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and<00:13:27.220><c> passeth</c><00:13:27.779><c> by</c><00:13:28.299><c> transgression</c><00:13:29.299><c> of</c><00:13:29.639><c> the</c>

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remnant<00:13:30.200><c> of</c><00:13:30.360><c> his</c><00:13:30.539><c> heritage?</c>

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He<00:13:33.100><c> retaineth</c><00:13:33.600><c> not</c><00:13:33.899><c> his</c><00:13:34.200><c> anger</c><00:13:34.519><c> forever</c><00:13:35.179><c> because</c><00:13:35.879><c> he</c><00:13:36.379><c> delighteth</c><00:13:36.899><c> in</c><00:13:37.220><c> mercy.</c>

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He<00:13:40.179><c> will</c><00:13:40.559><c> turn</c><00:13:41.059><c> again</c><00:13:41.740><c> and</c><00:13:42.960><c> he</c><00:13:43.519><c> will</c><00:13:43.919><c> have</c><00:13:44.340><c> compassion.</c>

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And<00:13:45.240><c> it's</c><00:13:45.440><c> all</c><00:13:45.620><c> one</c><00:13:45.840><c> word</c><00:13:46.200><c> in</c><00:13:46.399><c> the</c><00:13:46.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:13:47.080><c> and</c><00:13:48.860><c> it's</c><00:13:49.320><c> all</c><00:13:49.620><c> a</c><00:13:49.960><c> verb</c><00:13:50.320><c> which</c><00:13:51.059><c> we</c>

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have<00:13:51.580><c> spun</c><00:13:51.700><c> out</c><00:13:51.960><c> a</c><00:13:52.240><c> verb</c><00:13:52.620><c> phrase</c>

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or<00:13:53.960><c> our</c><00:13:54.340><c> translators</c><00:13:54.879><c> have.</c>

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He<00:13:55.820><c> will</c><00:13:56.039><c> have</c><00:13:56.320><c> compassion</c><00:13:57.139><c> on</c><00:13:57.460><c> us.</c>

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He<00:13:59.340><c> will</c><00:13:59.639><c> subdue</c><00:14:00.240><c> our</c><00:14:00.519><c> iniquities</c><00:14:01.220><c> and</c><00:14:01.740><c> that</c><00:14:01.879><c> will</c><00:14:02.139><c> cast</c><00:14:02.559><c> all</c>

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their<00:14:03.440><c> sins</c><00:14:03.720><c> into</c><00:14:03.940><c> the</c><00:14:04.220><c> depths</c><00:14:04.500><c> of</c><00:14:04.720><c> the</c>

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sea.

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That<00:14:06.580><c> will</c><00:14:06.840><c> perform</c><00:14:07.440><c> the</c><00:14:07.720><c> truth</c><00:14:07.919><c> to</c><00:14:08.139><c> Jacob</c><00:14:08.600><c> and</c><00:14:09.059><c> the</c><00:14:09.259><c> mercy</c><00:14:09.519><c> to</c>

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Abraham<00:14:10.320><c> which</c><00:14:10.860><c> thou</c><00:14:11.019><c> hast</c><00:14:11.360><c> sworn</c><00:14:11.559><c> unto</c>

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our<00:14:12.120><c> fathers</c><00:14:12.539><c> from</c><00:14:12.940><c> the</c><00:14:13.279><c> days</c><00:14:13.519><c> of</c><00:14:13.840><c> old.</c>

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But<00:14:15.200><c> there</c><00:14:15.480><c> it</c><00:14:15.600><c> is</c><00:14:15.820><c> brothers</c><00:14:16.100><c> and</c><00:14:16.440><c> sisters</c><00:14:16.759><c> and</c><00:14:17.059><c> young</c><00:14:17.299><c> people.</c>

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God<00:14:19.100><c> doesn't</c><00:14:19.419><c> just</c><00:14:19.759><c> feel</c><00:14:20.120><c> sorry</c><00:14:20.500><c> for</c><00:14:20.740><c> us</c><00:14:20.879><c> in</c><00:14:21.059><c> our</c><00:14:21.399><c> plight,</c><00:14:23.519><c> in</c>

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our<00:14:23.919><c> mortality,</c><00:14:25.019><c> in</c><00:14:25.179><c> our</c><00:14:25.519><c> frailty,</c>

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in<00:14:27.440><c> the</c><00:14:27.899><c> temptations</c><00:14:28.940><c> that</c><00:14:29.639><c> we</c><00:14:30.259><c> all</c><00:14:30.559><c> feel.</c>

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If<00:14:34.139><c> we</c><00:14:34.399><c> but</c><00:14:34.600><c> turn</c><00:14:34.840><c> to</c><00:14:35.019><c> him,</c><00:14:36.799><c> he</c><00:14:37.779><c> will</c><00:14:38.019><c> turn</c><00:14:38.279><c> again</c><00:14:39.320><c> and</c><00:14:41.019><c> compassion</c><00:14:41.759><c> us</c><00:14:42.659><c> and</c>

