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familiar<00:13:09.299><c> with</c><00:13:09.460><c> this</c><00:13:09.639><c> structure,</c><00:13:10.220><c> it's</c><00:13:10.580><c> useful</c><00:13:10.779><c> just</c><00:13:11.039><c> to</c><00:13:11.679><c> tick</c><00:13:11.799><c> this</c><00:13:12.039><c> in</c>

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who<00:13:14.080><c> comes</c><00:13:14.279><c> in</c><00:13:14.399><c> verse</c><00:13:14.600><c> 13,</c><00:13:15.179><c> they</c><00:13:15.259><c> sent</c><00:13:15.519><c> to</c><00:13:15.679><c> him</c><00:13:15.799><c> some</c><00:13:16.019><c> of</c><00:13:16.220><c> the</c><00:13:16.279><c> Pharisees</c><00:13:16.639><c> and</c><00:13:16.759><c> the</c><00:13:16.879><c> Herodians.</c><00:13:17.480><c> So</c><00:13:17.720><c> it's</c><00:13:18.419><c> a</c><00:13:18.500><c> crazy</c>

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scene.<00:13:19.600><c> This</c><00:13:19.759><c> is</c><00:13:20.379><c> far</c><00:13:20.779><c> from</c><00:13:21.279><c> the</c><00:13:21.659><c> worship</c><00:13:22.080><c> of</c><00:13:22.600><c> Almighty</c><00:13:22.899><c> God.</c>

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trying<00:13:25.799><c> to</c><00:13:26.039><c> gain</c><00:13:26.200><c> the</c><00:13:26.480><c> ascendancy</c><00:13:26.960><c> in</c><00:13:27.080><c> what</c><00:13:27.220><c> they</c><00:13:27.519><c> feel</c><00:13:27.740><c> and</c>

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Okay.<00:13:39.559><c> Verse</c><00:13:39.620><c> 13,</c><00:13:40.120><c> have</c><00:13:40.279><c> a</c><00:13:40.399><c> look.</c><00:13:41.059><c> They</c><00:13:41.159><c> sent</c><00:13:41.419><c> to</c><00:13:41.500><c> him</c><00:13:41.580><c> some</c><00:13:41.779><c> of</c>

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know,<00:13:45.899><c> trying</c><00:13:46.159><c> to</c><00:13:46.360><c> figure</c><00:13:46.519><c> out</c><00:13:46.679><c> who</c><00:13:47.000><c> should</c><00:13:47.220><c> pay</c><00:13:47.460><c> taxes</c>

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verse<00:13:53.960><c> 18,</c><00:13:54.419><c> the</c><00:13:54.580><c> Sadducees</c><00:13:54.980><c> come</c><00:13:55.379><c> and</c><00:13:55.679><c> they</c><00:13:55.879><c> say,</c><00:13:55.980><c> oh,</c><00:13:56.139><c> there's</c><00:13:56.340><c> no</c><00:13:56.519><c> resurrection.</c><00:13:57.019><c> They</c><00:13:57.200><c> try</c>

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know,<00:14:05.000><c> interestingly,</c><00:14:05.440><c> brothers</c><00:14:05.539><c> and</c><00:14:05.700><c> sisters,</c>

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today.<00:16:06.379><c> And</c><00:16:06.860><c> Jesus</c><00:16:07.320><c> speaks</c><00:16:07.659><c> those</c><00:16:08.039><c> words</c><00:16:08.559><c> in</c><00:16:09.080><c> the</c><00:16:09.179><c> middle</c><00:16:09.379><c> of</c>

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practice.<00:17:28.680><c> And</c><00:17:28.980><c> the</c><00:17:29.220><c> scribe</c><00:17:29.559><c> had</c><00:17:29.799><c> all</c><00:17:30.180><c> of</c><00:17:30.319><c> the</c>

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which<00:18:42.579><c> make</c><00:18:42.759><c> a</c><00:18:43.000><c> farthing.</c><00:18:43.900><c> So</c><00:18:44.059><c> he</c><00:18:44.259><c> called</c><00:18:44.460><c> his</c><00:18:44.700><c> disciples</c><00:18:45.039><c> to</c>

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himself<00:18:45.619><c> and</c><00:18:45.819><c> he</c><00:18:46.059><c> said</c><00:18:46.200><c> to</c><00:18:46.319><c> them,</c>

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because<00:18:46.880><c> they</c><00:18:47.140><c> totally</c><00:18:47.700><c> missed</c><00:18:48.119><c> that,</c><00:18:48.500><c> by</c><00:18:48.500><c> the</c><00:18:48.619><c> way,</c><00:18:48.819><c> brothers</c><00:18:48.920><c> and</c><00:18:49.119><c> sisters,</c><00:18:49.559><c> they</c><00:18:49.720><c> had</c>

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no<00:18:50.200><c> idea</c><00:18:50.460><c> about</c>

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they<00:18:50.960><c> weren't</c><00:18:51.259><c> noticing</c><00:18:51.599><c> the</c><00:18:51.819><c> widow.</c><00:18:52.440><c> They</c><00:18:52.599><c> had</c><00:18:52.900><c> no</c><00:18:53.160><c> idea</c><00:18:53.480><c> that</c><00:18:53.619><c> she</c>

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was<00:18:53.980><c> there</c><00:18:54.220><c> and</c><00:18:54.440><c> no</c><00:18:54.700><c> idea</c><00:18:54.960><c> what</c><00:18:55.140><c> she</c><00:18:55.339><c> just</c><00:18:55.640><c> did.</c>

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And<00:18:56.220><c> the</c><00:18:56.440><c> perception</c><00:18:56.819><c> of</c><00:18:57.019><c> Jesus</c><00:18:57.380><c> Christ</c><00:18:57.839><c> had</c><00:18:58.240><c> noticed</c><00:18:58.559><c> her</c><00:18:58.839><c> in</c>

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thronging<00:19:01.500><c> to</c><00:19:01.640><c> be</c><00:19:01.799><c> noticed.</c><00:19:02.960><c> And</c><00:19:03.160><c> he</c><00:19:03.359><c> picked</c><00:19:03.559><c> her</c><00:19:03.779><c> out.</c><00:19:04.819><c> And</c><00:19:04.980><c> he</c><00:19:05.140><c> says,</c><00:19:06.119><c> surely</c><00:19:06.420><c> I</c>

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say<00:19:06.799><c> to</c><00:19:06.960><c> you,</c><00:19:07.099><c> this</c><00:19:07.299><c> poor</c><00:19:07.519><c> widow</c>

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has<00:19:08.339><c> put</c><00:19:08.559><c> in</c><00:19:08.859><c> more</c><00:19:09.119><c> than</c><00:19:09.440><c> all</c><00:19:10.559><c> those</c><00:19:11.799><c> who</c><00:19:12.019><c> have</c><00:19:12.200><c> given</c><00:19:12.420><c> to</c><00:19:12.599><c> the</c>

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treasury<00:19:13.220><c> for</c><00:19:14.099><c> they</c><00:19:14.539><c> all</c><00:19:15.460><c> put</c><00:19:15.799><c> in</c><00:19:17.319><c> out</c><00:19:17.720><c> of</c><00:19:17.880><c> their</c>

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abundance.<00:19:18.900><c> But</c><00:19:19.079><c> she</c><00:19:19.480><c> out</c><00:19:19.680><c> of</c><00:19:19.859><c> her</c><00:19:20.140><c> want</c><00:19:20.299><c> or</c><00:19:20.640><c> poverty</c><00:19:21.160><c> put</c><00:19:22.140><c> in</c>

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all<00:19:23.140><c> that</c><00:19:23.519><c> she</c><00:19:23.799><c> had,</c><00:19:24.240><c> her</c><00:19:24.640><c> whole</c><00:19:25.579><c> livelihood.</c>

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Now<00:19:26.740><c> that</c><00:19:26.940><c> is</c><00:19:27.240><c> the</c><00:19:27.920><c> link</c><00:19:28.279><c> back</c><00:19:28.920><c> to</c><00:19:29.359><c> what</c><00:19:29.599><c> he</c><00:19:29.799><c> had</c><00:19:29.880><c> just</c><00:19:30.079><c> been</c><00:19:30.279><c> talking</c><00:19:30.500><c> to</c>

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33.<00:19:38.960><c> Now</c><00:19:39.079><c> that's</c><00:19:39.180><c> an</c><00:19:39.500><c> important,</c><00:19:40.240><c> Jesus</c><00:19:40.519><c> has</c><00:19:40.779><c> just</c>

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had<00:19:41.160><c> that</c><00:19:41.380><c> discussion.</c><00:19:42.019><c> And</c><00:19:42.359><c> before</c><00:19:42.680><c> he</c><00:19:42.859><c> leaves</c><00:19:43.000><c> the</c><00:19:43.259><c> temple,</c>

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he<00:19:43.980><c> sees</c><00:19:44.400><c> someone,</c><00:19:44.859><c> brothers</c><00:19:44.960><c> and</c><00:19:45.240><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:19:45.779><c> is</c><00:19:45.900><c> the</c><00:19:46.140><c> point,</c><00:19:46.640><c> he</c><00:19:46.960><c> sees</c><00:19:47.279><c> someone</c><00:19:47.799><c> practicing</c><00:19:48.460><c> exactly</c>

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the<00:19:49.779><c> theory</c><00:19:49.980><c> that</c><00:19:50.180><c> he</c><00:19:50.420><c> had</c><00:19:50.500><c> just</c><00:19:50.759><c> talked</c><00:19:51.019><c> about</c>

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with<00:19:51.660><c> the</c><00:19:51.960><c> scribe.</c><00:19:52.859><c> And</c><00:19:53.059><c> the</c><00:19:53.319><c> scribe</c><00:19:53.539><c> had</c><00:19:53.759><c> agreed</c><00:19:54.200><c> with</c><00:19:54.740><c> that</c>

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theory<00:19:55.380><c> with</c><00:19:55.660><c> the</c><00:19:55.779><c> Lord</c><00:19:55.960><c> Jesus</c><00:19:56.299><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:19:58.019><c> Jesus</c><00:19:58.339><c> doesn't</c><00:19:58.640><c> use</c><00:19:58.940><c> him</c><00:19:59.119><c> as</c><00:19:59.299><c> an</c><00:19:59.539><c> example</c><00:19:59.819><c> of</c><00:20:00.079><c> actually</c><00:20:00.440><c> practicing</c><00:20:00.859><c> it.</c><00:20:01.200><c> He</c><00:20:01.380><c> found</c><00:20:01.599><c> a</c>

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widow<00:20:02.000><c> who</c><00:20:02.279><c> gave</c><00:20:02.579><c> all,</c>

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all,<00:20:04.599><c> all</c><00:20:04.940><c> in</c><00:20:05.380><c> comparison</c><00:20:05.859><c> to</c><00:20:06.140><c> all</c><00:20:06.279><c> the</c><00:20:06.420><c> rest.</c><00:20:07.500><c> And</c><00:20:07.720><c> that's</c><00:20:07.920><c> what</c><00:20:08.039><c> she</c><00:20:08.259><c> gave.</c><00:20:08.720><c> You</c><00:20:08.880><c> know,</c><00:20:09.019><c> I</c>

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just<00:20:09.339><c> want</c><00:20:09.420><c> to</c><00:20:09.539><c> think</c>

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about<00:20:09.759><c> this</c><00:20:09.980><c> widow</c><00:20:10.079><c> then</c><00:20:10.299><c> for</c><00:20:10.559><c> a</c><00:20:10.619><c> second.</c><00:20:11.019><c> This</c><00:20:11.220><c> has</c><00:20:11.400><c> created</c>

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a<00:20:11.759><c> little</c><00:20:11.839><c> bit</c><00:20:11.940><c> of</c><00:20:12.160><c> a</c><00:20:12.700><c> picture</c><00:20:13.039><c> of</c><00:20:13.200><c> what</c><00:20:13.380><c> she</c>

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was<00:20:13.680><c> like</c><00:20:13.960><c> because</c><00:20:14.240><c> we</c><00:20:14.440><c> don't</c><00:20:14.759><c> know</c><00:20:14.859><c> her</c><00:20:15.099><c> name.</c><00:20:16.039><c> We</c><00:20:16.140><c> don't</c><00:20:16.380><c> know</c><00:20:17.380><c> much</c><00:20:17.759><c> at</c>

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all<00:20:18.079><c> about</c><00:20:18.319><c> her,</c><00:20:18.980><c> but</c><00:20:19.279><c> we</c><00:20:19.440><c> do</c><00:20:19.559><c> know</c><00:20:19.660><c> a</c><00:20:19.799><c> few</c>

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things.<00:20:20.680><c> And</c><00:20:20.940><c> Jesus</c><00:20:21.279><c> draws</c><00:20:21.660><c> our</c><00:20:21.880><c> attention.</c><00:20:23.059><c> He</c><00:20:23.160><c> may</c><00:20:23.359><c> have</c>

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even<00:20:23.740><c> known</c><00:20:23.859><c> her</c><00:20:24.099><c> from</c><00:20:24.339><c> previous</c><00:20:24.680><c> teaching</c><00:20:25.079><c> and,</c>

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and<00:20:26.079><c> going</c><00:20:26.220><c> about</c><00:20:26.779><c> this</c><00:20:27.400><c> area</c><00:20:27.799><c> of</c><00:20:28.299><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:20:29.200><c> He</c><00:20:29.299><c> may</c><00:20:29.400><c> have</c>

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seen<00:20:29.619><c> her</c><00:20:29.819><c> before.</c><00:20:31.960><c> You</c><00:20:32.059><c> consider</c><00:20:32.339><c> this,</c>

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brothers<00:20:32.759><c> and</c><00:20:32.960><c> sisters,</c><00:20:33.980><c> it's</c><00:20:34.539><c> likely</c><00:20:34.819><c> that</c><00:20:35.079><c> not</c><00:20:35.299><c> one</c><00:20:35.440><c> of</c><00:20:35.619><c> us</c>

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to<00:20:41.640><c> experiencing</c><00:20:42.240><c> the</c><00:20:42.559><c> degree</c><00:20:42.839><c> of</c><00:20:43.140><c> poverty</c><00:20:43.700><c> that</c><00:20:44.299><c> this</c><00:20:44.539><c> widow</c>

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faced<00:20:45.019><c> in</c><00:20:45.140><c> her</c><00:20:45.319><c> life.</c>

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We<00:20:47.299><c> have</c><00:20:47.619><c> food</c><00:20:47.859><c> in</c><00:20:48.140><c> excess.</c><00:20:49.240><c> We</c><00:20:49.359><c> have</c><00:20:50.500><c> houses</c><00:20:51.140><c> to</c><00:20:51.740><c> go</c><00:20:51.960><c> to.</c><00:20:52.799><c> We</c>

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have<00:20:53.099><c> ecclesial</c><00:20:53.539><c> halls</c><00:20:53.980><c> that</c><00:20:54.279><c> we</c>

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are<00:20:55.119><c> provided</c><00:20:55.380><c> with</c><00:20:55.799><c> to</c><00:20:56.000><c> meet</c><00:20:56.180><c> together.</c><00:20:58.180><c> We</c><00:20:58.579><c> have</c><00:20:59.279><c> so</c><00:20:59.880><c> much</c>

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And<00:21:04.980><c> when</c><00:21:05.079><c> you</c><00:21:05.259><c> compare</c><00:21:05.500><c> yourself</c><00:21:05.819><c> to</c><00:21:05.980><c> the</c><00:21:06.119><c> widow,</c>

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it<00:21:08.279><c> sort</c><00:21:08.440><c> of</c><00:21:08.819><c> brings</c><00:21:09.059><c> into</c><00:21:09.339><c> sharp</c><00:21:09.599><c> relief.</c><00:21:10.519><c> What</c><00:21:10.599><c> a</c><00:21:10.839><c> different</c>

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situation<00:21:11.539><c> we</c><00:21:11.759><c> are</c><00:21:11.980><c> in</c><00:21:12.200><c> comparison</c><00:21:12.559><c> to</c><00:21:12.779><c> her.</c>

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Well,<00:21:13.859><c> you</c><00:21:13.940><c> just</c><00:21:14.039><c> think</c><00:21:14.140><c> about</c><00:21:14.319><c> how</c><00:21:14.539><c> poor</c><00:21:14.660><c> was</c><00:21:14.920><c> she?</c><00:21:15.160><c> Well,</c><00:21:15.240><c> the</c><00:21:15.400><c> clues</c><00:21:15.559><c> are</c><00:21:15.740><c> in</c>

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verse<00:21:16.019><c> 42.</c>

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Then<00:21:18.099><c> one</c><00:21:18.500><c> poor</c><00:21:18.859><c> widow</c><00:21:19.099><c> came.</c><00:21:20.160><c> Now</c><00:21:20.339><c> the</c><00:21:20.460><c> word</c><00:21:20.660><c> poor,</c><00:21:20.880><c> I</c><00:21:21.019><c> just</c>

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looked<00:21:21.299><c> up</c><00:21:21.440><c> some</c><00:21:21.579><c> of</c><00:21:21.680><c> the</c><00:21:21.779><c> words</c><00:21:21.980><c> and</c><00:21:22.099><c> let's</c><00:21:22.279><c> just,</c>

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I'll<00:21:22.740><c> just</c><00:21:22.940><c> show</c><00:21:23.039><c> you</c><00:21:23.099><c> what</c><00:21:23.240><c> they</c><00:21:23.440><c> mean.</c><00:21:25.079><c> Um,</c><00:21:25.200><c> poor</c><00:21:25.460><c> is,</c><00:21:26.359><c> it's</c>

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used<00:21:26.799><c> as</c><00:21:27.059><c> other</c><00:21:27.259><c> places.</c><00:21:27.599><c> It's</c><00:21:27.819><c> an</c><00:21:28.119><c> absolute</c><00:21:28.460><c> beggar.</c>

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That's<00:21:29.059><c> the</c><00:21:29.220><c> idea.</c><00:21:29.700><c> Sometimes</c><00:21:30.019><c> we</c><00:21:30.180><c> think,</c><00:21:30.299><c> oh,</c><00:21:30.539><c> poor</c><00:21:30.660><c> person,</c>

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like<00:21:31.359><c> poorer</c><00:21:31.619><c> than</c><00:21:31.859><c> us,</c><00:21:32.059><c> but</c><00:21:32.259><c> this</c><00:21:32.460><c> is</c><00:21:32.660><c> like</c>

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term<00:21:33.240><c> to</c><00:21:33.519><c> describe</c><00:21:34.019><c> beggars</c><00:21:35.240><c> on</c><00:21:35.660><c> the</c><00:21:35.920><c> street.</c><00:21:37.519><c> And</c><00:21:37.660><c> it</c><00:21:37.819><c> has</c><00:21:38.059><c> this</c><00:21:38.339><c> idea</c><00:21:38.720><c> of</c>

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to<00:21:39.359><c> cringe</c><00:21:39.799><c> because</c><00:21:40.319><c> you</c><00:21:40.539><c> have</c><00:21:40.740><c> so</c><00:21:41.019><c> little,</c>

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you're<00:21:41.420><c> cringing</c><00:21:41.720><c> to</c><00:21:41.900><c> get</c><00:21:42.119><c> something</c><00:21:42.539><c> or</c><00:21:42.859><c> to</c><00:21:43.039><c> have</c><00:21:43.200><c> something.</c><00:21:44.519><c> Um,</c><00:21:45.220><c> it</c>

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actually<00:21:45.619><c> comes</c><00:21:45.920><c> from</c><00:21:46.400><c> the</c><00:21:47.000><c> word</c>

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to<00:21:47.640><c> crouch</c><00:21:47.920><c> down,</c><00:21:48.779><c> like</c><00:21:48.900><c> to</c><00:21:49.319><c> hunch</c><00:21:49.500><c> over</c><00:21:49.759><c> and</c><00:21:50.180><c> crunch</c><00:21:50.440><c> down,</c>

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uh,<00:21:52.119><c> because</c><00:21:52.359><c> you're</c><00:21:52.720><c> so</c><00:21:53.299><c> needy.</c><00:21:54.180><c> So</c><00:21:54.319><c> this</c><00:21:54.480><c> isn't</c>

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:57.539
just<00:21:54.940><c> talking</c><00:21:55.240><c> about,</c><00:21:55.619><c> um,</c><00:21:56.140><c> someone</c><00:21:56.359><c> who's</c><00:21:56.759><c> poorer</c><00:21:57.079><c> than</c><00:21:57.299><c> the</c>

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:59.000
scribes<00:21:57.819><c> and</c><00:21:58.000><c> Pharisees</c><00:21:58.519><c> who</c><00:21:58.660><c> are</c><00:21:58.799><c> rich.</c>

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:01.700
This<00:21:59.339><c> isn't</c><00:21:59.619><c> talking</c><00:21:59.960><c> about</c><00:22:00.200><c> someone</c><00:22:00.500><c> who,</c><00:22:00.839><c> who</c><00:22:01.140><c> had</c><00:22:01.319><c> a</c><00:22:01.460><c> few</c>

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:03.900
less<00:22:02.079><c> gadgets</c><00:22:02.460><c> and</c><00:22:02.660><c> gizmos</c><00:22:02.980><c> than</c><00:22:03.160><c> someone</c><00:22:03.380><c> else</c>

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:08.559
in,<00:22:04.140><c> no,</c><00:22:04.819><c> we're</c><00:22:05.000><c> talking</c><00:22:05.299><c> about</c><00:22:05.660><c> someone</c><00:22:05.960><c> who</c><00:22:06.220><c> had</c><00:22:06.559><c> absolutely</c><00:22:07.299><c> nothing,</c>

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zero.<00:22:10.900><c> She</c><00:22:11.119><c> threw</c><00:22:11.299><c> in</c><00:22:11.559><c> these</c>

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two<00:22:11.960><c> things</c><00:22:12.200><c> that</c><00:22:12.380><c> she</c><00:22:12.500><c> did</c><00:22:12.700><c> have</c><00:22:12.940><c> two</c><00:22:13.240><c> mites.</c><00:22:13.579><c> Now,</c><00:22:14.480><c> I</c><00:22:14.660><c> don't</c>

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know<00:22:14.819><c> if</c><00:22:14.900><c> you've</c><00:22:15.119><c> ever</c><00:22:15.339><c> actually</c><00:22:15.740><c> literally</c>

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.779
seen<00:22:16.480><c> a</c><00:22:16.700><c> mite</c><00:22:16.799><c> before,</c><00:22:17.259><c> but</c><00:22:17.619><c> I</c><00:22:17.880><c> used</c><00:22:18.059><c> to</c><00:22:18.240><c> have,</c><00:22:18.500><c> I</c><00:22:18.619><c> don't</c><00:22:18.740><c> know</c>

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where<00:22:18.920><c> they</c><00:22:19.079><c> are</c><00:22:19.220><c> now.</c><00:22:19.680><c> Maybe</c><00:22:19.859><c> that's</c><00:22:20.200><c> significant.</c>

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They're<00:22:20.880><c> somewhere</c><00:22:21.079><c> in</c><00:22:21.319><c> Canada.</c><00:22:21.700><c> I</c><00:22:21.859><c> couldn't</c><00:22:22.039><c> find</c><00:22:22.220><c> them</c><00:22:22.339><c> last</c><00:22:22.519><c> time</c><00:22:22.660><c> I</c>

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.299
went<00:22:22.759><c> to</c><00:22:22.900><c> look</c><00:22:23.000><c> for</c><00:22:23.099><c> them</c><00:22:23.200><c> because</c>

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they're<00:22:23.480><c> so</c><00:22:23.740><c> small,</c><00:22:24.019><c> but</c><00:22:24.420><c> they</c><00:22:24.640><c> came</c><00:22:24.799><c> from</c><00:22:25.740><c> Israel</c><00:22:26.220><c> and</c><00:22:26.900><c> they're</c><00:22:27.240><c> stuck</c>

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to<00:22:27.519><c> this</c><00:22:27.559><c> little</c><00:22:27.720><c> piece</c><00:22:27.880><c> of</c><00:22:28.019><c> paper</c><00:22:28.279><c> and</c>

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says<00:22:28.779><c> two</c><00:22:29.039><c> mites.</c><00:22:29.500><c> And</c><00:22:29.660><c> there's</c><00:22:29.880><c> these</c><00:22:30.039><c> little</c><00:22:30.299><c> teeny</c><00:22:30.880><c> like</c>

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flakes<00:22:31.720><c> of,</c><00:22:32.500><c> of</c><00:22:32.779><c> metal.</c><00:22:33.220><c> And</c><00:22:33.380><c> it's</c><00:22:33.599><c> the</c><00:22:33.759><c> smallest,</c>

