26:46.799><c> really</c><00:26:47.240><c> any</c><00:26:47.859><c> direct</c><00:26:48.319><c> evidence.</c>

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:52.240
I<00:26:49.099><c> mean,</c><00:26:49.200><c> riotous</c><00:26:49.460><c> living</c><00:26:49.700><c> doesn't</c><00:26:50.000><c> necessarily</c><00:26:50.660><c> mean</c><00:26:50.960><c> harlotry.</c>

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:55.519
And<00:26:52.519><c> we</c><00:26:52.660><c> don't</c><00:26:52.779><c> have</c><00:26:52.940><c> the</c><00:26:53.140><c> son</c><00:26:53.259><c> actually</c><00:26:53.680><c> confessing</c><00:26:54.339><c> any</c><00:26:54.559><c> of</c><00:26:54.740><c> this.</c>

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:58.359
I<00:26:56.059><c> kind</c><00:26:56.319><c> of</c><00:26:56.579><c> believe</c><00:26:56.720><c> that</c><00:26:56.859><c> he</c><00:26:56.960><c> was</c><00:26:57.160><c> embellishing</c><00:26:57.660><c> the</c><00:26:57.859><c> whole</c><00:26:58.160><c> story</c>

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.880
just<00:26:58.579><c> to</c><00:26:58.759><c> make</c><00:26:58.859><c> it</c><00:26:59.019><c> even</c><00:26:59.240><c> worse</c><00:26:59.440><c> than</c><00:26:59.599><c> it</c><00:26:59.779><c> was.</c>

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:02.319
I<00:27:00.079><c> may</c><00:27:00.220><c> be</c><00:27:00.420><c> wrong</c><00:27:00.579><c> there,</c><00:27:00.759><c> but</c><00:27:00.859><c> that's</c><00:27:01.180><c> his</c><00:27:01.259><c> suggestion.</c>

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:05.519
After<00:27:03.079><c> all,</c><00:27:03.220><c> what</c><00:27:03.400><c> could</c><00:27:03.579><c> be</c><00:27:03.759><c> worse</c><00:27:04.019><c> than</c><00:27:04.200><c> doing</c><00:27:04.420><c> that?</c>

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.700
Thou<00:27:05.940><c> hast</c><00:27:06.140><c> killed</c><00:27:06.380><c> for</c><00:27:06.579><c> him</c><00:27:06.779><c> the</c><00:27:07.140><c> fatted</c><00:27:07.420><c> calf,</c>

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.579
again,<00:27:08.180><c> the</c><00:27:08.480><c> fatted</c><00:27:08.779><c> calf,</c><00:27:09.099><c> the</c><00:27:09.339><c> special</c><00:27:09.619><c> one</c><00:27:09.799><c> you</c><00:27:09.980><c> put</c><00:27:10.119><c> aside,</c>

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:13.920
the<00:27:10.839><c> best</c><00:27:11.079><c> one</c><00:27:11.279><c> of</c><00:27:11.420><c> the</c><00:27:11.619><c> flock,</c><00:27:11.920><c> which</c><00:27:12.079><c> you</c><00:27:12.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:12.460><c> give</c><00:27:12.720><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:27:15.859><c> a</c><00:27:15.980><c> kind</c><00:27:16.099><c> of</c><00:27:17.000><c> serious,</c><00:27:17.539><c> serious</c><00:27:18.279><c> reaction.</c>

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:23.819
And<00:27:20.380><c> it's</c><00:27:20.500><c> kind</c><00:27:20.660><c> of</c><00:27:20.940><c> sad</c><00:27:21.220><c> that</c><00:27:21.759><c> it</c><00:27:21.920><c> is</c><00:27:22.319><c> all</c><00:27:22.660><c> too</c><00:27:22.920><c> common.</c>

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:27.619
He<00:27:24.720><c> didn't</c><00:27:24.940><c> have</c><00:27:25.180><c> one</c><00:27:25.500><c> ounce</c><00:27:25.740><c> of</c><00:27:26.000><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:26.339><c> in</c><00:27:26.519><c> his</c><00:27:26.759><c> heart.</c>

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:32.420
All<00:27:28.579><c> he</c><00:27:28.720><c> was</c><00:27:28.940><c> concerned</c><00:27:29.339><c> about</c><00:27:29.640><c> was</c><00:27:29.900><c> with</c><00:27:30.039><c> his</c><00:27:30.319><c> own</c><00:27:30.660><c> self</c><00:27:30.900><c>-righteousness.</c>

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:36.660
All<00:27:33.400><c> he</c><00:27:33.660><c> wanted</c><00:27:33.940><c> was</c><00:27:34.359><c> recognition</c><00:27:35.160><c> that</c><00:27:35.380><c> he</c><00:27:35.819><c> was</c><00:27:36.099><c> the</c><00:27:36.420><c> one</c>

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:38.240
that<00:27:36.839><c> did</c><00:27:37.119><c> everything</c><00:27:37.559><c> wonderful,</c>

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and<00:27:38.779><c> why</c><00:27:39.160><c> are</c><00:27:39.259><c> you</c><00:27:39.660><c> even</c><00:27:40.519><c> giving</c><00:27:40.759><c> this</c><00:27:42.000><c> terrible</c><00:27:42.720><c> person</c>

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:46.000
the<00:27:44.420><c> best</c><00:27:44.799><c> of</c><00:27:45.140><c> everything?</c>

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And<00:27:47.420><c> I</c><00:27:47.599><c> believe</c><00:27:47.799><c> the</c><00:27:48.119><c> Pharisees</c><00:27:48.619><c> who</c><00:27:48.720><c> were</c><00:27:48.819><c> listening</c><00:27:49.180><c> to</c><00:27:49.380><c> this</c>

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:51.519
must<00:27:49.779><c> have</c><00:27:49.940><c> been</c><00:27:50.099><c> gritting</c><00:27:50.339><c> their</c><00:27:50.619><c> teeth.</c>

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:54.519
This<00:27:52.279><c> story</c><00:27:52.799><c> was</c><00:27:53.359><c> so</c><00:27:53.759><c> true</c><00:27:53.940><c> to</c><00:27:54.180><c> life,</c>

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:57.880
there<00:27:54.880><c> is</c><00:27:55.220><c> no</c><00:27:55.519><c> way</c><00:27:55.720><c> they</c><00:27:55.920><c> could</c><00:27:56.099><c> have</c><00:27:56.299><c> mistaken</c><00:27:57.079><c> what</c><00:27:57.579><c> was</c>

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.980
meant<00:27:58.119><c> here.</c>

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:01.819
They<00:27:59.779><c> might</c><00:28:00.000><c> have</c><00:28:00.119><c> missed</c><00:28:00.359><c> the</c><00:28:00.619><c> point</c><00:28:00.799><c> with</c><00:28:01.019><c> the</c><00:28:01.220><c> lost</c><00:28:01.500><c> coin</c>

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.599
or<00:28:02.000><c> the</c><00:28:02.160><c> lost</c><00:28:02.339><c> sheep.</c>

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:05.019
It<00:28:02.759><c> might</c><00:28:02.960><c> have</c><00:28:03.059><c> been</c><00:28:03.180><c> a</c><00:28:03.299><c> little</c><00:28:03.460><c> too</c><00:28:03.819><c> allegorical</c><00:28:04.400><c> for</c><00:28:04.700><c> them.</c>

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But<00:28:05.720><c> this</c><00:28:06.039><c> is</c><00:28:06.359><c> not</c><00:28:06.839><c> a</c><00:28:07.220><c> hidden</c><00:28:07.539><c> parable.</c>

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:12.740
It<00:28:09.519><c> is</c><00:28:09.779><c> so</c><00:28:10.019><c> true</c><00:28:10.180><c> to</c><00:28:10.440><c> life</c><00:28:10.640><c> that</c><00:28:10.859><c> I</c><00:28:11.180><c> cannot</c><00:28:11.460><c> help</c><00:28:11.859><c> but</c><00:28:12.079><c> feel</c><00:28:12.299><c> that</c>

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in<00:28:13.059><c> the</c><00:28:13.299><c> audience</c><00:28:13.599><c> that</c><00:28:13.779><c> was</c><00:28:14.000><c> listening</c><00:28:14.339><c> to</c><00:28:14.559><c> it</c><00:28:14.740><c> right</c><00:28:15.059><c> then,</c>

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:18.400
and<00:28:15.539><c> perhaps</c><00:28:15.839><c> even</c><00:28:16.119><c> now,</c><00:28:16.839><c> some</c><00:28:17.039><c> of</c><00:28:17.200><c> us</c><00:28:17.359><c> know</c><00:28:17.640><c> stories</c><00:28:18.019><c> like</c><00:28:18.279><c> this</c>

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:21.839
that<00:28:18.660><c> occurred</c><00:28:19.039><c> absolutely</c><00:28:20.099><c> literally</c><00:28:20.640><c> this</c><00:28:20.960><c> way.</c>

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.980
And<00:28:23.759><c> he</c><00:28:23.880><c> said</c><00:28:24.019><c> unto</c><00:28:24.259><c> him,</c><00:28:24.440><c> verse</c><00:28:24.619><c> 31,</c>

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:29.160
Son,<00:28:25.380><c> thou</c><00:28:25.559><c> art</c><00:28:25.759><c> ever</c><00:28:26.140><c> with</c><00:28:26.359><c> me,</c><00:28:27.079><c> all</c><00:28:27.420><c> that</c><00:28:27.559><c> I</c><00:28:27.779><c> have</c><00:28:27.940><c> is</c><00:28:28.220><c> thine.</c>

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:32.119
It<00:28:29.559><c> was</c><00:28:29.819><c> me</c><00:28:30.000><c> that</c><00:28:30.160><c> we</c><00:28:30.440><c> should</c><00:28:30.599><c> make</c><00:28:30.880><c> merry</c><00:28:31.220><c> and</c><00:28:31.359><c> be</c><00:28:31.660><c> glad,</c>

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:36.539
for<00:28:32.819><c> this</c><00:28:33.299><c> thy</c><00:28:33.640><c> brother</c><00:28:33.940><c> was</c><00:28:34.259><c> dead</c><00:28:34.720><c> and</c><00:28:35.319><c> is</c><00:28:35.579><c> alive</c><00:28:36.000><c> again</c>

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:39.640
and<00:28:37.019><c> was</c><00:28:37.359><c> lost</c><00:28:37.880><c> and</c><00:28:38.299><c> is</c><00:28:38.579><c> found.</c>

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:43.380
Let's<00:28:40.759><c> take</c><00:28:40.900><c> a</c><00:28:40.980><c> look</c><00:28:41.140><c> at</c><00:28:41.559><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:42.039><c> 18</c>

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:47.000
and<00:28:45.680><c> read</c><00:28:45.900><c> a</c><00:28:46.140><c> few</c><00:28:46.299><c> verses</c><00:28:46.720><c> there,</c>

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:50.019
verses<00:28:47.380><c> which</c><00:28:47.700><c> these</c><00:28:48.079><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:48.700><c> who</c><00:28:48.900><c> heard</c><00:28:49.079><c> this</c><00:28:49.460><c> parable</c>

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.660
should<00:28:50.259><c> have</c><00:28:50.460><c> known.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:28:55.400><c> 18,</c><00:28:56.000><c> verse</c><00:28:56.259><c> 21.</c>

00:28:58.099 --> 00:29:00.900
But<00:28:58.740><c> if</c><00:28:58.960><c> the</c><00:28:59.140><c> wicked</c><00:28:59.339><c> will</c><00:28:59.640><c> turn</c><00:28:59.880><c> from</c><00:29:00.160><c> all</c><00:29:00.440><c> his</c><00:29:00.680><c> sins</c>

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:04.660
that<00:29:01.039><c> he</c><00:29:01.160><c> hath</c><00:29:01.400><c> committed,</c><00:29:03.220><c> and</c><00:29:03.279><c> keep</c><00:29:03.559><c> all</c><00:29:03.880><c> my</c><00:29:04.180><c> statutes</c>

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:06.500
and<00:29:04.819><c> do</c><00:29:05.019><c> that</c><00:29:05.259><c> which</c><00:29:05.440><c> is</c><00:29:05.700><c> lawful</c><00:29:06.039><c> and</c><00:29:06.259><c> right,</c>

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:10.319
he<00:29:07.039><c> shall</c><00:29:07.339><c> surely</c><00:29:07.740><c> live,</c><00:29:09.099><c> he</c><00:29:09.420><c> shall</c><00:29:09.619><c> not</c><00:29:09.900><c> die.</c>

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:14.519
All<00:29:11.220><c> his</c><00:29:11.640><c> transgressions</c><00:29:12.579><c> that</c><00:29:12.900><c> he</c><00:29:13.079><c> hath</c><00:29:13.339><c> committed,</c>

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:18.339
they<00:29:15.240><c> shall</c><00:29:15.700><c> not</c><00:29:16.240><c> be</c><00:29:16.680><c> mentioned</c><00:29:17.059><c> unto</c><00:29:17.359><c> him.</c>

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:23.220
In<00:29:20.299><c> his</c><00:29:20.519><c> righteousness</c><00:29:21.059><c> that</c><00:29:21.640><c> he</c><00:29:21.799><c> had</c><00:29:22.019><c> done,</c><00:29:22.240><c> he</c><00:29:22.539><c> shall</c><00:29:22.799><c> live.</c>