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subdue<00:14:45.539><c> our</c><00:14:45.759><c> iniquities.</c>

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Tread<00:14:47.440><c> them</c><00:14:47.740><c> underfoot.</c>

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Genesis<00:14:51.600><c> 3</c><00:14:51.940><c> 15.</c>

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Tread<00:14:53.679><c> them</c><00:14:54.100><c> underfoot.</c>

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He<00:14:57.259><c> will</c><00:14:57.500><c> put</c><00:14:57.740><c> our</c><00:14:58.039><c> enemies</c><00:14:58.440><c> under</c><00:14:58.940><c> his</c><00:14:59.399><c> feet.</c>

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That's<00:15:04.259><c> what</c><00:15:04.519><c> God</c><00:15:04.779><c> is</c><00:15:05.139><c> doing</c><00:15:05.360><c> for</c><00:15:05.759><c> us</c><00:15:06.000><c> in</c><00:15:06.139><c> his</c><00:15:06.399><c> compassion.</c>

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We<00:15:08.860><c> come</c><00:15:09.019><c> to</c><00:15:09.159><c> the</c><00:15:09.279><c> New</c><00:15:09.480><c> Testament</c><00:15:10.019><c> and</c><00:15:10.620><c> we</c><00:15:10.840><c> come</c><00:15:10.980><c> to</c><00:15:11.120><c> the</c><00:15:11.299><c> Lord</c><00:15:11.519><c> Jesus.</c>

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We<00:15:12.120><c> come</c><00:15:12.299><c> to</c><00:15:12.460><c> the</c><00:15:12.679><c> Gospels,</c><00:15:13.179><c> Matthew</c><00:15:13.559><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:15:17.059><c> when</c><00:15:17.340><c> we</c><00:15:17.580><c> look</c><00:15:17.720><c> at</c><00:15:17.860><c> our</c><00:15:18.059><c> Lord,</c><00:15:18.220><c> and</c><00:15:18.379><c> we</c><00:15:18.559><c> know</c><00:15:18.899><c> this</c><00:15:19.159><c> don't</c>

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we,<00:15:20.039><c> when</c><00:15:20.179><c> we</c><00:15:20.360><c> look</c><00:15:20.500><c> at</c><00:15:20.620><c> our</c><00:15:20.919><c> Lord,</c>

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he<00:15:22.320><c> interprets</c><00:15:23.100><c> God</c><00:15:23.539><c> for</c><00:15:24.039><c> us.</c>

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And<00:15:29.480><c> we</c><00:15:29.779><c> come</c><00:15:30.200><c> to</c><00:15:30.679><c> the</c><00:15:30.899><c> feeding</c><00:15:31.059><c> of</c><00:15:31.259><c> the</c><00:15:31.559><c> 5</c><00:15:31.919><c>,000</c><00:15:32.379><c> in</c><00:15:32.679><c> Matthew</c><00:15:33.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:33.740><c> 14</c>

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at<00:15:35.759><c> verse</c><00:15:36.080><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:15:42.779><c> the</c><00:15:43.059><c> rest</c><00:15:43.399><c> that</c><00:15:43.679><c> he</c><00:15:44.059><c> sought</c><00:15:44.279><c> with</c><00:15:44.500><c> his</c><00:15:44.879><c> disciples</c><00:15:45.500><c> by</c><00:15:46.159><c> escaping</c><00:15:46.679><c> as</c>

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it<00:15:47.179><c> were</c><00:15:47.379><c> to</c><00:15:47.559><c> a</c><00:15:47.759><c> desert</c><00:15:48.019><c> place</c><00:15:48.399><c> is</c>

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all<00:15:48.860><c> taken</c><00:15:49.100><c> away</c><00:15:49.500><c> from</c><00:15:49.720><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:51.399><c> the</c><00:15:51.580><c> Lord</c><00:15:51.799><c> could</c><00:15:52.000><c> have</c><00:15:52.279><c> felt</c><00:15:52.960><c> distressed.</c>

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He<00:15:54.080><c> could</c><00:15:54.279><c> have</c><00:15:54.919><c> felt</c><00:15:55.240><c> annoyed.</c>

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He<00:15:56.500><c> could</c><00:15:56.700><c> have</c><00:15:56.960><c> felt</c><00:15:57.200><c> put</c><00:15:57.519><c> upon.</c>

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And<00:16:00.600><c> so</c><00:16:00.860><c> can</c><00:16:01.100><c> we</c><00:16:01.419><c> in</c><00:16:01.820><c> life.</c>