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as<00:22:34.200><c> we</c><00:22:34.339><c> know,</c><00:22:34.440><c> the</c><00:22:34.660><c> smallest,</c><00:22:34.960><c> uh,</c><00:22:35.420><c> Roman</c><00:22:35.619><c> coin</c><00:22:35.819><c> at</c><00:22:35.980><c> the</c><00:22:36.160><c> time.</c>

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I've<00:22:36.940><c> lost</c><00:22:37.140><c> them,</c><00:22:37.579><c> but</c><00:22:38.160><c> they're</c><00:22:38.740><c> teeny</c><00:22:39.099><c> weeny.</c>

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They're<00:22:39.559><c> like</c><00:22:39.720><c> little</c><00:22:40.059><c> scales.</c><00:22:40.579><c> And</c><00:22:41.019><c> the</c><00:22:41.240><c> word</c><00:22:41.500><c> might</c><00:22:41.880><c> is</c><00:22:42.759><c> to</c>

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describe<00:22:43.740><c> this</c><00:22:44.099><c> coin.</c><00:22:44.460><c> We</c><00:22:44.519><c> use</c><00:22:44.740><c> penny</c><00:22:45.039><c> for</c><00:22:45.319><c> our,</c>

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:47.400
one<00:22:45.579><c> of</c><00:22:45.740><c> our,</c><00:22:45.980><c> well,</c><00:22:46.059><c> we</c><00:22:46.180><c> don't</c><00:22:46.279><c> have</c><00:22:46.420><c> pennies</c><00:22:46.640><c> anymore,</c><00:22:46.900><c> but,</c>

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:49.779
um,<00:22:48.180><c> let's</c><00:22:48.480><c> say</c><00:22:48.680><c> our</c><00:22:48.940><c> dime,</c><00:22:49.420><c> something</c><00:22:49.599><c> around</c>

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:55.299
the<00:22:49.900><c> size</c><00:22:50.059><c> of</c><00:22:50.299><c> a</c><00:22:50.299><c> dime,</c><00:22:50.640><c> the</c><00:22:50.940><c> word</c><00:22:51.259><c> might</c><00:22:51.519><c> actually</c><00:22:52.180><c> to</c><00:22:52.779><c> describe</c><00:22:53.220><c> this</c><00:22:53.519><c> coin</c><00:22:53.700><c> is</c><00:22:53.940><c> like,</c><00:22:54.200><c> it</c><00:22:54.339><c> means</c><00:22:54.539><c> a</c><00:22:54.819><c> flake.</c>

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Okay.<00:22:55.940><c> And</c><00:22:56.099><c> it's</c><00:22:56.359><c> actually</c><00:22:56.619><c> related</c><00:22:56.880><c> to</c><00:22:57.079><c> the</c><00:22:57.220><c> words</c><00:22:57.339><c> that</c><00:22:57.500><c> when</c><00:22:57.680><c> Paul,</c><00:22:58.279><c> uh,</c>

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received<00:22:59.740><c> his</c><00:23:00.019><c> vision</c><00:23:00.200><c> on</c><00:23:00.400><c> the</c><00:23:00.480><c> road</c><00:23:00.599><c> to</c>

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Damascus<00:23:01.160><c> and</c><00:23:01.680><c> something</c><00:23:01.980><c> like</c><00:23:02.359><c> scales</c><00:23:02.660><c> fell</c><00:23:02.920><c> from</c><00:23:03.099><c> his</c><00:23:03.299><c> eyes,</c><00:23:03.619><c> that's</c><00:23:03.960><c> the</c>

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.619
same<00:23:04.339><c> kind</c><00:23:04.519><c> of</c><00:23:04.740><c> idea</c><00:23:05.079><c> that</c><00:23:05.359><c> these</c>

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:08.940
things<00:23:05.740><c> were</c><00:23:05.900><c> like</c><00:23:06.059><c> little</c><00:23:06.359><c> flakes</c><00:23:06.759><c> of</c><00:23:07.420><c> metal,</c><00:23:08.180><c> nothing.</c><00:23:08.660><c> They</c><00:23:08.839><c> had</c>

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no,<00:23:09.420><c> like</c><00:23:09.619><c> the</c><00:23:09.900><c> 50</c><00:23:10.440><c> cent</c><00:23:10.880><c> coin</c><00:23:11.140><c> that</c><00:23:11.319><c> we</c><00:23:11.480><c> have</c>

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here,<00:23:12.400><c> that</c><00:23:12.819><c> would</c><00:23:12.980><c> be</c><00:23:13.160><c> like</c><00:23:13.339><c> 50</c><00:23:14.200><c> million</c><00:23:14.559><c> times</c><00:23:14.980><c> the</c><00:23:15.200><c> weight</c>

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:17.519
of<00:23:15.559><c> that,</c><00:23:15.839><c> right?</c><00:23:16.220><c> It's</c><00:23:16.539><c> a</c><00:23:16.700><c> little</c><00:23:16.900><c> teeny</c><00:23:17.140><c> coin,</c>

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:23.019
little<00:23:18.000><c> flake,</c><00:23:18.279><c> something</c><00:23:18.599><c> scale</c><00:23:18.920><c> to</c><00:23:19.140><c> have</c><00:23:19.660><c> the</c><00:23:19.819><c> idea</c><00:23:20.019><c> of</c><00:23:20.259><c> peeling</c><00:23:20.460><c> off.</c><00:23:22.599><c> Um,</c>

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.859
we're<00:23:23.299><c> told</c><00:23:23.519><c> in</c><00:23:23.859><c> scripture</c>

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:30.059
in<00:23:25.259><c> verse</c><00:23:25.599><c> 42</c><00:23:26.200><c> that</c><00:23:26.579><c> that,</c><00:23:28.019><c> uh,</c><00:23:28.220><c> those</c><00:23:28.339><c> two</c><00:23:28.599><c> mites</c><00:23:28.759><c> make</c><00:23:28.960><c> a</c><00:23:29.200><c> farthing.</c>

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:38.279
You<00:23:31.220><c> know,</c><00:23:32.299><c> one</c><00:23:32.519><c> might</c><00:23:32.819><c> was</c><00:23:33.519><c> around</c><00:23:34.279><c> one,</c><00:23:36.400><c> 128th</c><00:23:36.799><c> part</c><00:23:36.960><c> of</c><00:23:37.099><c> a</c><00:23:37.259><c> denarius,</c><00:23:37.759><c> which</c><00:23:37.920><c> was</c><00:23:38.140><c> a</c>

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daily<00:23:38.539><c> soldier's</c><00:23:39.039><c> wage.</c>

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I<00:23:39.480><c> mean,</c><00:23:39.579><c> we're</c><00:23:39.779><c> talking</c><00:23:40.099><c> the,</c><00:23:41.000><c> the</c><00:23:41.220><c> pittance</c><00:23:41.579><c> of</c><00:23:41.980><c> nothing.</c>

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:45.660
Okay.<00:23:43.720><c> Really,</c><00:23:44.079><c> really</c><00:23:44.319><c> small.</c><00:23:45.099><c> And</c><00:23:45.359><c> we're,</c>

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:49.480
we're<00:23:45.799><c> also</c><00:23:46.019><c> told</c><00:23:46.279><c> to,</c><00:23:46.640><c> right,</c><00:23:46.940><c> that</c><00:23:47.420><c> we</c><00:23:47.680><c> know</c><00:23:47.880><c> in,</c><00:23:48.240><c> from</c><00:23:48.319><c> reading</c><00:23:48.519><c> Yiddisham's</c><00:23:49.059><c> history</c><00:23:49.279><c> and</c>

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so<00:23:49.619><c> on,</c>

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:53.000
that<00:23:50.160><c> when</c><00:23:50.339><c> you</c><00:23:50.519><c> came</c><00:23:50.720><c> to</c><00:23:50.839><c> the</c><00:23:51.019><c> temple,</c><00:23:51.299><c> they</c><00:23:51.420><c> had</c><00:23:51.619><c> a</c><00:23:51.759><c> rule</c><00:23:51.900><c> because,</c><00:23:52.660><c> uh,</c>

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:55.000
they<00:23:53.440><c> didn't</c><00:23:53.720><c> want,</c><00:23:54.500><c> um,</c>

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:56.640
who<00:23:55.200><c> knows</c><00:23:55.400><c> why</c><00:23:55.539><c> they</c><00:23:55.660><c> had</c><00:23:55.759><c> the</c><00:23:55.940><c> rule.</c><00:23:56.039><c> I</c><00:23:56.160><c> don't</c><00:23:56.299><c> really</c><00:23:56.460><c> know</c>

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:59.880
actually,<00:23:57.220><c> but</c><00:23:57.599><c> they</c><00:23:58.519><c> had</c><00:23:58.720><c> this</c><00:23:59.000><c> minimum</c><00:23:59.319><c> charge</c>

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:02.059
that<00:24:00.339><c> if</c><00:24:00.539><c> you</c><00:24:00.660><c> go</c><00:24:00.759><c> to</c><00:24:00.839><c> the</c><00:24:01.019><c> temple,</c><00:24:01.420><c> the</c><00:24:01.579><c> minimum</c><00:24:01.799><c> you</c><00:24:01.900><c> could</c>

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.440
put<00:24:02.220><c> in</c><00:24:02.359><c> is</c><00:24:02.519><c> these</c><00:24:02.740><c> two</c><00:24:02.940><c> little</c><00:24:03.119><c> flakes.</c>

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:07.000
If<00:24:03.779><c> you</c><00:24:03.920><c> had</c><00:24:04.079><c> one,</c><00:24:04.299><c> don't</c><00:24:04.500><c> bother</c><00:24:04.700><c> coming.</c><00:24:05.940><c> The</c><00:24:06.019><c> Yiddisham</c><00:24:06.319><c> said</c><00:24:06.500><c> that</c><00:24:06.759><c> if</c>

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.140
you<00:24:07.140><c> have</c><00:24:07.279><c> two,</c><00:24:07.579><c> you</c><00:24:07.599><c> can</c><00:24:07.779><c> come.</c><00:24:08.039><c> That's</c>

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:11.359
the<00:24:08.299><c> minimum,</c><00:24:08.579><c> um,</c><00:24:09.400><c> that</c><00:24:09.599><c> you</c><00:24:09.759><c> could</c><00:24:09.880><c> put</c><00:24:10.039><c> in.</c><00:24:10.400><c> So,</c><00:24:10.599><c> so</c><00:24:10.839><c> interesting</c><00:24:11.160><c> right</c>

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.259
off<00:24:11.559><c> the</c><00:24:11.720><c> bat</c><00:24:11.819><c> when</c><00:24:11.940><c> you</c><00:24:12.019><c> look</c><00:24:12.119><c> at</c>

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:17.180
that,<00:24:12.440><c> because</c><00:24:12.900><c> man</c><00:24:13.180><c> set</c><00:24:13.400><c> up</c><00:24:13.539><c> the</c><00:24:13.839><c> standard</c><00:24:14.259><c> of,</c><00:24:16.140><c> you</c><00:24:16.140><c> couldn't</c><00:24:16.440><c> come</c><00:24:16.660><c> and</c><00:24:16.859><c> put</c><00:24:16.980><c> in</c>

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.779
anything<00:24:17.359><c> unless</c><00:24:17.519><c> it</c><00:24:17.660><c> was</c>

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:21.119
two<00:24:17.880><c> mites.</c><00:24:18.259><c> That</c><00:24:18.259><c> was</c><00:24:18.420><c> the</c><00:24:18.599><c> minimum.</c><00:24:19.440><c> So</c><00:24:19.440><c> according</c><00:24:19.720><c> to</c><00:24:19.980><c> man's</c><00:24:20.480><c> standard,</c><00:24:20.980><c> this</c>

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:22.500
lady<00:24:21.319><c> comes</c><00:24:21.579><c> and</c><00:24:21.779><c> puts</c><00:24:21.980><c> in</c><00:24:22.200><c> the,</c>

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:24.579
the<00:24:22.700><c> absolute</c><00:24:22.859><c> minimum.</c><00:24:23.420><c> And</c><00:24:23.579><c> we'll</c><00:24:23.759><c> see</c><00:24:23.900><c> brothers</c><00:24:24.079><c> and</c><00:24:24.279><c> sisters</c><00:24:24.400><c> as</c>

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:26.539
we<00:24:24.660><c> go,</c><00:24:25.380><c> according</c><00:24:25.559><c> to</c><00:24:25.940><c> God's</c><00:24:26.400><c> standard,</c>

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:31.220
she<00:24:26.839><c> put</c><00:24:27.039><c> in</c><00:24:27.619><c> the</c><00:24:28.059><c> absolute</c><00:24:28.579><c> maximum.</c><00:24:30.440><c> And</c><00:24:30.660><c> that's</c><00:24:30.920><c> all</c><00:24:31.019><c> the</c>

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people<00:24:31.619><c> had</c><00:24:32.099><c> set</c><00:24:32.259><c> up</c><00:24:32.380><c> at</c><00:24:32.519><c> that</c><00:24:32.720><c> time.</c>

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And<00:24:33.940><c> we</c><00:24:34.119><c> know,</c><00:24:34.559><c> look</c><00:24:34.640><c> what</c><00:24:34.720><c> it</c><00:24:34.940><c> says</c><00:24:35.059><c> in</c><00:24:35.259><c> verse</c><00:24:35.740><c> 41,</c><00:24:36.279><c> just</c><00:24:36.420><c> go</c>

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back<00:24:36.799><c> one</c><00:24:36.940><c> verse.</c><00:24:37.599><c> Jesus</c><00:24:37.880><c> sat</c><00:24:38.140><c> opposite</c><00:24:38.440><c> the</c><00:24:38.700><c> treasury</c>

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and<00:24:39.440><c> he</c><00:24:39.700><c> saw,</c><00:24:40.480><c> and</c><00:24:40.579><c> that</c><00:24:40.660><c> little</c><00:24:40.819><c> word</c><00:24:41.059><c> how</c><00:24:41.299><c> is</c><00:24:41.500><c> important,</c>

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how<00:24:42.339><c> people</c><00:24:42.680><c> put</c><00:24:42.859><c> money</c><00:24:43.099><c> into</c><00:24:43.279><c> the</c><00:24:43.500><c> treasury.</c>

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And<00:24:45.279><c> many</c><00:24:45.480><c> who</c><00:24:45.640><c> were</c><00:24:45.779><c> rich</c><00:24:45.980><c> put</c><00:24:46.140><c> in</c><00:24:46.279><c> much.</c><00:24:46.599><c> And</c><00:24:46.700><c> we</c><00:24:46.799><c> know</c><00:24:47.079><c> from</c>

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Yiddisham<00:24:47.640><c> as</c><00:24:47.779><c> well,</c><00:24:48.319><c> as</c><00:24:48.440><c> we're</c><00:24:48.619><c> familiar</c><00:24:48.859><c> with</c><00:24:49.059><c> the</c>

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big<00:24:49.759><c> trumpets</c><00:24:50.140><c> that</c><00:24:50.279><c> were</c><00:24:50.480><c> there</c><00:24:50.720><c> made</c><00:24:50.920><c> out</c><00:24:51.140><c> of</c><00:24:51.380><c> brassy</c><00:24:51.779><c> type</c>

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of<00:24:52.359><c> substance</c><00:24:52.680><c> that</c><00:24:52.819><c> you</c><00:24:52.920><c> chuck</c><00:24:53.079><c> your</c><00:24:53.299><c> coins</c><00:24:53.500><c> in</c>

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and<00:24:53.940><c> it</c><00:24:54.140><c> makes</c><00:24:54.240><c> a</c><00:24:54.359><c> big</c><00:24:54.500><c> rattle</c><00:24:54.819><c> and</c><00:24:55.039><c> everyone's</c><00:24:55.500><c> like,</c><00:24:55.740><c> woo,</c>

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right?<00:24:57.119><c> That</c><00:24:57.240><c> was,</c><00:24:57.700><c> you</c><00:24:57.839><c> see</c><00:24:57.920><c> the</c><00:24:58.059><c> temple</c><00:24:58.339><c> had</c><00:24:58.539><c> turned</c>

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into<00:24:58.880><c> that,</c><00:24:59.160><c> brothers</c><00:24:59.259><c> and</c><00:24:59.460><c> sisters,</c><00:25:00.059><c> and</c><00:25:00.220><c> the</c><00:25:00.359><c> temple</c><00:25:00.519><c> had</c>

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turned<00:25:00.819><c> into</c><00:25:01.019><c> this</c><00:25:01.240><c> big</c><00:25:01.559><c> showpiece</c><00:25:02.119><c> of</c><00:25:02.500><c> people</c><00:25:02.799><c> coming</c>

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and,<00:25:04.599><c> and</c><00:25:05.000><c> spirituality</c><00:25:05.519><c> was</c><00:25:05.900><c> measured</c><00:25:06.180><c> on</c><00:25:06.359><c> the</c><00:25:06.519><c> outside,</c><00:25:07.059><c> not</c><00:25:07.339><c> the</c><00:25:07.539><c> inside.</c><00:25:08.500><c> That's</c><00:25:08.720><c> what</c><00:25:08.819><c> it</c>

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had<00:25:09.079><c> turned</c><00:25:09.259><c> into,</c>

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pretty<00:25:09.920><c> sad</c><00:25:10.380><c> state</c><00:25:10.640><c> of</c><00:25:10.880><c> affairs.</c><00:25:11.099><c> And</c><00:25:11.240><c> you</c><00:25:11.259><c> can</c><00:25:11.539><c> see</c><00:25:11.759><c> why</c><00:25:12.059><c> Jesus</c><00:25:12.579><c> hated</c><00:25:13.119><c> that</c>

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and<00:25:14.279><c> spoke</c><00:25:14.579><c> so</c><00:25:15.039><c> fervently</c><00:25:15.380><c> against</c><00:25:15.759><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:25:17.519><c> it</c><00:25:17.599><c> says</c><00:25:17.700><c> in</c><00:25:17.819><c> verse</c><00:25:18.039><c> 44,</c><00:25:18.579><c> look</c><00:25:18.680><c> what</c><00:25:18.799><c> it</c><00:25:18.920><c> says,</c><00:25:19.779><c> for</c><00:25:19.880><c> they</c><00:25:20.140><c> all</c>

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put<00:25:20.579><c> in</c>

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out<00:25:22.200><c> of</c><00:25:22.380><c> their</c><00:25:22.579><c> abundance</c><00:25:22.980><c> says</c><00:25:23.259><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:23.920><c> as</c><00:25:24.059><c> he</c><00:25:24.240><c> observes,</c><00:25:25.299><c> but</c><00:25:25.480><c> she</c><00:25:25.920><c> out</c><00:25:26.180><c> of</c>

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her<00:25:26.740><c> want.</c><00:25:28.000><c> Other</c><00:25:28.279><c> translations</c><00:25:28.799><c> say</c>

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poverty.<00:25:30.200><c> It</c><00:25:30.240><c> literally</c><00:25:30.440><c> means</c><00:25:30.680><c> to</c><00:25:30.960><c> fall</c><00:25:31.180><c> short.</c><00:25:32.559><c> It's</c><00:25:32.720><c> akin</c>

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to<00:25:33.140><c> another</c><00:25:33.299><c> word</c><00:25:33.500><c> that</c><00:25:33.720><c> means</c><00:25:33.859><c> suffer</c><00:25:34.259><c> the</c><00:25:34.519><c> need</c>

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to<00:25:35.039><c> fail,</c><00:25:35.480><c> to</c><00:25:35.480><c> be</c><00:25:35.740><c> destitute.</c><00:25:38.980><c> It</c><00:25:39.119><c> says</c><00:25:39.299><c> she</c><00:25:39.519><c> put</c><00:25:39.759><c> in</c><00:25:40.059><c> out</c><00:25:40.240><c> of</c>

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:43.700
her<00:25:40.920><c> destitution,</c><00:25:42.240><c> out</c><00:25:42.420><c> of</c><00:25:42.500><c> her</c><00:25:42.779><c> poverty.</c>

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And<00:25:44.559><c> it</c><00:25:44.700><c> says</c><00:25:45.160><c> she</c><00:25:45.960><c> put</c><00:25:46.119><c> in</c><00:25:46.319><c> all</c><00:25:46.579><c> that</c><00:25:46.740><c> she</c><00:25:46.980><c> had,</c><00:25:48.400><c> her</c><00:25:48.680><c> entire</c><00:25:49.960><c> livelihood.</c>

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Brothers<00:25:52.440><c> and</c><00:25:52.599><c> sisters,</c><00:25:53.480><c> livelihood</c><00:25:53.819><c> is</c><00:25:55.319><c> the</c><00:25:55.519><c> Greek</c><00:25:55.700><c> word</c><00:25:56.019><c> bios</c><00:25:56.740><c> from</c><00:25:57.500><c> which</c><00:25:57.700><c> we</c>

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get<00:25:58.059><c> biology,</c><00:25:58.700><c> the</c><00:25:58.779><c> study</c><00:25:58.940><c> of</c><00:25:59.180><c> life.</c>

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So<00:26:00.200><c> the,</c><00:26:01.019><c> the</c><00:26:01.400><c> correct</c><00:26:01.559><c> translation</c><00:26:02.039><c> of</c><00:26:02.220><c> that</c><00:26:02.420><c> word</c><00:26:02.539><c> in</c><00:26:02.680><c> the</c>

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end<00:26:02.880><c> of</c><00:26:02.960><c> verse</c><00:26:03.119><c> 44,</c><00:26:03.519><c> she</c><00:26:03.740><c> put</c><00:26:03.880><c> in</c><00:26:03.980><c> her</c><00:26:04.160><c> whole</c><00:26:04.460><c> livelihood</c>

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is<00:26:05.420><c> her</c><00:26:05.680><c> whole</c><00:26:06.500><c> living,</c><00:26:07.059><c> everything</c><00:26:07.420><c> to</c><00:26:07.660><c> do</c><00:26:07.779><c> with</c><00:26:07.920><c> what</c><00:26:08.079><c> she</c>

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depended<00:26:08.539><c> on,</c><00:26:08.720><c> what</c><00:26:08.839><c> she</c><00:26:09.019><c> needed</c><00:26:09.200><c> to</c><00:26:09.380><c> kind</c><00:26:09.539><c> of</c><00:26:09.680><c> this</c>

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world's<00:26:10.420><c> goods</c><00:26:10.640><c> to</c><00:26:10.839><c> stay</c><00:26:11.039><c> alive.</c><00:26:12.240><c> That's</c><00:26:12.680><c> what</c><00:26:12.759><c> she</c><00:26:12.980><c> put</c><00:26:13.099><c> in.</c>

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Now<00:26:15.339><c> this</c><00:26:15.500><c> is</c><00:26:15.720><c> powerful,</c><00:26:16.200><c> brothers</c><00:26:16.299><c> and</c><00:26:16.500><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:26:16.779><c> I</c><00:26:16.940><c> want</c><00:26:17.160><c> you</c><00:26:17.359><c> to</c><00:26:17.559><c> just,</c><00:26:17.980><c> the</c><00:26:18.200><c> power</c><00:26:18.420><c> comes</c><00:26:18.759><c> a</c><00:26:18.920><c> little</c><00:26:19.079><c> bit</c>

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from<00:26:19.359><c> just</c><00:26:19.599><c> imagining</c><00:26:19.920><c> her</c><00:26:20.119><c> this</c><00:26:20.339><c> morning</c><00:26:20.539><c> because</c>

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Jesus<00:26:21.299><c> picks</c><00:26:21.599><c> this</c><00:26:21.859><c> out</c><00:26:22.119><c> and</c><00:26:22.380><c> it's</c><00:26:22.640><c> the</c><00:26:22.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:22.960><c> Jesus</c><00:26:23.359><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:26:23.920><c> tells</c><00:26:24.180><c> us</c><00:26:24.759><c> the</c><00:26:25.140><c> picture</c><00:26:25.480><c> of</c><00:26:25.660><c> what</c><00:26:25.859><c> this</c><00:26:26.119><c> woman</c>

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was<00:26:26.960><c> suffering</c><00:26:27.359><c> the</c><00:26:27.599><c> need</c><00:26:27.799><c> of.</c><00:26:29.839><c> Imagine</c><00:26:30.220><c> what</c><00:26:30.400><c> it</c><00:26:30.680><c> would</c><00:26:30.680><c> be</c><00:26:30.980><c> like</c><00:26:31.359><c> to</c><00:26:31.519><c> be</c><00:26:31.700><c> a</c>

