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murders,<00:17:18.349><c> theft,</c><00:17:18.849><c> covetousness,</c><00:17:19.769><c> wickedness,</c><00:17:20.829><c> deceit,</c><00:17:21.670><c> lasciviousness,</c><00:17:23.750><c> an</c>

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foolishness.<00:17:27.869><c> All</c><00:17:28.329><c> these</c><00:17:28.710><c> evil</c><00:17:29.029><c> things</c><00:17:29.609><c> come</c><00:17:30.130><c> from</c><00:17:30.650><c> within</c>

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