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Brother<00:16:03.899><c> Russ</c><00:16:04.080><c> and</c><00:16:04.240><c> I</c><00:16:04.340><c> were</c><00:16:04.480><c> just</c><00:16:04.720><c> talking</c><00:16:04.980><c> yesterday</c><00:16:05.320><c> a</c><00:16:05.379><c> little</c><00:16:05.559><c> bit</c>

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about<00:16:05.960><c> how</c><00:16:06.360><c> we</c><00:16:06.700><c> liken</c><00:16:06.919><c> our</c><00:16:07.220><c> lives,</c>

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brothers<00:16:07.799><c> and</c><00:16:08.100><c> sisters,</c><00:16:08.360><c> to</c><00:16:08.600><c> create</c><00:16:08.919><c> a</c><00:16:09.320><c> comfort</c><00:16:09.539><c> zone</c><00:16:09.840><c> around</c><00:16:10.200><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:16:11.860><c> it's</c><00:16:12.740><c> a</c><00:16:12.899><c> no</c><00:16:13.080><c> man's</c><00:16:13.559><c> land.</c>

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You're<00:16:14.779><c> not</c><00:16:14.960><c> to</c><00:16:15.220><c> encroach</c><00:16:15.659><c> on</c><00:16:15.899><c> that.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:20.320><c> had</c><00:16:20.620><c> no</c><00:16:20.960><c> comfort</c><00:16:21.379><c> zone.</c>

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He<00:16:22.559><c> had</c><00:16:22.879><c> no</c><00:16:23.220><c> comfort</c><00:16:23.740><c> zone.</c>

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And<00:16:25.600><c> he</c><00:16:25.679><c> had</c><00:16:25.759><c> the</c><00:16:26.059><c> mindset</c><00:16:26.399><c> that</c><00:16:26.639><c> could</c><00:16:26.899><c> cope</c><00:16:27.220><c> with</c><00:16:27.539><c> that.</c>

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We<00:16:29.820><c> need</c><00:16:30.019><c> to</c><00:16:30.259><c> reduce,</c><00:16:30.740><c> we</c><00:16:30.820><c> need</c><00:16:30.980><c> to</c><00:16:31.279><c> shrink</c><00:16:31.820><c> the</c><00:16:32.440><c> size</c><00:16:32.679><c> of</c><00:16:32.860><c> the</c>

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comfort<00:16:33.399><c> zones</c><00:16:33.580><c> that</c><00:16:33.759><c> we</c><00:16:33.919><c> build</c><00:16:34.080><c> around</c>

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ourselves<00:16:34.860><c> to</c><00:16:35.320><c> insulate</c><00:16:35.840><c> ourselves</c><00:16:36.360><c> from</c><00:16:36.580><c> the</c><00:16:36.779><c> cares</c><00:16:36.980><c> of</c>

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this<00:16:37.539><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:16:38.820><c> our</c><00:16:39.039><c> Lord</c><00:16:39.179><c> has</c><00:16:39.519><c> cared</c><00:16:39.679><c> for</c><00:16:40.019><c> us</c><00:16:40.740><c> and</c><00:16:41.019><c> he</c><00:16:41.179><c> wants</c><00:16:41.419><c> us</c><00:16:41.700><c> to</c>

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do<00:16:42.059><c> the</c><00:16:42.340><c> same.</c>

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And<00:16:42.539><c> he</c><00:16:42.600><c> wants</c><00:16:42.860><c> us</c><00:16:43.039><c> to</c><00:16:43.360><c> find</c><00:16:43.659><c> the</c><00:16:44.000><c> buttons</c><00:16:44.399><c> that</c><00:16:44.799><c> I</c><00:16:45.039><c> never</c><00:16:45.340><c> found.</c>

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Verse<00:16:52.100><c> 14,</c><00:16:54.419><c> well,</c><00:16:54.620><c> verse</c><00:16:54.899><c> 13.</c>

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When<00:16:56.039><c> Jesus</c><00:16:56.580><c> heard</c><00:16:56.940><c> of</c><00:16:57.080><c> it,</c><00:16:57.179><c> he</c><00:16:57.419><c> departed</c><00:16:57.860><c> thence</c><00:16:58.299><c> by</c><00:16:58.559><c> ship</c><00:16:58.860><c> into</c><00:16:59.340><c> a</c>

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desert<00:16:59.879><c> place</c><00:17:00.259><c> apart.</c>

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And<00:17:01.279><c> when</c><00:17:01.440><c> the</c><00:17:01.720><c> people</c><00:17:01.960><c> had</c><00:17:02.200><c> heard</c><00:17:02.360><c> thereof,</c><00:17:02.740><c> they</c><00:17:03.080><c> followed</c>

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him<00:17:03.559><c> on</c><00:17:03.779><c> foot</c><00:17:03.899><c> out</c><00:17:04.099><c> of</c><00:17:04.259><c> the</c><00:17:04.500><c> cities.</c>