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widow<00:26:31.980><c> in</c><00:26:32.140><c> the</c><00:26:32.299><c> time</c><00:26:32.480><c> of</c><00:26:32.680><c> Jesus</c><00:26:33.000><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:26:33.519><c> the</c><00:26:33.700><c> streets</c><00:26:33.900><c> of</c><00:26:34.180><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:35.700><c> She</c><00:26:35.920><c> would</c><00:26:36.039><c> have</c><00:26:36.140><c> been</c><00:26:36.359><c> neglected,</c><00:26:37.740><c> despised,</c><00:26:39.400><c> hardly</c><00:26:39.599><c> worthy</c><00:26:39.940><c> to</c>

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come<00:26:40.279><c> to</c><00:26:40.400><c> the</c>

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temple<00:26:40.759><c> to</c><00:26:40.980><c> donate</c><00:26:41.180><c> to</c><00:26:41.339><c> the</c><00:26:41.480><c> treasury,</c><00:26:42.319><c> and</c><00:26:42.480><c> yet</c><00:26:42.599><c> she</c><00:26:42.859><c> still</c>

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did,<00:26:43.799><c> and</c><00:26:44.019><c> she</c><00:26:44.240><c> desired</c><00:26:44.559><c> to</c><00:26:44.779><c> do</c><00:26:44.960><c> so</c><00:26:45.220><c> giving</c><00:26:45.400><c> everything</c>

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that<00:26:46.119><c> she</c><00:26:46.359><c> had.</c><00:26:47.160><c> Will</c><00:26:47.319><c> you</c><00:26:47.400><c> just</c><00:26:47.579><c> ask</c><00:26:47.720><c> the</c><00:26:47.880><c> question</c><00:26:48.059><c> then,</c><00:26:48.460><c> do</c>

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we<00:26:48.880><c> have</c><00:26:49.160><c> any</c><00:26:49.519><c> detail</c><00:26:50.039><c> in</c><00:26:50.779><c> scripture</c><00:26:51.279><c> about</c>

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what<00:26:52.200><c> it</c><00:26:52.380><c> was</c><00:26:52.640><c> like</c><00:26:52.839><c> anywhere</c><00:26:53.200><c> in</c><00:26:53.380><c> the</c><00:26:53.440><c> New</c><00:26:53.579><c> Testament,</c><00:26:54.200><c> what</c>

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:56.440
it<00:26:54.519><c> was</c><00:26:54.720><c> like</c><00:26:54.859><c> for</c><00:26:55.079><c> widows</c><00:26:55.279><c> at</c><00:26:55.460><c> this</c><00:26:55.640><c> time?</c>

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Do<00:26:58.079><c> we</c><00:26:58.200><c> have</c><00:26:58.299><c> any</c><00:26:58.660><c> detail</c><00:26:58.920><c> in</c><00:26:59.079><c> scripture</c><00:26:59.339><c> about</c><00:26:59.519><c> what</c><00:26:59.680><c> it</c><00:26:59.799><c> was</c>

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like<00:27:00.180><c> for</c><00:27:00.640><c> widows</c><00:27:01.039><c> at</c><00:27:01.299><c> this</c><00:27:01.559><c> time?</c><00:27:02.380><c> Brothers</c><00:27:02.400><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:02.759><c> it</c><00:27:02.779><c> just</c><00:27:03.140><c> so</c><00:27:03.519><c> happens</c><00:27:04.079><c> that</c><00:27:04.700><c> it's</c><00:27:04.940><c> Mark</c><00:27:05.140><c> chapter</c><00:27:05.500><c> 12</c>

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that<00:27:06.279><c> tells</c><00:27:06.519><c> us</c><00:27:06.700><c> what</c><00:27:06.819><c> it's</c><00:27:07.059><c> like</c><00:27:07.180><c> for</c><00:27:07.400><c> widows.</c>

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Look<00:27:08.619><c> at</c><00:27:08.779><c> this,</c><00:27:09.539><c> verse</c><00:27:09.759><c> 35.</c>

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Then<00:27:14.880><c> Jesus</c><00:27:15.339><c> answered</c><00:27:15.799><c> and</c><00:27:16.140><c> said,</c><00:27:16.680><c> well,</c><00:27:16.839><c> he</c><00:27:17.039><c> taught</c><00:27:17.180><c> in</c><00:27:17.339><c> the</c>

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temple,<00:27:18.799><c> Mark</c><00:27:19.039><c> 12,</c><00:27:19.279><c> 35.</c><00:27:20.359><c> How</c><00:27:20.599><c> is</c><00:27:20.859><c> it</c><00:27:21.119><c> that</c><00:27:21.299><c> the</c><00:27:21.619><c> scribe</c>

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now<00:27:22.160><c> right</c><00:27:22.400><c> away,</c><00:27:22.700><c> that</c><00:27:23.000><c> should</c><00:27:23.160><c> make</c><00:27:23.319><c> a</c><00:27:23.480><c> link</c><00:27:23.579><c> to</c><00:27:23.720><c> what's</c><00:27:23.980><c> just</c><00:27:24.180><c> happened</c><00:27:24.339><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:24.619><c> chapter,</c><00:27:24.980><c> he's</c><00:27:25.359><c> now</c><00:27:25.619><c> picking</c><00:27:25.880><c> on</c>

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scribes,<00:27:26.819><c> as</c><00:27:26.940><c> it</c><00:27:27.160><c> were,</c><00:27:27.559><c> focusing</c><00:27:27.859><c> on,</c><00:27:28.079><c> he's</c><00:27:28.440><c> just</c><00:27:29.019><c> had</c><00:27:29.240><c> a</c><00:27:29.480><c> discussion</c><00:27:30.059><c> with</c><00:27:30.680><c> the</c>

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scribe<00:27:31.240><c> about</c><00:27:31.380><c> the</c><00:27:31.619><c> greatest</c>

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commandment,<00:27:32.519><c> and</c><00:27:32.559><c> now</c><00:27:32.779><c> he</c><00:27:33.039><c> says,</c><00:27:33.319><c> as</c><00:27:33.460><c> he</c><00:27:33.660><c> taught</c><00:27:33.799><c> in</c><00:27:33.900><c> the</c><00:27:34.059><c> temple,</c><00:27:34.400><c> how</c>

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is<00:27:34.859><c> it</c><00:27:34.960><c> that</c><00:27:35.160><c> these</c><00:27:35.460><c> scribes</c><00:27:35.839><c> say</c><00:27:36.099><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:27:36.579><c> is</c><00:27:36.779><c> the</c><00:27:36.880><c> son</c><00:27:36.980><c> of</c><00:27:37.160><c> David?</c><00:27:38.420><c> For</c><00:27:38.460><c> David</c><00:27:38.900><c> himself</c><00:27:39.539><c> said</c><00:27:39.960><c> by</c>

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the<00:27:40.420><c> Holy</c><00:27:40.619><c> Spirit,</c><00:27:41.339><c> you</c><00:27:41.480><c> always</c><00:27:41.700><c> said</c><00:27:41.839><c> to</c><00:27:42.059><c> my</c><00:27:42.240><c> Lord,</c>

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sit<00:27:42.619><c> at</c><00:27:42.720><c> my</c><00:27:42.880><c> right</c><00:27:43.119><c> hand</c><00:27:43.319><c> till</c><00:27:43.500><c> I</c><00:27:43.660><c> make</c><00:27:43.819><c> your</c><00:27:44.000><c> enemies</c><00:27:44.299><c> your</c>

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footstool.<00:27:45.779><c> Therefore</c><00:27:46.099><c> David</c><00:27:46.400><c> himself</c><00:27:46.799><c> calls</c><00:27:47.079><c> him</c><00:27:47.279><c> Lord,</c>

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how<00:27:47.900><c> is</c><00:27:48.099><c> he</c><00:27:48.319><c> then</c><00:27:48.519><c> his</c><00:27:48.839><c> son?</c><00:27:49.420><c> And</c><00:27:49.680><c> the</c><00:27:49.920><c> common</c><00:27:50.059><c> people</c><00:27:50.339><c> heard</c>

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him<00:27:50.720><c> gladly,</c><00:27:51.259><c> and</c><00:27:51.460><c> the</c><00:27:51.700><c> scribes</c><00:27:52.019><c> didn't</c><00:27:52.440><c> hear</c><00:27:52.660><c> him</c>

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gladly.<00:27:53.920><c> That</c><00:27:54.339><c> would</c><00:27:54.519><c> have</c><00:27:54.960><c> irritated</c><00:27:55.460><c> them.</c><00:27:56.039><c> But</c><00:27:56.160><c> when</c><00:27:56.599><c> he</c>

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had<00:27:56.819><c> that</c><00:27:57.000><c> discussion</c><00:27:57.359><c> with</c><00:27:57.579><c> the</c><00:27:57.660><c> scribe,</c><00:27:57.920><c> he</c><00:27:58.039><c> had</c><00:27:58.299><c> said</c>

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to<00:27:58.539><c> him,</c><00:27:58.940><c> you're</c><00:27:59.140><c> not</c><00:27:59.420><c> far</c><00:27:59.640><c> from</c><00:27:59.839><c> the</c><00:28:00.000><c> kingdom</c><00:28:00.200><c> of</c><00:28:00.440><c> God.</c><00:28:00.960><c> And</c>

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partly<00:28:01.539><c> he</c><00:28:01.940><c> wasn't</c><00:28:02.200><c> there</c><00:28:02.640><c> in</c><00:28:02.799><c> that</c><00:28:03.000><c> sense</c><00:28:03.180><c> because</c>

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he<00:28:03.619><c> didn't</c><00:28:03.880><c> understand</c><00:28:04.400><c> the</c><00:28:04.579><c> Messiah.</c><00:28:04.920><c> That</c><00:28:05.039><c> was</c><00:28:05.240><c> a</c><00:28:05.380><c> critical</c>

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piece<00:28:06.319><c> of</c><00:28:06.660><c> understanding.</c><00:28:07.819><c> But</c><00:28:07.900><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:28:08.220><c> sisters,</c><00:28:08.740><c> Jesus</c><00:28:09.059><c> is</c><00:28:09.299><c> pointing</c><00:28:09.460><c> out</c><00:28:09.720><c> that</c><00:28:09.900><c> the</c><00:28:10.220><c> scribes</c>

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didn't<00:28:11.000><c> understand</c><00:28:11.859><c> the</c><00:28:12.839><c> theory</c><00:28:13.140><c> of</c><00:28:13.380><c> the</c><00:28:13.579><c> Messiah,</c>

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but<00:28:14.359><c> he</c><00:28:14.559><c> goes</c><00:28:14.779><c> on</c><00:28:15.039><c> to</c><00:28:15.299><c> say</c><00:28:15.480><c> also</c><00:28:16.059><c> that</c><00:28:16.380><c> they</c><00:28:16.619><c> didn't</c><00:28:16.859><c> understand</c><00:28:17.339><c> the</c><00:28:17.839><c> spirit</c><00:28:18.140><c> of</c>

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who<00:28:18.519><c> the</c><00:28:18.759><c> Messiah</c><00:28:19.019><c> was</c><00:28:19.220><c> all</c>

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about.<00:28:19.920><c> And</c><00:28:20.359><c> that's</c><00:28:20.599><c> in</c><00:28:20.740><c> this</c><00:28:20.940><c> chat.</c><00:28:21.119><c> Look</c><00:28:21.240><c> at</c><00:28:21.440><c> what</c><00:28:21.579><c> it</c><00:28:21.680><c> says.</c>

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He<00:28:23.460><c> had</c><00:28:23.599><c> two</c><00:28:23.920><c> misunderstandings</c><00:28:24.640><c> about</c><00:28:24.859><c> Messiah,</c>

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the<00:28:25.539><c> scribes</c><00:28:25.779><c> in</c><00:28:25.920><c> particular.</c><00:28:26.539><c> One,</c><00:28:26.700><c> they</c><00:28:26.819><c> didn't</c><00:28:27.000><c> understand</c><00:28:27.380><c> his</c><00:28:27.599><c> connection</c><00:28:27.920><c> to</c>

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David<00:28:28.400><c> properly</c>

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and<00:28:29.500><c> to</c><00:28:29.680><c> God.</c><00:28:30.720><c> And</c><00:28:31.000><c> two,</c><00:28:31.140><c> they</c><00:28:31.240><c> didn't</c><00:28:31.420><c> understand</c><00:28:31.700><c> the</c><00:28:32.000><c> spirit</c><00:28:32.160><c> of</c><00:28:32.319><c> this</c><00:28:32.519><c> man.</c><00:28:33.319><c> Look</c><00:28:33.440><c> at</c>

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verse<00:28:33.680><c> 38.</c><00:28:34.480><c> He</c><00:28:34.579><c> said</c><00:28:34.819><c> to</c>

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them<00:28:35.160><c> in</c><00:28:35.299><c> his</c><00:28:35.519><c> teaching,</c><00:28:36.920><c> now</c><00:28:37.059><c> things</c><00:28:37.299><c> get</c><00:28:37.500><c> pretty</c><00:28:37.839><c> tense</c><00:28:38.180><c> here.</c><00:28:39.279><c> Beware</c><00:28:39.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:40.279><c> scribes.</c><00:28:42.279><c> He</c><00:28:42.460><c> just</c><00:28:42.759><c> had</c><00:28:42.859><c> a</c><00:28:43.079><c> chat</c>

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with<00:28:43.380><c> them</c><00:28:43.539><c> and</c><00:28:43.640><c> he</c><00:28:43.960><c> agreed</c><00:28:44.240><c> with</c><00:28:44.440><c> the</c><00:28:44.700><c> scribe</c><00:28:45.640><c> about</c><00:28:46.099><c> the</c><00:28:46.319><c> greatest</c><00:28:46.539><c> command.</c><00:28:46.779><c> Now</c>

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he's<00:28:47.160><c> telling</c><00:28:47.259><c> the</c><00:28:47.460><c> people</c><00:28:47.559><c> in</c>

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men<00:28:49.660><c> who</c><00:28:50.140><c> desire</c><00:28:50.539><c> to</c><00:28:50.779><c> go</c><00:28:51.000><c> around</c><00:28:51.539><c> in</c><00:28:52.039><c> long</c><00:28:52.420><c> robes.</c><00:28:53.880><c> And</c><00:28:54.119><c> these</c>

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are<00:28:54.539><c> the</c><00:28:54.599><c> same</c><00:28:54.819><c> men</c><00:28:55.059><c> that</c><00:28:55.339><c> love</c><00:28:55.579><c> greetings</c><00:28:56.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:56.400><c> marketplace</c><00:28:56.740><c> when</c><00:28:56.960><c> they</c><00:28:57.119><c> leave</c><00:28:57.279><c> the</c><00:28:57.500><c> temple</c><00:28:57.720><c> and</c><00:28:58.079><c> head</c>

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back<00:28:58.640><c> to</c><00:28:58.759><c> the</c><00:28:58.900><c> markets.</c><00:28:59.279><c> They</c><00:28:59.440><c> love</c><00:28:59.680><c> the</c><00:28:59.880><c> greetings.</c>

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You<00:29:00.759><c> were</c><00:29:00.859><c> just</c><00:29:00.980><c> at</c><00:29:01.099><c> the</c><00:29:01.240><c> temple.</c><00:29:01.759><c> Yes,</c><00:29:02.200><c> I</c><00:29:02.380><c> was.</c><00:29:03.240><c> And</c><00:29:03.440><c> all</c><00:29:03.579><c> that</c>

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kind<00:29:03.920><c> of</c><00:29:04.019><c> stuff</c><00:29:04.119><c> was</c><00:29:04.279><c> happening.</c><00:29:04.900><c> Look</c><00:29:05.019><c> at</c><00:29:05.079><c> what</c>

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it<00:29:05.279><c> says</c><00:29:05.420><c> in</c><00:29:05.519><c> verse</c><00:29:05.680><c> 39.</c><00:29:06.460><c> They</c><00:29:06.599><c> also</c><00:29:07.019><c> have</c><00:29:07.140><c> this</c><00:29:07.480><c> fetish</c><00:29:08.000><c> for</c>

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the<00:29:08.680><c> best</c><00:29:09.039><c> seats</c><00:29:09.319><c> in</c><00:29:09.559><c> the</c><00:29:09.660><c> synagogues.</c><00:29:11.000><c> And</c><00:29:11.279><c> people</c>

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would<00:29:11.759><c> reserve</c><00:29:12.079><c> them</c><00:29:12.240><c> for</c><00:29:12.440><c> them.</c><00:29:12.759><c> And</c><00:29:12.960><c> they</c><00:29:13.259><c> expected</c><00:29:13.559><c> that.</c>

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A<00:29:13.859><c> little</c><00:29:13.980><c> name</c><00:29:14.259><c> tag</c><00:29:14.359><c> on</c><00:29:14.559><c> the</c><00:29:14.660><c> seat.</c><00:29:15.299><c> This</c><00:29:15.740><c> is</c>

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Don't<00:29:17.140><c> sit</c><00:29:17.299><c> there.</c><00:29:17.599><c> That's</c><00:29:17.880><c> mine.</c><00:29:21.000><c> Look</c><00:29:21.599><c> at</c><00:29:21.720><c> verse</c><00:29:21.880><c> 40,</c><00:29:22.279><c> brothers</c><00:29:22.380><c> and</c><00:29:22.559><c> sisters.</c>

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These<00:29:25.180><c> are</c><00:29:25.339><c> the</c><00:29:25.599><c> same</c><00:29:25.900><c> men</c><00:29:26.480><c> who</c><00:29:27.700><c> devour</c><00:29:28.680><c> widows'</c><00:29:29.960><c> houses.</c><00:29:31.980><c> And</c>

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for<00:29:32.519><c> pretense,</c><00:29:33.099><c> they</c><00:29:33.160><c> make</c><00:29:33.319><c> long</c><00:29:33.599><c> prayers.</c><00:29:34.599><c> They</c>

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will<00:29:34.960><c> receive</c><00:29:35.319><c> greater</c><00:29:35.799><c> condemnation.</c><00:29:36.599><c> Now,</c><00:29:36.740><c> brothers</c><00:29:36.819><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:29:37.880><c> I</c><00:29:38.059><c> want</c><00:29:38.259><c> us</c><00:29:38.519><c> to</c><00:29:38.799><c> think</c><00:29:39.039><c> for</c><00:29:39.380><c> one</c>

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little<00:29:40.700><c> moment</c><00:29:41.000><c> this</c><00:29:41.319><c> morning</c><00:29:41.700><c> about</c><00:29:42.119><c> how</c><00:29:42.400><c> this</c><00:29:42.720><c> story</c><00:29:42.940><c> connects</c><00:29:43.279><c> together.</c><00:29:44.059><c> He's</c>

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had<00:29:44.759><c> a</c><00:29:44.980><c> discussion</c><00:29:45.500><c> about</c>

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the<00:29:46.160><c> theory</c><00:29:46.259><c> of</c><00:29:46.440><c> the</c><00:29:46.720><c> greatest</c><00:29:47.039><c> call</c><00:29:47.279><c> and</c><00:29:47.559><c> discipleship</c><00:29:48.079><c> that</c>

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we've<00:29:48.500><c> ever</c><00:29:48.779><c> had.</c><00:29:50.500><c> With</c><00:29:50.680><c> a</c><00:29:51.000><c> scribe</c><00:29:51.380><c> who</c><00:29:51.640><c> said,</c>

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well<00:29:52.420><c> said,</c><00:29:52.640><c> teacher,</c><00:29:53.319><c> for</c><00:29:53.519><c> there</c><00:29:53.720><c> is</c><00:29:54.000><c> one</c><00:29:54.279><c> and</c><00:29:54.579><c> so</c><00:29:54.740><c> on.</c><00:29:55.240><c> Right?</c><00:29:55.640><c> And</c><00:29:55.740><c> Jesus</c><00:29:56.000><c> said,</c><00:29:56.339><c> but</c><00:29:56.460><c> wait</c><00:29:56.680><c> a</c><00:29:56.839><c> second,</c>

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you're<00:29:58.019><c> the</c><00:29:58.259><c> same</c><00:29:58.500><c> man</c><00:29:58.900><c> who</c><00:29:59.119><c> goes</c><00:29:59.380><c> around</c><00:29:59.819><c> and</c><00:30:00.079><c> for</c><00:30:00.339><c> pretense</c>

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makes<00:30:00.980><c> long</c><00:30:01.259><c> prayers</c><00:30:01.680><c> and</c><00:30:02.240><c> loves</c><00:30:02.440><c> the</c><00:30:02.660><c> best</c>

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seats<00:30:03.019><c> at</c><00:30:03.200><c> the</c><00:30:03.319><c> synagogues</c><00:30:03.779><c> and</c><00:30:04.220><c> loves</c><00:30:04.519><c> to</c><00:30:04.720><c> have</c><00:30:04.819><c> people</c><00:30:05.119><c> see</c>

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you<00:30:05.539><c> in</c><00:30:05.660><c> your</c><00:30:05.839><c> robes</c><00:30:06.160><c> and</c><00:30:06.539><c> love</c><00:30:06.740><c> people</c><00:30:07.059><c> greeting</c><00:30:07.359><c> you</c>

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and<00:30:07.759><c> giving</c><00:30:07.859><c> you</c><00:30:08.059><c> a</c><00:30:08.160><c> pat</c><00:30:08.220><c> on</c><00:30:08.359><c> the</c><00:30:08.539><c> back.</c><00:30:08.819><c> And</c><00:30:09.079><c> you're</c><00:30:09.359><c> also</c><00:30:09.720><c> the</c>

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man<00:30:10.539><c> who</c><00:30:12.119><c> devour</c><00:30:12.819><c> widows'</c><00:30:13.640><c> houses.</c><00:30:15.019><c> What</c><00:30:15.220><c> did</c><00:30:15.299><c> that</c>

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mean<00:30:15.660><c> to</c><00:30:15.960><c> devour</c><00:30:16.400><c> widows'</c><00:30:16.960><c> houses?</c><00:30:17.559><c> You</c><00:30:17.759><c> think</c><00:30:17.940><c> about</c><00:30:18.160><c> that.</c>

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This<00:30:19.839><c> is</c><00:30:20.079><c> taking</c><00:30:20.319><c> their</c><00:30:20.579><c> property,</c><00:30:21.380><c> taking</c><00:30:21.579><c> their</c>

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money,<00:30:22.599><c> taking</c><00:30:22.940><c> everything</c><00:30:23.480><c> that</c><00:30:23.660><c> was</c><00:30:23.960><c> rightfully</c><00:30:24.380><c> the</c><00:30:24.619><c> widows'</c><00:30:25.079><c> house,</c><00:30:25.299><c> maybe</c><00:30:25.539><c> passed</c><00:30:25.839><c> on</c>

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or<00:30:26.140><c> left</c><00:30:26.299><c> from</c><00:30:26.440><c> her</c>

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deceased<00:30:26.960><c> husband.</c><00:30:27.700><c> That</c><00:30:27.880><c> was</c><00:30:28.079><c> the</c><00:30:28.259><c> widows.</c><00:30:28.839><c> And</c><00:30:29.059><c> the</c><00:30:29.240><c> scribes</c><00:30:29.519><c> and</c>

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Pharisees<00:30:30.000><c> would</c><00:30:30.180><c> come</c><00:30:30.400><c> along</c><00:30:30.759><c> and</c><00:30:31.240><c> demand</c>

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:34.859
that<00:30:31.779><c> that</c><00:30:31.900><c> was</c><00:30:32.079><c> theirs.</c><00:30:33.460><c> And</c><00:30:33.819><c> not</c><00:30:34.140><c> only</c><00:30:34.359><c> that,</c><00:30:34.519><c> they</c><00:30:34.640><c> would</c>

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:37.259
still<00:30:35.099><c> demand</c><00:30:35.380><c> that</c><00:30:35.539><c> they</c><00:30:35.700><c> pay</c><00:30:35.880><c> tax</c><00:30:36.200><c> to</c><00:30:36.359><c> the</c><00:30:36.500><c> temple.</c>

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:40.660
I<00:30:37.380><c> mean,</c><00:30:37.740><c> that's</c><00:30:38.039><c> what</c><00:30:38.140><c> you</c><00:30:38.359><c> call</c><00:30:38.480><c> devouring.</c><00:30:39.039><c> The</c><00:30:39.299><c> widows</c><00:30:39.660><c> have</c><00:30:40.059><c> nothing</c><00:30:40.420><c> at</c>