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:26.980
Have<00:29:23.779><c> I</c><00:29:23.920><c> any</c><00:29:24.180><c> pleasure</c><00:29:24.700><c> at</c><00:29:25.079><c> all</c><00:29:25.519><c> that</c><00:29:25.940><c> the</c><00:29:26.180><c> wicked</c><00:29:26.400><c> should</c><00:29:26.660><c> die,</c>

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:30.240
saith<00:29:27.279><c> the</c><00:29:27.500><c> Lord</c><00:29:27.759><c> God,</c><00:29:28.500><c> and</c><00:29:28.920><c> not</c><00:29:29.220><c> that</c><00:29:29.339><c> he</c><00:29:29.519><c> should</c><00:29:29.700><c> return</c>

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:32.500
from<00:29:30.440><c> his</c><00:29:30.740><c> ways</c><00:29:31.180><c> and</c><00:29:31.700><c> live.</c>

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:34.539
And<00:29:32.680><c> so</c><00:29:32.900><c> many</c><00:29:33.119><c> people</c><00:29:33.400><c> have</c><00:29:33.559><c> said</c><00:29:33.700><c> that</c><00:29:33.880><c> this</c><00:29:34.200><c> parable</c>

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:36.700
is<00:29:35.079><c> truly</c><00:29:35.460><c> New</c><00:29:35.720><c> Testament.</c>

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.880
It's<00:29:37.539><c> wrong.</c>

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:40.420
This<00:29:38.380><c> has</c><00:29:38.599><c> always</c><00:29:38.900><c> been</c><00:29:39.140><c> God's</c><00:29:39.559><c> way.</c>

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.920
And<00:29:41.259><c> I</c><00:29:41.460><c> like</c><00:29:41.640><c> that</c><00:29:41.880><c> expression,</c>

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:45.740
they<00:29:43.559><c> shall</c><00:29:43.920><c> not</c><00:29:44.339><c> be</c><00:29:44.799><c> mentioned</c><00:29:45.180><c> unto</c><00:29:45.460><c> him.</c>

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:48.940
Now<00:29:46.180><c> that's</c><00:29:46.460><c> a</c><00:29:46.519><c> very</c><00:29:46.839><c> important</c><00:29:47.299><c> point</c><00:29:47.619><c> of</c><00:29:47.900><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:54.460
Take<00:29:51.299><c> a</c><00:29:51.440><c> look</c><00:29:51.539><c> at</c><00:29:51.839><c> Acts,</c>

00:29:58.380 --> 00:30:02.220
chapter<00:29:59.059><c> 3,</c><00:29:59.819><c> verse</c><00:30:00.099><c> 19.</c>

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:07.380
Repent<00:30:03.720><c> ye</c><00:30:04.059><c> therefore,</c><00:30:05.720><c> and</c><00:30:05.960><c> be</c><00:30:06.299><c> converted,</c>

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.880
that<00:30:07.799><c> your</c><00:30:08.140><c> sins</c><00:30:08.559><c> may</c><00:30:08.980><c> be</c><00:30:09.440><c> blotted</c><00:30:09.640><c> out,</c>

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:13.539
when<00:30:11.440><c> the</c><00:30:11.700><c> times</c><00:30:12.039><c> of</c><00:30:12.460><c> refreshing</c><00:30:12.779><c> shall</c><00:30:13.180><c> come</c>

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:15.740
from<00:30:13.759><c> the</c><00:30:14.059><c> presence</c><00:30:14.480><c> of</c><00:30:14.759><c> the</c><00:30:14.900><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:18.700
Now<00:30:17.299><c> we</c><00:30:17.400><c> don't</c><00:30:17.599><c> want</c><00:30:17.759><c> to</c><00:30:17.920><c> just</c><00:30:18.099><c> be</c><00:30:18.359><c> forgiven.</c>

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:20.559
We<00:30:19.059><c> want</c><00:30:19.279><c> our</c><00:30:19.539><c> sins</c><00:30:19.799><c> blotted</c><00:30:20.220><c> out.</c>

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:23.500
Can<00:30:20.759><c> you</c><00:30:21.079><c> imagine,</c><00:30:21.539><c> say,</c><00:30:21.779><c> a</c><00:30:21.960><c> million</c><00:30:22.180><c> years</c><00:30:22.440><c> into</c><00:30:22.640><c> the</c><00:30:22.839><c> Kingdom</c><00:30:23.059><c> Age,</c>

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:25.440
if<00:30:23.980><c> you</c><00:30:24.160><c> still</c><00:30:24.299><c> were</c><00:30:24.460><c> getting</c><00:30:24.680><c> daily</c><00:30:25.039><c> reminders</c>

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:27.700
of<00:30:25.619><c> all</c><00:30:25.839><c> the</c><00:30:25.960><c> bad</c><00:30:26.119><c> things</c><00:30:26.299><c> you</c><00:30:26.420><c> did</c><00:30:26.539><c> in</c><00:30:26.680><c> your</c><00:30:26.839><c> life?</c>

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:32.400
Now,<00:30:30.240><c> I</c><00:30:30.500><c> know</c><00:30:30.640><c> we</c><00:30:30.799><c> don't</c><00:30:31.000><c> do</c><00:30:31.220><c> this,</c><00:30:32.079><c> right?</c>

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:36.019
When<00:30:32.539><c> you</c><00:30:32.700><c> forgive</c><00:30:32.940><c> someone,</c><00:30:33.380><c> you</c><00:30:33.519><c> never</c><00:30:33.880><c> again</c><00:30:34.140><c> mention</c><00:30:34.440><c> it.</c>

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.539
Every<00:30:37.759><c> once</c><00:30:38.039><c> in</c><00:30:38.140><c> a</c><00:30:38.200><c> while</c><00:30:38.319><c> I</c><00:30:38.420><c> go,</c>

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:42.799
you<00:30:38.819><c> always</c><00:30:39.220><c> do</c><00:30:39.460><c> that,</c><00:30:39.859><c> dear,</c><00:30:41.400><c> because</c><00:30:41.519><c> she</c><00:30:41.700><c> always</c><00:30:41.940><c> does.</c>

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:48.759
Now<00:30:43.819><c> there</c><00:30:43.859><c> is</c><00:30:44.140><c> a</c><00:30:44.359><c> tendency</c><00:30:44.720><c> on</c><00:30:45.000><c> our</c><00:30:45.319><c> part</c><00:30:45.619><c> to</c><00:30:46.740><c> remember</c><00:30:47.599><c> slights</c>

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:51.400
and<00:30:49.019><c> to</c><00:30:49.180><c> use</c><00:30:49.359><c> it</c><00:30:49.559><c> as</c><00:30:49.700><c> a</c><00:30:49.799><c> sort</c><00:30:49.920><c> of,</c><00:30:50.539><c> you</c><00:30:50.539><c> know,</c>

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:53.319
I'm<00:30:51.900><c> going</c><00:30:51.960><c> to</c><00:30:52.599><c> dig</c><00:30:52.740><c> that</c><00:30:52.960><c> in</c><00:30:53.160><c> there,</c>

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:56.019
make<00:30:53.660><c> sure</c><00:30:53.940><c> he</c><00:30:54.240><c> remembers</c><00:30:54.619><c> the</c><00:30:54.839><c> position</c><00:30:55.200><c> he</c><00:30:55.380><c> was</c><00:30:55.619><c> in</c><00:30:55.839><c> once,</c>

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:59.240
or<00:30:56.240><c> she</c><00:30:56.380><c> was</c><00:30:56.619><c> in</c><00:30:56.839><c> once,</c><00:30:57.279><c> so</c><00:30:57.460><c> I'll</c><00:30:57.680><c> put</c><00:30:57.819><c> them</c><00:30:57.960><c> in</c><00:30:58.099><c> their</c><00:30:58.319><c> place.</c>

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:01.519
But<00:30:59.619><c> the</c><00:30:59.839><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:00.319><c> passage,</c><00:31:00.940><c> the</c><00:31:01.180><c> Acts</c><00:31:01.420><c> passage,</c>

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:04.099
there's<00:31:01.960><c> actually</c><00:31:02.220><c> a</c><00:31:02.339><c> number</c><00:31:02.519><c> of</c><00:31:02.720><c> others</c><00:31:02.859><c> in</c><00:31:03.019><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:03.400><c> 33</c><00:31:03.859><c>.30.</c>

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:06.019
There's<00:31:04.299><c> a</c><00:31:04.420><c> lot</c><00:31:04.559><c> of</c><00:31:04.799><c> mention</c><00:31:05.000><c> of</c><00:31:05.180><c> this</c><00:31:05.380><c> type</c><00:31:05.599><c> of</c><00:31:05.799><c> behavior.</c>

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:09.940
Once<00:31:06.740><c> we've</c><00:31:07.160><c> forgiven</c><00:31:07.420><c> someone,</c><00:31:07.920><c> it's</c><00:31:08.200><c> best</c><00:31:08.559><c> to</c><00:31:08.940><c> forget.</c>

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:13.579
Because<00:31:11.440><c> we</c><00:31:11.700><c> really</c><00:31:12.059><c> haven't</c><00:31:12.519><c> truly</c><00:31:13.019><c> forgiven</c>

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:20.240
if<00:31:14.299><c> we're</c><00:31:15.039><c> still</c><00:31:15.039><c> using</c><00:31:15.680><c> that</c><00:31:16.200><c> as</c><00:31:16.880><c> a</c><00:31:17.279><c> piece</c><00:31:17.599><c> of</c><00:31:18.980><c> weaponry.</c>

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:22.559
If<00:31:20.480><c> we're</c><00:31:20.619><c> still</c><00:31:20.839><c> going</c><00:31:21.059><c> to</c><00:31:21.200><c> hit</c><00:31:21.359><c> them</c><00:31:21.559><c> with</c><00:31:21.740><c> it,</c>

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.200
every<00:31:23.220><c> time</c><00:31:23.519><c> they</c><00:31:23.720><c> step</c><00:31:24.000><c> out</c><00:31:24.259><c> of</c><00:31:24.420><c> line</c><00:31:24.799><c> or</c><00:31:25.180><c> do</c><00:31:25.400><c> something</c><00:31:25.759><c> new,</c>

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:30.160
we<00:31:26.940><c> are</c><00:31:27.140><c> not</c><00:31:27.440><c> going</c><00:31:27.779><c> to</c><00:31:28.119><c> put</c><00:31:28.380><c> that</c><00:31:28.740><c> behind</c><00:31:29.200><c> us.</c>

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:32.660
And<00:31:30.579><c> it's</c><00:31:30.799><c> really</c><00:31:31.140><c> best</c><00:31:31.480><c> once</c><00:31:31.859><c> we</c><00:31:32.079><c> have</c><00:31:32.359><c> forgiven</c>

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:34.980
to<00:31:32.940><c> move</c><00:31:33.200><c> on</c><00:31:33.799><c> and</c><00:31:34.299><c> go</c><00:31:34.519><c> in</c><00:31:34.660><c> the</c><00:31:34.799><c> future.</c>

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.819
That's<00:31:35.180><c> what</c><00:31:35.319><c> God</c><00:31:35.559><c> says</c><00:31:35.759><c> he</c><00:31:35.980><c> does.</c>

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:39.279
He's<00:31:38.160><c> going</c><00:31:38.400><c> to</c><00:31:38.579><c> blot</c><00:31:38.700><c> out</c><00:31:38.960><c> our</c><00:31:39.160><c> sins.</c>

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.799
He's<00:31:39.460><c> not</c><00:31:39.640><c> just</c><00:31:39.799><c> going</c><00:31:39.940><c> to</c><00:31:40.319><c> forgive</c><00:31:40.619><c> them,</c>

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.579
he's<00:31:40.940><c> going</c><00:31:41.099><c> to</c><00:31:41.319><c> blot</c><00:31:41.440><c> them</c><00:31:41.619><c> out.</c>

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:47.799
They're<00:31:43.960><c> no</c><00:31:44.200><c> longer</c><00:31:44.519><c> going</c><00:31:44.799><c> to</c><00:31:45.000><c> be</c><00:31:45.480><c> remembered</c><00:31:46.059><c> forevermore.</c>

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:52.799
Quite<00:31:49.579><c> an</c><00:31:49.859><c> interesting</c><00:31:51.039><c> way</c><00:31:51.500><c> to</c><00:31:51.680><c> look</c><00:31:51.839><c> at</c><00:31:52.019><c> things.</c>

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:56.599
So<00:31:53.380><c> I</c><00:31:53.519><c> believe</c><00:31:53.779><c> that</c><00:31:53.980><c> these</c><00:31:54.240><c> parables</c><00:31:54.700><c> on</c><00:31:55.380><c> the</c><00:31:55.660><c> lost</c>

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.740
really<00:31:57.279><c> should</c><00:31:57.480><c> be</c><00:31:57.740><c> titled</c><00:31:57.940><c> in</c><00:31:58.240><c> Vines</c><00:31:58.579><c> and</c><00:31:58.759><c> other</c><00:31:59.160><c> commentaries</c>

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.319
as<00:31:59.920><c> the</c><00:32:00.119><c> parable</c><00:32:00.539><c> of</c><00:32:00.799><c> the</c><00:32:01.079><c> found.</c>

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:03.599
These<00:32:01.720><c> three</c><00:32:02.119><c> parables</c><00:32:02.400><c> are</c><00:32:02.599><c> how</c><00:32:02.799><c> to</c><00:32:03.059><c> find</c><00:32:03.339><c> things,</c>

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.700
how<00:32:03.779><c> to</c><00:32:03.940><c> recover</c><00:32:04.359><c> them.</c>