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And<00:17:05.380><c> Jesus</c><00:17:05.880><c> went</c><00:17:06.200><c> forth</c><00:17:06.599><c> and</c><00:17:06.839><c> saw</c><00:17:07.180><c> a</c><00:17:07.359><c> great</c><00:17:07.579><c> multitude</c><00:17:08.259><c> and</c>

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was<00:17:09.619><c> moved</c><00:17:10.000><c> with</c><00:17:10.359><c> compassion</c><00:17:11.819><c> toward</c><00:17:14.799><c> them</c>

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and<00:17:16.000><c> healed</c><00:17:16.259><c> their</c><00:17:16.720><c> sick.</c>

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It's<00:17:20.259><c> all</c><00:17:20.859><c> one</c><00:17:21.799><c> word</c><00:17:22.079><c> in</c><00:17:22.299><c> the</c><00:17:22.559><c> Greek,</c><00:17:23.099><c> was</c><00:17:23.400><c> moved</c><00:17:23.880><c> with</c><00:17:24.220><c> compassion.</c>

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It<00:17:25.700><c> was</c><00:17:25.960><c> a</c><00:17:26.259><c> verb</c><00:17:26.579><c> and</c><00:17:26.859><c> not</c><00:17:27.079><c> just</c><00:17:27.359><c> a</c><00:17:27.539><c> noun.</c>

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Compassion<00:17:28.700><c> wasn't</c><00:17:29.019><c> something</c><00:17:29.380><c> that</c><00:17:29.539><c> he</c><00:17:29.680><c> just</c><00:17:29.920><c> could</c><00:17:30.059><c> take</c>

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off<00:17:30.539><c> the</c><00:17:30.839><c> shelf</c><00:17:31.099><c> and</c><00:17:31.660><c> look</c><00:17:31.980><c> at</c><00:17:32.200><c> it</c><00:17:32.299><c> or</c><00:17:32.420><c> think</c>

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about<00:17:32.900><c> it</c><00:17:33.079><c> the</c><00:17:33.240><c> way</c><00:17:33.359><c> we</c><00:17:33.619><c> do</c><00:17:33.740><c> in</c><00:17:33.940><c> our</c><00:17:34.160><c> language,</c><00:17:34.500><c> in</c><00:17:34.680><c> our</c><00:17:34.900><c> culture.</c>

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But<00:17:36.000><c> it</c><00:17:36.119><c> was</c><00:17:36.319><c> the</c><00:17:36.500><c> very</c><00:17:36.880><c> part</c><00:17:37.000><c> and</c><00:17:37.259><c> parcel</c><00:17:37.500><c> of</c><00:17:37.680><c> his</c><00:17:37.900><c> being</c><00:17:38.039><c> and</c>

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what<00:17:38.339><c> he</c><00:17:38.680><c> did,</c><00:17:41.319><c> what</c><00:17:41.599><c> he</c><00:17:41.859><c> did.</c>

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And<00:17:42.980><c> he</c><00:17:43.240><c> did</c><00:17:43.420><c> something</c><00:17:43.839><c> about</c><00:17:44.220><c> it.</c>

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He<00:17:46.099><c> healed</c><00:17:46.480><c> their</c><00:17:47.000><c> sick</c><00:17:47.539><c> and</c><00:17:49.099><c> he</c><00:17:49.440><c> fed</c><00:17:49.640><c> them.</c>

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Matthew<00:17:55.079><c> 15,</c><00:18:00.160><c> verse</c><00:18:00.480><c> 32.</c>

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And<00:18:08.740><c> this</c><00:18:08.940><c> is</c><00:18:09.160><c> the</c><00:18:09.440><c> other</c><00:18:10.160><c> feeding</c><00:18:10.740><c> now</c><00:18:11.940><c> of</c><00:18:12.140><c> the</c><00:18:12.440><c> 4</c><00:18:12.740><c>,000,</c><00:18:15.039><c> the</c><00:18:15.279><c> one,</c><00:18:15.980><c> a</c>

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compassion,<00:18:17.680><c> a</c><00:18:18.099><c> compassioning</c><00:18:18.940><c> of</c>

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Jews<00:18:20.500><c> and</c><00:18:21.299><c> now</c><00:18:21.740><c> a</c><00:18:22.259><c> compassioning</c><00:18:23.519><c> of</c><00:18:23.779><c> Gentiles.</c>

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This<00:18:25.279><c> is</c><00:18:25.519><c> the</c><00:18:25.779><c> Lord</c><00:18:26.059><c> with</c><00:18:26.359><c> whom</c><00:18:26.519><c> we</c><00:18:26.779><c> have</c><00:18:27.039><c> to</c><00:18:27.259><c> do.</c>