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:43.119
that<00:30:40.920><c> time.</c><00:30:41.660><c> They</c><00:30:42.019><c> have</c><00:30:42.240><c> a</c><00:30:42.359><c> house.</c><00:30:42.920><c> They</c>

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:45.819
have<00:30:43.460><c> what</c><00:30:43.539><c> they've</c><00:30:43.900><c> been</c><00:30:44.259><c> bequeathed</c><00:30:44.660><c> to</c><00:30:44.859><c> from</c><00:30:44.980><c> their</c><00:30:45.140><c> husband</c><00:30:45.440><c> and</c>

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:48.720
left.<00:30:47.140><c> And</c><00:30:47.380><c> that's</c><00:30:47.660><c> all</c><00:30:47.900><c> they</c><00:30:48.180><c> have.</c><00:30:48.579><c> And</c>

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:52.220
the<00:30:48.960><c> scribes</c><00:30:49.259><c> would</c><00:30:49.519><c> still</c><00:30:49.980><c> tax</c><00:30:50.319><c> that</c><00:30:50.700><c> and</c><00:30:51.299><c> still</c><00:30:51.740><c> ask</c><00:30:52.039><c> them</c>

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:54.660
to<00:30:52.480><c> give</c><00:30:52.839><c> that</c><00:30:53.480><c> that</c><00:30:53.720><c> ought</c><00:30:53.839><c> to</c><00:30:54.059><c> be</c><00:30:54.259><c> theirs</c><00:30:54.420><c> and</c>

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:56.819
rightfully<00:30:55.019><c> support</c><00:30:55.299><c> the</c><00:30:55.559><c> spiritual</c><00:30:55.859><c> leadership</c><00:30:56.220><c> of</c><00:30:56.359><c> the</c><00:30:56.500><c> temple</c><00:30:56.660><c> at</c>

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.680
that<00:30:57.039><c> time.</c><00:30:57.500><c> That's</c><00:30:57.819><c> how</c><00:30:57.960><c> they</c><00:30:58.140><c> treated</c><00:30:58.400><c> it.</c>

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:00.539
And<00:30:58.900><c> they</c><00:30:59.019><c> would</c><00:30:59.140><c> go</c><00:30:59.400><c> around</c><00:30:59.640><c> and</c><00:30:59.900><c> take</c><00:31:00.079><c> them.</c><00:31:00.279><c> Now,</c><00:31:00.440><c> brothers</c>

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:04.240
and<00:31:00.759><c> sisters,</c><00:31:01.299><c> it</c><00:31:01.539><c> says</c><00:31:01.940><c> right</c><00:31:02.640><c> in</c><00:31:02.799><c> the</c><00:31:03.019><c> context,</c>

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:07.339
who<00:31:04.480><c> devour</c><00:31:04.900><c> widows'</c><00:31:05.240><c> houses</c><00:31:05.539><c> and</c><00:31:06.099><c> for</c><00:31:06.380><c> pretense</c><00:31:06.799><c> make</c><00:31:07.039><c> long</c>

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:10.000
prayers.<00:31:08.000><c> And</c><00:31:08.079><c> Jesus</c><00:31:08.700><c> shows</c><00:31:08.960><c> the</c><00:31:09.220><c> hypocrisy</c><00:31:09.839><c> of</c>

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:13.359
time<00:31:10.519><c> that</c><00:31:11.299><c> these</c><00:31:11.599><c> men</c><00:31:12.000><c> would</c><00:31:12.359><c> go</c><00:31:12.519><c> around</c><00:31:12.779><c> and</c><00:31:13.079><c> collect</c><00:31:13.079><c> the</c>

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.140
tax<00:31:13.500><c> from</c><00:31:13.700><c> the</c><00:31:13.839><c> widows</c><00:31:14.059><c> and</c><00:31:14.200><c> leave</c><00:31:14.380><c> them</c><00:31:14.599><c> destitute.</c>

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:17.720
And<00:31:15.500><c> the</c><00:31:15.619><c> next</c><00:31:15.839><c> minute</c><00:31:16.000><c> they'd</c><00:31:16.220><c> be</c><00:31:16.279><c> in</c><00:31:16.380><c> the</c><00:31:16.539><c> temple</c><00:31:16.779><c> praying.</c>

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:20.000
We're<00:31:18.380><c> told,</c><00:31:18.559><c> by</c><00:31:18.720><c> the</c><00:31:18.819><c> way,</c><00:31:18.980><c> in</c><00:31:19.039><c> Matthew</c><00:31:19.359><c> 23,</c>

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.200
that<00:31:20.359><c> the</c><00:31:20.539><c> other</c><00:31:20.700><c> group</c><00:31:20.900><c> of</c><00:31:21.039><c> people</c><00:31:21.220><c> who</c><00:31:21.380><c> did</c><00:31:21.460><c> this</c><00:31:21.680><c> was</c><00:31:21.900><c> the</c>

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:24.960
Pharisees.<00:31:23.420><c> Both</c><00:31:23.859><c> Pharisees</c><00:31:24.359><c> and</c><00:31:24.579><c> scribes</c>

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:28.960
were<00:31:25.180><c> noted</c><00:31:25.400><c> as</c><00:31:25.819><c> devouring</c><00:31:26.460><c> widows'</c><00:31:26.839><c> houses.</c><00:31:27.900><c> Now,</c><00:31:28.440><c> you</c><00:31:28.640><c> just</c>

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:31.759
think<00:31:29.220><c> of</c><00:31:29.480><c> what</c><00:31:29.700><c> is</c><00:31:30.019><c> happening</c><00:31:30.319><c> in</c><00:31:30.619><c> this</c><00:31:30.839><c> picture.</c>

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:39.980
The<00:31:32.599><c> widow</c><00:31:33.039><c> comes,</c><00:31:33.660><c> brothers</c><00:31:33.819><c> and</c><00:31:34.039><c> sisters,</c><00:31:34.859><c> to</c><00:31:35.079><c> the</c><00:31:35.420><c> very</c><00:31:36.240><c> place</c><00:31:37.039><c> where</c><00:31:37.960><c> the</c><00:31:38.680><c> spiritual</c><00:31:39.279><c> leaders</c><00:31:39.680><c> of</c><00:31:39.900><c> the</c>

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:44.500
time<00:31:40.380><c> met.</c><00:31:41.619><c> And</c><00:31:41.740><c> those</c><00:31:42.000><c> were</c><00:31:42.240><c> the</c><00:31:42.420><c> very</c><00:31:42.839><c> men</c><00:31:43.319><c> that</c><00:31:43.960><c> had</c><00:31:44.279><c> made</c>

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:47.500
her<00:31:44.880><c> so</c><00:31:45.299><c> destitute</c><00:31:45.940><c> as</c><00:31:46.420><c> to</c><00:31:46.599><c> only</c><00:31:46.839><c> have</c><00:31:47.039><c> two</c><00:31:47.299><c> mites</c>

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left.<00:31:48.779><c> You</c><00:31:48.839><c> think</c><00:31:49.220><c> about</c><00:31:49.480><c> the</c><00:31:49.740><c> power</c><00:31:50.140><c> of</c><00:31:50.400><c> what's</c><00:31:50.680><c> happening</c>

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:53.960
in<00:31:51.079><c> this</c><00:31:51.240><c> little</c><00:31:51.400><c> situation.</c><00:31:52.380><c> Why</c><00:31:52.660><c> was</c><00:31:52.940><c> this</c><00:31:53.220><c> widow</c><00:31:53.420><c> so</c>

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:57.819
poor?<00:31:54.519><c> Why</c><00:31:54.920><c> does</c><00:31:55.279><c> Jesus</c><00:31:55.640><c> describe</c><00:31:56.140><c> her</c><00:31:56.319><c> as</c><00:31:56.440><c> a</c><00:31:56.640><c> poor</c><00:31:56.839><c> widow</c><00:31:57.140><c> that</c><00:31:57.539><c> has</c>

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:59.700
nothing<00:31:58.160><c> and</c><00:31:58.579><c> out</c><00:31:58.759><c> of</c><00:31:58.880><c> her</c><00:31:59.099><c> want</c><00:31:59.240><c> she's</c><00:31:59.519><c> given</c>

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:02.720
these<00:31:59.920><c> things?</c><00:32:00.140><c> It's</c><00:32:00.420><c> because</c><00:32:01.119><c> the</c><00:32:01.720><c> spiritual</c><00:32:02.240><c> leaders</c><00:32:02.559><c> of</c>

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:06.440
the<00:32:02.960><c> time</c><00:32:03.359><c> hadn't</c><00:32:03.700><c> looked</c><00:32:03.920><c> after</c><00:32:04.200><c> her.</c><00:32:05.519><c> She</c><00:32:05.740><c> was</c><00:32:06.019><c> only</c>

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.220
destitute<00:32:06.960><c> to</c><00:32:07.119><c> that</c><00:32:07.420><c> point</c><00:32:07.640><c> because</c><00:32:08.259><c> the</c><00:32:08.579><c> scribes</c><00:32:08.880><c> and</c><00:32:09.039><c> the</c>

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:12.440
Pharisees<00:32:09.920><c> had</c><00:32:10.319><c> raked</c><00:32:10.599><c> her</c><00:32:10.819><c> of</c><00:32:11.119><c> every</c><00:32:11.539><c> bit</c><00:32:11.839><c> of</c><00:32:12.140><c> property</c>

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:15.819
and<00:32:12.660><c> money</c><00:32:12.880><c> she</c><00:32:13.099><c> had.</c><00:32:14.079><c> And</c><00:32:14.319><c> she</c><00:32:14.440><c> was</c><00:32:14.640><c> left</c><00:32:14.980><c> with</c><00:32:15.359><c> absolutely</c>

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.359
nothing.<00:32:16.400><c> Do</c><00:32:16.559><c> you</c><00:32:16.559><c> know</c><00:32:16.680><c> there's</c><00:32:16.920><c> another</c><00:32:17.119><c> little</c>

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:20.259
incident<00:32:17.740><c> in</c><00:32:18.240><c> the</c><00:32:18.579><c> Gospels?</c><00:32:19.039><c> Luke</c><00:32:19.240><c> chapter</c><00:32:19.720><c> 18,</c><00:32:20.240><c> brothers</c>

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:22.200
and<00:32:20.500><c> sisters.</c><00:32:20.940><c> And</c><00:32:21.160><c> we're</c><00:32:21.359><c> painting</c><00:32:21.500><c> this</c><00:32:21.720><c> picture</c><00:32:21.940><c> for</c>

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:24.819
a<00:32:22.299><c> reason</c><00:32:22.480><c> because</c><00:32:22.700><c> it</c><00:32:22.960><c> shows</c><00:32:23.319><c> what</c><00:32:23.720><c> Jesus</c><00:32:24.019><c> is</c><00:32:24.259><c> pulling</c><00:32:24.400><c> out.</c>

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:28.700
In<00:32:25.339><c> Luke</c><00:32:25.559><c> chapter</c><00:32:25.900><c> 18,</c><00:32:27.220><c> let's</c><00:32:27.420><c> just</c><00:32:27.599><c> go</c><00:32:27.740><c> there</c><00:32:27.880><c> briefly.</c>

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:39.299
Luke<00:32:33.119><c> chapter,</c><00:32:33.400><c> I</c><00:32:33.559><c> think</c><00:32:33.880><c> Jesus</c><00:32:34.519><c> teaches</c><00:32:35.519><c> subtly</c><00:32:36.500><c> and</c><00:32:36.759><c> powerfully</c><00:32:37.400><c> at</c><00:32:38.900><c> times.</c><00:32:39.279><c> And</c>

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.420
here<00:32:39.539><c> is</c><00:32:39.839><c> an</c><00:32:40.019><c> amazing</c>

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:43.500
example.<00:32:41.440><c> Luke</c><00:32:41.599><c> chapter</c><00:32:41.940><c> 18</c><00:32:42.339><c> has</c><00:32:42.619><c> several</c><00:32:42.960><c> things</c><00:32:43.180><c> to</c><00:32:43.420><c> tell</c>

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:45.799
us<00:32:43.680><c> about</c><00:32:43.920><c> prayer.</c><00:32:44.819><c> And</c><00:32:44.960><c> there's</c><00:32:45.160><c> two</c><00:32:45.420><c> parables.</c>

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:51.079
First<00:32:46.500><c> is</c><00:32:46.799><c> the</c><00:32:47.019><c> widow</c><00:32:47.400><c> who's</c><00:32:48.500><c> going</c><00:32:48.759><c> to</c><00:32:48.960><c> the</c><00:32:49.200><c> judge</c><00:32:49.559><c> and</c><00:32:50.660><c> says,</c>

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:53.259
I<00:32:51.319><c> have</c><00:32:51.519><c> an</c><00:32:51.740><c> adversary.</c><00:32:52.299><c> Can</c><00:32:52.420><c> you</c><00:32:52.660><c> please</c><00:32:52.920><c> avenge</c>

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:56.079
me?<00:32:53.420><c> And</c><00:32:53.500><c> the</c><00:32:53.660><c> judge</c><00:32:53.779><c> doesn't</c><00:32:54.019><c> listen</c><00:32:54.259><c> as</c><00:32:54.480><c> we</c><00:32:54.660><c> know.</c><00:32:55.200><c> And</c><00:32:55.559><c> she</c>

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.940
keeps<00:32:56.299><c> going</c><00:32:56.539><c> back</c><00:32:56.819><c> and</c><00:32:57.019><c> finally</c><00:32:57.299><c> the</c><00:32:57.519><c> judge</c><00:32:57.680><c> caves</c>

00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:00.539
in<00:32:58.099><c> and</c><00:32:58.180><c> says,</c><00:32:58.599><c> fine,</c><00:32:58.720><c> this</c><00:32:58.900><c> widow's</c><00:32:59.220><c> annoying</c><00:32:59.420><c> me.</c><00:32:59.859><c> I'm</c><00:33:00.200><c> going</c><00:33:00.299><c> to</c>

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:02.220
actually<00:33:00.839><c> answer</c><00:33:01.140><c> what</c><00:33:01.319><c> she</c><00:33:01.519><c> needs</c><00:33:01.740><c> and</c><00:33:02.039><c> get</c>

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:05.740
it<00:33:02.339><c> over</c><00:33:02.440><c> with.</c><00:33:02.779><c> And</c><00:33:03.000><c> the</c><00:33:03.119><c> lesson</c><00:33:03.400><c> is</c><00:33:03.920><c> we</c><00:33:04.619><c> need</c><00:33:04.779><c> to</c><00:33:05.000><c> keep</c><00:33:05.160><c> praying</c><00:33:05.440><c> and</c>

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:08.119
never<00:33:06.059><c> stop</c><00:33:06.460><c> praying</c><00:33:06.779><c> because</c><00:33:07.500><c> God</c><00:33:07.900><c> is</c>

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:10.380
nothing<00:33:08.299><c> like</c><00:33:08.599><c> that</c><00:33:08.779><c> judge.</c><00:33:09.039><c> He's</c><00:33:09.319><c> one</c><00:33:09.519><c> who</c><00:33:09.680><c> will</c><00:33:09.880><c> answer,</c><00:33:10.180><c> so</c>

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:13.819
we<00:33:10.559><c> ought</c><00:33:10.640><c> to</c><00:33:10.819><c> pray.</c><00:33:11.380><c> So</c><00:33:11.859><c> he</c><00:33:12.440><c> creates</c><00:33:12.720><c> this</c><00:33:13.019><c> parable.</c>

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:18.619
But<00:33:14.160><c> why</c><00:33:14.579><c> does</c><00:33:14.779><c> Jesus</c><00:33:15.180><c> choose</c><00:33:15.880><c> a</c><00:33:16.920><c> widow</c><00:33:17.160><c> for</c><00:33:17.579><c> that</c><00:33:17.779><c> parable?</c>

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.359
When<00:33:19.099><c> you</c><00:33:19.180><c> think</c><00:33:19.380><c> about</c><00:33:19.539><c> that,</c><00:33:19.779><c> brothers</c><00:33:19.859><c> and</c><00:33:20.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:24.099
that<00:33:20.900><c> he's</c><00:33:21.480><c> in</c><00:33:21.599><c> his</c><00:33:21.819><c> parable,</c><00:33:22.440><c> carefully</c><00:33:22.779><c> constructed,</c><00:33:23.579><c> relevant</c><00:33:23.880><c> to</c>

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:26.259
the<00:33:24.299><c> times</c><00:33:24.539><c> and</c><00:33:24.700><c> the</c><00:33:24.940><c> situations.</c><00:33:25.799><c> He</c>

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:29.420
pictures<00:33:26.599><c> this</c><00:33:26.900><c> widow.</c><00:33:27.819><c> And</c><00:33:27.839><c> as</c><00:33:28.059><c> we</c><00:33:28.200><c> know,</c><00:33:28.380><c> Jesus</c><00:33:28.640><c> tells</c><00:33:28.920><c> parables</c><00:33:29.200><c> that</c>

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.759
people<00:33:29.559><c> can</c><00:33:29.740><c> relate</c><00:33:30.019><c> to</c><00:33:30.200><c> and</c><00:33:30.380><c> understand.</c>

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:33.440
Picks<00:33:31.140><c> this</c><00:33:31.380><c> widow</c><00:33:31.619><c> and</c><00:33:32.119><c> says,</c><00:33:32.500><c> there's</c><00:33:32.680><c> a</c><00:33:32.839><c> widow</c><00:33:32.960><c> that</c><00:33:33.160><c> has</c>

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:35.799
someone<00:33:33.819><c> on</c><00:33:34.119><c> her</c><00:33:34.380><c> back.</c><00:33:34.759><c> There's</c><00:33:35.019><c> an</c><00:33:35.299><c> adversary</c>

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:37.799
and<00:33:36.279><c> she's</c><00:33:36.539><c> going</c><00:33:36.660><c> to</c><00:33:36.799><c> the</c><00:33:37.000><c> judge</c><00:33:37.140><c> and</c><00:33:37.339><c> the</c><00:33:37.359><c> judge</c><00:33:37.519><c> is</c><00:33:37.700><c> doing</c>

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:40.680
nothing<00:33:38.000><c> about</c><00:33:38.220><c> it.</c><00:33:38.599><c> But</c><00:33:38.700><c> it</c><00:33:38.980><c> says</c><00:33:39.259><c> in</c><00:33:39.740><c> verse</c><00:33:39.960><c> three</c>

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:43.420
about<00:33:41.279><c> this</c><00:33:41.519><c> widow,</c><00:33:41.980><c> there</c><00:33:42.059><c> was</c><00:33:42.299><c> a</c><00:33:42.440><c> widow</c><00:33:42.539><c> in</c><00:33:42.720><c> that</c><00:33:42.960><c> city</c><00:33:43.180><c> and</c>

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:45.880
she<00:33:43.619><c> came</c><00:33:43.839><c> to</c><00:33:43.960><c> him</c><00:33:44.160><c> saying,</c><00:33:44.599><c> get</c><00:33:44.660><c> justice</c><00:33:45.059><c> for</c><00:33:45.460><c> me</c>

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:48.319
from<00:33:46.039><c> my</c><00:33:46.339><c> adversary.</c><00:33:47.019><c> Now,</c><00:33:47.140><c> brothers</c><00:33:47.240><c> and</c><00:33:47.400><c> sisters,</c><00:33:47.660><c> it</c><00:33:47.700><c> doesn't</c><00:33:47.980><c> take</c>

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:51.799
too<00:33:48.619><c> much</c><00:33:48.839><c> thinking</c><00:33:49.259><c> to</c><00:33:50.059><c> wonder</c><00:33:50.460><c> in</c><00:33:51.119><c> Jesus's</c>

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:55.039
parable<00:33:52.059><c> who</c><00:33:52.279><c> that</c><00:33:52.700><c> adversary</c><00:33:53.119><c> would</c><00:33:53.279><c> have</c><00:33:53.460><c> been.</c><00:33:54.319><c> And</c><00:33:54.480><c> I'm</c>

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:57.720
absolutely<00:33:55.720><c> certain</c><00:33:56.160><c> it</c><00:33:56.480><c> was</c><00:33:56.740><c> the</c><00:33:56.940><c> scribes</c><00:33:57.380><c> and</c><00:33:57.539><c> the</c>

00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:00.980
Pharisees<00:33:58.700><c> because</c><00:33:59.160><c> they</c><00:33:59.380><c> were</c><00:33:59.559><c> going</c><00:33:59.740><c> around</c><00:34:00.279><c> devouring</c>

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:03.859
widows'<00:34:01.400><c> houses.</c><00:34:02.059><c> And</c><00:34:02.180><c> this</c><00:34:02.420><c> widow</c><00:34:02.599><c> was</c><00:34:02.960><c> praying</c>

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:06.680
as<00:34:04.619><c> much</c><00:34:04.799><c> as</c><00:34:04.940><c> she</c><00:34:05.140><c> could</c><00:34:05.359><c> to</c><00:34:05.559><c> have</c><00:34:05.660><c> that</c><00:34:05.920><c> adversary</c><00:34:06.279><c> avenged.</c>

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:08.579
And<00:34:07.099><c> isn't</c><00:34:07.319><c> it</c><00:34:07.539><c> ironic,</c><00:34:07.960><c> brothers</c><00:34:08.099><c> and</c><00:34:08.320><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:13.639
that<00:34:08.780><c> the</c><00:34:09.000><c> next</c><00:34:09.300><c> parable</c><00:34:09.860><c> falling</c><00:34:10.300><c> right</c><00:34:10.719><c> after</c><00:34:11.059><c> that</c><00:34:11.679><c> is</c><00:34:12.239><c> verse</c><00:34:12.440><c> nine.</c><00:34:13.519><c> You</c>

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:15.960
look<00:34:13.739><c> at</c><00:34:13.880><c> this.</c><00:34:15.000><c> Also,</c><00:34:15.300><c> he</c><00:34:15.519><c> spaked</c><00:34:15.699><c> this</c>

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:20.039
parable<00:34:16.219><c> to</c><00:34:16.420><c> some</c><00:34:16.860><c> who,</c><00:34:18.019><c> he</c><00:34:18.400><c> spoke</c><00:34:18.599><c> it</c><00:34:18.760><c> to</c><00:34:18.960><c> them,</c><00:34:19.579><c> he</c><00:34:19.739><c> spoke</c><00:34:19.880><c> it</c>

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:22.300
to<00:34:20.159><c> some</c><00:34:20.380><c> who</c><00:34:20.639><c> trusted</c><00:34:20.900><c> in</c><00:34:21.099><c> themselves</c><00:34:21.579><c> that</c><00:34:21.960><c> they</c><00:34:22.119><c> were</c>

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:25.039
righteous<00:34:22.599><c> and</c><00:34:22.880><c> despised</c><00:34:23.219><c> others.</c><00:34:23.840><c> So</c><00:34:24.000><c> he</c><00:34:24.159><c> creates</c><00:34:24.360><c> this</c><00:34:24.619><c> picture</c><00:34:24.840><c> of</c>

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.980
two<00:34:25.199><c> men</c><00:34:25.599><c> and</c><00:34:26.300><c> they're</c><00:34:26.440><c> in</c><00:34:26.579><c> the</c><00:34:26.739><c> temple</c>

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:30.139
praying.<00:34:27.360><c> Look</c><00:34:27.460><c> what</c><00:34:27.539><c> it</c><00:34:27.719><c> says.</c><00:34:28.840><c> Two</c><00:34:29.000><c> men</c><00:34:29.179><c> went</c><00:34:29.300><c> up</c><00:34:29.440><c> to</c><00:34:29.559><c> the</c><00:34:29.699><c> temple</c><00:34:29.880><c> to</c>

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:35.380
pray,<00:34:30.579><c> one</c><00:34:31.480><c> a</c><00:34:32.840><c> Pharisee</c><00:34:33.980><c> and</c><00:34:34.599><c> the</c><00:34:34.760><c> other</c><00:34:34.960><c> a</c><00:34:35.159><c> tax</c>

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:39.639
collector.<00:34:37.019><c> Now,</c><00:34:37.380><c> brothers</c><00:34:37.420><c> and</c><00:34:37.559><c> sisters,</c><00:34:38.880><c> we're</c><00:34:39.099><c> told</c><00:34:39.360><c> that</c>

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.980
scribes<00:34:39.880><c> and</c><00:34:40.079><c> Pharisees</c><00:34:40.320><c> are</c><00:34:40.460><c> the</c><00:34:40.559><c> ones</c><00:34:40.760><c> who</c><00:34:40.860><c> are</c>