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.200
And,<00:32:05.259><c> brethren</c><00:32:05.460><c> and</c><00:32:05.700><c> sisters,</c><00:32:05.880><c> I</c><00:32:05.980><c> think,</c><00:32:06.059><c> you</c><00:32:06.200><c> know,</c>

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:08.079
it's<00:32:06.359><c> interesting,</c><00:32:06.819><c> I</c><00:32:07.039><c> said</c><00:32:07.200><c> that</c><00:32:07.440><c> somewhere,</c>

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:11.740
I<00:32:08.779><c> read</c><00:32:08.980><c> that</c><00:32:09.339><c> there's</c><00:32:09.940><c> no</c><00:32:10.140><c> real</c><00:32:10.420><c> way</c><00:32:10.680><c> of</c><00:32:10.920><c> organizing</c><00:32:11.259><c> parables.</c>

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:13.500
Well,<00:32:12.259><c> yeah,</c><00:32:12.519><c> to</c><00:32:12.660><c> some</c><00:32:12.839><c> extent</c><00:32:13.099><c> that's</c><00:32:13.359><c> true,</c>

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.900
but<00:32:13.640><c> there</c><00:32:13.799><c> are</c><00:32:14.000><c> certain</c><00:32:14.160><c> groups</c><00:32:14.460><c> of</c><00:32:14.700><c> parables</c>

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:17.779
that<00:32:15.079><c> are</c><00:32:15.359><c> so</c><00:32:15.599><c> much</c><00:32:15.799><c> together,</c><00:32:16.220><c> this</c><00:32:16.500><c> chapter,</c><00:32:16.900><c> the</c><00:32:17.039><c> other</c><00:32:17.160><c> one,</c>

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:20.299
their<00:32:18.220><c> points</c><00:32:18.460><c> are</c><00:32:18.819><c> so</c><00:32:19.359><c> strongly</c><00:32:19.880><c> made,</c>

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:23.440
then<00:32:20.839><c> to</c><00:32:21.079><c> ignore</c><00:32:21.440><c> them,</c><00:32:21.640><c> we</c><00:32:21.799><c> ignore</c><00:32:22.039><c> them</c><00:32:22.140><c> at</c><00:32:22.279><c> our</c><00:32:22.460><c> own</c><00:32:22.720><c> peril.</c>

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:25.759
And<00:32:23.640><c> I</c><00:32:23.759><c> know</c><00:32:23.920><c> that</c><00:32:24.059><c> we</c><00:32:24.220><c> sometimes</c><00:32:24.619><c> make</c><00:32:24.900><c> huge</c><00:32:25.319><c> fusses</c>

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:29.079
over<00:32:26.000><c> some</c><00:32:27.200><c> ritualistic</c><00:32:27.920><c> thing</c><00:32:28.099><c> we</c><00:32:28.259><c> should</c><00:32:28.420><c> do</c><00:32:28.680><c> or</c><00:32:28.880><c> other,</c>

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.160
because<00:32:29.380><c> we've</c><00:32:29.680><c> got</c><00:32:29.819><c> the</c><00:32:30.000><c> meaning</c><00:32:30.160><c> of</c><00:32:30.339><c> a</c><00:32:30.480><c> few</c><00:32:30.619><c> Greek</c><00:32:30.859><c> words,</c>

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.319
which<00:32:31.339><c> we're</c><00:32:31.660><c> so</c><00:32:31.880><c> sure</c><00:32:32.119><c> of,</c>

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:35.660
and<00:32:32.720><c> we</c><00:32:32.980><c> ignore</c><00:32:33.880><c> important</c><00:32:34.660><c> things</c><00:32:34.960><c> like</c><00:32:35.319><c> this</c>

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:38.740
in<00:32:36.000><c> the</c><00:32:36.160><c> operation</c><00:32:36.680><c> of</c><00:32:36.920><c> our</c><00:32:37.079><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:37.519><c> life</c><00:32:37.839><c> and</c><00:32:37.960><c> in</c><00:32:38.119><c> our</c><00:32:38.319><c> families.</c>

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:42.059
And<00:32:39.160><c> I</c><00:32:39.259><c> think</c><00:32:39.380><c> if</c><00:32:39.539><c> we</c><00:32:39.700><c> do</c><00:32:39.940><c> so,</c><00:32:40.140><c> we</c><00:32:40.279><c> really</c><00:32:40.599><c> do</c><00:32:40.799><c> so</c><00:32:41.000><c> at</c><00:32:41.200><c> our</c><00:32:41.440><c> own</c><00:32:41.779><c> peril,</c>

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.859
because<00:32:42.839><c> Jesus</c><00:32:43.240><c> made</c><00:32:43.579><c> absolutely</c><00:32:44.240><c> no</c><00:32:44.480><c> mistake</c>

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:46.619
how<00:32:45.059><c> important</c><00:32:45.519><c> these</c><00:32:45.819><c> are.</c>

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:49.500
Now<00:32:46.960><c> let's</c><00:32:47.140><c> go</c><00:32:47.460><c> on</c><00:32:47.740><c> to</c><00:32:48.059><c> the</c><00:32:48.220><c> next</c><00:32:48.519><c> group</c><00:32:48.819><c> of</c><00:32:49.220><c> parables,</c>

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:52.339
which<00:32:49.740><c> I</c><00:32:49.920><c> will</c><00:32:50.119><c> call</c><00:32:50.359><c> parables</c><00:32:50.920><c> of</c><00:32:51.279><c> injustice.</c>

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:55.359
And<00:32:52.900><c> they</c><00:32:53.079><c> start</c><00:32:53.240><c> in</c><00:32:53.400><c> the</c><00:32:53.440><c> very</c><00:32:53.680><c> next</c><00:32:53.920><c> chapter,</c><00:32:54.319><c> in</c><00:32:54.519><c> chapter</c><00:32:54.819><c> 16,</c>

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:58.259
and<00:32:55.700><c> let</c><00:32:55.819><c> me</c><00:32:55.940><c> just</c><00:32:56.200><c> pop</c><00:32:56.380><c> up</c><00:32:56.599><c> an</c><00:32:56.859><c> overhead</c><00:32:57.160><c> on</c><00:32:57.359><c> that.</c>

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:14.400
By<00:33:12.819><c> the</c><00:33:13.000><c> way,</c><00:33:13.240><c> with</c><00:33:13.299><c> regard</c><00:33:13.599><c> to</c><00:33:13.740><c> the</c><00:33:13.960><c> overheads,</c>

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:17.339
I<00:33:14.480><c> have</c><00:33:14.759><c> given</c><00:33:14.980><c> them</c><00:33:15.339><c> to</c><00:33:16.859><c> Inez,</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:20.279
and<00:33:17.619><c> she</c><00:33:17.779><c> will</c><00:33:18.039><c> have</c><00:33:18.859><c> a</c><00:33:19.279><c> sample</c><00:33:19.380><c> book</c><00:33:19.660><c> in</c><00:33:19.859><c> the</c><00:33:20.019><c> library,</c>

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:22.619
two<00:33:20.559><c> of</c><00:33:20.660><c> them</c><00:33:20.839><c> this</c><00:33:21.140><c> evening,</c><00:33:21.460><c> or</c><00:33:21.599><c> whenever</c><00:33:21.839><c> she</c><00:33:22.200><c> puts</c><00:33:22.420><c> it</c>

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:22.920
over<00:33:22.740><c> there.</c>

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:25.799
So<00:33:23.420><c> I</c><00:33:23.680><c> figured</c><00:33:23.880><c> by</c><00:33:24.099><c> now</c><00:33:24.380><c> there's</c><00:33:24.640><c> no</c><00:33:24.799><c> surprises</c><00:33:25.319><c> left,</c>

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.619
and<00:33:26.440><c> give</c><00:33:26.519><c> you</c><00:33:26.660><c> a</c><00:33:26.759><c> few</c><00:33:26.859><c> days</c><00:33:27.099><c> to</c><00:33:27.240><c> look</c><00:33:27.359><c> it</c><00:33:27.500><c> over,</c>

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:30.400
if<00:33:27.740><c> you</c><00:33:27.920><c> want</c><00:33:28.039><c> to</c><00:33:28.180><c> get</c><00:33:28.559><c> the</c><00:33:29.740><c> overheads</c>

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:32.180
that<00:33:30.500><c> I've</c><00:33:30.759><c> been</c><00:33:31.019><c> using</c><00:33:31.359><c> throughout</c><00:33:31.779><c> here.</c>

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:35.640
And<00:33:32.420><c> I</c><00:33:32.559><c> also</c><00:33:32.740><c> have</c><00:33:32.859><c> the</c><00:33:33.000><c> young</c><00:33:33.160><c> people's</c><00:33:34.619><c> outlines</c><00:33:34.940><c> in</c><00:33:35.180><c> that</c><00:33:35.400><c> also.</c>

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:38.900
So<00:33:36.359><c> we're</c><00:33:36.500><c> going</c><00:33:36.680><c> to</c><00:33:36.839><c> take</c><00:33:37.059><c> a</c><00:33:37.140><c> look</c><00:33:37.319><c> at</c><00:33:37.759><c> injustice,</c>

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:42.039
and<00:33:39.319><c> first</c><00:33:39.559><c> starting</c><00:33:39.819><c> with</c><00:33:39.980><c> this</c><00:33:40.240><c> parable</c><00:33:40.539><c> of</c><00:33:40.740><c> the</c><00:33:41.380><c> unjust</c><00:33:41.799><c> steward.</c>

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:43.880
Now<00:33:42.200><c> this</c><00:33:42.339><c> is</c><00:33:42.519><c> a</c><00:33:42.559><c> really</c><00:33:42.839><c> terrific</c><00:33:43.299><c> parable,</c>

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:46.099
and<00:33:44.359><c> you</c><00:33:44.440><c> know,</c><00:33:44.900><c> the</c><00:33:45.019><c> more</c><00:33:45.160><c> I</c><00:33:45.400><c> studied</c><00:33:45.579><c> parables,</c>

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:48.539
the<00:33:46.299><c> more</c><00:33:46.559><c> you</c><00:33:46.740><c> just</c><00:33:47.039><c> absolutely</c><00:33:47.460><c> have</c><00:33:47.680><c> to</c><00:33:47.880><c> admire</c>

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:51.140
the<00:33:49.339><c> power</c><00:33:49.660><c> and</c><00:33:49.920><c> majesty</c><00:33:50.259><c> of</c><00:33:50.460><c> Jesus'</c><00:33:51.039><c> teaching.</c>

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:53.039
There<00:33:51.440><c> has</c><00:33:51.640><c> never</c><00:33:51.880><c> been</c><00:33:52.079><c> a</c><00:33:52.220><c> teacher</c><00:33:52.420><c> like</c><00:33:52.720><c> him,</c>

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.720
and<00:33:53.299><c> there</c><00:33:53.359><c> never</c><00:33:53.599><c> will</c><00:33:53.819><c> be.</c>

00:33:55.579 --> 00:34:00.240
He<00:33:55.759><c> made</c><00:33:56.099><c> his</c><00:33:56.519><c> audiences</c><00:33:56.920><c> learn</c><00:33:57.799><c> from</c><00:33:58.619><c> their</c><00:33:58.940><c> innermost</c><00:33:59.400><c> self.</c>

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:02.039
I<00:34:00.819><c> don't</c><00:34:00.980><c> think</c><00:34:01.099><c> there</c><00:34:01.200><c> was</c><00:34:01.440><c> ever</c><00:34:01.660><c> a</c><00:34:01.859><c> time</c>

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.359
that<00:34:02.160><c> they</c><00:34:02.299><c> could</c><00:34:02.460><c> turn</c><00:34:02.700><c> around</c><00:34:02.940><c> and</c><00:34:03.119><c> say,</c>

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.619
well,<00:34:03.759><c> that's</c><00:34:04.039><c> your</c><00:34:04.200><c> opinion.</c>

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:07.339
Because<00:34:05.160><c> he</c><00:34:05.640><c> made,</c><00:34:06.180><c> by</c><00:34:06.539><c> these</c><00:34:06.920><c> parables,</c>

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:10.360
the<00:34:07.680><c> audiences</c><00:34:08.079><c> confront</c><00:34:08.800><c> their</c><00:34:09.119><c> own</c><00:34:09.460><c> knowledge.</c>

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:14.440
And<00:34:11.519><c> in</c><00:34:11.599><c> this</c><00:34:11.840><c> parable</c><00:34:12.199><c> here,</c><00:34:13.059><c> he</c><00:34:13.219><c> aims</c><00:34:13.440><c> it</c><00:34:13.679><c> at</c><00:34:13.860><c> the</c><00:34:14.039><c> disciples.</c>

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.659
Notice<00:34:14.920><c> almost</c><00:34:15.619><c> everything</c><00:34:15.940><c> else</c><00:34:16.179><c> we've</c><00:34:16.420><c> read</c>

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:19.639
were<00:34:17.460><c> both</c><00:34:17.900><c> at</c><00:34:18.219><c> the</c><00:34:18.400><c> Pharisees,</c><00:34:19.059><c> the</c><00:34:19.239><c> initiation.</c>

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.980
His<00:34:19.960><c> disciples</c><00:34:20.380><c> were</c><00:34:20.599><c> meant</c><00:34:20.739><c> to</c><00:34:21.059><c> understand</c><00:34:21.420><c> it</c><00:34:21.619><c> also.</c>