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Verse<00:18:28.900><c> 32,</c><00:18:30.200><c> then</c><00:18:30.480><c> Jesus</c><00:18:30.900><c> called</c><00:18:31.259><c> his</c><00:18:31.559><c> disciples</c><00:18:31.980><c> with</c><00:18:32.220><c> him</c><00:18:32.480><c> and</c><00:18:32.660><c> said</c><00:18:33.039><c> unto</c><00:18:33.559><c> him</c><00:18:33.779><c> and</c><00:18:34.059><c> said,</c><00:18:35.079><c> I</c><00:18:35.319><c> have</c>

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compassion<00:18:36.380><c> on</c><00:18:36.559><c> the</c><00:18:36.740><c> multitude</c><00:18:37.440><c> because</c><00:18:38.279><c> they</c><00:18:38.579><c> continue</c><00:18:39.079><c> with</c><00:18:39.339><c> me</c>

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now<00:18:40.079><c> three</c><00:18:40.599><c> days</c><00:18:41.160><c> and</c><00:18:41.660><c> have</c><00:18:41.920><c> nothing</c><00:18:42.240><c> to</c>

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I<00:18:43.420><c> will</c><00:18:44.000><c> not</c><00:18:44.400><c> send</c><00:18:44.619><c> them</c><00:18:44.880><c> away</c><00:18:45.359><c> fasting,</c><00:18:46.440><c> lest</c><00:18:46.599><c> they</c><00:18:46.900><c> faint</c><00:18:47.160><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:47.539><c> way.</c>

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Remember<00:18:50.200><c> how</c><00:18:50.359><c> he</c><00:18:50.599><c> challenged</c><00:18:51.019><c> his</c><00:18:51.299><c> disciples</c><00:18:51.720><c> on</c><00:18:51.980><c> the</c>

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earlier<00:18:52.619><c> occasion.</c>

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How<00:18:53.599><c> are</c><00:18:53.799><c> we</c><00:18:53.920><c> going</c><00:18:54.059><c> to</c><00:18:54.319><c> find</c><00:18:54.579><c> bread</c><00:18:54.859><c> to</c><00:18:55.099><c> feed</c><00:18:55.279><c> such</c><00:18:55.519><c> a</c><00:18:55.680><c> multitude?</c>

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And<00:18:57.660><c> somehow</c><00:18:58.000><c> their</c><00:18:58.259><c> answer</c><00:18:58.579><c> should</c><00:18:58.819><c> have</c><00:18:58.960><c> come</c><00:18:59.220><c> back.</c>

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We<00:19:00.440><c> don't</c><00:19:00.680><c> know</c><00:19:00.880><c> Lord,</c><00:19:01.099><c> but</c><00:19:01.359><c> you'll</c><00:19:01.579><c> do</c><00:19:01.740><c> it.</c>

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You'll<00:19:03.500><c> find</c><00:19:03.720><c> a</c><00:19:03.920><c> way.</c>

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Help<00:19:06.019><c> us</c><00:19:06.259><c> to</c><00:19:06.480><c> find</c><00:19:06.680><c> a</c><00:19:06.880><c> way</c><00:19:07.279><c> in</c><00:19:08.099><c> him,</c><00:19:08.599><c> through</c><00:19:08.759><c> him,</c><00:19:09.539><c> help</c><00:19:09.680><c> us</c><00:19:09.900><c> to</c>

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find<00:19:10.299><c> a</c><00:19:10.460><c> way.</c>

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And<00:19:11.920><c> so</c><00:19:12.119><c> he</c><00:19:12.299><c> did.</c>

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He<00:19:13.000><c> did</c><00:19:13.339><c> something</c><00:19:13.740><c> about</c><00:19:14.140><c> it.</c>

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He<00:19:14.960><c> fed</c><00:19:15.240><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:18.240><c> we</c><00:19:18.380><c> could</c><00:19:18.480><c> go</c><00:19:18.720><c> on</c><00:19:19.000><c> through</c><00:19:19.160><c> the</c><00:19:19.359><c> lessons.</c>

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Let's,<00:19:20.000><c> let's</c><00:19:20.279><c> take</c><00:19:20.539><c> another,</c><00:19:21.819><c> because</c><00:19:22.200><c> these</c><00:19:22.839><c> are</c><00:19:23.359><c> telling</c>

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us<00:19:24.059><c> about</c><00:19:24.319><c> our</c><00:19:24.559><c> Lord,</c><00:19:24.779><c> Luke</c><00:19:25.059><c> 7.</c>

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They're<00:19:31.200><c> telling</c><00:19:31.420><c> us</c><00:19:33.720><c> what</c><00:19:34.859><c> we</c><00:19:35.200><c> need</c><00:19:35.460><c> to</c><00:19:35.880><c> know</c><00:19:36.500><c> because</c><00:19:38.539><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:38.960><c> has</c><00:19:39.240><c> compassion</c><00:19:39.819><c> on</c><00:19:40.000><c> us.</c>