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:44.280
devouring<00:34:41.340><c> widows'</c><00:34:41.719><c> houses</c><00:34:41.960><c> right</c><00:34:42.300><c> now.</c><00:34:42.579><c> And</c><00:34:42.760><c> that's</c><00:34:43.000><c> probably</c><00:34:43.340><c> the</c><00:34:43.619><c> adversary</c><00:34:44.079><c> in</c>

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.119
the<00:34:44.480><c> parable</c><00:34:44.699><c> if</c><00:34:44.860><c> you</c><00:34:44.940><c> just</c>

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:49.940
think<00:34:45.219><c> about</c><00:34:45.420><c> it.</c><00:34:46.019><c> And</c><00:34:46.219><c> what</c><00:34:46.340><c> does</c><00:34:46.519><c> this</c><00:34:46.699><c> Pharisee</c><00:34:47.159><c> say?</c><00:34:47.719><c> He</c><00:34:47.800><c> goes</c><00:34:48.039><c> up</c><00:34:48.239><c> and</c><00:34:48.480><c> prays</c><00:34:49.079><c> and</c><00:34:49.179><c> he</c><00:34:49.420><c> says,</c><00:34:49.940><c> I</c>

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:51.099
thank<00:34:50.199><c> God,</c>

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:53.920
I<00:34:51.380><c> thank</c><00:34:51.619><c> you</c><00:34:51.920><c> that</c><00:34:52.019><c> I'm</c><00:34:52.159><c> not</c><00:34:52.320><c> like</c><00:34:52.519><c> other</c><00:34:52.699><c> men.</c><00:34:53.400><c> And</c><00:34:53.400><c> look,</c><00:34:53.679><c> he</c>

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:58.159
says,<00:34:54.500><c> look</c><00:34:54.619><c> at</c><00:34:55.539><c> verse</c><00:34:55.780><c> 12,</c><00:34:56.460><c> I</c><00:34:56.619><c> fast</c><00:34:56.920><c> twice</c><00:34:57.199><c> a</c><00:34:57.400><c> week.</c>

00:34:58.579 --> 00:35:04.420
I<00:34:58.579><c> give</c><00:34:58.920><c> tithes</c><00:35:00.300><c> of</c><00:35:01.119><c> all</c><00:35:01.599><c> that</c><00:35:01.900><c> I</c><00:35:02.199><c> possess.</c><00:35:04.139><c> Now,</c><00:35:04.320><c> brothers</c>

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:06.780
and<00:35:04.599><c> sisters,</c><00:35:04.760><c> there's</c><00:35:05.159><c> something</c><00:35:05.579><c> deeply</c>

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:11.079
ugly<00:35:07.380><c> about</c><00:35:07.860><c> that</c><00:35:08.139><c> little</c><00:35:08.360><c> phrase.</c><00:35:09.380><c> I</c><00:35:09.619><c> give</c><00:35:09.860><c> tithes</c><00:35:10.440><c> of</c><00:35:10.619><c> all</c><00:35:10.780><c> that</c><00:35:10.920><c> I</c>

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.699
possess<00:35:11.380><c> when</c><00:35:11.539><c> you're</c><00:35:11.780><c> telling</c><00:35:11.980><c> that</c><00:35:12.239><c> to</c><00:35:12.380><c> God</c>

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:16.639
in<00:35:13.119><c> a</c><00:35:13.360><c> prayer.</c><00:35:14.320><c> And</c><00:35:14.539><c> it's</c><00:35:14.800><c> partly</c><00:35:15.000><c> because</c><00:35:15.760><c> all</c><00:35:16.199><c> the</c><00:35:16.440><c> things</c>

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:18.480
that<00:35:16.860><c> that</c><00:35:17.099><c> Pharisee</c><00:35:17.500><c> possessed,</c>

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:21.500
a<00:35:19.139><c> good</c><00:35:19.340><c> percentage</c><00:35:19.760><c> of</c><00:35:19.880><c> them</c><00:35:20.059><c> came</c><00:35:20.380><c> from</c><00:35:20.659><c> devouring</c><00:35:21.119><c> widows'</c>

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:23.440
houses.<00:35:22.519><c> Where</c><00:35:22.679><c> do</c><00:35:22.800><c> you</c><00:35:22.800><c> think</c><00:35:22.940><c> he</c><00:35:23.099><c> got</c><00:35:23.239><c> all</c>

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:26.539
this<00:35:23.619><c> stuff?</c><00:35:24.519><c> These</c><00:35:24.780><c> scribes</c><00:35:25.059><c> and</c><00:35:25.280><c> Pharisees</c><00:35:25.599><c> were</c><00:35:25.820><c> rich</c><00:35:26.059><c> brothers</c><00:35:26.320><c> and</c>

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.920
sisters<00:35:26.800><c> because</c><00:35:27.119><c> they</c><00:35:27.300><c> had</c><00:35:27.579><c> exploited</c>

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:31.440
the<00:35:28.199><c> widows.</c><00:35:28.840><c> And</c><00:35:29.000><c> it's</c><00:35:29.179><c> the</c><00:35:29.300><c> widow</c><00:35:29.519><c> in</c><00:35:30.039><c> the</c><00:35:30.360><c> previous</c><00:35:30.760><c> parable</c><00:35:31.139><c> who's</c>

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.900
asking<00:35:31.800><c> someone</c><00:35:32.199><c> to</c><00:35:32.380><c> do</c><00:35:32.539><c> something</c>

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:36.480
about<00:35:33.079><c> this</c><00:35:33.340><c> adversary</c><00:35:33.900><c> that's</c><00:35:35.360><c> getting</c><00:35:35.619><c> to</c><00:35:35.840><c> it.</c><00:35:36.059><c> And</c><00:35:36.239><c> that's</c>

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.800
what<00:35:36.559><c> the</c><00:35:36.780><c> Pharisees</c><00:35:37.079><c> were</c><00:35:37.260><c> like.</c><00:35:37.360><c> You</c><00:35:37.480><c> come</c><00:35:37.619><c> back</c>

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:40.760
to<00:35:37.960><c> Mark</c><00:35:38.099><c> chapter</c><00:35:38.420><c> 12,</c><00:35:39.280><c> that's</c><00:35:39.599><c> what's</c><00:35:39.880><c> happening.</c><00:35:40.460><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:43.119
puts<00:35:40.980><c> those</c><00:35:41.219><c> two</c><00:35:41.400><c> together,</c><00:35:42.079><c> says</c><00:35:42.360><c> the</c><00:35:42.820><c> scribe</c>

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:46.000
does<00:35:43.280><c> the</c><00:35:43.460><c> same</c><00:35:43.619><c> thing.</c><00:35:43.860><c> He</c><00:35:43.960><c> devours</c><00:35:44.320><c> widows'</c><00:35:44.699><c> houses</c><00:35:45.079><c> and</c><00:35:45.820><c> at</c>

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:47.860
the<00:35:46.219><c> same</c><00:35:46.460><c> time</c><00:35:46.679><c> he's</c><00:35:46.980><c> for</c><00:35:47.139><c> pretense</c><00:35:47.559><c> making</c>

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:50.780
long<00:35:48.139><c> prayers.</c><00:35:48.639><c> That's</c><00:35:48.940><c> Luke</c><00:35:49.079><c> 18,</c><00:35:50.059><c> exactly</c><00:35:50.219><c> the</c><00:35:50.420><c> same</c><00:35:50.599><c> sort</c>

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:54.159
of<00:35:50.940><c> situation.</c><00:35:52.659><c> Now,</c><00:35:53.000><c> brothers</c><00:35:53.059><c> and</c><00:35:53.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:56.019 --> 00:36:01.780
the<00:35:56.199><c> widow</c><00:35:56.719><c> brings</c><00:35:58.079><c> into</c><00:35:58.440><c> our</c><00:35:59.300><c> view</c><00:35:59.639><c> an</c><00:36:00.239><c> amazing</c><00:36:00.599><c> situation.</c>

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:06.659
If<00:36:02.579><c> there,</c><00:36:06.219><c> I</c><00:36:06.219><c> want</c><00:36:06.219><c> you</c><00:36:06.440><c> to</c><00:36:06.519><c> think</c><00:36:06.519><c> about</c>

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:12.440
this<00:36:06.920><c> time,</c><00:36:07.800><c> who</c><00:36:08.039><c> had</c><00:36:08.300><c> an</c><00:36:08.579><c> excuse</c><00:36:09.320><c> not</c><00:36:10.280><c> to</c><00:36:10.519><c> go</c><00:36:11.219><c> to</c><00:36:12.000><c> the</c><00:36:12.219><c> temple</c>

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:15.219
at<00:36:12.659><c> that</c><00:36:12.860><c> time.</c><00:36:13.739><c> It</c><00:36:13.900><c> was</c><00:36:14.039><c> this</c><00:36:14.260><c> widow.</c><00:36:15.000><c> I</c><00:36:15.119><c> mean,</c>

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:17.239
you<00:36:15.360><c> think</c><00:36:15.480><c> about</c><00:36:15.659><c> the</c><00:36:15.900><c> reasoning</c><00:36:16.119><c> that</c><00:36:16.320><c> could</c><00:36:16.539><c> easily</c><00:36:16.980><c> flow</c>

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:20.219
through<00:36:17.420><c> your</c><00:36:17.639><c> mind</c><00:36:17.940><c> to</c><00:36:18.739><c> not</c><00:36:19.199><c> go</c><00:36:19.699><c> to</c><00:36:19.800><c> the</c><00:36:19.980><c> temple.</c>

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:23.639
If<00:36:20.579><c> I</c><00:36:20.760><c> was</c><00:36:20.860><c> that</c><00:36:21.079><c> widow,</c><00:36:21.500><c> I</c><00:36:21.679><c> feel</c><00:36:21.940><c> my</c><00:36:22.239><c> natural</c><00:36:22.960><c> instinct</c><00:36:23.460><c> would</c>

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:25.429
be,<00:36:24.179><c> I've</c><00:36:24.260><c> got</c><00:36:24.460><c> two</c><00:36:24.719><c> mites.</c>

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:29.099
What<00:36:26.980><c> am</c><00:36:27.099><c> I</c><00:36:27.119><c> going</c><00:36:27.199><c> to</c><00:36:27.280><c> do</c><00:36:27.340><c> with</c><00:36:27.500><c> them?</c><00:36:28.300><c> You</c><00:36:28.460><c> think,</c><00:36:28.679><c> oh,</c><00:36:28.920><c> maybe</c>

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.880
I<00:36:29.219><c> should</c><00:36:29.320><c> go</c><00:36:29.440><c> to</c><00:36:29.539><c> the</c><00:36:29.699><c> temple.</c><00:36:30.320><c> No,</c><00:36:30.579><c> forget</c><00:36:30.760><c> it,</c>

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:33.619
I'm<00:36:30.960><c> not</c><00:36:31.059><c> going</c><00:36:31.139><c> to</c><00:36:31.260><c> the</c><00:36:31.440><c> temple.</c><00:36:32.239><c> I</c><00:36:32.380><c> know</c><00:36:32.460><c> who's</c><00:36:32.739><c> there.</c><00:36:32.900><c> I</c><00:36:32.920><c> know</c><00:36:33.059><c> those,</c><00:36:33.440><c> I</c>

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.820
know<00:36:33.760><c> the</c><00:36:34.019><c> scribes</c><00:36:34.300><c> and</c><00:36:34.500><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:36.820
spiritual<00:36:35.320><c> leaders</c><00:36:35.579><c> who</c><00:36:35.780><c> say</c><00:36:35.940><c> they're</c><00:36:36.099><c> leaders</c><00:36:36.340><c> of</c><00:36:36.500><c> our</c><00:36:36.679><c> day</c>

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:39.239
and<00:36:36.900><c> are</c><00:36:37.119><c> actually</c><00:36:37.519><c> just</c><00:36:37.900><c> raking</c><00:36:38.139><c> off</c><00:36:38.599><c> all</c><00:36:38.940><c> of</c><00:36:39.039><c> our</c>

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:41.619
cash<00:36:39.440><c> that</c><00:36:39.619><c> we</c><00:36:39.739><c> had.</c><00:36:40.239><c> There's</c><00:36:40.360><c> no</c><00:36:40.659><c> way</c><00:36:40.840><c> I'm</c><00:36:40.980><c> going</c><00:36:41.059><c> to,</c><00:36:41.280><c> that</c>

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:44.119
temple<00:36:41.980><c> is</c><00:36:42.360><c> corrupt.</c><00:36:43.280><c> Look</c><00:36:43.420><c> at</c><00:36:43.539><c> the</c><00:36:43.760><c> robes</c><00:36:44.000><c> that</c>

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:46.360
are<00:36:44.320><c> flowing</c><00:36:44.500><c> around</c><00:36:44.820><c> in</c><00:36:45.000><c> there,</c><00:36:45.119><c> the</c><00:36:45.380><c> long</c><00:36:45.619><c> prayers</c><00:36:46.000><c> and</c><00:36:46.159><c> the</c>

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.639
pretences<00:36:46.880><c> that</c><00:36:47.039><c> are</c><00:36:47.139><c> in</c><00:36:47.199><c> that</c><00:36:47.360><c> temple.</c>

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:50.179
That's<00:36:48.260><c> the</c><00:36:48.500><c> last</c><00:36:48.840><c> place</c><00:36:49.139><c> that</c><00:36:49.320><c> I</c><00:36:49.519><c> would</c><00:36:49.599><c> be</c><00:36:49.800><c> going,</c><00:36:50.099><c> brothers</c>

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:52.019
and<00:36:50.380><c> sisters.</c><00:36:50.940><c> And</c><00:36:51.139><c> if</c><00:36:51.239><c> there</c><00:36:51.400><c> was</c><00:36:51.639><c> ever</c>

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:55.800
an<00:36:52.440><c> excuse</c><00:36:52.880><c> that</c><00:36:53.159><c> would</c><00:36:53.639><c> seem</c><00:36:53.880><c> legitimate,</c><00:36:54.480><c> it</c><00:36:54.920><c> would</c><00:36:55.099><c> be</c><00:36:55.380><c> that</c><00:36:55.619><c> for</c>

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:57.260
this<00:36:56.059><c> widow</c><00:36:56.179><c> to</c><00:36:56.460><c> not</c><00:36:56.639><c> go</c><00:36:56.800><c> to</c><00:36:56.880><c> the</c><00:36:57.079><c> temple</c>

00:36:57.260 --> 00:37:01.099
and<00:36:57.500><c> drop</c><00:36:57.639><c> in</c><00:36:57.780><c> those</c><00:36:57.920><c> two</c><00:36:58.099><c> mites.</c><00:36:58.820><c> Absolutely.</c><00:36:59.659><c> But</c><00:36:59.780><c> the</c><00:36:59.960><c> widow</c><00:37:00.139><c> teaches</c><00:37:00.519><c> us,</c>

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:04.420
A,<00:37:02.519><c> that</c><00:37:02.780><c> we</c><00:37:02.940><c> can</c><00:37:03.340><c> never</c><00:37:03.699><c> ever</c><00:37:04.219><c> have</c>

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:08.639
an<00:37:05.239><c> excuse</c><00:37:05.239><c> not</c><00:37:06.019><c> to</c><00:37:06.179><c> give</c><00:37:06.320><c> to</c><00:37:06.500><c> our</c><00:37:06.659><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:37:07.800><c> There</c><00:37:07.960><c> is</c><00:37:08.320><c> never</c>

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:10.400
a<00:37:09.000><c> good</c><00:37:09.159><c> enough</c><00:37:09.440><c> reason,</c><00:37:09.900><c> brothers</c><00:37:09.980><c> and</c><00:37:10.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:13.980
I<00:37:10.719><c> believe,</c><00:37:11.719><c> to</c><00:37:11.960><c> not</c><00:37:12.280><c> serve</c><00:37:12.739><c> our</c><00:37:13.039><c> brothers</c><00:37:13.280><c> and</c><00:37:13.500><c> sisters</c><00:37:13.780><c> no</c>

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:17.780
matter<00:37:14.280><c> who</c><00:37:14.559><c> they</c><00:37:14.820><c> are</c><00:37:15.239><c> and</c><00:37:16.500><c> to</c><00:37:16.840><c> show</c><00:37:17.079><c> the</c><00:37:17.320><c> Spirit</c><00:37:17.599><c> of</c>

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:20.400
Christ<00:37:18.199><c> in</c><00:37:18.519><c> the</c><00:37:18.679><c> way</c><00:37:18.820><c> that</c><00:37:18.940><c> was</c><00:37:19.139><c> needed.</c><00:37:19.599><c> And</c><00:37:19.760><c> this</c><00:37:19.960><c> widow</c><00:37:20.179><c> did</c>

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.960
exactly<00:37:20.860><c> that.</c><00:37:21.159><c> She</c><00:37:21.320><c> had</c><00:37:21.599><c> every</c><00:37:22.079><c> reason</c><00:37:22.400><c> in</c><00:37:22.559><c> the</c><00:37:22.719><c> world</c>

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:26.239
to<00:37:23.300><c> get</c><00:37:23.480><c> away</c><00:37:23.679><c> from</c><00:37:23.840><c> that</c><00:37:24.119><c> place</c><00:37:24.400><c> and</c><00:37:24.739><c> to</c><00:37:24.920><c> keep</c><00:37:25.039><c> those</c><00:37:25.320><c> two</c><00:37:25.480><c> mites</c><00:37:25.920><c> and</c>

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:27.460
not<00:37:26.460><c> tell</c><00:37:26.579><c> anyone</c><00:37:26.780><c> she</c><00:37:27.019><c> had</c><00:37:27.199><c> them,</c>

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:31.440
but<00:37:27.719><c> she</c><00:37:28.000><c> dropped</c><00:37:28.159><c> them</c><00:37:28.380><c> in.</c><00:37:29.920><c> And</c><00:37:30.159><c> she</c><00:37:30.320><c> was</c><00:37:30.500><c> supporting,</c><00:37:31.239><c> and</c>

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:33.719
I<00:37:31.579><c> guess</c><00:37:31.820><c> that</c><00:37:32.179><c> sense,</c><00:37:32.500><c> she</c><00:37:32.659><c> was</c><00:37:32.820><c> doing</c><00:37:32.980><c> it</c><00:37:33.119><c> for</c><00:37:33.320><c> God,</c>

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:37.760
but<00:37:34.159><c> there</c><00:37:34.619><c> were</c><00:37:34.860><c> the</c><00:37:35.059><c> scribes</c><00:37:35.320><c> and</c><00:37:35.539><c> Pharisees</c><00:37:36.079><c> who</c><00:37:36.280><c> had</c><00:37:37.119><c> devoured</c><00:37:37.500><c> her</c>

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:39.579
house<00:37:38.239><c> at</c><00:37:38.480><c> that</c><00:37:38.699><c> time.</c>

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:41.800
I<00:37:40.099><c> think</c><00:37:40.219><c> that's</c><00:37:40.500><c> a</c><00:37:40.559><c> wonderful</c><00:37:40.920><c> exhortation,</c><00:37:41.619><c> brothers</c><00:37:41.699><c> and</c>

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:45.039
sisters,<00:37:42.019><c> when</c><00:37:42.159><c> we</c><00:37:42.380><c> think</c><00:37:42.860><c> about</c><00:37:43.579><c> all</c><00:37:44.139><c> that</c>

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:48.599
discipleship<00:37:45.579><c> incorporates</c><00:37:46.099><c> in</c><00:37:46.260><c> our</c><00:37:46.480><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:37:48.159><c> To</c><00:37:48.480><c> have</c>

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:50.460
this<00:37:48.840><c> attitude</c><00:37:49.159><c> of</c><00:37:49.320><c> the</c><00:37:49.500><c> widow,</c><00:37:49.840><c> and</c><00:37:50.019><c> you</c><00:37:50.119><c> know,</c>

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:53.380
we<00:37:50.840><c> have</c><00:37:51.000><c> it</c><00:37:51.159><c> because</c><00:37:51.440><c> Jesus</c><00:37:51.860><c> pointed</c><00:37:52.159><c> it</c><00:37:52.380><c> out.</c><00:37:52.559><c> If</c><00:37:52.719><c> we</c><00:37:52.940><c> didn't</c>

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.519
have<00:37:53.599><c> Jesus</c><00:37:53.940><c> pointing</c><00:37:54.159><c> it</c><00:37:54.380><c> out,</c>

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:56.760
we<00:37:54.679><c> would</c><00:37:54.840><c> have</c><00:37:54.960><c> completely</c><00:37:55.360><c> missed</c><00:37:55.599><c> it</c><00:37:55.820><c> too.</c><00:37:56.099><c> We</c><00:37:56.239><c> would</c><00:37:56.420><c> never</c><00:37:56.599><c> have</c>

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:59.000
seen<00:37:56.860><c> her.</c><00:37:57.840><c> Our</c><00:37:58.039><c> eyes</c><00:37:58.199><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:58.380><c> have</c><00:37:58.559><c> been</c>

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:05.480
tuned<00:37:59.219><c> to</c><00:37:59.440><c> her.</c><00:38:00.039><c> You</c><00:38:00.119><c> know,</c><00:38:00.300><c> just</c><00:38:00.420><c> look</c><00:38:00.639><c> at</c><00:38:01.079><c> 1</c><00:38:01.800><c> John</c><00:38:02.119><c> chapter</c><00:38:02.719><c> 3.</c><00:38:05.039><c> Here's</c><00:38:05.340><c> a</c>

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:07.500
little<00:38:06.239><c> capture</c><00:38:06.719><c> of</c><00:38:07.019><c> the</c><00:38:07.239><c> same</c>

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:19.219
sort<00:38:07.719><c> of</c><00:38:07.920><c> message.</c><00:38:13.039><c> 1</c><00:38:13.199><c> John</c><00:38:13.420><c> chapter</c><00:38:13.719><c> 3.</c><00:38:18.260><c> Look</c><00:38:18.360><c> what</c><00:38:18.420><c> it</c><00:38:18.639><c> says</c>

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:25.119
in<00:38:20.980><c> chapter</c><00:38:21.840><c> 3,</c><00:38:22.880><c> verse</c><00:38:23.079><c> 16.</c><00:38:24.920><c> You</c><00:38:24.980><c> know,</c>

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:27.300
John's<00:38:25.320><c> talking</c><00:38:25.679><c> about</c><00:38:25.900><c> the</c><00:38:26.119><c> outworkings</c><00:38:26.659><c> of</c><00:38:26.860><c> love,</c><00:38:27.260><c> which</c>

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.780
is<00:38:27.480><c> significant,</c><00:38:28.179><c> brothers</c><00:38:28.320><c> and</c><00:38:28.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:31.739
to<00:38:29.159><c> what</c><00:38:29.320><c> we're</c><00:38:29.519><c> talking</c><00:38:29.800><c> about</c><00:38:30.000><c> in</c><00:38:30.119><c> Mark</c><00:38:30.300><c> chapter</c><00:38:30.579><c> 12,</c><00:38:31.159><c> because</c><00:38:31.400><c> they'd</c><00:38:31.659><c> had</c>

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:33.480
that<00:38:32.019><c> discussion</c><00:38:32.420><c> about</c><00:38:32.719><c> the</c>

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:36.440
commandment<00:38:33.900><c> to</c><00:38:34.099><c> love</c><00:38:34.360><c> the</c><00:38:34.519><c> Lord</c><00:38:34.679><c> your</c><00:38:34.840><c> God.</c><00:38:35.440><c> And</c><00:38:35.619><c> John</c><00:38:35.960><c> opens</c>

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:38.400
up<00:38:36.739><c> that</c><00:38:37.019><c> idea</c><00:38:37.380><c> of</c><00:38:37.539><c> the</c><00:38:37.719><c> commandment</c><00:38:38.059><c> and</c><00:38:38.239><c> gives</c>

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:42.800
us<00:38:38.599><c> the</c><00:38:38.780><c> deep</c><00:38:39.019><c> understanding</c><00:38:39.519><c> as</c><00:38:39.940><c> John</c><00:38:40.199><c> can.</c><00:38:41.260><c> And</c><00:38:41.420><c> John</c><00:38:41.599><c> 3,</c><00:38:41.940><c> verse</c><00:38:42.239><c> 16</c>

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:45.019
says,<00:38:43.179><c> 1</c><00:38:43.360><c> John</c><00:38:43.539><c> 3,</c><00:38:43.820><c> 16</c><00:38:44.619><c> says,</c>