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:27.900
But<00:34:22.400><c> this</c><00:34:22.679><c> one</c><00:34:22.840><c> he</c><00:34:23.059><c> says,</c><00:34:24.460><c> he</c><00:34:24.820><c> also</c><00:34:25.659><c> said</c><00:34:26.099><c> this</c><00:34:26.440><c> unto</c><00:34:26.840><c> his</c><00:34:27.340><c> disciples.</c>

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:31.260
So<00:34:28.599><c> this</c><00:34:28.880><c> parable</c><00:34:29.300><c> is</c><00:34:29.559><c> aimed</c><00:34:30.059><c> right</c><00:34:30.579><c> at</c><00:34:30.820><c> the</c><00:34:31.000><c> heart</c>

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:34.179
of<00:34:31.780><c> those</c><00:34:32.079><c> who</c><00:34:32.360><c> would</c><00:34:32.579><c> be</c><00:34:32.900><c> his</c><00:34:33.300><c> followers.</c>

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:37.639
There<00:34:34.719><c> is</c><00:34:35.019><c> not</c><00:34:35.320><c> the</c><00:34:35.559><c> same</c><00:34:35.820><c> element</c><00:34:36.280><c> of</c><00:34:36.840><c> antagonism</c>

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:39.840
which<00:34:38.179><c> backgrounds</c><00:34:38.639><c> some</c><00:34:38.900><c> of</c><00:34:39.000><c> the</c><00:34:39.199><c> other</c><00:34:39.539><c> parables</c>

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:43.039
where<00:34:40.039><c> he's</c><00:34:40.260><c> talking</c><00:34:40.579><c> almost</c><00:34:40.960><c> in</c><00:34:41.159><c> a</c><00:34:41.239><c> sense</c><00:34:41.360><c> to</c><00:34:41.559><c> a</c><00:34:41.679><c> hostile</c><00:34:42.000><c> audience.</c>

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:47.920
This<00:34:43.739><c> parable</c><00:34:44.119><c> is</c><00:34:44.420><c> aimed</c><00:34:44.820><c> at</c><00:34:45.619><c> us</c><00:34:46.519><c> directly,</c>

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:51.000
not<00:34:48.300><c> peripherally,</c><00:34:49.219><c> not</c><00:34:49.440><c> as</c><00:34:49.639><c> part</c><00:34:49.780><c> of</c><00:34:49.920><c> some</c><00:34:50.039><c> other</c><00:34:50.219><c> group.</c>

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:54.119
Now<00:34:51.699><c> there</c><00:34:51.820><c> is</c><00:34:52.079><c> a</c><00:34:52.300><c> similar</c><00:34:52.639><c> parable</c><00:34:53.199><c> in</c><00:34:53.420><c> the</c><00:34:53.599><c> Midrash</c>

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.780
which<00:34:54.579><c> I</c><00:34:54.840><c> would</c><00:34:55.039><c> like</c><00:34:55.199><c> to</c><00:34:55.420><c> read</c><00:34:55.579><c> to</c><00:34:55.679><c> you.</c>

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.440
It's<00:34:55.920><c> very</c><00:34:56.199><c> short</c><00:34:56.400><c> and</c><00:34:56.500><c> it's</c><00:34:56.619><c> kind</c><00:34:56.719><c> of</c><00:34:56.900><c> interesting</c>

00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:01.239
because<00:34:58.079><c> the</c><00:34:58.360><c> view</c><00:34:58.539><c> of</c><00:34:58.739><c> it,</c><00:34:59.199><c> while</c><00:34:59.320><c> covering</c><00:34:59.980><c> similar</c><00:35:00.460><c> circumstances,</c>

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.920
comes<00:35:01.599><c> up</c><00:35:01.760><c> with</c><00:35:01.900><c> a</c><00:35:01.980><c> totally</c><00:35:02.260><c> different</c><00:35:02.699><c> moral</c><00:35:02.960><c> lesson.</c>

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:10.179
There<00:35:05.079><c> was</c><00:35:05.440><c> once</c><00:35:05.739><c> a</c><00:35:06.019><c> prudent</c><00:35:06.320><c> farmer</c><00:35:06.760><c> who,</c><00:35:08.059><c> because</c><00:35:08.440><c> of</c><00:35:08.739><c> bad</c><00:35:09.039><c> management,</c>

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:15.960
had<00:35:11.019><c> totally</c><00:35:11.699><c> destroyed</c><00:35:12.880><c> the</c><00:35:13.539><c> estate</c><00:35:13.860><c> which</c><00:35:14.139><c> was</c><00:35:14.360><c> put</c><00:35:14.539><c> in</c><00:35:14.639><c> his</c><00:35:14.880><c> hand.</c>

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:20.900
And<00:35:17.119><c> so</c><00:35:17.500><c> he</c><00:35:17.840><c> dresses</c><00:35:18.199><c> himself</c><00:35:18.679><c> in</c><00:35:18.940><c> his</c><00:35:19.300><c> best</c><00:35:19.599><c> clothes,</c>

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:23.960
puts<00:35:21.840><c> on</c><00:35:22.099><c> a</c><00:35:22.360><c> cheerful</c><00:35:22.659><c> face,</c>

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:26.840
and<00:35:24.880><c> rides</c><00:35:25.159><c> off</c><00:35:25.400><c> to</c><00:35:25.539><c> see</c><00:35:25.760><c> the</c><00:35:25.980><c> landlord.</c>

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:33.800
By<00:35:28.840><c> well</c><00:35:29.219><c>-turned</c><00:35:29.679><c> words,</c><00:35:31.519><c> excessive</c><00:35:31.960><c> flattery,</c>

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:37.699
he<00:35:35.139><c> replies</c><00:35:35.619><c> to</c><00:35:35.940><c> every</c><00:35:36.320><c> inquiry</c><00:35:36.780><c> from</c><00:35:37.079><c> the</c><00:35:37.340><c> landlord</c>

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:40.320
in<00:35:38.000><c> a</c><00:35:38.179><c> way</c><00:35:38.340><c> that</c><00:35:38.480><c> is</c><00:35:38.739><c> meant</c><00:35:39.000><c> to</c><00:35:39.239><c> be</c><00:35:39.519><c> pleasing.</c>

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:45.619
He<00:35:42.659><c> tells</c><00:35:42.940><c> him</c><00:35:43.099><c> about</c><00:35:43.380><c> the</c><00:35:43.699><c> cattle</c><00:35:44.019><c> and</c><00:35:44.420><c> the</c><00:35:44.659><c> crops,</c>

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:48.500
but<00:35:46.340><c> in</c><00:35:46.500><c> a</c><00:35:46.579><c> way</c><00:35:46.699><c> to</c><00:35:46.960><c> cover</c><00:35:47.199><c> all</c><00:35:47.559><c> his</c><00:35:47.780><c> mismanagement.</c>

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:51.539
He<00:35:49.519><c> becomes</c><00:35:49.860><c> so</c><00:35:50.460><c> excessively</c><00:35:51.119><c> flattering</c>

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:54.480
that<00:35:52.400><c> when</c><00:35:52.579><c> he</c><00:35:52.800><c> is</c><00:35:53.059><c> finally</c><00:35:53.440><c> through,</c>

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:56.159
the<00:35:54.760><c> landlord</c><00:35:55.219><c> inquires</c><00:35:55.820><c> of</c><00:35:56.000><c> him,</c>

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:59.579
what<00:35:56.360><c> do</c><00:35:56.659><c> you</c><00:35:56.719><c> need</c><00:35:56.880><c> to</c><00:35:57.079><c> go</c><00:35:57.320><c> on</c><00:35:57.539><c> with</c><00:35:57.699><c> this</c><00:35:57.960><c> wonderful</c><00:35:58.519><c> management?</c>

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:04.539
And<00:36:00.380><c> he</c><00:36:00.559><c> asks</c><00:36:00.900><c> for</c><00:36:01.239><c> a</c><00:36:01.300><c> loan,</c><00:36:02.460><c> only</c><00:36:02.780><c> to</c><00:36:03.059><c> receive</c><00:36:03.619><c> double.</c>

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:09.119
The<00:36:08.179><c> rabbis</c><00:36:08.760><c> write,</c>

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.960
the<00:36:09.539><c> moral</c><00:36:09.840><c> of</c><00:36:10.039><c> this</c><00:36:10.360><c> story</c><00:36:10.619><c> is,</c>

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:13.900
always<00:36:11.360><c> make</c><00:36:11.579><c> the</c><00:36:11.820><c> best</c><00:36:12.099><c> of</c><00:36:12.340><c> a</c><00:36:12.500><c> bad</c><00:36:12.699><c> situation.</c>

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:27.460
Now<00:36:20.420><c> this</c><00:36:20.900><c> unjust</c><00:36:21.460><c> steward</c><00:36:22.860><c> must</c><00:36:25.699><c> have</c><00:36:25.880><c> resonated</c><00:36:26.380><c> in</c><00:36:26.960><c> their</c><00:36:27.199><c> minds</c>

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:29.179
because<00:36:27.800><c> I</c><00:36:27.980><c> think</c><00:36:28.179><c> they</c><00:36:28.420><c> knew</c><00:36:28.599><c> this</c><00:36:28.920><c> parable.</c>

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:31.960
This<00:36:29.400><c> comes</c><00:36:29.639><c> from</c><00:36:29.920><c> the</c><00:36:30.159><c> commentaries</c><00:36:30.699><c> on</c><00:36:30.880><c> the</c><00:36:31.059><c> Babylonian</c><00:36:31.639><c> Talmud,</c>

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:34.179
so<00:36:32.199><c> it's</c><00:36:32.440><c> a</c><00:36:32.500><c> very</c><00:36:32.800><c> old</c><00:36:33.139><c> story.</c>

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.900
And<00:36:37.400><c> he</c><00:36:37.519><c> said</c><00:36:37.659><c> also</c><00:36:38.059><c> unto</c><00:36:38.239><c> his</c><00:36:38.500><c> disciples,</c>

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.340
there<00:36:39.099><c> was</c><00:36:39.400><c> a</c><00:36:39.579><c> certain</c><00:36:39.780><c> rich</c><00:36:40.079><c> man,</c>

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:43.820
and<00:36:40.500><c> this</c><00:36:40.699><c> and</c><00:36:40.820><c> the</c><00:36:41.019><c> next</c><00:36:41.239><c> parable</c><00:36:41.780><c> are</c><00:36:42.159><c> aimed</c><00:36:42.440><c> at</c><00:36:42.639><c> the</c><00:36:42.880><c> certain</c><00:36:43.099><c> rich</c><00:36:43.380><c> man.</c>

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:49.159
Kind<00:36:44.400><c> of</c><00:36:44.579><c> interesting</c><00:36:45.179><c> how</c><00:36:45.780><c> Jesus</c><00:36:46.400><c> could</c><00:36:48.219><c> aim</c><00:36:48.579><c> his</c><00:36:48.820><c> message</c>

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:52.320
in<00:36:49.380><c> a</c><00:36:49.500><c> way</c><00:36:49.920><c> that</c><00:36:50.440><c> would</c><00:36:50.719><c> relate</c><00:36:51.000><c> almost</c><00:36:51.420><c> to</c><00:36:51.739><c> every</c><00:36:51.960><c> man.</c>

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:55.139
This<00:36:52.980><c> is</c><00:36:53.139><c> not</c><00:36:53.360><c> just</c><00:36:53.800><c> a</c><00:36:54.239><c> particular</c><00:36:54.659><c> rich</c><00:36:54.920><c> man,</c>

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:57.000
but<00:36:55.400><c> any</c><00:36:55.860><c> rich</c><00:36:56.139><c> man.</c>

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.559
And<00:36:57.619><c> he</c><00:36:57.719><c> had</c><00:36:57.900><c> a</c><00:36:58.139><c> steward,</c>

00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:01.099
and<00:36:59.000><c> the</c><00:36:59.179><c> same</c><00:36:59.320><c> was</c><00:36:59.579><c> accused</c><00:36:59.920><c> unto</c><00:37:00.199><c> him</c><00:37:00.380><c> that</c><00:37:00.519><c> he</c><00:37:00.659><c> had</c><00:37:00.800><c> wasted</c>

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:02.139
his<00:37:01.360><c> goods.</c>

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.719
And<00:37:02.539><c> he</c><00:37:02.739><c> called</c><00:37:02.880><c> them</c><00:37:03.019><c> and</c><00:37:03.179><c> said</c><00:37:03.260><c> unto</c><00:37:03.440><c> him,</c>

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.619
how<00:37:04.179><c> is</c><00:37:04.400><c> it</c><00:37:04.500><c> that</c><00:37:04.619><c> I</c><00:37:04.760><c> hear</c><00:37:04.940><c> this</c><00:37:05.179><c> of</c><00:37:05.380><c> thee?</c>

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.699
Give<00:37:05.980><c> an</c><00:37:06.159><c> account</c><00:37:06.420><c> of</c><00:37:06.599><c> thy</c><00:37:06.780><c> stewardship.</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:13.340
Now<00:37:09.239><c> we</c><00:37:09.500><c> have</c><00:37:09.880><c> all</c><00:37:10.599><c> been</c><00:37:11.159><c> given</c><00:37:11.679><c> a</c><00:37:12.179><c> certain</c><00:37:12.360><c> amount</c><00:37:12.719><c> of</c><00:37:13.019><c> goods</c>

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:15.980
in<00:37:13.760><c> stewardship</c><00:37:14.199><c> for</c><00:37:14.719><c> our</c><00:37:14.980><c> master.</c>

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:19.320
We<00:37:16.920><c> have</c><00:37:17.079><c> been</c><00:37:17.380><c> entrusted</c><00:37:18.159><c> by</c><00:37:18.579><c> God</c>