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We<00:19:41.140><c> brothers</c><00:19:41.460><c> and</c><00:19:41.759><c> sisters</c><00:19:42.039><c> in</c><00:19:42.259><c> his</c><00:19:42.660><c> eyes</c><00:19:43.319><c> are</c><00:19:44.319><c> the</c><00:19:44.500><c> little</c><00:19:44.720><c> girl</c><00:19:45.579><c> with</c><00:19:46.240><c> no</c>

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buttons<00:19:47.119><c> on</c><00:19:48.099><c> her</c><00:19:48.339><c> coat.</c>

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He<00:19:52.720><c> met</c><00:19:53.019><c> a</c><00:19:53.359><c> mother</c><00:19:54.220><c> in</c><00:19:56.740><c> her</c><00:19:56.880><c> deepest</c><00:19:57.299><c> mourning.</c>

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Verse<00:19:59.079><c> 11</c><00:19:59.420><c> of</c><00:19:59.559><c> Luke</c><00:19:59.799><c> 7.</c>

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It<00:20:03.440><c> came</c><00:20:03.740><c> to</c><00:20:04.059><c> pass</c><00:20:04.880><c> the</c><00:20:05.940><c> day</c><00:20:06.279><c> after</c><00:20:06.720><c> that</c><00:20:06.859><c> he</c><00:20:06.960><c> went</c><00:20:07.140><c> into</c><00:20:07.400><c> a</c><00:20:07.599><c> city</c><00:20:07.799><c> called</c><00:20:08.240><c> Nain</c><00:20:08.759><c> and</c>

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many<00:20:09.680><c> of</c><00:20:09.799><c> his</c><00:20:10.000><c> disciples</c>

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went<00:20:10.819><c> with</c><00:20:11.059><c> him</c><00:20:11.259><c> and</c><00:20:11.480><c> much</c><00:20:11.740><c> people.</c>

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Now<00:20:14.000><c> when</c><00:20:14.140><c> he</c><00:20:14.299><c> came</c><00:20:14.680><c> nigh</c><00:20:15.180><c> to</c><00:20:15.359><c> the</c><00:20:15.519><c> gate,</c><00:20:17.420><c> to</c><00:20:17.680><c> the</c><00:20:17.839><c> gate</c><00:20:17.960><c> of</c><00:20:18.140><c> the</c>

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city,<00:20:20.240><c> behold</c><00:20:20.640><c> there</c><00:20:20.920><c> was</c><00:20:21.180><c> a</c><00:20:21.420><c> dead</c>

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man<00:20:22.920><c> carried</c><00:20:23.539><c> out.</c>

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The<00:20:25.660><c> only</c><00:20:26.059><c> son</c><00:20:26.359><c> of</c><00:20:26.500><c> his</c><00:20:26.799><c> mother</c><00:20:27.180><c> and</c><00:20:27.559><c> she</c><00:20:27.940><c> was</c><00:20:28.259><c> a</c><00:20:28.420><c> widow</c><00:20:28.859><c> and</c><00:20:30.500><c> much</c><00:20:30.859><c> people</c><00:20:31.240><c> of</c>

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And<00:20:36.079><c> when</c><00:20:36.279><c> the</c><00:20:36.519><c> Lord</c><00:20:36.779><c> saw</c><00:20:37.220><c> her,</c><00:20:38.900><c> he</c><00:20:39.440><c> had</c><00:20:39.700><c> compassion</c><00:20:40.400><c> on</c><00:20:40.660><c> her.</c>

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How<00:20:42.579><c> we</c><00:20:42.960><c> need</c><00:20:43.200><c> this</c><00:20:43.599><c> Lord,</c><00:20:44.079><c> brothers</c><00:20:44.200><c> and</c><00:20:44.500><c> sisters,</c><00:20:46.400><c> because</c>

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compassion<00:20:47.599><c> was</c><00:20:49.079><c> something</c><00:20:49.400><c> he</c><00:20:49.660><c> did.</c>

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And<00:20:51.440><c> he</c><00:20:51.619><c> said</c><00:20:51.799><c> to</c><00:20:52.019><c> her,</c><00:20:52.880><c> weep</c><00:20:53.460><c> not,</c><00:20:55.779><c> and</c><00:20:56.079><c> he</c><00:20:56.319><c> came</c><00:20:57.000><c> and</c><00:20:58.160><c> touched</c>

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stood<00:21:04.220><c> still</c><00:21:05.119><c> and</c><00:21:06.519><c> he</c><00:21:06.779><c> said,</c><00:21:08.700><c> young</c><00:21:08.779><c> man,</c><00:21:10.700><c> I</c><00:21:10.940><c> say</c><00:21:11.119><c> unto</c><00:21:11.359><c> thee,</c><00:21:12.599><c> arise.</c>