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:49.400
by<00:38:45.219><c> this</c><00:38:45.480><c> we</c><00:38:45.699><c> know</c><00:38:46.119><c> what</c><00:38:46.420><c> love</c><00:38:46.659><c> is,</c><00:38:48.320><c> because</c><00:38:48.659><c> he</c><00:38:48.940><c> laid</c><00:38:49.119><c> down</c>

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:52.880
his<00:38:49.679><c> life</c><00:38:49.980><c> for</c><00:38:50.219><c> us.</c><00:38:51.380><c> You</c><00:38:51.559><c> see,</c><00:38:51.639><c> that</c><00:38:51.880><c> defines</c><00:38:52.440><c> what</c><00:38:52.679><c> love</c>

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:54.739
is,<00:38:53.119><c> brothers</c><00:38:53.260><c> and</c><00:38:53.460><c> sisters.</c><00:38:54.019><c> And</c><00:38:54.139><c> John's</c><00:38:54.320><c> saying,</c><00:38:54.619><c> what</c><00:38:54.639><c> do</c>

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:57.719
we<00:38:54.840><c> know</c><00:38:55.039><c> what</c><00:38:55.219><c> love</c><00:38:55.460><c> was</c><00:38:55.880><c> until</c><00:38:56.260><c> we</c><00:38:56.519><c> see</c><00:38:56.699><c> it</c>

00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:01.019
in<00:38:58.239><c> the</c><00:38:58.360><c> life</c><00:38:58.500><c> of</c><00:38:58.659><c> Jesus</c><00:38:58.960><c> Christ</c><00:38:59.340><c> and</c><00:38:59.460><c> the</c><00:38:59.639><c> death</c><00:38:59.800><c> and</c><00:38:59.940><c> the</c><00:39:00.099><c> resurrection?</c><00:39:00.880><c> And</c>

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.400
we<00:39:01.239><c> also</c><00:39:01.539><c> want</c><00:39:01.699><c> to</c><00:39:01.880><c> lay</c><00:39:02.039><c> down</c><00:39:02.219><c> our</c>

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:05.500
lives<00:39:02.659><c> for</c><00:39:02.820><c> the</c><00:39:03.019><c> brethren.</c><00:39:04.019><c> And</c><00:39:04.159><c> there's</c><00:39:04.400><c> no</c><00:39:04.719><c> qualifications</c>

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:08.179
there,<00:39:06.079><c> brothers</c><00:39:06.199><c> and</c><00:39:06.400><c> sisters.</c><00:39:06.960><c> It</c><00:39:07.159><c> doesn't</c><00:39:07.480><c> say</c>

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:10.840
any<00:39:09.139><c> qualifications</c><00:39:09.539><c> about</c><00:39:09.800><c> who</c><00:39:09.960><c> those</c><00:39:10.199><c> brethren</c><00:39:10.420><c> should</c><00:39:10.639><c> be</c>

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:12.760
in<00:39:10.960><c> terms</c><00:39:11.179><c> of</c><00:39:11.500><c> if</c><00:39:11.639><c> we</c><00:39:11.780><c> get</c><00:39:11.940><c> along</c><00:39:12.119><c> with</c><00:39:12.280><c> them</c><00:39:12.440><c> or</c><00:39:12.519><c> not,</c>

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:16.079
or<00:39:13.119><c> what</c><00:39:13.280><c> we</c><00:39:13.539><c> think</c><00:39:13.679><c> of</c><00:39:13.800><c> them.</c><00:39:14.039><c> No,</c><00:39:14.360><c> we</c><00:39:15.119><c> lay</c><00:39:15.360><c> down</c><00:39:15.579><c> our</c><00:39:15.760><c> lives</c>

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:20.599
for<00:39:16.320><c> the</c><00:39:16.559><c> brethren.</c><00:39:17.480><c> Verse</c><00:39:17.639><c> 17.</c><00:39:18.820><c> But</c><00:39:19.000><c> whoever</c><00:39:19.420><c> has</c><00:39:19.760><c> this</c>

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:24.460
livelihood,<00:39:21.980><c> it's</c><00:39:22.119><c> the</c><00:39:22.380><c> same</c><00:39:22.599><c> word</c><00:39:22.840><c> from</c><00:39:23.000><c> Mark</c><00:39:23.199><c> chapter</c><00:39:23.500><c> 12</c>

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:26.880
describing<00:39:25.340><c> the</c><00:39:25.519><c> widow,</c><00:39:25.579><c> that's</c><00:39:25.800><c> the</c><00:39:26.000><c> bios,</c><00:39:26.639><c> whoever</c>

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has<00:39:27.260><c> this</c><00:39:27.500><c> world's</c><00:39:27.960><c> goods,</c><00:39:29.000><c> and</c><00:39:29.019><c> if</c><00:39:29.179><c> you</c><00:39:29.400><c> see</c><00:39:29.619><c> your</c><00:39:29.880><c> brother</c>

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:32.519
in<00:39:30.340><c> need</c><00:39:30.480><c> and</c><00:39:30.739><c> shut</c><00:39:30.900><c> up</c><00:39:31.079><c> your</c><00:39:31.280><c> heart</c><00:39:31.480><c> from</c><00:39:31.659><c> him,</c>

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:36.539
how<00:39:32.719><c> does</c><00:39:32.900><c> the</c><00:39:33.039><c> love</c><00:39:33.159><c> of</c><00:39:33.280><c> God</c><00:39:33.460><c> abide</c><00:39:33.760><c> in</c><00:39:33.940><c> you?</c><00:39:35.159><c> My</c><00:39:35.340><c> little</c><00:39:35.639><c> children,</c><00:39:36.460><c> let</c>

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:38.420
us<00:39:36.760><c> not</c><00:39:37.039><c> love</c><00:39:37.239><c> in</c><00:39:37.500><c> word</c><00:39:37.739><c> or</c><00:39:37.980><c> in</c><00:39:38.199><c> tongue,</c>

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:41.639
but<00:39:38.760><c> indeed</c><00:39:39.079><c> in</c><00:39:39.280><c> truth.</c><00:39:39.840><c> And</c><00:39:40.000><c> the</c><00:39:40.119><c> widow</c><00:39:40.300><c> becomes</c><00:39:40.860><c> an</c><00:39:41.340><c> amazing</c>

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illustration<00:39:42.199><c> of</c><00:39:42.380><c> just</c><00:39:42.559><c> this</c><00:39:42.820><c> point,</c>

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:46.059
when<00:39:43.400><c> you'd</c><00:39:43.659><c> least</c><00:39:43.900><c> expect</c><00:39:44.260><c> it</c><00:39:44.400><c> to</c><00:39:44.500><c> be</c><00:39:44.699><c> applicable</c><00:39:44.960><c> to</c><00:39:45.159><c> her.</c>

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:47.900
And<00:39:46.519><c> yet</c><00:39:46.679><c> she</c><00:39:46.880><c> had</c><00:39:47.059><c> this</c><00:39:47.260><c> world's</c><00:39:47.679><c> goods,</c>

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two<00:39:48.559><c> mites,</c><00:39:49.360><c> and</c><00:39:49.619><c> she</c><00:39:49.840><c> gave</c><00:39:50.039><c> it</c><00:39:50.260><c> to</c><00:39:50.440><c> a</c><00:39:50.639><c> cause</c><00:39:50.840><c> that</c><00:39:51.039><c> she</c><00:39:51.239><c> thought</c><00:39:51.460><c> was</c>

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:54.780
was<00:39:52.280><c> was</c><00:39:52.719><c> needful.</c><00:39:53.500><c> And</c><00:39:53.500><c> you</c><00:39:54.039><c> could</c><00:39:54.480><c> also</c>

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reason<00:39:55.079><c> in</c><00:39:55.440><c> the</c><00:39:55.619><c> widow,</c><00:39:55.760><c> and</c><00:39:55.840><c> this</c><00:39:55.980><c> is</c><00:39:56.139><c> an</c><00:39:56.280><c> amazing</c><00:39:56.519><c> thing</c><00:39:56.699><c> because</c><00:39:56.820><c> I</c>

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know<00:39:57.119><c> I've</c><00:39:57.260><c> done</c><00:39:57.340><c> this</c><00:39:57.559><c> before</c><00:39:57.820><c> myself,</c>

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oh<00:39:58.500><c> this</c><00:39:58.619><c> is</c><00:39:58.780><c> so</c><00:39:59.039><c> little</c><00:39:59.159><c> I</c><00:39:59.219><c> don't</c><00:39:59.420><c> need</c><00:39:59.559><c> to</c><00:39:59.679><c> do</c><00:39:59.800><c> it.</c><00:40:00.199><c> Or</c><00:40:00.360><c> like</c>

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this<00:40:00.679><c> isn't</c><00:40:00.900><c> any</c><00:40:01.079><c> major</c><00:40:01.360><c> contribution</c><00:40:01.900><c> to</c><00:40:02.119><c> anything</c>

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that's<00:40:02.679><c> significant,</c><00:40:03.340><c> like</c><00:40:04.000><c> I've</c><00:40:04.480><c> thought</c><00:40:04.539><c> that</c><00:40:04.739><c> way</c><00:40:04.860><c> before</c>

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mowing<00:40:06.340><c> the</c><00:40:06.699><c> lawn</c><00:40:06.780><c> at</c><00:40:06.980><c> the</c><00:40:07.139><c> hull,</c><00:40:07.460><c> right?</c>

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Anything,<00:40:08.420><c> oh</c><00:40:08.500><c> it's</c><00:40:08.639><c> no</c><00:40:08.739><c> big</c><00:40:08.900><c> deal,</c><00:40:09.199><c> like</c><00:40:09.380><c> who</c><00:40:09.519><c> cares,</c><00:40:09.699><c> it's</c>

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just<00:40:10.079><c> the</c><00:40:10.219><c> lawn,</c><00:40:10.559><c> right?</c><00:40:11.300><c> But</c><00:40:11.659><c> the</c><00:40:12.420><c> attitude</c><00:40:12.699><c> of</c>

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:15.559
the<00:40:12.960><c> widows</c><00:40:13.179><c> could</c><00:40:13.360><c> have</c><00:40:13.480><c> been</c><00:40:13.599><c> like,</c><00:40:14.019><c> oh</c><00:40:14.019><c> it's</c><00:40:14.079><c> only</c><00:40:14.239><c> two</c><00:40:14.480><c> mites,</c><00:40:14.880><c> who's</c><00:40:15.260><c> going</c><00:40:15.380><c> to</c>

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actually,<00:40:16.000><c> when</c><00:40:16.139><c> they</c><00:40:16.340><c> count</c>

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that<00:40:16.699><c> up,</c><00:40:17.159><c> they</c><00:40:17.300><c> could</c><00:40:17.480><c> just</c><00:40:17.679><c> sweep</c><00:40:17.800><c> the</c><00:40:17.960><c> mites</c><00:40:18.239><c> aside,</c><00:40:18.679><c> like</c>

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look<00:40:19.000><c> for</c><00:40:19.119><c> the</c><00:40:19.239><c> bigger</c><00:40:19.380><c> coins.</c><00:40:19.980><c> But</c><00:40:20.119><c> she</c><00:40:20.340><c> still</c><00:40:20.579><c> did,</c>

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:23.800
and<00:40:20.840><c> that's</c><00:40:21.099><c> the</c><00:40:21.239><c> beauty.</c><00:40:21.760><c> There</c><00:40:21.880><c> was</c><00:40:22.039><c> no</c><00:40:22.260><c> excuse,</c><00:40:22.940><c> no</c><00:40:23.380><c> thing</c>

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that<00:40:24.099><c> prevented</c><00:40:24.320><c> her</c><00:40:24.539><c> from</c><00:40:24.699><c> doing</c><00:40:24.900><c> even</c><00:40:25.159><c> the</c>

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smallest<00:40:25.739><c> amount</c><00:40:26.300><c> at</c><00:40:27.739><c> that</c><00:40:27.980><c> time,</c><00:40:28.739><c> in</c><00:40:28.900><c> that</c><00:40:29.079><c> place.</c><00:40:29.679><c> And</c><00:40:29.840><c> John</c>

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says,<00:40:30.260><c> you</c><00:40:30.320><c> know,</c><00:40:30.400><c> if</c><00:40:30.539><c> we</c><00:40:30.739><c> have</c><00:40:31.000><c> the</c><00:40:31.199><c> ability</c><00:40:31.460><c> to</c><00:40:31.719><c> give</c>

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:36.260
in<00:40:32.000><c> John</c><00:40:32.199><c> 3</c><00:40:32.460><c> verse</c><00:40:32.639><c> 17,</c><00:40:33.639><c> and</c><00:40:33.820><c> we</c><00:40:34.099><c> shut</c><00:40:34.260><c> up</c><00:40:34.639><c> our</c><00:40:35.219><c> heart</c><00:40:35.579><c> from</c><00:40:35.820><c> him,</c><00:40:36.019><c> it's</c><00:40:36.099><c> a</c>

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matter<00:40:36.519><c> of</c><00:40:36.679><c> the</c><00:40:36.880><c> heart,</c><00:40:37.219><c> brothers</c><00:40:37.280><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:40:37.739><c> it's</c><00:40:37.920><c> not</c><00:40:38.099><c> the</c><00:40:38.300><c> hand,</c><00:40:39.099><c> shuts</c><00:40:39.239><c> up</c><00:40:39.380><c> his</c><00:40:39.619><c> heart</c><00:40:39.820><c> from</c>

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him,<00:40:40.780><c> how</c><00:40:41.019><c> does</c><00:40:41.159><c> the</c><00:40:41.300><c> love</c><00:40:41.360><c> of</c><00:40:41.559><c> God</c><00:40:41.699><c> abide</c><00:40:41.940><c> in</c><00:40:42.099><c> him?</c>

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And<00:40:42.679><c> we</c><00:40:42.880><c> just</c><00:40:43.139><c> think</c><00:40:43.300><c> this</c><00:40:43.559><c> morning</c><00:40:43.760><c> about</c><00:40:44.019><c> our</c><00:40:44.340><c> own</c><00:40:45.500><c> practice</c>

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:49.280
of<00:40:46.780><c> love</c><00:40:47.280><c> in</c><00:40:47.599><c> the</c><00:40:47.800><c> greatest</c><00:40:48.039><c> commandment.</c>

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How<00:40:49.619><c> does</c><00:40:49.800><c> it</c><00:40:50.000><c> outwork?</c><00:40:50.539><c> Well</c><00:40:50.599><c> for</c><00:40:50.739><c> the</c><00:40:50.900><c> woman</c><00:40:51.239><c> in</c><00:40:52.119><c> the</c><00:40:52.320><c> temple,</c><00:40:53.019><c> it</c><00:40:53.239><c> worked</c><00:40:53.400><c> out</c>

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by<00:40:53.840><c> just</c><00:40:54.039><c> giving</c><00:40:54.219><c> what</c><00:40:54.400><c> she</c>

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could.<00:40:55.039><c> She</c><00:40:55.239><c> had</c><00:40:55.639><c> very</c><00:40:56.039><c> little</c><00:40:56.199><c> to</c><00:40:56.440><c> offer,</c><00:40:57.440><c> and</c><00:40:58.079><c> in</c><00:40:58.139><c> her</c><00:40:58.360><c> case</c>

00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:01.039
it<00:40:58.619><c> was</c><00:40:58.780><c> her</c><00:40:58.940><c> two</c><00:40:59.119><c> mites.</c><00:41:00.079><c> But</c><00:41:00.219><c> look</c><00:41:00.360><c> at</c><00:41:00.500><c> John</c><00:41:00.780><c> says</c>

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:03.340
in<00:41:01.159><c> verse</c><00:41:01.360><c> 18,</c><00:41:01.760><c> my</c><00:41:01.880><c> little</c><00:41:02.159><c> children,</c><00:41:02.539><c> let</c><00:41:02.599><c> us</c><00:41:02.780><c> not</c><00:41:02.980><c> love</c><00:41:03.099><c> in</c>

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:06.619
word<00:41:03.460><c> or</c><00:41:03.659><c> in</c><00:41:03.900><c> tongue,</c><00:41:04.920><c> but</c><00:41:05.059><c> in</c><00:41:05.360><c> deed</c><00:41:05.699><c> and</c><00:41:05.960><c> in</c><00:41:06.320><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:41:06.800><c> that's</c><00:41:07.219><c> exactly</c><00:41:07.980><c> the</c><00:41:08.619><c> lesson</c><00:41:08.920><c> from</c><00:41:09.139><c> Mark</c><00:41:09.380><c> chapter</c><00:41:09.679><c> 12.</c>

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You<00:41:10.619><c> had</c><00:41:10.820><c> this</c><00:41:11.380><c> massive</c><00:41:12.000><c> discussion</c>

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:18.679
in<00:41:15.159><c> word</c><00:41:15.539><c> and</c><00:41:16.059><c> tongue</c><00:41:16.440><c> in</c><00:41:17.400><c> the</c><00:41:17.599><c> earlier</c><00:41:17.860><c> part</c><00:41:18.119><c> of</c><00:41:18.320><c> Mark</c><00:41:18.480><c> about</c>

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the<00:41:18.900><c> greatest</c><00:41:19.119><c> commandment,</c>

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:25.579
but<00:41:20.300><c> John's</c><00:41:20.800><c> telling</c><00:41:20.900><c> us</c><00:41:21.260><c> our</c><00:41:21.780><c> discipleship</c><00:41:22.500><c> cannot</c><00:41:22.880><c> stop</c><00:41:23.340><c> there</c><00:41:23.699><c> with</c><00:41:24.179><c> just</c><00:41:24.480><c> Bible</c><00:41:24.820><c> study.</c><00:41:25.360><c> It</c>

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can't<00:41:25.940><c> stop</c>

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:28.579
with<00:41:26.760><c> word</c><00:41:26.980><c> and</c><00:41:27.239><c> tongue</c><00:41:27.400><c> and</c><00:41:27.699><c> talking</c><00:41:27.920><c> about</c><00:41:28.139><c> the</c><00:41:28.380><c> greatest</c>

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:30.699
commandment.<00:41:29.139><c> We've</c><00:41:29.579><c> got</c><00:41:29.659><c> to</c><00:41:29.880><c> practice</c><00:41:30.199><c> love</c>

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in<00:41:31.280><c> deed</c><00:41:31.599><c> and</c><00:41:32.019><c> in</c><00:41:32.360><c> truth</c><00:41:32.659><c> and</c><00:41:33.139><c> put</c><00:41:33.320><c> it</c><00:41:33.440><c> into</c><00:41:33.679><c> practice,</c><00:41:34.079><c> otherwise</c><00:41:34.699><c> it's</c>

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not<00:41:36.099><c> really</c><00:41:36.699><c> of</c><00:41:37.199><c> any</c><00:41:37.440><c> value.</c>

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My<00:41:38.980><c> little</c><00:41:39.260><c> children,</c><00:41:39.579><c> let</c><00:41:39.699><c> us</c><00:41:39.900><c> not</c><00:41:40.139><c> love</c><00:41:40.360><c> in</c><00:41:40.619><c> word</c><00:41:40.820><c> or</c><00:41:41.000><c> in</c><00:41:41.199><c> tongue,</c><00:41:41.380><c> but</c>

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.780
get<00:41:41.760><c> out</c><00:41:41.960><c> and</c><00:41:42.219><c> do</c><00:41:42.380><c> it.</c>

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:45.519
And<00:41:43.079><c> that's</c><00:41:43.340><c> challenging,</c><00:41:43.860><c> but</c><00:41:44.059><c> that's</c><00:41:44.380><c> what</c><00:41:44.539><c> the</c><00:41:44.739><c> widow</c><00:41:44.900><c> did</c>

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in<00:41:47.039><c> this</c><00:41:47.340><c> time.</c>

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Let<00:41:49.519><c> me</c><00:41:49.579><c> just</c><00:41:49.659><c> come</c><00:41:49.820><c> back</c><00:41:49.980><c> to</c><00:41:50.119><c> Mark</c><00:41:50.260><c> chapter</c><00:41:50.500><c> 12</c><00:41:51.300><c> and</c><00:41:52.699><c> think</c><00:41:52.920><c> about</c><00:41:53.159><c> this</c><00:41:53.880><c> a</c>

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little<00:41:54.280><c> bit</c><00:41:54.440><c> more.</c>

00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:02.239
You<00:41:58.960><c> see,</c><00:42:00.000><c> what</c><00:42:00.179><c> Jesus</c><00:42:00.579><c> Christ</c><00:42:00.880><c> has</c><00:42:01.119><c> done</c><00:42:01.380><c> for</c><00:42:01.820><c> the</c><00:42:02.000><c> benefit</c>

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:03.860
of<00:42:02.380><c> those</c><00:42:02.599><c> who</c><00:42:02.719><c> would</c><00:42:02.920><c> read</c><00:42:03.139><c> and</c><00:42:03.460><c> listen</c><00:42:03.699><c> at</c>

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:09.579
the<00:42:04.079><c> time</c><00:42:04.280><c> as</c><00:42:04.519><c> well</c><00:42:05.039><c> is</c><00:42:05.679><c> created</c><00:42:06.079><c> a</c><00:42:06.559><c> gigantic</c><00:42:07.099><c> contrast</c><00:42:07.739><c> between</c><00:42:08.360><c> a</c><00:42:08.780><c> humble</c><00:42:09.039><c> widow</c><00:42:09.300><c> who</c>

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no<00:42:09.760><c> one</c><00:42:09.860><c> knew</c><00:42:10.179><c> and</c><00:42:10.519><c> a</c><00:42:10.780><c> scribe</c>

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who<00:42:11.380><c> most</c><00:42:11.639><c> people</c><00:42:11.860><c> would</c><00:42:12.000><c> have</c><00:42:12.119><c> known.</c><00:42:12.880><c> And</c><00:42:13.260><c> the</c><00:42:13.639><c> contrast</c><00:42:14.059><c> then,</c><00:42:14.340><c> brothers</c><00:42:14.460><c> and</c><00:42:14.599><c> sisters,</c><00:42:14.840><c> in</c>

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Mark<00:42:15.099><c> chapter</c><00:42:15.380><c> 12</c>

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for<00:42:16.239><c> our</c><00:42:16.539><c> discipleship</c><00:42:17.139><c> is</c><00:42:17.500><c> that</c><00:42:18.079><c> the</c><00:42:18.420><c> widow</c><00:42:19.079><c> practiced</c><00:42:20.860><c> the</c>

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greatest<00:42:22.019><c> commandment.</c>

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The<00:42:23.639><c> scribe</c><00:42:24.360><c> knew</c><00:42:24.599><c> about</c><00:42:24.980><c> the</c><00:42:25.239><c> greatest</c><00:42:25.480><c> commandment,</c><00:42:26.500><c> and</c>

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there's<00:42:26.780><c> the</c><00:42:27.460><c> big</c><00:42:27.579><c> difference.</c><00:42:27.960><c> There's</c><00:42:28.179><c> the</c>

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contrast<00:42:28.980><c> that</c><00:42:29.619><c> Jesus</c><00:42:29.920><c> is</c><00:42:30.219><c> showing</c><00:42:30.340><c> to</c><00:42:30.559><c> his</c><00:42:30.699><c> disciples.</c><00:42:31.519><c> There's</c><00:42:31.900><c> theory</c><00:42:32.239><c> and</c>

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practice.<00:42:33.480><c> Now,</c><00:42:33.659><c> obviously,</c>

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you<00:42:33.980><c> can't</c><00:42:34.320><c> practice</c><00:42:34.599><c> it</c><00:42:34.739><c> if</c><00:42:34.780><c> you</c><00:42:34.920><c> don't</c><00:42:35.039><c> have</c><00:42:35.139><c> the</c><00:42:35.380><c> theory,</c>

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and<00:42:35.619><c> that's</c><00:42:35.840><c> essential,</c><00:42:36.679><c> but</c><00:42:37.239><c> if</c><00:42:38.119><c> you</c><00:42:38.300><c> don't</c><00:42:38.500><c> put</c><00:42:38.679><c> it</c><00:42:38.880><c> into</c>

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practice,<00:42:41.219><c> then</c><00:42:41.940><c> that</c><00:42:42.820><c> theory</c><00:42:43.300><c> is</c><00:42:44.139><c> not</c><00:42:44.320><c> going</c><00:42:44.440><c> to</c><00:42:44.539><c> be</c><00:42:44.699><c> helpful</c>

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for<00:42:45.219><c> us</c><00:42:45.800><c> to</c><00:42:46.320><c> actually</c><00:42:46.719><c> live</c><00:42:46.900><c> it,</c><00:42:48.000><c> despite</c><00:42:48.400><c> what</c>