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:27.559
with<00:37:20.000><c> a</c><00:37:20.179><c> whole</c><00:37:20.760><c> bevy</c><00:37:21.280><c> of</c><00:37:21.780><c> talents,</c><00:37:24.480><c> intellect,</c><00:37:26.239><c> worldly</c><00:37:26.539><c> goods,</c>

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:34.820
abilities,<00:37:29.960><c> opportunities,</c><00:37:32.059><c> skills,</c><00:37:33.500><c> and</c><00:37:33.639><c> so</c><00:37:33.900><c> on.</c>

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:38.199
For<00:37:35.780><c> everything</c><00:37:36.179><c> that</c><00:37:36.420><c> we</c><00:37:36.679><c> have</c><00:37:36.820><c> as</c><00:37:37.019><c> a</c><00:37:37.179><c> human</c><00:37:37.400><c> being</c><00:37:37.599><c> has</c><00:37:37.920><c> come</c>

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.559
from<00:37:38.380><c> God.</c>

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:42.179
Brethren<00:37:40.199><c> and</c><00:37:40.420><c> sisters,</c><00:37:40.800><c> I</c><00:37:40.980><c> don't</c><00:37:41.119><c> know</c><00:37:41.179><c> how</c><00:37:41.320><c> you</c><00:37:41.619><c> feel</c><00:37:41.840><c> about</c><00:37:42.079><c> it,</c>

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.739
but<00:37:42.260><c> there's</c><00:37:42.539><c> no</c><00:37:42.920><c> special</c><00:37:43.360><c> reason</c><00:37:43.780><c> why</c><00:37:44.000><c> I</c><00:37:44.219><c> should</c><00:37:44.400><c> have</c><00:37:44.559><c> ever</c>

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:46.300
been<00:37:44.980><c> even</c><00:37:45.340><c> born.</c>

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:48.579
I<00:37:47.239><c> had</c><00:37:47.420><c> nothing</c><00:37:47.619><c> to</c><00:37:47.820><c> do</c><00:37:47.920><c> with</c><00:37:48.079><c> it.</c>

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:50.559
They<00:37:48.900><c> didn't</c><00:37:49.099><c> ask</c><00:37:49.380><c> me.</c>

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:55.619
I<00:37:51.659><c> feel</c><00:37:51.880><c> extremely</c><00:37:52.480><c> fortunate</c><00:37:53.059><c> to</c><00:37:53.840><c> have</c><00:37:53.940><c> been</c><00:37:54.159><c> born</c><00:37:54.460><c> in</c><00:37:55.179><c> a</c><00:37:55.320><c> household</c>

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:57.579
where<00:37:55.880><c> the</c><00:37:56.039><c> word</c><00:37:56.179><c> of</c><00:37:56.380><c> God</c><00:37:56.559><c> was.</c>

00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:00.780
Many<00:37:58.760><c> of</c><00:37:58.920><c> us</c><00:37:59.039><c> have</c><00:37:59.219><c> not</c><00:37:59.420><c> had</c><00:37:59.599><c> that</c><00:37:59.880><c> blessing.</c>

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:07.539
What<00:38:02.519><c> have</c><00:38:02.780><c> we</c><00:38:03.019><c> done</c><00:38:03.400><c> with</c><00:38:04.360><c> the</c><00:38:04.579><c> goods</c><00:38:04.820><c> that</c><00:38:05.059><c> God</c><00:38:05.360><c> has</c><00:38:05.659><c> entrusted</c><00:38:06.139><c> in</c><00:38:06.380><c> our</c><00:38:06.659><c> care?</c>

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:11.079
That's<00:38:08.960><c> the</c><00:38:09.199><c> point</c><00:38:09.460><c> of</c><00:38:09.739><c> Jesus'</c><00:38:10.420><c> parable.</c>

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:17.619
We<00:38:11.900><c> have</c><00:38:12.159><c> been</c><00:38:12.800><c> abundantly</c><00:38:14.639><c> fortified</c><00:38:16.099><c> with</c><00:38:16.800><c> blessings</c><00:38:17.360><c> in</c>

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.280
this<00:38:17.860><c> household.</c>

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:21.860
And<00:38:18.760><c> I</c><00:38:18.940><c> tell</c><00:38:19.019><c> you,</c><00:38:19.300><c> brethren</c><00:38:19.380><c> and</c><00:38:19.579><c> sisters,</c><00:38:20.440><c> in</c><00:38:20.840><c> America</c><00:38:21.239><c> particularly,</c>

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:26.019
and<00:38:22.139><c> in</c><00:38:22.280><c> 1991,</c><00:38:23.739><c> we</c><00:38:23.980><c> are</c><00:38:24.239><c> living</c><00:38:24.480><c> as</c><00:38:24.880><c> a</c><00:38:25.119><c> community</c><00:38:25.460><c> in</c><00:38:25.659><c> a</c><00:38:25.800><c> way</c>

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:28.280
that<00:38:26.300><c> nothing</c><00:38:26.639><c> else</c><00:38:27.000><c> has</c><00:38:27.260><c> happened</c><00:38:27.480><c> in</c><00:38:27.679><c> the</c><00:38:27.800><c> whole</c><00:38:28.039><c> history.</c>

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:31.500
You<00:38:28.699><c> say</c><00:38:29.199><c> to</c><00:38:29.380><c> me,</c><00:38:29.880><c> when</c><00:38:30.179><c> would</c><00:38:30.380><c> you</c><00:38:30.539><c> have</c><00:38:30.699><c> rather</c><00:38:30.940><c> been</c><00:38:31.179><c> alive</c>

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.659
than<00:38:31.679><c> today?</c>

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.860
Well,<00:38:33.000><c> I'd</c><00:38:33.280><c> be</c><00:38:33.380><c> hard</c><00:38:33.659><c> pressed.</c>

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:37.300
I<00:38:34.460><c> perhaps</c><00:38:34.920><c> would</c><00:38:35.559><c> have</c><00:38:35.960><c> really</c><00:38:36.420><c> loved</c><00:38:36.639><c> to</c><00:38:36.780><c> have</c><00:38:36.880><c> been</c><00:38:37.000><c> alive</c>

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.280
in<00:38:37.440><c> the</c><00:38:37.559><c> first</c><00:38:37.780><c> century</c>

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:41.400
when<00:38:38.980><c> Jesus</c><00:38:39.400><c> walked</c><00:38:39.679><c> and</c><00:38:39.900><c> talked</c><00:38:40.059><c> and</c><00:38:40.219><c> had</c><00:38:40.360><c> met</c><00:38:40.519><c> him.</c>

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:44.539
But<00:38:41.659><c> it's</c><00:38:41.880><c> scary.</c><00:38:42.280><c> I</c><00:38:42.440><c> might</c><00:38:42.659><c> not</c><00:38:42.840><c> have</c><00:38:43.119><c> recognized</c><00:38:43.500><c> him.</c>

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:48.820
It<00:38:46.219><c> would</c><00:38:46.420><c> have</c><00:38:46.579><c> been</c><00:38:47.019><c> dramatic</c><00:38:47.519><c> to</c><00:38:47.719><c> have</c><00:38:47.840><c> been</c><00:38:48.219><c> with</c><00:38:48.420><c> Moses</c>

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:50.019
as<00:38:49.000><c> he</c><00:38:49.159><c> crossed</c><00:38:49.440><c> the</c><00:38:49.579><c> Red</c><00:38:49.880><c> Sea.</c>

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:52.519
I<00:38:50.500><c> think</c><00:38:50.719><c> that</c><00:38:50.960><c> must</c><00:38:51.119><c> have</c><00:38:51.239><c> been</c><00:38:51.360><c> fantastic.</c>

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:56.940
But<00:38:54.059><c> on</c><00:38:54.260><c> the</c><00:38:54.380><c> other</c><00:38:54.579><c> hand,</c><00:38:55.300><c> we</c><00:38:55.480><c> have</c><00:38:55.679><c> seen</c><00:38:55.860><c> things</c><00:38:56.099><c> in</c><00:38:56.280><c> our</c><00:38:56.460><c> own</c><00:38:56.659><c> age</c>

00:38:56.940 --> 00:39:00.679
that<00:38:57.099><c> we</c><00:38:57.219><c> are</c><00:38:57.480><c> told</c><00:38:57.800><c> the</c><00:38:58.079><c> prophets</c><00:38:58.360><c> long</c><00:38:58.900><c> to</c><00:38:59.139><c> see</c><00:38:59.340><c> those</c><00:38:59.659><c> days.</c>

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:03.960
We've<00:39:01.880><c> seen</c><00:39:02.039><c> the</c><00:39:02.260><c> miracle</c><00:39:02.719><c> of</c><00:39:02.900><c> the</c><00:39:03.039><c> rebirth</c><00:39:03.400><c> of</c><00:39:03.579><c> a</c><00:39:03.699><c> nation</c>

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:06.219
which<00:39:04.199><c> every</c><00:39:04.599><c> historian</c><00:39:05.179><c> and</c><00:39:05.360><c> everyone</c><00:39:05.639><c> in</c><00:39:05.800><c> the</c><00:39:05.920><c> world</c><00:39:06.059><c> said</c>

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:07.820
would<00:39:06.420><c> never</c><00:39:06.699><c> happen.</c>

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:13.360
We<00:39:10.340><c> have</c><00:39:10.519><c> been</c><00:39:10.760><c> blessed</c><00:39:11.059><c> with</c><00:39:11.360><c> miracles</c><00:39:12.039><c> which</c><00:39:12.800><c> most</c><00:39:13.099><c> of</c><00:39:13.260><c> the</c>

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:15.320
world<00:39:13.579><c> is</c><00:39:13.820><c> totally</c><00:39:14.039><c> blind</c><00:39:14.460><c> to.</c>

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:17.920
And<00:39:16.179><c> it's</c><00:39:16.639><c> probably</c><00:39:16.960><c> not</c><00:39:17.219><c> that</c><00:39:17.420><c> much</c><00:39:17.599><c> different</c>

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:19.599
because<00:39:18.239><c> when</c><00:39:18.420><c> the</c><00:39:18.579><c> children</c><00:39:18.739><c> of</c><00:39:18.900><c> Israel</c><00:39:19.079><c> went</c><00:39:19.300><c> through</c><00:39:19.519><c> the</c>

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.199
Red<00:39:19.920><c> Sea,</c>

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:22.199
not<00:39:20.679><c> many</c><00:39:21.039><c> people</c><00:39:21.420><c> saw</c><00:39:21.760><c> that.</c>

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:25.099
In<00:39:22.659><c> fact,</c><00:39:23.159><c> many</c><00:39:23.460><c> that</c><00:39:23.699><c> beheld</c><00:39:24.000><c> it</c><00:39:24.179><c> at</c><00:39:24.300><c> all</c><00:39:24.420><c> drowned</c><00:39:24.880><c> in</c><00:39:24.980><c> it</c>

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.179
when<00:39:25.199><c> they</c><00:39:25.460><c> followed</c><00:39:25.659><c> after</c><00:39:26.000><c> them.</c>

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:28.639
And<00:39:26.480><c> it</c><00:39:26.539><c> was</c><00:39:26.679><c> just</c><00:39:26.920><c> the</c><00:39:27.139><c> word</c><00:39:27.320><c> of</c><00:39:27.519><c> that</c><00:39:27.719><c> event</c><00:39:28.000><c> that</c><00:39:28.239><c> got</c><00:39:28.420><c> out</c>

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.980
to<00:39:28.840><c> other</c><00:39:29.039><c> places.</c>

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:35.159
In<00:39:32.739><c> fact,</c><00:39:33.059><c> I</c><00:39:33.199><c> would</c><00:39:33.380><c> say</c><00:39:33.679><c> that</c><00:39:33.900><c> I</c><00:39:34.000><c> am</c><00:39:34.119><c> very,</c><00:39:34.380><c> very</c><00:39:34.599><c> thankful</c><00:39:34.960><c> to</c>

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:37.739
God<00:39:35.360><c> to</c><00:39:35.539><c> be</c><00:39:35.760><c> alive</c><00:39:36.079><c> in</c><00:39:36.260><c> these</c><00:39:36.500><c> last</c><00:39:36.820><c> days.</c>

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:39.820
I<00:39:38.079><c> don't</c><00:39:38.320><c> deserve</c><00:39:38.699><c> it.</c>

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:42.619
So<00:39:40.659><c> what</c><00:39:40.800><c> are</c><00:39:40.900><c> we</c><00:39:41.099><c> doing</c><00:39:41.280><c> with</c><00:39:41.519><c> the</c><00:39:41.719><c> treasures</c><00:39:42.000><c> that</c><00:39:42.219><c> God</c><00:39:42.420><c> has</c>

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.719
given<00:39:42.760><c> us?</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:47.679
Are<00:39:45.219><c> we</c><00:39:45.440><c> blowing</c><00:39:45.679><c> it?</c><00:39:45.840><c> Are</c><00:39:45.960><c> we</c><00:39:46.119><c> wasting</c><00:39:46.480><c> his</c><00:39:46.800><c> goods?</c>

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:51.199
And<00:39:49.659><c> he</c><00:39:49.820><c> called</c><00:39:50.019><c> them</c><00:39:50.239><c> and</c><00:39:50.300><c> said,</c>

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:55.099
I<00:39:52.179><c> hear</c><00:39:52.539><c> this</c><00:39:52.800><c> of</c><00:39:52.980><c> thee,</c><00:39:53.400><c> give</c><00:39:53.500><c> an</c><00:39:53.659><c> account</c><00:39:53.960><c> of</c><00:39:54.119><c> thy</c><00:39:54.380><c> stewardship,</c>