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And<00:21:15.539><c> he</c><00:21:15.700><c> that</c><00:21:15.799><c> was</c><00:21:16.099><c> dead</c><00:21:17.119><c> sat</c><00:21:18.059><c> up</c><00:21:18.299><c> and</c><00:21:18.460><c> began</c><00:21:18.680><c> to</c><00:21:19.000><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:21:22.019><c> there</c><00:21:22.240><c> came</c><00:21:22.440><c> a</c><00:21:22.660><c> great</c><00:21:22.839><c> fear</c><00:21:23.119><c> on</c><00:21:23.400><c> all</c><00:21:23.720><c> and</c><00:21:24.319><c> they</c><00:21:24.599><c> glorified</c>

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has<00:21:27.900><c> risen</c><00:21:28.160><c> amongst</c><00:21:28.579><c> us</c><00:21:29.279><c> and</c><00:21:29.700><c> that</c><00:21:29.960><c> God</c><00:21:30.299><c> has</c><00:21:30.740><c> visited</c><00:21:31.079><c> his</c><00:21:31.480><c> people.</c>

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He<00:21:32.460><c> interprets</c><00:21:33.460><c> God's</c><00:21:34.059><c> compassion</c><00:21:34.799><c> for</c><00:21:35.140><c> us.</c>

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One<00:21:40.920><c> more.</c>

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Luke<00:21:45.400><c> 10,</c><00:21:57.539><c> verse</c><00:21:57.900><c> 33.</c>

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You'll<00:22:01.420><c> relate</c><00:22:01.720><c> to</c><00:22:01.900><c> this</c><00:22:02.160><c> right</c><00:22:02.420><c> away.</c>

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You'll<00:22:04.799><c> see</c><00:22:04.960><c> the</c><00:22:05.259><c> point</c><00:22:05.579><c> instantly.</c>

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You've<00:22:07.759><c> seen</c><00:22:07.900><c> it</c><00:22:08.160><c> before.</c>

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I'll<00:22:08.819><c> just</c><00:22:09.119><c> remind</c><00:22:09.500><c> you.</c>

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But<00:22:12.140><c> a</c><00:22:12.440><c> certain</c><00:22:12.819><c> Samaritan,</c><00:22:13.400><c> Luke</c><00:22:13.619><c> 10,</c><00:22:13.940><c> verse</c><00:22:14.200><c> 33,</c><00:22:15.279><c> but</c><00:22:15.460><c> a</c><00:22:15.799><c> certain</c><00:22:16.140><c> Samaritan,</c><00:22:17.500><c> as</c>

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he<00:22:18.380><c> journeyed,</c>

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He<00:22:26.720><c> compassioned</c><00:22:27.900><c> him.</c>

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Every<00:22:30.259><c> now</c><00:22:30.539><c> and</c><00:22:30.799><c> then,</c><00:22:31.740><c> some</c><00:22:31.940><c> of</c><00:22:32.099><c> our</c><00:22:32.279><c> English</c><00:22:32.579><c> translations</c>

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will<00:22:33.579><c> use</c><00:22:33.799><c> the</c><00:22:33.960><c> word</c><00:22:34.200><c> pity</c><00:22:34.519><c> instead.</c>

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And<00:22:36.779><c> we</c><00:22:37.000><c> say,</c><00:22:37.319><c> what</c><00:22:37.319><c> a</c><00:22:37.539><c> pity,</c><00:22:38.500><c> because</c><00:22:38.759><c> compassion</c><00:22:39.400><c> really</c><00:22:39.880><c> does</c><00:22:40.099><c> have</c><00:22:40.319><c> a</c>

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warmth<00:22:40.779><c> to</c><00:22:40.980><c> it.</c>

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But<00:22:41.539><c> the</c><00:22:41.799><c> reason</c><00:22:42.039><c> the</c><00:22:42.319><c> translators</c><00:22:42.720><c> have</c><00:22:43.059><c> done</c><00:22:43.319><c> that</c><00:22:43.980><c> is</c><00:22:44.940><c> because</c><00:22:45.460><c> pity</c>

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We<00:22:50.740><c> can</c><00:22:51.079><c> pity</c><00:22:51.460><c> someone</c><00:22:51.859><c> and</c><00:22:52.079><c> that's</c><00:22:52.839><c> active.</c>

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It's<00:22:53.779><c> a</c><00:22:53.940><c> verb.</c>

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We<00:22:56.460><c> don't</c><00:22:56.700><c> tend</c><00:22:56.880><c> to</c><00:22:57.099><c> use</c><00:22:57.299><c> the</c><00:22:57.420><c> word</c><00:22:57.599><c> compassion</c><00:22:57.980><c> that</c><00:22:58.119><c> way.</c>