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and<00:42:49.280><c> what</c><00:42:49.440><c> reasons</c><00:42:49.800><c> we</c><00:42:50.059><c> might</c><00:42:50.239><c> have</c><00:42:51.599><c> to</c><00:42:51.880><c> not</c><00:42:52.039><c> do</c><00:42:52.219><c> it.</c><00:42:52.639><c> There</c><00:42:52.880><c> is</c>

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none<00:42:53.340><c> when</c><00:42:53.599><c> we</c><00:42:53.780><c> look</c><00:42:53.960><c> at</c><00:42:54.639><c> the</c><00:42:54.880><c> widow.</c>

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Brothers<00:42:56.039><c> and</c><00:42:56.239><c> sisters,</c><00:42:57.159><c> here's</c><00:42:57.619><c> a</c><00:42:57.800><c> lesson</c><00:42:58.199><c> then</c><00:42:58.559><c> from</c><00:42:58.780><c> the</c>

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widow<00:42:59.239><c> that</c><00:43:00.099><c> we</c><00:43:00.300><c> think</c><00:43:00.460><c> about</c><00:43:00.639><c> this</c><00:43:00.880><c> morning.</c>

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In<00:43:01.519><c> the</c><00:43:01.739><c> context</c><00:43:02.119><c> of</c><00:43:02.280><c> the</c><00:43:02.400><c> hymn</c><00:43:02.519><c> that</c><00:43:02.679><c> we've</c><00:43:02.940><c> sung,</c><00:43:04.219><c> there's</c>

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an<00:43:05.019><c> important</c><00:43:05.280><c> lesson.</c><00:43:06.719><c> When</c><00:43:06.860><c> you</c><00:43:07.019><c> look</c><00:43:07.139><c> at</c>

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the<00:43:07.460><c> widow,</c><00:43:08.179><c> you</c><00:43:08.239><c> summarize</c><00:43:08.619><c> those</c><00:43:08.960><c> little</c><00:43:09.219><c> details</c><00:43:09.659><c> in</c><00:43:09.840><c> the</c>

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picture<00:43:10.139><c> in</c><00:43:10.280><c> your</c><00:43:10.420><c> mind</c><00:43:10.559><c> of</c><00:43:10.659><c> what</c><00:43:10.780><c> was</c><00:43:10.960><c> happening</c>

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that<00:43:11.460><c> time.</c><00:43:12.599><c> It's</c><00:43:12.760><c> true</c><00:43:12.940><c> to</c><00:43:13.119><c> say</c><00:43:13.280><c> this,</c><00:43:15.619><c> that</c><00:43:15.719><c> the</c><00:43:15.900><c> widow</c><00:43:16.079><c> teaches</c><00:43:16.480><c> us</c>

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from<00:43:17.619><c> Jesus</c><00:43:17.980><c> pointing</c><00:43:18.219><c> her</c><00:43:18.420><c> out</c>

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that<00:43:19.780><c> the</c><00:43:19.980><c> key</c><00:43:20.139><c> in</c><00:43:20.300><c> our</c><00:43:20.579><c> discipleship</c><00:43:21.119><c> is</c><00:43:21.500><c> not</c><00:43:21.860><c> how</c><00:43:22.219><c> much</c><00:43:22.500><c> we</c>

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give.<00:43:23.800><c> It's</c><00:43:24.159><c> actually</c><00:43:24.500><c> more</c><00:43:24.719><c> to</c><00:43:24.900><c> do</c><00:43:25.019><c> with</c><00:43:25.179><c> how</c><00:43:25.360><c> much</c>

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we<00:43:25.739><c> hold</c><00:43:25.960><c> back,</c><00:43:27.500><c> and</c><00:43:27.920><c> that</c><00:43:28.380><c> is</c><00:43:28.739><c> the</c><00:43:28.980><c> message</c><00:43:29.579><c> of</c><00:43:30.360><c> the</c><00:43:30.519><c> widow.</c>

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Despite<00:43:31.760><c> every</c><00:43:32.099><c> excuse</c><00:43:32.460><c> that</c><00:43:32.639><c> she</c><00:43:32.719><c> could</c><00:43:32.860><c> have</c><00:43:33.000><c> had,</c>

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despite<00:43:33.659><c> everything</c><00:43:34.139><c> that</c><00:43:34.300><c> she</c><00:43:34.460><c> could</c><00:43:34.619><c> have</c><00:43:34.760><c> done</c><00:43:34.840><c> with</c><00:43:35.000><c> those</c><00:43:35.219><c> two</c>

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mites<00:43:35.579><c> or</c><00:43:35.739><c> saved</c><00:43:35.920><c> them</c><00:43:36.079><c> up</c><00:43:36.219><c> and</c><00:43:36.280><c> put</c><00:43:36.440><c> her</c><00:43:36.579><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:36.900><c> piggy</c><00:43:37.300><c> bank,</c><00:43:38.579><c> the</c><00:43:38.679><c> lesson</c><00:43:39.000><c> comes</c><00:43:39.639><c> in</c><00:43:40.659><c> that</c><00:43:40.820><c> lesson</c><00:43:41.179><c> is</c><00:43:41.639><c> it's</c><00:43:42.019><c> not</c><00:43:42.179><c> how</c><00:43:42.360><c> much</c><00:43:42.539><c> we</c>

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give<00:43:42.940><c> in</c><00:43:43.059><c> the</c><00:43:43.280><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:43:44.480><c> actually</c><00:43:44.760><c> more</c><00:43:44.940><c> to</c><00:43:45.059><c> do</c><00:43:45.139><c> with</c><00:43:45.260><c> how</c><00:43:45.420><c> much</c><00:43:45.559><c> we're</c><00:43:45.739><c> holding</c>

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back,<00:43:46.599><c> and</c><00:43:46.719><c> only</c><00:43:47.159><c> we</c><00:43:48.059><c> know</c><00:43:48.380><c> that.</c>

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You<00:43:49.920><c> see,</c><00:43:50.039><c> brothers</c><00:43:50.139><c> and</c><00:43:50.239><c> sisters,</c><00:43:50.440><c> when</c><00:43:50.599><c> you</c><00:43:50.820><c> come</c><00:43:51.019><c> to</c><00:43:51.139><c> the</c>

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temple,<00:43:51.900><c> as</c><00:43:52.039><c> we</c><00:43:52.239><c> started</c><00:43:52.400><c> off</c><00:43:52.619><c> by</c><00:43:52.880><c> saying,</c>

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people<00:43:53.639><c> were</c><00:43:53.860><c> there</c><00:43:54.059><c> to</c><00:43:54.300><c> compare</c><00:43:54.559><c> themselves</c><00:43:55.199><c> among</c><00:43:55.599><c> themselves</c><00:43:56.300><c> and</c>

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feel<00:43:57.420><c> good</c><00:43:57.619><c> about</c><00:43:57.860><c> doing</c><00:43:58.119><c> that,</c>

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or<00:43:58.539><c> bad</c><00:43:58.739><c> in</c><00:43:58.920><c> the</c><00:43:59.019><c> case</c><00:43:59.239><c> of</c><00:43:59.440><c> some,</c><00:43:59.719><c> I</c><00:43:59.760><c> suppose,</c><00:44:00.579><c> but</c><00:44:01.000><c> Jesus</c><00:44:01.260><c> is</c>

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saying<00:44:01.679><c> no.</c><00:44:02.239><c> He</c><00:44:02.559><c> saw</c><00:44:02.900><c> the</c><00:44:03.119><c> people,</c>

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and<00:44:03.980><c> the</c><00:44:05.099><c> Pharisees</c><00:44:05.880><c> may</c><00:44:06.099><c> have</c><00:44:06.239><c> come</c><00:44:06.360><c> in,</c><00:44:06.460><c> I'm</c><00:44:06.559><c> not</c><00:44:06.719><c> sure</c><00:44:06.800><c> how</c>

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they<00:44:07.059><c> did</c><00:44:07.219><c> it,</c><00:44:07.619><c> but</c><00:44:07.619><c> maybe</c><00:44:07.900><c> they</c><00:44:08.000><c> had</c><00:44:08.119><c> a</c><00:44:08.280><c> big</c><00:44:08.420><c> money</c>

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bag<00:44:08.900><c> with</c><00:44:09.039><c> a</c><00:44:09.079><c> big</c><00:44:09.300><c> dollar</c><00:44:09.519><c> sign</c><00:44:09.780><c> pointed</c><00:44:10.039><c> on</c><00:44:10.219><c> it</c><00:44:10.320><c> and</c><00:44:10.500><c> carrying</c>

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it<00:44:10.820><c> around</c><00:44:11.039><c> and</c><00:44:11.480><c> drop</c><00:44:11.679><c> it</c><00:44:11.820><c> in</c><00:44:12.019><c> the</c><00:44:12.260><c> trumpet,</c>

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and<00:44:13.059><c> drop</c><00:44:13.239><c> it</c><00:44:14.260><c> in.</c><00:44:14.380><c> Jesus</c><00:44:14.719><c> says,</c><00:44:15.119><c> yeah,</c><00:44:15.260><c> they've</c><00:44:15.579><c> put</c><00:44:15.679><c> in</c><00:44:15.800><c> a</c><00:44:15.800><c> lot</c><00:44:15.980><c> of</c>

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cash.<00:44:16.679><c> If</c><00:44:16.860><c> you're</c><00:44:17.179><c> comparing</c><00:44:17.619><c> externals,</c>

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you<00:44:18.800><c> will</c><00:44:19.059><c> definitely</c><00:44:19.440><c> go</c><00:44:19.659><c> home</c><00:44:19.900><c> from</c><00:44:20.059><c> the</c><00:44:20.260><c> temple</c><00:44:20.440><c> that</c><00:44:20.699><c> day</c>

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thinking<00:44:21.619><c> that</c><00:44:21.840><c> the</c><00:44:22.079><c> scribes</c><00:44:22.639><c> were</c><00:44:22.840><c> more</c><00:44:23.159><c> dedicated</c>

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and<00:44:23.900><c> devoted</c><00:44:24.179><c> to</c><00:44:24.360><c> God</c><00:44:24.559><c> than</c><00:44:24.699><c> the</c><00:44:24.840><c> widow.</c><00:44:25.699><c> If</c><00:44:25.820><c> you're</c><00:44:25.980><c> looking</c>

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at<00:44:26.360><c> how</c><00:44:27.219><c> much</c><00:44:27.480><c> they</c><00:44:27.800><c> actually</c><00:44:28.300><c> physically</c><00:44:28.780><c> put</c><00:44:29.019><c> in,</c>

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then<00:44:30.940><c> you'll</c><00:44:31.340><c> go</c><00:44:31.619><c> home</c><00:44:31.880><c> with</c><00:44:32.139><c> that</c><00:44:32.380><c> message.</c><00:44:32.820><c> But</c><00:44:32.920><c> if</c><00:44:33.059><c> you</c><00:44:33.239><c> take</c><00:44:33.460><c> the</c>

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perspective<00:44:34.019><c> of</c><00:44:34.159><c> Jesus</c><00:44:34.500><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:44:35.260><c> he</c><00:44:35.400><c> says</c><00:44:35.619><c> this,</c><00:44:35.860><c> look</c><00:44:35.980><c> at,</c><00:44:36.179><c> he</c><00:44:36.199><c> says,</c><00:44:37.179><c> verse</c><00:44:37.320><c> 44,</c><00:44:38.019><c> for</c><00:44:38.179><c> they</c><00:44:38.559><c> all</c>

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put<00:44:39.059><c> in</c><00:44:39.320><c> out</c><00:44:39.480><c> of</c><00:44:39.659><c> their</c><00:44:39.820><c> abundance.</c><00:44:40.500><c> In</c><00:44:40.659><c> other</c>

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words,<00:44:41.440><c> this</c><00:44:41.619><c> was</c><00:44:41.920><c> no</c><00:44:42.280><c> great</c><00:44:42.579><c> cost,</c><00:44:43.219><c> brothers</c><00:44:43.300><c> and</c><00:44:43.579><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:44:45.099><c> put</c><00:44:45.300><c> in</c><00:44:45.559><c> out</c><00:44:45.760><c> of</c><00:44:45.920><c> their</c><00:44:46.099><c> abundance.</c>

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If<00:44:47.500><c> you</c><00:44:47.679><c> have</c><00:44:47.840><c> a</c><00:44:48.000><c> million</c><00:44:48.639><c> money</c><00:44:49.099><c> bags</c><00:44:49.320><c> at</c><00:44:49.519><c> home</c><00:44:49.619><c> and</c><00:44:49.739><c> you</c><00:44:49.880><c> take</c>

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one<00:44:50.360><c> to</c><00:44:50.519><c> meeting</c><00:44:50.659><c> on</c><00:44:50.900><c> a</c><00:44:51.019><c> Sunday</c>

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for<00:44:51.820><c> these</c><00:44:52.059><c> guys</c><00:44:52.300><c> and</c><00:44:52.619><c> you</c><00:44:52.860><c> drop</c><00:44:53.019><c> it</c><00:44:53.219><c> in,</c><00:44:53.619><c> that</c><00:44:53.760><c> was,</c><00:44:54.260><c> it's</c><00:44:54.460><c> putting</c><00:44:54.579><c> in</c>

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out<00:44:54.920><c> of</c><00:44:55.000><c> your</c><00:44:55.179><c> abundance.</c><00:44:55.539><c> There</c><00:44:55.699><c> wasn't</c>

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any<00:44:56.559><c> great</c><00:44:57.239><c> devotion</c><00:44:57.860><c> displayed</c><00:44:58.320><c> there,</c><00:44:59.360><c> but</c><00:44:59.559><c> she,</c><00:44:59.820><c> out</c><00:44:59.900><c> of</c>

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her<00:45:00.199><c> poverty,</c><00:45:00.519><c> put</c><00:45:00.639><c> in</c><00:45:00.860><c> everything</c><00:45:01.159><c> she</c><00:45:01.400><c> had.</c>

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And<00:45:02.840><c> there's</c><00:45:03.039><c> the</c><00:45:03.219><c> lesson</c><00:45:03.420><c> of</c><00:45:03.579><c> the</c><00:45:03.699><c> widow.</c><00:45:04.159><c> It</c><00:45:04.159><c> wasn't</c><00:45:04.460><c> so</c><00:45:04.719><c> much</c><00:45:04.900><c> how</c>

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much<00:45:05.340><c> she</c><00:45:05.619><c> gave</c><00:45:05.980><c> as</c><00:45:06.260><c> a</c><00:45:06.420><c> quantifiable</c><00:45:07.000><c> amount,</c>

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but<00:45:08.300><c> how</c><00:45:08.460><c> much</c><00:45:08.659><c> she</c><00:45:08.800><c> was</c><00:45:09.000><c> holding</c><00:45:09.139><c> back.</c><00:45:09.880><c> And</c><00:45:10.079><c> the</c><00:45:10.340><c> scribes</c><00:45:11.019><c> were</c><00:45:11.320><c> holding</c><00:45:11.820><c> a</c>

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lot<00:45:12.599><c> back,</c><00:45:13.239><c> brothers</c><00:45:13.300><c> and</c><00:45:13.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:19.699
and<00:45:14.800><c> the</c><00:45:14.960><c> widow</c><00:45:15.320><c> was</c><00:45:15.800><c> holding</c><00:45:16.179><c> nothing</c><00:45:16.599><c> back.</c><00:45:17.679><c> Now,</c><00:45:18.480><c> as</c><00:45:18.679><c> we</c><00:45:18.940><c> said,</c><00:45:19.239><c> I</c>

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:21.059
don't<00:45:19.880><c> want</c><00:45:20.059><c> you</c><00:45:20.239><c> to</c><00:45:20.440><c> take</c><00:45:20.579><c> away</c>

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:25.179
the<00:45:21.760><c> message</c><00:45:22.159><c> that</c><00:45:22.300><c> this</c><00:45:22.480><c> is</c><00:45:22.659><c> about</c><00:45:22.880><c> money.</c><00:45:24.119><c> Okay.</c><00:45:24.780><c> Obviously</c>

00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:26.300
that's<00:45:25.480><c> one</c><00:45:25.639><c> part</c><00:45:25.780><c> of</c><00:45:25.880><c> the</c><00:45:26.000><c> brotherhood</c>

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:31.119
we<00:45:26.500><c> depend</c><00:45:26.800><c> on.</c><00:45:27.159><c> We</c><00:45:27.159><c> need</c><00:45:27.460><c> to</c><00:45:28.019><c> help</c><00:45:29.019><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:45:30.639><c> function</c>

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:32.639
and<00:45:31.539><c> this</c><00:45:31.880><c> part</c><00:45:32.019><c> of</c><00:45:32.139><c> the</c><00:45:32.239><c> world</c><00:45:32.440><c> and</c>

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:34.559
ignition<00:45:33.059><c> fields</c><00:45:33.340><c> and</c><00:45:33.500><c> everything</c><00:45:33.679><c> else</c><00:45:33.920><c> is</c><00:45:34.039><c> so</c><00:45:34.340><c> important.</c>

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:36.360
And<00:45:34.739><c> we</c><00:45:35.099><c> desperately</c><00:45:35.460><c> need</c><00:45:35.659><c> that</c>

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:39.199
and<00:45:36.980><c> need</c><00:45:37.139><c> to</c><00:45:37.239><c> be</c><00:45:37.300><c> able</c><00:45:37.400><c> to</c><00:45:37.579><c> share</c><00:45:37.719><c> it</c><00:45:38.219><c> as</c><00:45:38.599><c> something</c><00:45:38.860><c> that</c><00:45:39.039><c> God</c>

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:40.679
has<00:45:39.400><c> given</c><00:45:39.539><c> to</c><00:45:39.760><c> us</c><00:45:39.900><c> in</c><00:45:40.019><c> the</c><00:45:40.139><c> first</c><00:45:40.340><c> place.</c>

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:44.659
But<00:45:41.079><c> it's</c><00:45:41.340><c> more</c><00:45:41.559><c> than</c><00:45:41.739><c> that,</c><00:45:41.880><c> isn't</c><00:45:42.019><c> it?</c><00:45:42.380><c> The</c><00:45:42.619><c> scribe</c><00:45:42.900><c> was</c><00:45:43.099><c> holding</c><00:45:43.260><c> much</c><00:45:43.539><c> more</c><00:45:43.800><c> back</c><00:45:44.079><c> than</c><00:45:44.260><c> just</c><00:45:44.480><c> his</c>

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:45.099
money<00:45:44.900><c> bags</c>

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:49.400
at<00:45:45.239><c> home.</c><00:45:45.940><c> The</c><00:45:46.139><c> scribe</c><00:45:46.420><c> was</c><00:45:46.599><c> holding</c><00:45:46.800><c> back</c><00:45:47.519><c> his</c><00:45:48.679><c> trust</c><00:45:49.159><c> that</c>

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:52.780
God<00:45:49.659><c> would</c><00:45:49.940><c> actually</c><00:45:50.820><c> be</c><00:45:51.119><c> with</c><00:45:51.360><c> him.</c><00:45:52.360><c> He</c><00:45:52.559><c> wasn't</c>

00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:57.280
willing<00:45:53.039><c> to</c><00:45:53.239><c> give</c><00:45:53.400><c> over</c><00:45:53.579><c> his</c><00:45:53.880><c> trust</c><00:45:54.079><c> to</c><00:45:54.280><c> God.</c><00:45:55.119><c> The</c><00:45:55.300><c> scribe</c><00:45:56.019><c> wasn't</c><00:45:56.300><c> willing</c><00:45:56.840><c> to</c>

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:59.599
give<00:45:57.460><c> up</c><00:45:58.139><c> self</c><00:45:58.440><c>-recognition.</c>

00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:02.340
The<00:46:00.039><c> scribe</c><00:46:00.320><c> was</c><00:46:00.699><c> holding</c><00:46:01.059><c> that</c><00:46:01.340><c> back.</c><00:46:01.559><c> He</c><00:46:01.699><c> wanted</c><00:46:02.000><c> some</c><00:46:02.219><c> of</c>

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:04.179
that<00:46:02.500><c> recognition</c><00:46:02.980><c> and</c><00:46:03.320><c> that</c><00:46:03.500><c> was</c><00:46:03.699><c> the</c><00:46:03.800><c> mentality</c>

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:07.400
at<00:46:04.360><c> the</c><00:46:04.519><c> time.</c><00:46:04.900><c> They</c><00:46:05.059><c> were</c><00:46:05.260><c> holding</c><00:46:05.500><c> back</c><00:46:05.860><c> that</c><00:46:06.059><c> for</c><00:46:06.199><c> themselves</c><00:46:06.719><c> and</c><00:46:06.980><c> not</c>

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.579
willing<00:46:07.659><c> to</c><00:46:07.880><c> let</c><00:46:08.039><c> go</c><00:46:08.239><c> of</c><00:46:08.340><c> that</c>

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:11.960
in<00:46:08.739><c> part</c><00:46:08.920><c> with</c><00:46:09.179><c> recognition</c><00:46:09.739><c> from</c><00:46:09.980><c> men.</c><00:46:11.260><c> That</c><00:46:11.480><c> was</c><00:46:11.699><c> something</c>

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:14.000
that<00:46:12.139><c> he</c><00:46:12.280><c> was</c><00:46:12.480><c> holding</c><00:46:12.639><c> back.</c><00:46:13.559><c> The</c><00:46:13.780><c> widow</c>

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:16.840
held<00:46:14.300><c> none</c><00:46:14.679><c> of</c><00:46:14.840><c> that</c><00:46:15.000><c> back.</c><00:46:15.420><c> It</c><00:46:15.420><c> didn't</c><00:46:15.480><c> mean</c><00:46:15.659><c> nothing</c><00:46:15.940><c> to</c><00:46:16.119><c> her.</c><00:46:16.719><c> It</c>

00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:18.719
didn't<00:46:16.900><c> mean</c><00:46:17.079><c> anything</c><00:46:17.320><c> to</c><00:46:17.539><c> her.</c><00:46:18.219><c> Okay.</c>

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:21.380
Well<00:46:19.340><c> this</c><00:46:19.460><c> is</c><00:46:19.659><c> the</c><00:46:19.780><c> message</c><00:46:20.019><c> of</c><00:46:20.239><c> scripture,</c><00:46:20.599><c> isn't</c><00:46:20.639><c> it?</c>

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:26.980
In<00:46:23.260><c> our</c><00:46:23.599><c> calling</c><00:46:23.840><c> in</c><00:46:24.099><c> the</c><00:46:24.219><c> Lord</c><00:46:24.340><c> Jesus</c><00:46:24.739><c> Christ,</c><00:46:26.380><c> what</c><00:46:26.599><c> have</c><00:46:26.820><c> we</c>

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:28.800
been<00:46:27.219><c> called</c><00:46:27.360><c> to,</c><00:46:27.579><c> brothers</c><00:46:27.659><c> and</c><00:46:27.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:32.199
to<00:46:29.719><c> give</c><00:46:29.980><c> some</c><00:46:30.300><c> of</c><00:46:30.440><c> our</c><00:46:30.679><c> time</c><00:46:30.960><c> and</c><00:46:31.139><c> our</c><00:46:31.380><c> effort</c><00:46:31.559><c> back</c><00:46:31.820><c> to</c><00:46:32.000><c> our</c>

00:46:32.199 --> 00:46:34.599
God<00:46:32.440><c> on</c><00:46:32.739><c> Wednesday</c><00:46:33.019><c> night,</c><00:46:33.340><c> Sunday</c><00:46:33.659><c> morning?</c>

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:40.340
No.<00:46:37.699><c> Jesus</c><00:46:38.039><c> actually</c><00:46:38.460><c> went</c><00:46:38.599><c> on</c><00:46:38.900><c> record</c><00:46:39.139><c> as</c><00:46:39.380><c> saying,</c>

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:45.099
if<00:46:41.360><c> anyone</c><00:46:41.699><c> wants</c><00:46:42.000><c> to</c><00:46:42.280><c> follow</c><00:46:42.460><c> me</c><00:46:42.780><c> in</c><00:46:42.860><c> their</c><00:46:43.099><c> life</c><00:46:43.519><c> as</c><00:46:43.920><c> a</c><00:46:44.139><c> disciple</c><00:46:44.480><c> of</c><00:46:44.679><c> me</c>

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:48.739
and<00:46:46.219><c> think</c><00:46:46.420><c> about</c><00:46:46.699><c> the</c><00:46:47.519><c> confronting</c>