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:58.340
for<00:39:56.139><c> thou</c><00:39:56.519><c> mayst</c><00:39:57.260><c> no</c><00:39:57.519><c> longer</c><00:39:57.860><c> be</c><00:39:58.159><c> steward.</c>

00:39:58.340 --> 00:40:00.019
And<00:39:58.639><c> the</c><00:39:58.860><c> steward</c><00:39:59.039><c> said</c><00:39:59.280><c> within</c><00:39:59.559><c> himself,</c>

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.940
What<00:40:00.480><c> shall</c><00:40:00.679><c> I</c><00:40:00.880><c> do?</c>

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:06.159
I'm<00:40:04.539><c> in</c><00:40:04.760><c> trouble.</c>

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.579
If<00:40:07.679><c> I</c><00:40:07.780><c> were</c><00:40:07.920><c> Yiddish</c><00:40:08.280><c> I'd</c><00:40:08.440><c> say,</c>

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:11.920
Oy<00:40:08.880><c> vey,</c><00:40:10.079><c> what</c><00:40:10.280><c> am</c><00:40:10.440><c> I</c><00:40:10.539><c> going</c><00:40:10.719><c> to</c><00:40:10.860><c> do</c><00:40:10.980><c> now?</c>

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:15.300
Now<00:40:12.880><c> we</c><00:40:13.139><c> will</c><00:40:13.480><c> have</c><00:40:13.719><c> to</c><00:40:13.960><c> give</c><00:40:14.119><c> an</c><00:40:14.320><c> account</c><00:40:14.579><c> of</c><00:40:14.780><c> our</c><00:40:15.019><c> stewardship.</c>

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.639
It's<00:40:15.760><c> absolutely</c><00:40:16.280><c> certain.</c>

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:18.860
There<00:40:16.960><c> can</c><00:40:17.119><c> be</c><00:40:17.280><c> no</c><00:40:17.440><c> doubt</c><00:40:17.639><c> about</c><00:40:17.880><c> it.</c>

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:23.480
I<00:40:21.219><c> cannot</c><00:40:21.480><c> dig</c><00:40:21.840><c> to</c><00:40:22.079><c> beg</c><00:40:22.260><c> I</c><00:40:22.400><c> am</c><00:40:22.519><c> ashamed.</c>

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.280
I'm<00:40:24.579><c> not</c><00:40:24.699><c> going</c><00:40:24.840><c> to</c><00:40:25.019><c> work.</c>

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:27.480
Work<00:40:25.760><c> for</c><00:40:25.980><c> a</c><00:40:26.059><c> living?</c><00:40:26.280><c> You've</c><00:40:26.480><c> got</c><00:40:26.539><c> to</c><00:40:26.639><c> be</c><00:40:26.800><c> kidding.</c>

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:30.639
I<00:40:28.380><c> am</c><00:40:28.539><c> resolved</c><00:40:28.960><c> what</c><00:40:29.179><c> to</c><00:40:29.380><c> do,</c><00:40:29.699><c> that</c><00:40:29.820><c> when</c><00:40:29.980><c> I</c><00:40:30.119><c> am</c><00:40:30.239><c> put</c><00:40:30.380><c> out</c><00:40:30.539><c> of</c>

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.119
the<00:40:30.780><c> stewardship,</c>

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.980
they<00:40:31.480><c> may</c><00:40:31.719><c> receive</c><00:40:32.019><c> me</c><00:40:32.219><c> into</c><00:40:32.340><c> their</c><00:40:32.539><c> houses.</c>

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:35.559
So<00:40:33.559><c> he</c><00:40:33.739><c> called</c><00:40:34.000><c> everyone</c><00:40:34.400><c> his</c><00:40:34.619><c> lord's</c><00:40:34.920><c> debtors</c><00:40:35.159><c> unto</c><00:40:35.300><c> him,</c>

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:37.400
and<00:40:35.679><c> said</c><00:40:35.760><c> unto</c><00:40:35.880><c> them,</c><00:40:36.059><c> How</c><00:40:36.219><c> much</c><00:40:36.519><c> o</c><00:40:36.639><c>'erst</c><00:40:36.840><c> thou</c><00:40:36.940><c> my</c><00:40:37.139><c> lord?</c>

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:39.340
And<00:40:37.940><c> he</c><00:40:38.099><c> said,</c><00:40:38.300><c> A</c><00:40:38.380><c> hundred</c><00:40:38.599><c> measures</c><00:40:38.900><c> of</c><00:40:39.119><c> oil.</c>

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:41.760
And<00:40:39.739><c> he</c><00:40:39.840><c> said</c><00:40:40.000><c> unto</c><00:40:40.079><c> them,</c><00:40:40.400><c> Take</c><00:40:40.639><c> thy</c><00:40:40.880><c> bill,</c><00:40:41.239><c> and</c><00:40:41.340><c> sit</c><00:40:41.480><c> down</c>

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.739
and<00:40:41.900><c> write</c><00:40:42.260><c> quickly.</c>

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.719
Write<00:40:43.360><c> fifty.</c>

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:45.380
Now<00:40:44.380><c> this</c><00:40:44.559><c> is</c><00:40:44.579><c> kind</c><00:40:44.780><c> of</c><00:40:44.900><c> interesting.</c>

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.940
A<00:40:45.960><c> hundred</c><00:40:46.239><c> measures</c><00:40:46.579><c> of</c><00:40:46.800><c> oil.</c>

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:49.039
I<00:40:47.099><c> have</c><00:40:47.300><c> another</c><00:40:47.559><c> one</c><00:40:47.739><c> of</c><00:40:47.840><c> these</c><00:40:48.360><c> marginal</c><00:40:48.780><c> notes.</c>

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:51.860
The<00:40:49.300><c> word</c><00:40:49.500><c> is</c><00:40:49.800><c> baptis</c><00:40:50.159><c> in</c><00:40:50.300><c> the</c><00:40:50.480><c> original,</c><00:40:51.139><c> containing</c><00:40:51.480><c> nine</c>

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:53.380
gallons,<00:40:52.300><c> three</c><00:40:52.519><c> quarts.</c>

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.019
Well,<00:40:53.739><c> I</c><00:40:53.880><c> don't</c><00:40:53.980><c> know</c><00:40:54.139><c> how</c><00:40:54.480><c> good</c><00:40:54.679><c> that</c><00:40:54.880><c> is.</c>

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:57.619
The<00:40:55.260><c> NIV</c><00:40:55.579><c> says</c><00:40:55.900><c> it's</c><00:40:56.400><c> about</c><00:40:56.699><c> eight</c><00:40:56.880><c> hundred</c><00:40:57.119><c> gallons.</c>

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:59.900
It<00:40:58.360><c> really</c><00:40:58.679><c> doesn't</c><00:40:59.039><c> matter.</c>

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:03.179
The<00:41:00.139><c> point</c><00:41:00.360><c> is</c><00:41:00.659><c> that</c><00:41:00.900><c> whatever</c><00:41:01.179><c> he</c><00:41:01.440><c> had,</c><00:41:02.300><c> which</c><00:41:02.519><c> was</c><00:41:02.739><c> a</c><00:41:02.860><c> hundred,</c>

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:06.860
he<00:41:04.079><c> asked</c><00:41:04.300><c> him</c><00:41:04.480><c> to</c><00:41:04.559><c> write</c><00:41:04.679><c> a</c><00:41:04.820><c> fifty</c><00:41:05.079><c> percent</c><00:41:05.739><c> down</c><00:41:06.480><c> to</c><00:41:06.679><c> fifty.</c>

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:09.179
So<00:41:07.059><c> he</c><00:41:07.159><c> gave</c><00:41:07.340><c> him</c><00:41:07.780><c> a</c><00:41:07.980><c> big</c><00:41:08.199><c> discount.</c>

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:11.559
In<00:41:09.739><c> fact,</c><00:41:09.980><c> a</c><00:41:10.039><c> hundred</c><00:41:10.280><c> percent</c><00:41:10.679><c> discount.</c>

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:16.920
Now,<00:41:14.440><c> that</c><00:41:14.719><c> says</c><00:41:14.900><c> to</c><00:41:15.159><c> you,</c><00:41:15.780><c> immoral,</c><00:41:16.320><c> immoral,</c><00:41:16.699><c> immoral.</c>

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:18.500
This<00:41:17.179><c> guy</c><00:41:17.300><c> was</c><00:41:17.519><c> a</c><00:41:17.719><c> crook.</c>

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:20.320
He<00:41:18.800><c> was</c><00:41:19.000><c> cheating</c><00:41:19.320><c> his</c><00:41:19.619><c> lord.</c>

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:23.039
Why<00:41:21.119><c> would</c><00:41:21.340><c> it</c><00:41:21.519><c> say</c><00:41:21.659><c> then</c><00:41:21.840><c> in</c><00:41:21.980><c> verse</c><00:41:22.239><c> eight,</c><00:41:22.719><c> And</c><00:41:22.719><c> the</c><00:41:22.800><c> lord</c>

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:24.559
commended<00:41:23.619><c> him?</c>

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:28.480
Well,<00:41:25.199><c> I</c><00:41:25.360><c> think</c><00:41:25.539><c> what</c><00:41:25.760><c> actually</c><00:41:26.280><c> happened</c><00:41:26.780><c> is</c><00:41:27.440><c> the</c><00:41:27.639><c> following.</c>

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:33.699
In<00:41:28.840><c> the</c><00:41:29.099><c> first</c><00:41:29.300><c> century,</c><00:41:30.039><c> the</c><00:41:30.179><c> Jews</c><00:41:30.440><c> had</c><00:41:30.739><c> a</c><00:41:31.019><c> great</c><00:41:31.219><c> deal</c><00:41:31.659><c> of</c><00:41:32.039><c> legalistic</c><00:41:32.960><c> ways</c><00:41:33.440><c> of</c>

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:34.300
handling<00:41:34.039><c> debt.</c>

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:38.159
In<00:41:34.539><c> fact,</c><00:41:34.800><c> it's</c><00:41:35.039><c> recorded</c><00:41:35.559><c> in</c><00:41:36.239><c> Josephus</c><00:41:36.840><c> that</c><00:41:36.980><c> there</c><00:41:37.119><c> were</c><00:41:37.320><c> over</c><00:41:37.619><c> 38</c>

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:38.860
different<00:41:38.559><c> ways</c>

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:40.179
of<00:41:39.079><c> handling</c><00:41:39.360><c> debt</c><00:41:39.679><c> instruments.</c>

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:43.239
And<00:41:40.860><c> one</c><00:41:41.000><c> of</c><00:41:41.119><c> the</c><00:41:41.239><c> ways</c><00:41:41.420><c> of</c><00:41:41.659><c> handling</c><00:41:41.900><c> debt</c><00:41:42.280><c> instruments</c><00:41:42.739><c> was</c>

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:45.679
that<00:41:43.500><c> you</c><00:41:44.539><c> would</c><00:41:44.800><c> write</c><00:41:45.159><c> out</c>

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:49.780
a<00:41:46.159><c> debt</c><00:41:46.280><c> instrument</c><00:41:46.719><c> to</c><00:41:46.920><c> be</c><00:41:47.159><c> delivered</c><00:41:47.420><c> on</c><00:41:48.420><c> a</c><00:41:49.099><c> certain</c><00:41:49.340><c> date,</c>

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:51.639
a<00:41:50.099><c> hundred</c><00:41:50.340><c> measures</c><00:41:50.699><c> of</c><00:41:50.920><c> oil.</c>

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:55.099
And<00:41:51.940><c> the</c><00:41:52.119><c> steward</c><00:41:52.760><c> would</c><00:41:53.800><c> actually</c><00:41:54.219><c> say,</c><00:41:54.659><c> well,</c><00:41:54.699><c> write</c><00:41:54.880><c> down</c>

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.719
a<00:41:55.119><c> hundred</c><00:41:55.420><c> and</c><00:41:55.500><c> fifty.</c>

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:57.280
And<00:41:55.980><c> he</c><00:41:56.119><c> would</c><00:41:56.440><c> pocket</c><00:41:56.679><c> the</c><00:41:57.000><c> difference.</c>

00:41:57.360 --> 00:42:01.340
That<00:41:57.519><c> was</c><00:41:57.739><c> his</c><00:41:58.179><c> commission,</c><00:41:59.119><c> if</c><00:41:59.980><c> you</c><00:42:00.239><c> were,</c><00:42:00.760><c> for</c><00:42:00.980><c> delivering</c>

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:02.539
you<00:42:01.579><c> the</c><00:42:01.719><c> hundred.</c>

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:07.320
And<00:42:04.019><c> so</c><00:42:04.139><c> this</c><00:42:04.400><c> debt</c><00:42:04.559><c> instrument</c><00:42:05.239><c> had</c><00:42:05.539><c> down</c><00:42:05.860><c> a</c><00:42:05.900><c> hundred</c><00:42:06.400><c> measures</c><00:42:06.780><c> of</c><00:42:07.019><c> oil,</c>

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:10.159
but<00:42:08.000><c> only</c><00:42:08.500><c> fifty</c><00:42:08.840><c> really</c><00:42:09.260><c> had</c><00:42:09.420><c> to</c><00:42:09.559><c> be</c><00:42:09.760><c> delivered.</c>

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:12.420
And<00:42:10.880><c> the</c><00:42:11.039><c> other</c><00:42:11.280><c> part</c><00:42:11.440><c> he</c><00:42:11.679><c> pocketed.</c>