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:52.679
nature<00:46:49.360><c> of</c><00:46:49.519><c> these</c><00:46:49.719><c> words,</c><00:46:50.400><c> Jesus</c><00:46:50.619><c> says,</c><00:46:52.280><c> if</c><00:46:52.280><c> you</c><00:46:52.420><c> want</c><00:46:52.500><c> to</c><00:46:52.599><c> be</c>

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:56.219
my<00:46:52.880><c> disciple,</c><00:46:54.280><c> you've</c><00:46:54.500><c> got</c><00:46:54.579><c> to</c><00:46:54.699><c> give</c><00:46:54.820><c> up</c><00:46:55.179><c> everything.</c>

00:46:56.960 --> 00:47:00.159
And<00:46:57.159><c> how</c><00:46:57.440><c> you</c><00:46:57.599><c> actually</c><00:46:57.820><c> went</c><00:46:57.880><c> on</c><00:46:58.239><c> saying</c><00:46:58.420><c> that</c><00:46:59.039><c> if</c><00:46:59.460><c> you</c><00:46:59.900><c> are</c>

00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:04.360
not<00:47:00.460><c> willing</c><00:47:00.860><c> to</c><00:47:01.920><c> forsake</c><00:47:02.480><c> everything,</c><00:47:03.639><c> you</c><00:47:03.840><c> cannot</c>

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:08.179
be<00:47:04.760><c> my</c><00:47:04.980><c> disciple.</c><00:47:05.559><c> You</c><00:47:05.739><c> can't.</c><00:47:06.699><c> It's</c><00:47:07.019><c> not</c><00:47:07.199><c> going</c><00:47:07.320><c> to</c><00:47:07.440><c> work.</c><00:47:07.659><c> It's</c><00:47:07.780><c> not</c><00:47:07.880><c> going</c><00:47:08.000><c> to</c>

00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:09.820
happen.<00:47:08.880><c> I'm</c><00:47:09.280><c> looking</c><00:47:09.480><c> for</c><00:47:09.639><c> people</c>

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:13.559
to<00:47:09.940><c> follow</c><00:47:10.219><c> me</c><00:47:10.480><c> that</c><00:47:10.579><c> will</c><00:47:10.820><c> give</c><00:47:11.219><c> their</c><00:47:11.659><c> entire</c><00:47:12.260><c> life</c><00:47:12.840><c> to</c><00:47:13.199><c> me</c>

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:16.559
and<00:47:14.460><c> to</c><00:47:14.699><c> follow</c><00:47:14.820><c> me.</c><00:47:15.300><c> And</c><00:47:15.440><c> that</c><00:47:15.599><c> means</c><00:47:15.880><c> every</c><00:47:16.300><c> little</c>

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:18.940
nook<00:47:16.760><c> and</c><00:47:17.000><c> cranny</c><00:47:17.219><c> and</c><00:47:17.480><c> corner</c><00:47:17.760><c> should</c><00:47:18.159><c> be</c><00:47:18.360><c> something</c><00:47:18.639><c> that</c>

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:21.559
we're,<00:47:20.340><c> although</c><00:47:20.500><c> we</c><00:47:20.699><c> all</c><00:47:20.900><c> struggle</c><00:47:21.159><c> with</c><00:47:21.420><c> giving</c>

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:25.539
our<00:47:21.780><c> lives</c><00:47:21.960><c> totally</c><00:47:22.260><c> over</c><00:47:22.539><c> in</c><00:47:22.960><c> the</c><00:47:23.099><c> hymn</c><00:47:23.460><c> 163,</c><00:47:24.920><c> none</c><00:47:25.119><c> of</c><00:47:25.239><c> us</c><00:47:25.380><c> do</c>

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:27.900
that<00:47:25.820><c> perfectly,</c><00:47:26.559><c> but</c><00:47:26.860><c> shouldn't</c><00:47:27.260><c> our</c><00:47:27.500><c> desire</c>

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:30.719
to<00:47:28.280><c> be</c><00:47:28.460><c> that</c><00:47:28.619><c> we</c><00:47:28.880><c> find</c><00:47:29.139><c> those</c><00:47:29.480><c> places</c><00:47:29.699><c> in</c><00:47:29.860><c> our</c><00:47:30.019><c> life</c><00:47:30.239><c> and</c><00:47:30.440><c> begin</c>

00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:33.039
to<00:47:31.000><c> turn</c><00:47:31.099><c> them</c><00:47:31.320><c> over,</c><00:47:32.019><c> whether</c><00:47:32.199><c> it's</c><00:47:32.460><c> our</c><00:47:32.679><c> intellect,</c>

00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:36.920
our<00:47:33.260><c> power,</c><00:47:33.780><c> our</c><00:47:33.960><c> feet,</c><00:47:34.460><c> our</c><00:47:34.639><c> hands,</c><00:47:35.199><c> our</c><00:47:35.360><c> voice,</c><00:47:35.940><c> our</c><00:47:36.099><c> will,</c>

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:39.320
our<00:47:37.559><c> heart,</c><00:47:38.000><c> our</c><00:47:38.219><c> love,</c><00:47:38.679><c> our</c><00:47:38.860><c> moments,</c>

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:42.960
and<00:47:40.119><c> so</c><00:47:40.400><c> on.</c><00:47:40.960><c> That's</c><00:47:41.139><c> the</c><00:47:41.260><c> thing.</c><00:47:41.960><c> God's</c><00:47:42.320><c> called</c><00:47:42.539><c> us</c><00:47:42.739><c> through</c>

00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:44.500
his<00:47:43.119><c> son</c><00:47:43.300><c> to</c><00:47:43.559><c> give</c>

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:47.860
and<00:47:44.920><c> to</c><00:47:45.199><c> love</c><00:47:45.380><c> him</c><00:47:45.679><c> with</c><00:47:46.119><c> everything,</c><00:47:46.619><c> with</c><00:47:46.880><c> all</c><00:47:47.079><c> of</c><00:47:47.199><c> our</c><00:47:47.440><c> soul.</c><00:47:47.760><c> And</c>

00:47:47.860 --> 00:47:49.139
that<00:47:48.079><c> rolls</c><00:47:48.300><c> off</c><00:47:48.539><c> the</c><00:47:48.719><c> tongue</c><00:47:48.860><c> so</c><00:47:49.019><c> easy</c>

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:51.320
because<00:47:49.280><c> we</c><00:47:49.460><c> know</c><00:47:49.559><c> it</c><00:47:49.639><c> as</c><00:47:49.739><c> a</c><00:47:49.900><c> memory</c><00:47:50.099><c> verse,</c><00:47:50.579><c> but</c><00:47:50.800><c> think</c><00:47:51.079><c> about</c>

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:53.619
what<00:47:51.780><c> God</c><00:47:52.139><c> actually</c><00:47:52.719><c> meant</c><00:47:52.980><c> by</c><00:47:53.239><c> that,</c>

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:57.159
to<00:47:53.800><c> love</c><00:47:54.039><c> the</c><00:47:54.400><c> Lord</c><00:47:54.579><c> your</c><00:47:54.699><c> God</c><00:47:54.820><c> with</c><00:47:55.099><c> all</c><00:47:55.400><c> your</c><00:47:55.659><c> strength,</c><00:47:56.579><c> with</c><00:47:56.880><c> all</c>

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:58.639
your<00:47:57.440><c> heart,</c><00:47:57.679><c> with</c><00:47:57.940><c> all</c><00:47:58.159><c> your</c><00:47:58.440><c> soul,</c>

00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:03.119
with<00:47:58.860><c> all</c><00:47:59.099><c> your</c><00:47:59.360><c> might.</c><00:48:00.340><c> And</c><00:48:00.519><c> I</c><00:48:00.599><c> know</c><00:48:00.840><c> so</c><00:48:01.239><c> often</c><00:48:01.699><c> that</c><00:48:02.260><c> I'm,</c><00:48:02.719><c> I</c>

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:04.900
easily<00:48:03.400><c> fall</c><00:48:03.699><c> into</c><00:48:03.920><c> this</c><00:48:04.159><c> idea</c><00:48:04.539><c> in,</c>

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:07.380
in<00:48:05.179><c> the</c><00:48:05.380><c> truth</c><00:48:05.539><c> that</c><00:48:05.699><c> I'm</c><00:48:05.860><c> just</c><00:48:06.059><c> giving</c><00:48:06.260><c> part</c><00:48:06.519><c> of</c><00:48:06.619><c> it.</c><00:48:06.780><c> I'm</c><00:48:06.840><c> just</c><00:48:07.039><c> doing</c><00:48:07.179><c> the</c>

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:08.019
routine<00:48:07.780><c> and,</c>

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and<00:48:08.280><c> that's</c><00:48:08.519><c> what</c><00:48:08.739><c> the</c><00:48:09.159><c> truth</c><00:48:09.320><c> is</c><00:48:09.460><c> all</c><00:48:09.619><c> about.</c><00:48:09.780><c> And</c><00:48:09.940><c> it's</c><00:48:10.199><c> totally</c><00:48:10.579><c> not</c>

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just<00:48:11.619><c> about</c><00:48:11.860><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:48:13.139><c> about</c><00:48:13.599><c> actually</c><00:48:14.639><c> giving</c><00:48:14.980><c> yourself</c><00:48:15.519><c> over</c><00:48:15.980><c> and</c><00:48:16.519><c> holding</c>

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nothing<00:48:17.380><c> back.</c><00:48:18.880><c> You</c><00:48:19.019><c> know,</c><00:48:19.440><c> this</c><00:48:19.719><c> is</c><00:48:19.940><c> examples</c>

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in<00:48:20.480><c> scripture</c><00:48:20.780><c> where</c><00:48:21.079><c> it</c><00:48:21.199><c> was</c><00:48:21.400><c> that</c><00:48:21.639><c> all</c><00:48:21.840><c> that</c><00:48:22.079><c> counted</c><00:48:22.340><c> in</c><00:48:22.639><c> life.</c><00:48:24.039><c> You</c><00:48:24.119><c> think</c><00:48:24.239><c> of</c>

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Acts<00:48:24.599><c> chapter</c><00:48:24.880><c> five</c><00:48:25.320><c> and</c><00:48:25.519><c> an</c>

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we<00:48:26.260><c> won't</c><00:48:26.539><c> turn</c><00:48:26.780><c> to</c><00:48:26.880><c> these,</c><00:48:27.159><c> but</c><00:48:27.199><c> just</c><00:48:27.900><c> keep</c><00:48:28.079><c> them</c><00:48:28.179><c> in</c><00:48:28.239><c> your</c><00:48:28.440><c> mind.</c><00:48:29.019><c> The</c><00:48:29.139><c> focus</c><00:48:29.579><c> or</c>

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one<00:48:29.940><c> of</c><00:48:30.079><c> the</c><00:48:30.159><c> focuses</c><00:48:30.500><c> was,</c>

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of<00:48:31.000><c> course</c><00:48:31.139><c> he</c><00:48:31.340><c> lied,</c><00:48:32.440><c> but</c><00:48:32.739><c> Paul</c><00:48:33.099><c> points</c><00:48:33.480><c> out</c><00:48:33.679><c> the</c><00:48:33.860><c> fact</c><00:48:34.000><c> that</c>

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he<00:48:34.360><c> kept</c><00:48:34.579><c> back</c><00:48:35.199><c> some</c><00:48:35.559><c> of</c><00:48:35.659><c> that</c><00:48:35.780><c> was</c><00:48:35.960><c> the,</c>

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that<00:48:36.460><c> was</c><00:48:36.639><c> the</c><00:48:36.800><c> problem.</c><00:48:37.000><c> Why</c><00:48:37.139><c> did</c><00:48:37.300><c> you</c><00:48:37.480><c> keep</c><00:48:37.619><c> it</c><00:48:37.900><c> back?</c><00:48:38.699><c> Why</c>

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did<00:48:39.000><c> you,</c><00:48:39.159><c> why</c><00:48:39.519><c> weren't</c><00:48:39.719><c> you</c><00:48:39.900><c> willing</c><00:48:40.039><c> to</c><00:48:40.239><c> give</c><00:48:40.340><c> it</c><00:48:40.500><c> all?</c>

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And<00:48:42.539><c> so</c><00:48:42.679><c> they</c><00:48:42.900><c> kept</c><00:48:43.059><c> back</c><00:48:43.500><c> some</c><00:48:43.719><c> of</c><00:48:43.840><c> the</c><00:48:44.019><c> price.</c><00:48:45.760><c> Genesis</c><00:48:46.019><c> 22,</c>

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when<00:48:46.659><c> you</c><00:48:46.840><c> have</c><00:48:47.039><c> Abraham</c><00:48:47.380><c> and</c><00:48:47.539><c> Isaac,</c>

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brothers<00:48:47.960><c> and</c><00:48:48.159><c> sisters,</c><00:48:48.699><c> the</c><00:48:48.920><c> power</c><00:48:49.340><c> of</c><00:48:49.579><c> Genesis</c><00:48:49.900><c> 22</c><00:48:50.639><c> came</c><00:48:51.059><c> from</c><00:48:51.280><c> a</c>

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man<00:48:51.679><c> who</c><00:48:51.940><c> would</c><00:48:52.300><c> not</c><00:48:52.739><c> withhold</c>

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his<00:48:53.800><c> only</c><00:48:54.119><c> son.</c><00:48:55.400><c> It</c><00:48:55.480><c> wasn't</c><00:48:55.699><c> about</c><00:48:56.119><c> how</c><00:48:56.400><c> much</c><00:48:56.599><c> he</c><00:48:56.800><c> gave</c><00:48:57.039><c> as</c><00:48:57.219><c> a</c><00:48:57.420><c> quantifiable</c><00:48:57.880><c> amount.</c><00:48:58.460><c> It</c><00:48:58.480><c> was</c><00:48:58.679><c> a</c><00:48:58.800><c> match.</c>

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It<00:49:00.960><c> was</c><00:49:01.380><c> a</c><00:49:01.539><c> weighing</c><00:49:01.659><c> up</c><00:49:01.880><c> of</c><00:49:02.019><c> how</c><00:49:02.199><c> much</c><00:49:02.320><c> he</c><00:49:02.460><c> was</c><00:49:02.619><c> willing</c><00:49:02.780><c> to</c><00:49:03.000><c> hold</c><00:49:03.159><c> back</c><00:49:03.519><c> or</c>

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to<00:49:04.159><c> not</c><00:49:04.320><c> hold</c><00:49:04.500><c> back.</c>

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And<00:49:05.179><c> it</c><00:49:05.460><c> says</c><00:49:05.619><c> that</c><00:49:05.800><c> he</c><00:49:05.920><c> would</c><00:49:06.139><c> not</c><00:49:06.320><c> withhold</c><00:49:06.639><c> his</c><00:49:06.900><c> only</c><00:49:07.239><c> son.</c>

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Paul<00:49:08.159><c> in</c><00:49:08.340><c> Philippians</c><00:49:08.679><c> chapter</c><00:49:08.980><c> three</c><00:49:09.360><c> says</c><00:49:09.659><c> that</c>

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I'm<00:49:10.400><c> willing</c><00:49:10.619><c> to</c><00:49:10.920><c> suffer</c><00:49:11.099><c> the</c><00:49:11.400><c> loss</c><00:49:11.639><c> of</c><00:49:12.000><c> all</c><00:49:12.619><c> things,</c><00:49:13.760><c> of</c><00:49:14.039><c> all</c>

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things<00:49:15.000><c> and</c><00:49:15.679><c> hold</c><00:49:15.840><c> nothing</c><00:49:16.099><c> back.</c><00:49:21.400><c> And</c><00:49:21.940><c> the</c>

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for<00:49:22.400><c> us</c><00:49:22.739><c> too,</c><00:49:23.619><c> in</c><00:49:23.739><c> John</c><00:49:23.940><c> three,</c><00:49:24.360><c> it</c><00:49:24.360><c> says</c><00:49:24.599><c> God</c><00:49:24.920><c> so</c><00:49:25.260><c> loved</c><00:49:25.380><c> the</c>

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world<00:49:25.940><c> that</c><00:49:26.260><c> he</c><00:49:26.440><c> gave</c><00:49:26.739><c> his</c><00:49:27.119><c> only,</c><00:49:27.800><c> his</c><00:49:28.659><c> only</c>

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begotten<00:49:31.000><c> son.</c><00:49:32.000><c> He</c><00:49:32.219><c> held</c><00:49:32.599><c> nothing</c><00:49:33.119><c> back,</c><00:49:33.679><c> brothers</c><00:49:33.739><c> and</c><00:49:34.000><c> sisters,</c><00:49:35.420><c> that</c>

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the<00:49:35.780><c> world</c><00:49:35.980><c> through</c><00:49:36.179><c> him</c><00:49:36.360><c> might</c><00:49:36.539><c> be</c><00:49:36.840><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:49:38.679><c> Christ</c><00:49:39.000><c> followed</c><00:49:39.360><c> the</c><00:49:39.699><c> same</c><00:49:39.900><c> example.</c><00:49:40.480><c> It</c><00:49:40.500><c> wasn't</c><00:49:40.719><c> how</c><00:49:40.900><c> much</c><00:49:41.119><c> he</c><00:49:41.360><c> gave</c><00:49:41.579><c> as</c><00:49:42.159><c> a,</c><00:49:42.260><c> as</c><00:49:42.260><c> a</c>

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quantifiable<00:49:43.000><c> amount.</c>

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It<00:49:43.739><c> was</c><00:49:44.039><c> the</c><00:49:44.380><c> power</c><00:49:44.699><c> came</c><00:49:45.159><c> and</c><00:49:45.719><c> the</c><00:49:45.900><c> exhortation</c><00:49:46.340><c> came</c><00:49:46.579><c> from</c>

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how<00:49:46.940><c> much</c><00:49:47.039><c> he</c><00:49:47.239><c> held</c><00:49:47.360><c> back.</c><00:49:47.659><c> And</c><00:49:47.820><c> that</c><00:49:47.960><c> was</c><00:49:48.119><c> zero.</c>

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Galatians<00:49:49.760><c> one</c><00:49:49.960><c> verse</c><00:49:50.219><c> four,</c><00:49:50.960><c> who</c><00:49:51.059><c> gave</c><00:49:51.480><c> himself</c><00:49:52.159><c> for</c><00:49:52.519><c> our</c><00:49:52.800><c> sins</c><00:49:53.280><c> that</c><00:49:54.239><c> he</c>

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might<00:49:54.559><c> deliver</c><00:49:54.900><c> us</c><00:49:55.119><c> from</c><00:49:55.280><c> this</c><00:49:55.639><c> present</c>

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evil<00:49:56.679><c> age.</c><00:49:57.780><c> Galatians</c><00:49:58.199><c> chapter</c><00:49:58.500><c> two,</c><00:49:58.940><c> verse</c><00:49:59.039><c> 20,</c><00:49:59.739><c> I</c><00:49:59.940><c> live</c><00:50:00.139><c> by</c>

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faith<00:50:00.679><c> in</c><00:50:00.840><c> the</c><00:50:01.000><c> son</c><00:50:01.119><c> of</c><00:50:01.320><c> God</c><00:50:01.500><c> who</c><00:50:01.719><c> loved</c><00:50:01.940><c> me</c><00:50:02.239><c> and</c><00:50:02.440><c> gave</c>

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himself<00:50:03.619><c> not</c><00:50:04.300><c> some</c><00:50:04.539><c> of</c><00:50:04.679><c> what</c><00:50:04.760><c> he</c><00:50:05.000><c> had</c><00:50:05.179><c> or</c><00:50:05.360><c> his</c><00:50:05.639><c> time</c><00:50:05.960><c> or</c><00:50:06.340><c> his</c><00:50:06.559><c> possessions.</c><00:50:07.159><c> He</c>

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gave<00:50:07.719><c> himself</c><00:50:08.719><c> for</c><00:50:09.579><c> me.</c>

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Second<00:50:11.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:50:11.760><c> eight,</c><00:50:12.059><c> verse</c><00:50:12.219><c> nine,</c><00:50:13.619><c> for</c><00:50:13.719><c> you</c><00:50:14.059><c> know</c><00:50:14.659><c> the</c><00:50:15.139><c> grace</c><00:50:15.420><c> of</c>

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our<00:50:15.739><c> Lord</c><00:50:15.920><c> Jesus</c><00:50:16.320><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:50:18.119><c> though</c><00:50:18.260><c> he</c><00:50:18.519><c> was</c><00:50:18.880><c> rich,</c><00:50:20.019><c> yet</c><00:50:20.199><c> for</c><00:50:20.460><c> your</c><00:50:20.780><c> sakes</c><00:50:21.159><c> he</c><00:50:21.420><c> became</c>

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poor,<00:50:23.559><c> that</c><00:50:23.860><c> you</c><00:50:24.780><c> through</c><00:50:25.320><c> his</c><00:50:25.639><c> poverty</c>

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might<00:50:27.139><c> become</c><00:50:27.519><c> rich.</c><00:50:29.440><c> Brothers</c><00:50:29.599><c> and</c><00:50:29.820><c> sisters,</c><00:50:30.980><c> let's</c><00:50:31.219><c> take</c>

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the<00:50:31.699><c> example</c><00:50:32.039><c> of</c><00:50:32.219><c> the</c><00:50:32.380><c> widow</c><00:50:32.559><c> this</c><00:50:32.860><c> morning.</c>

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And<00:50:33.320><c> Jesus</c><00:50:33.619><c> pointed</c><00:50:33.940><c> out</c><00:50:34.179><c> to</c><00:50:34.320><c> his</c><00:50:34.460><c> disciples.</c><00:50:35.860><c> Here</c><00:50:35.960><c> was</c><00:50:36.119><c> a</c>

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widow<00:50:36.360><c> who</c><00:50:36.639><c> extended</c><00:50:37.000><c> her</c><00:50:37.320><c> hand</c><00:50:37.519><c> and</c><00:50:37.739><c> gave</c><00:50:37.920><c> herself</c>

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in<00:50:38.739><c> the</c><00:50:38.960><c> spirit</c><00:50:39.119><c> of</c><00:50:39.440><c> Proverbs</c><00:50:39.699><c> 31,</c><00:50:41.480><c> in</c><00:50:41.739><c> a</c><00:50:41.920><c> nameless</c><00:50:42.260><c> way,</c><00:50:43.119><c> in</c>

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the<00:50:43.340><c> gospel</c><00:50:43.639><c> record.</c><00:50:44.519><c> And</c><00:50:44.719><c> let's</c><00:50:44.920><c> remember</c>

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from<00:50:45.539><c> the</c><00:50:45.679><c> widow,</c><00:50:45.980><c> brothers</c><00:50:46.159><c> and</c><00:50:46.340><c> sisters,</c><00:50:46.619><c> in</c><00:50:46.739><c> our</c><00:50:46.920><c> own</c><00:50:47.260><c> service</c><00:50:47.539><c> to</c>

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our<00:50:47.900><c> brothers</c><00:50:48.179><c> and</c><00:50:48.480><c> sisters,</c><00:50:49.280><c> it's</c><00:50:49.579><c> not</c>

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appropriate<00:50:51.860><c> to</c><00:50:52.420><c> measure</c><00:50:52.900><c> our</c><00:50:53.460><c> discipleship</c><00:50:54.099><c> and</c><00:50:54.380><c> that</c><00:50:54.539><c> of</c>

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others<00:50:55.199><c> on</c><00:50:55.760><c> how</c><00:50:56.019><c> much</c><00:50:56.260><c> we</c><00:50:56.440><c> are</c><00:50:56.599><c> giving.</c><00:50:57.639><c> It's</c><00:50:57.940><c> more</c>

00:50:58.199 --> 00:51:02.360
appropriate<00:50:58.599><c> to</c><00:50:58.860><c> focus</c><00:50:59.079><c> on</c><00:50:59.280><c> ourselves</c><00:50:59.659><c> and</c><00:50:59.960><c> self</c><00:51:00.179><c>-examination</c><00:51:01.019><c> and</c><00:51:02.159><c> look</c>

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into<00:51:02.519><c> those</c><00:51:02.760><c> parts</c><00:51:02.960><c> of</c><00:51:03.119><c> our</c><00:51:03.300><c> lives</c><00:51:03.579><c> and</c><00:51:03.860><c> ask</c><00:51:04.199><c> how</c>

00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:07.940
much<00:51:04.579><c> we're</c><00:51:04.940><c> actually</c><00:51:05.219><c> holding</c><00:51:05.460><c> back</c><00:51:06.380><c> from</c><00:51:07.000><c> the</c><00:51:07.440><c> Lord</c><00:51:07.599><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:51:08.400><c> and</c><00:51:08.679><c> our</c><00:51:08.820><c> father.</c>