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.659
That<00:42:12.900><c> was</c><00:42:13.099><c> his</c><00:42:13.340><c> commission.</c>

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:15.639
The<00:42:13.900><c> Republicans</c><00:42:14.280><c> worked</c><00:42:14.579><c> very</c><00:42:14.800><c> much</c><00:42:14.920><c> the</c><00:42:15.139><c> same</c><00:42:15.320><c> way.</c>

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:19.280
They<00:42:15.940><c> would</c><00:42:16.239><c> collect</c><00:42:16.519><c> taxes</c><00:42:16.860><c> for</c><00:42:17.059><c> the</c><00:42:17.219><c> Romans,</c><00:42:17.820><c> but</c><00:42:17.840><c> they</c><00:42:18.159><c> collected</c><00:42:18.460><c> more</c><00:42:18.840><c> than</c><00:42:19.000><c> was</c>

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:19.860
due<00:42:19.400><c> to</c><00:42:19.559><c> Romans,</c>

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:22.320
and<00:42:20.159><c> a</c><00:42:20.500><c> part</c><00:42:20.659><c> above</c><00:42:20.920><c> it</c><00:42:21.059><c> was</c><00:42:21.199><c> their</c><00:42:21.420><c> commission.</c>

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:24.940
Now,<00:42:23.280><c> some</c><00:42:23.480><c> of</c><00:42:23.579><c> these</c><00:42:23.760><c> commissions</c><00:42:24.139><c> were</c><00:42:24.420><c> exorbitant.</c>

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:28.079
Some<00:42:25.360><c> were</c><00:42:25.539><c> fixed</c><00:42:25.780><c> by</c><00:42:26.019><c> Roman</c><00:42:26.300><c> law,</c><00:42:26.619><c> and</c><00:42:26.760><c> some</c><00:42:26.940><c> were</c><00:42:27.119><c> just</c><00:42:27.340><c> crooked.</c>

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.980
In<00:42:28.480><c> this</c><00:42:28.679><c> case,</c><00:42:28.880><c> I</c><00:42:29.039><c> think</c><00:42:29.179><c> they</c><00:42:29.340><c> were</c><00:42:29.559><c> crooked</c><00:42:29.760><c> because</c><00:42:30.139><c> a</c><00:42:30.400><c> markup</c><00:42:30.760><c> of</c>

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:32.260
a<00:42:31.059><c> hundred</c><00:42:31.239><c> percent.</c>

00:42:32.739 --> 00:42:36.280
That's<00:42:33.199><c> excessive,</c><00:42:33.860><c> even</c><00:42:34.500><c> where</c><00:42:34.719><c> I</c><00:42:34.920><c> come</c><00:42:35.099><c> from</c><00:42:35.280><c> in</c><00:42:35.420><c> Brooklyn.</c>

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:39.219
It's<00:42:37.579><c> above</c><00:42:37.800><c> mafia</c><00:42:38.320><c> rates.</c>

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:42.880
So<00:42:40.780><c> what</c><00:42:40.960><c> I</c><00:42:41.159><c> think</c><00:42:41.340><c> this</c><00:42:41.619><c> man</c><00:42:41.780><c> was</c><00:42:42.039><c> doing</c><00:42:42.260><c> was,</c><00:42:42.539><c> in</c><00:42:42.679><c> fact,</c>

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:46.940
he<00:42:43.019><c> was</c><00:42:43.300><c> refunding</c><00:42:44.039><c> to</c><00:42:44.219><c> the</c><00:42:44.460><c> debtors</c><00:42:44.739><c> the</c><00:42:44.980><c> part</c><00:42:45.119><c> he</c><00:42:45.239><c> was</c><00:42:45.500><c> cheating</c><00:42:45.760><c> on</c>

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:51.219
and<00:42:48.260><c> giving</c><00:42:48.480><c> to</c><00:42:48.719><c> his</c><00:42:48.940><c> lord</c><00:42:49.059><c> what</c><00:42:49.219><c> was</c><00:42:49.539><c> actually</c><00:42:49.900><c> owed</c><00:42:50.119><c> him.</c>

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:53.500
And<00:42:51.400><c> so</c><00:42:51.519><c> you</c><00:42:51.599><c> see,</c><00:42:51.699><c> in</c><00:42:51.860><c> one</c><00:42:52.039><c> case</c><00:42:52.239><c> he</c><00:42:52.340><c> gives</c><00:42:52.519><c> him</c><00:42:52.780><c> back,</c><00:42:53.360><c> he</c>

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:54.400
says,<00:42:53.719><c> write</c><00:42:53.900><c> fifty.</c>

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:57.239
In<00:42:54.860><c> another</c><00:42:55.039><c> case</c><00:42:55.340><c> he</c><00:42:55.460><c> says,</c><00:42:56.360><c> and</c><00:42:56.500><c> then</c><00:42:56.639><c> he</c><00:42:56.760><c> said</c><00:42:56.880><c> to</c><00:42:57.059><c> another,</c>

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:58.760
how<00:42:57.400><c> much</c><00:42:57.659><c> owe</c><00:42:57.780><c> us</c><00:42:57.960><c> thou</c><00:42:58.059><c> in</c><00:42:58.179><c> a</c><00:42:58.300><c> hundred</c><00:42:58.500><c> measures?</c>

00:42:58.820 --> 00:43:00.619
See,<00:42:58.960><c> this</c><00:42:59.159><c> guy</c><00:42:59.320><c> owed</c><00:42:59.480><c> a</c><00:42:59.619><c> hundred,</c><00:42:59.719><c> but</c><00:42:59.860><c> he</c><00:43:00.000><c> made</c><00:43:00.159><c> a</c><00:43:00.340><c> deal</c><00:43:00.460><c> with</c>

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:01.980
him<00:43:00.800><c> that</c><00:43:00.900><c> it</c><00:43:01.039><c> was</c><00:43:01.159><c> only</c><00:43:01.380><c> twenty</c><00:43:01.699><c> above.</c>

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:04.719
So<00:43:02.559><c> in</c><00:43:02.699><c> each</c><00:43:02.900><c> case</c><00:43:03.099><c> he</c><00:43:03.199><c> made</c><00:43:03.400><c> a</c><00:43:03.599><c> different</c><00:43:03.820><c> debt</c><00:43:04.039><c> instrument</c><00:43:04.460><c> deal,</c>

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:08.159
and<00:43:05.059><c> he</c><00:43:05.159><c> was</c><00:43:05.400><c> refunding</c><00:43:05.960><c> to</c><00:43:06.119><c> him,</c><00:43:06.280><c> I</c><00:43:06.400><c> believe,</c><00:43:06.780><c> the</c><00:43:06.940><c> crooked</c><00:43:07.159><c> part.</c>

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:20.820
And<00:43:12.699><c> I</c><00:43:13.219><c> believe</c><00:43:19.440><c> here,</c><00:43:20.099><c> and</c><00:43:20.199><c> some</c><00:43:20.380><c> have</c><00:43:20.539><c> said,</c>

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:23.380
well,<00:43:21.179><c> why</c><00:43:21.440><c> was</c><00:43:21.739><c> Jesus</c><00:43:22.159><c> commending</c><00:43:22.679><c> a</c><00:43:22.960><c> crook?</c>

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:28.980
Well,<00:43:23.940><c> I</c><00:43:24.039><c> think</c><00:43:24.199><c> he</c><00:43:24.360><c> was</c><00:43:24.619><c> commending</c><00:43:25.000><c> him</c><00:43:25.159><c> because</c><00:43:25.440><c> he</c><00:43:25.699><c> had</c><00:43:25.960><c> renounced</c><00:43:26.460><c> his</c><00:43:27.139><c> crookery,</c><00:43:28.639><c> if</c>

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.559
you<00:43:29.219><c> will.</c>

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:32.539
He<00:43:30.260><c> had</c><00:43:30.539><c> realized</c><00:43:31.000><c> that</c><00:43:31.139><c> he</c><00:43:31.199><c> had</c><00:43:31.380><c> to</c><00:43:31.539><c> set</c><00:43:31.599><c> his</c><00:43:31.820><c> life</c><00:43:32.019><c> straight,</c>

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:36.000
and<00:43:33.500><c> he</c><00:43:33.579><c> was</c><00:43:33.780><c> giving</c><00:43:34.019><c> back</c><00:43:34.539><c> to</c><00:43:34.739><c> these</c><00:43:35.019><c> people</c><00:43:35.440><c> that</c><00:43:35.780><c> part</c>

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:38.559
which<00:43:36.179><c> he</c><00:43:36.360><c> was</c><00:43:36.619><c> extorting</c><00:43:37.219><c> from</c><00:43:37.460><c> them</c><00:43:37.659><c> to</c><00:43:37.880><c> deliver</c><00:43:38.260><c> his</c>

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:40.139
lord's<00:43:39.639><c> goods.</c>

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:45.659
And<00:43:42.300><c> the</c><00:43:42.800><c> wise</c><00:43:43.019><c> part</c><00:43:43.300><c> was</c><00:43:43.559><c> he</c><00:43:43.659><c> did</c><00:43:43.880><c> it</c><00:43:44.159><c> when</c><00:43:44.360><c> he</c><00:43:44.539><c> knew</c><00:43:44.940><c> the</c><00:43:45.320><c> straits</c><00:43:45.539><c> he</c>

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:46.079
was<00:43:45.880><c> in.</c>

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:48.940
When<00:43:46.480><c> he</c><00:43:46.579><c> knew</c><00:43:46.739><c> he</c><00:43:46.900><c> had</c><00:43:47.079><c> to</c><00:43:47.219><c> use</c><00:43:47.400><c> that</c><00:43:47.639><c> goods</c><00:43:47.860><c> wisely,</c>

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:52.460
and<00:43:49.340><c> he</c><00:43:49.500><c> did</c><00:43:49.659><c> it</c><00:43:50.000><c> perhaps</c><00:43:50.360><c> in</c><00:43:50.539><c> a</c><00:43:50.659><c> very</c><00:43:50.940><c> worldly</c><00:43:51.239><c> way,</c>

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:54.900
but<00:43:52.719><c> it</c><00:43:52.820><c> was</c><00:43:53.000><c> the</c><00:43:53.139><c> right</c><00:43:53.360><c> thing</c><00:43:53.579><c> to</c><00:43:53.860><c> do,</c>

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:59.880
for<00:43:55.679><c> the</c><00:43:55.920><c> children</c><00:43:56.219><c> of</c><00:43:56.420><c> this</c><00:43:56.719><c> world</c><00:43:57.099><c> are</c><00:43:57.420><c> in</c><00:43:57.579><c> their</c><00:43:57.820><c> generation</c><00:43:58.460><c> wiser</c><00:43:59.199><c> than</c><00:43:59.579><c> the</c>

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.900
children<00:44:00.239><c> of</c><00:44:00.639><c> light.</c>

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:04.659
Now,<00:44:01.840><c> brethren</c><00:44:01.940><c> and</c><00:44:02.179><c> sisters,</c><00:44:02.539><c> we</c><00:44:02.940><c> will</c><00:44:03.679><c> give</c><00:44:04.079><c> account</c>

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:08.059
for<00:44:05.380><c> how</c><00:44:05.719><c> we</c><00:44:05.940><c> have</c><00:44:06.179><c> used</c><00:44:06.619><c> the</c><00:44:06.880><c> lord's</c><00:44:07.239><c> goods.</c>

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:12.900
And<00:44:09.539><c> I</c><00:44:09.699><c> can</c><00:44:09.900><c> assure</c><00:44:10.260><c> you</c><00:44:11.059><c> that</c><00:44:11.400><c> this</c><00:44:11.739><c> verse,</c>

00:44:13.179 --> 00:44:15.019
give<00:44:13.239><c> an</c><00:44:13.440><c> account</c><00:44:13.659><c> to</c><00:44:13.860><c> thy</c><00:44:14.039><c> stewardship,</c>

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:19.119
could<00:44:15.519><c> be</c><00:44:15.800><c> said</c><00:44:16.059><c> to</c><00:44:16.360><c> us</c><00:44:17.619><c> immediately,</c>

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:23.480
for<00:44:19.800><c> none</c><00:44:20.059><c> of</c><00:44:20.219><c> us</c><00:44:20.420><c> know</c><00:44:20.900><c> the</c><00:44:21.199><c> moment</c><00:44:21.559><c> in</c><00:44:21.800><c> which</c><00:44:21.980><c> we</c><00:44:22.199><c> will</c><00:44:22.460><c> die.</c>

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:27.340
It<00:44:24.860><c> would</c><00:44:25.059><c> be</c><00:44:25.320><c> extremely</c><00:44:25.780><c> foolish</c><00:44:26.219><c> to</c><00:44:26.480><c> put</c><00:44:26.679><c> off</c>

00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:31.199
the<00:44:27.739><c> wise</c><00:44:28.059><c> and</c><00:44:28.380><c> proper</c><00:44:28.659><c> use</c><00:44:29.119><c> of</c><00:44:29.699><c> the</c><00:44:29.900><c> gifts</c><00:44:30.119><c> that</c><00:44:30.340><c> God</c><00:44:30.539><c> has</c><00:44:30.760><c> given</c><00:44:30.920><c> us</c>

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:34.119
until<00:44:31.420><c> we</c><00:44:31.579><c> are</c><00:44:31.760><c> ready</c><00:44:32.239><c> to</c><00:44:32.840><c> use</c><00:44:33.119><c> them,</c>

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:36.460
until<00:44:34.539><c> it</c><00:44:34.699><c> is</c><00:44:34.860><c> convenient</c><00:44:35.380><c> to</c><00:44:35.579><c> use</c><00:44:35.840><c> them,</c>

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:39.800
until<00:44:37.039><c> I</c><00:44:37.239><c> have</c><00:44:37.460><c> time</c><00:44:37.820><c> to</c><00:44:38.000><c> use</c><00:44:38.260><c> them,</c>

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:41.500
and<00:44:40.940><c> so</c><00:44:41.239><c> on.</c>

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:44.619
I<00:44:42.239><c> really</c><00:44:42.559><c> appreciate</c><00:44:43.039><c> Brother</c><00:44:43.340><c> Anthony's</c><00:44:43.880><c> comments</c><00:44:44.239><c> yesterday</c>

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:47.679
about<00:44:45.079><c> how</c><00:44:45.619><c> you</c><00:44:45.739><c> can</c><00:44:45.940><c> always</c><00:44:46.239><c> find</c><00:44:46.519><c> an</c><00:44:46.739><c> excuse.</c>

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:51.179
And<00:44:48.260><c> I</c><00:44:48.380><c> know</c><00:44:48.639><c> because</c><00:44:48.940><c> I</c><00:44:49.119><c> am</c><00:44:49.260><c> an</c><00:44:49.460><c> expert</c><00:44:49.780><c> at</c><00:44:49.980><c> it.</c>

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:53.679
Excuses<00:44:51.659><c> are</c><00:44:51.880><c> the</c><00:44:52.059><c> number</c><00:44:52.480><c> one</c><00:44:52.659><c> thing</c><00:44:52.900><c> to</c><00:44:53.139><c> do</c><00:44:53.260><c> when</c><00:44:53.380><c> you</c><00:44:53.519><c> don't</c>

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:55.460
want<00:44:53.840><c> to</c><00:44:54.000><c> do</c><00:44:54.059><c> what</c><00:44:54.199><c> you</c><00:44:54.420><c> should</c><00:44:54.579><c> do.</c>

00:44:57.900 --> 00:45:00.280
And<00:44:58.420><c> now</c><00:44:58.599><c> he</c><00:44:58.719><c> says,</c><00:44:59.199><c> I</c><00:44:59.199><c> say</c><00:44:59.460><c> unto</c><00:44:59.679><c> you,</c>

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:02.500
and<00:45:00.659><c> remember,</c><00:45:01.079><c> all</c><00:45:01.320><c> of</c><00:45:01.460><c> this</c><00:45:01.619><c> starts</c><00:45:02.039><c> with,</c>

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:05.800
he<00:45:03.159><c> said</c><00:45:03.440><c> also</c><00:45:03.920><c> unto</c><00:45:04.219><c> his</c><00:45:04.599><c> disciples.</c>

00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:11.420
So<00:45:07.800><c> we</c><00:45:08.000><c> mustn't</c><00:45:08.300><c> think</c><00:45:08.599><c> that</c><00:45:08.760><c> there</c><00:45:08.900><c> was</c><00:45:09.059><c> an</c><00:45:09.280><c> element</c><00:45:09.480><c> here</c><00:45:09.800><c> of</c><00:45:10.380><c> hypocrisy</c>

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:13.980
or<00:45:12.219><c> outright</c><00:45:12.780><c> rebellion</c><00:45:13.239><c> against</c><00:45:13.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:15.860
This<00:45:14.239><c> is</c><00:45:14.480><c> aimed</c><00:45:14.760><c> at</c><00:45:14.960><c> us.</c>

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:18.780
And<00:45:16.480><c> he</c><00:45:16.599><c> said</c><00:45:16.699><c> unto</c><00:45:16.900><c> them,</c><00:45:17.179><c> make</c><00:45:17.440><c> to</c><00:45:17.679><c> yourselves</c><00:45:18.119><c> friends</c><00:45:18.559><c> of</c>

00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:20.079
the<00:45:18.980><c> mammon</c><00:45:19.219><c> of</c><00:45:19.420><c> unrighteousness,</c>

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:23.000
that<00:45:20.239><c> when</c><00:45:20.500><c> ye</c><00:45:20.820><c> fail,</c><00:45:21.599><c> they</c><00:45:21.880><c> may</c><00:45:22.139><c> receive</c><00:45:22.500><c> you</c><00:45:22.739><c> into</c>

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:24.380
everlasting<00:45:23.579><c> habitations.</c>

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:26.659
And<00:45:24.920><c> boy,</c><00:45:25.039><c> that's</c><00:45:25.380><c> a</c><00:45:25.599><c> tough</c><00:45:25.780><c> one.</c>

00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:33.059
What<00:45:27.380><c> does</c><00:45:27.559><c> it</c><00:45:27.679><c> mean</c><00:45:27.880><c> to</c><00:45:28.079><c> make</c><00:45:28.280><c> friends</c><00:45:28.639><c> of</c><00:45:30.880><c> the</c><00:45:31.340><c> mammon</c><00:45:31.599><c> of</c><00:45:31.800><c> unrighteousness?</c>

00:45:33.460 --> 00:45:36.320
Mammon<00:45:33.840><c> standing</c><00:45:34.239><c> for</c><00:45:34.559><c> materialism,</c><00:45:35.460><c> money,</c>

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:37.719
the<00:45:36.639><c> riches</c><00:45:36.840><c> of</c><00:45:37.039><c> this</c><00:45:37.320><c> world?</c>

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:41.539
Well,<00:45:38.280><c> maybe</c><00:45:38.460><c> it</c><00:45:38.619><c> would</c><00:45:38.760><c> help</c><00:45:39.099><c> to</c><00:45:39.519><c> look</c><00:45:39.639><c> at</c><00:45:39.840><c> a</c><00:45:39.940><c> couple</c><00:45:40.139><c> of</c><00:45:41.219><c> passages.</c>

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:44.420
1<00:45:41.860><c> Timothy</c><00:45:42.179><c> 6</c><00:45:42.539><c> and</c><00:45:42.719><c> 17.</c>

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:57.579
Charge<00:45:55.579><c> them</c><00:45:55.840><c> that</c><00:45:56.000><c> are</c><00:45:56.139><c> rich</c><00:45:56.280><c> in</c><00:45:56.420><c> this</c><00:45:56.699><c> world,</c><00:45:57.059><c> that</c><00:45:57.139><c> they</c><00:45:57.420><c> be</c>

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.440
not<00:45:57.800><c> high</c><00:45:58.099><c>-minded,</c>

00:45:58.599 --> 00:46:01.559
nor<00:45:58.739><c> trust</c><00:45:59.059><c> in</c><00:45:59.260><c> uncertain</c><00:45:59.760><c> riches,</c><00:46:00.239><c> but</c><00:46:00.420><c> in</c><00:46:00.659><c> the</c><00:46:00.840><c> living</c><00:46:01.059><c> God,</c>

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:04.400
who<00:46:02.119><c> giveth</c><00:46:02.380><c> richly</c><00:46:02.940><c> all</c><00:46:03.340><c> things</c><00:46:03.639><c> to</c><00:46:03.900><c> enjoy,</c>

00:46:04.719 --> 00:46:07.739
that<00:46:04.900><c> they</c><00:46:05.159><c> do</c><00:46:05.420><c> good,</c><00:46:06.300><c> that</c><00:46:06.400><c> they</c><00:46:06.599><c> be</c><00:46:06.760><c> rich</c><00:46:06.980><c> in</c><00:46:07.119><c> good</c><00:46:07.360><c> works,</c>

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ready<00:46:08.320><c> to</c><00:46:08.599><c> distribute,</c><00:46:10.380><c> willing</c><00:46:10.619><c> to</c><00:46:10.920><c> communicate,</c>

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laying<00:46:11.840><c> up</c><00:46:12.119><c> in</c><00:46:12.300><c> store</c><00:46:12.480><c> for</c><00:46:12.619><c> themselves,</c>

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are<00:46:13.699><c> good</c><00:46:13.900><c> friends</c><00:46:13.900><c> of</c><00:46:13.900><c> the</c><00:46:13.900><c> mammon</c><00:46:13.900><c> of</c><00:46:13.900><c> unrighteousness,</c>

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against<00:46:14.679><c> the</c><00:46:15.280><c> time</c><00:46:15.559><c> to</c><00:46:15.940><c> come,</c><00:46:16.900><c> that</c><00:46:16.900><c> they</c><00:46:17.139><c> may</c><00:46:17.360><c> lay</c><00:46:17.639><c> hold</c><00:46:18.099><c> on</c>

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eternal<00:46:19.139><c> life.</c>

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And<00:46:20.860><c> also</c><00:46:21.260><c> take</c><00:46:21.599><c> a</c><00:46:21.679><c> look</c><00:46:21.780><c> at</c><00:46:21.980><c> Romans</c><00:46:22.500><c> 6</c><00:46:23.579><c> and</c><00:46:23.800><c> 16.</c>

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Know<00:46:38.940><c> ye</c><00:46:39.239><c> not,</c><00:46:39.800><c> that</c><00:46:40.159><c> to</c><00:46:40.320><c> whom</c><00:46:40.500><c> ye</c><00:46:40.760><c> yield</c><00:46:40.920><c> yourselves</c><00:46:41.360><c> servants</c><00:46:41.719><c> to</c><00:46:42.019><c> obey,</c>

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his<00:46:42.860><c> servants</c><00:46:43.340><c> ye</c><00:46:43.639><c> are,</c><00:46:43.860><c> to</c><00:46:44.039><c> whom</c><00:46:44.239><c> ye</c><00:46:44.519><c> obey,</c>

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whether<00:46:45.460><c> of</c><00:46:45.719><c> sin</c><00:46:45.960><c> unto</c><00:46:46.260><c> death,</c><00:46:47.260><c> or</c><00:46:47.400><c> of</c><00:46:47.659><c> obedience</c><00:46:48.039><c> unto</c><00:46:48.579><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:46:49.960><c> in</c><00:46:50.260><c> fact,</c><00:46:50.519><c> when</c><00:46:50.599><c> he</c><00:46:50.760><c> says,</c><00:46:51.119><c> make</c><00:46:51.139><c> friends</c><00:46:51.460><c> of</c><00:46:51.639><c> the</c><00:46:51.800><c> mammon</c>

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of<00:46:52.119><c> unrighteousness,</c>

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that<00:46:52.880><c> when</c><00:46:53.199><c> ye</c><00:46:53.500><c> fail,</c><00:46:53.699><c> they</c><00:46:53.900><c> may</c><00:46:54.159><c> receive</c><00:46:54.500><c> you</c><00:46:54.679><c> into</c>

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everlasting<00:46:55.320><c> habitations,</c>

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he's<00:46:56.400><c> saying</c><00:46:56.539><c> to</c><00:46:56.699><c> us,</c><00:46:57.400><c> you</c><00:46:57.539><c> can</c><00:46:57.920><c> use</c><00:46:58.300><c> the</c><00:46:58.559><c> things</c><00:46:58.739><c> of</c><00:46:58.960><c> the</c><00:46:59.139><c> world,</c><00:46:59.500><c> the</c><00:46:59.780><c> materialism,</c>

00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:02.099
you<00:47:00.380><c> can</c><00:47:00.679><c> use</c><00:47:00.960><c> it</c><00:47:01.099><c> for</c><00:47:01.260><c> God's</c><00:47:01.739><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:47:02.579><c> I</c><00:47:02.760><c> believe</c><00:47:02.900><c> it's</c><00:47:03.320><c> probably</c><00:47:03.559><c> not</c><00:47:03.800><c> a</c><00:47:03.900><c> bad</c><00:47:04.039><c> idea</c><00:47:04.360><c> to</c><00:47:04.539><c> put</c><00:47:04.780><c> a</c><00:47:05.480><c> 1</c>

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Timothy<00:47:05.940><c> 6</c><00:47:06.340><c> and</c><00:47:06.519><c> 17</c><00:47:06.920><c> note</c>

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next<00:47:07.500><c> to</c><00:47:07.679><c> verse</c><00:47:07.940><c> 9,</c><00:47:09.440><c> to</c><00:47:09.900><c> keep</c><00:47:10.139><c> that</c><00:47:10.500><c> in</c><00:47:10.699><c> our</c><00:47:11.000><c> minds.</c>

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Anything<00:47:12.400><c> that</c><00:47:12.840><c> we</c><00:47:13.099><c> have</c><00:47:13.239><c> in</c><00:47:13.400><c> this</c><00:47:13.639><c> life</c><00:47:13.960><c> can</c><00:47:14.519><c> be</c><00:47:14.760><c> used</c><00:47:14.980><c> to</c>

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God's<00:47:15.619><c> purpose.</c>

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You<00:47:16.960><c> don't</c><00:47:17.400><c> have</c><00:47:17.900><c> to</c><00:47:18.239><c> take</c><00:47:18.559><c> on</c><00:47:18.900><c> the</c><00:47:19.139><c> world's</c><00:47:19.599><c> goods</c><00:47:19.739><c> and</c><00:47:20.019><c> say,</c>

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I'm<00:47:20.960><c> going</c><00:47:21.119><c> to</c><00:47:21.380><c> serve</c><00:47:21.659><c> them.</c>

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You<00:47:22.500><c> can</c><00:47:22.760><c> make</c><00:47:23.000><c> them</c><00:47:23.320><c> serve</c><00:47:24.039><c> God.</c><00:47:24.920><c> Thank</c><00:47:25.159><c> you.</c>