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I'm<00:22:58.420><c> sure</c><00:22:58.559><c> that's</c><00:22:58.799><c> why</c><00:22:59.000><c> the</c><00:22:59.359><c> translators</c><00:22:59.640><c> have</c><00:23:00.000><c> substituted</c><00:23:00.559><c> that.</c>

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We<00:23:01.299><c> love</c><00:23:01.640><c> the</c><00:23:01.839><c> good</c><00:23:01.980><c> old</c><00:23:02.140><c> King</c><00:23:02.380><c> James</c><00:23:02.759><c> compassion,</c><00:23:03.380><c> but</c><00:23:03.480><c> we</c><00:23:03.599><c> need</c><00:23:03.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:04.119><c> careful</c><00:23:04.759><c> because</c><00:23:05.740><c> we</c><00:23:05.980><c> must</c>

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compassion<00:23:07.039><c> someone</c><00:23:07.619><c> and</c><00:23:08.200><c> not</c><00:23:08.519><c> just</c><00:23:09.279><c> have</c><00:23:09.480><c> it</c><00:23:09.660><c> in</c><00:23:09.759><c> an</c><00:23:10.000><c> abstract</c><00:23:10.519><c> way.</c>

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He<00:23:12.940><c> came</c><00:23:13.539><c> near</c><00:23:14.200><c> to</c><00:23:14.500><c> him</c><00:23:15.400><c> where</c><00:23:15.980><c> he</c><00:23:16.220><c> was</c><00:23:16.640><c> and</c><00:23:16.900><c> he</c><00:23:16.980><c> had</c><00:23:17.200><c> compassion</c><00:23:17.740><c> on</c><00:23:18.000><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:20.299><c> brothers</c><00:23:20.579><c> and</c><00:23:20.980><c> sisters</c><00:23:21.339><c> and</c><00:23:21.619><c> young</c><00:23:21.839><c> people</c><00:23:22.519><c> that</c><00:23:24.400><c> totally,</c><00:23:25.440><c> totally</c><00:23:26.640><c> encroached</c><00:23:27.839><c> on</c><00:23:28.920><c> the</c><00:23:29.200><c> comfort</c>

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zone<00:23:29.859><c> of</c><00:23:30.079><c> that</c><00:23:30.319><c> Samaritan,</c><00:23:32.240><c> totally,</c><00:23:33.119><c> he</c><00:23:33.319><c> had</c><00:23:33.359><c> to</c><00:23:33.599><c> abandon</c><00:23:33.940><c> all</c><00:23:34.359><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:34.700><c> plans</c><00:23:35.200><c> to</c><00:23:37.140><c> help</c><00:23:37.380><c> this</c><00:23:37.720><c> man,</c>

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to<00:23:39.319><c> give</c><00:23:39.400><c> them</c><00:23:39.579><c> up,</c><00:23:41.380><c> to</c><00:23:41.619><c> make</c><00:23:41.839><c> the</c><00:23:42.099><c> effort</c><00:23:42.259><c> to</c><00:23:42.599><c> take</c><00:23:42.779><c> him</c><00:23:42.920><c> to</c><00:23:43.099><c> the</c><00:23:43.279><c> inn,</c><00:23:45.240><c> to</c>

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tend<00:23:46.019><c> to</c><00:23:46.200><c> his</c><00:23:46.440><c> needs</c><00:23:46.740><c> for</c><00:23:47.220><c> some</c>

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hours<00:23:47.920><c> you'd</c><00:23:48.180><c> get</c><00:23:48.299><c> the</c><00:23:48.539><c> sense,</c><00:23:49.380><c> and</c><00:23:50.400><c> to</c><00:23:50.619><c> offer</c><00:23:50.859><c> to</c><00:23:51.000><c> the</c><00:23:51.099><c> innkeeper</c><00:23:51.480><c> if</c><00:23:51.599><c> it</c>

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costs<00:23:52.079><c> any</c><00:23:52.400><c> more</c><00:23:52.579><c> to</c><00:23:52.759><c> bring</c>

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this<00:23:53.359><c> man</c><00:23:53.839><c> to</c><00:23:54.319><c> health</c><00:23:54.519><c> again,</c><00:23:55.039><c> I'll</c><00:23:55.400><c> pay</c><00:23:55.619><c> it</c><00:23:55.779><c> when</c><00:23:55.880><c> I</c><00:23:56.099><c> come</c><00:23:56.259><c> again.</c>

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He<00:23:59.200><c> totally</c><00:23:59.759><c> stripped</c><00:24:00.240><c> himself</c><00:24:00.940><c> of</c><00:24:01.640><c> any</c><00:24:02.140><c> comfort</c><00:24:02.599><c> zone</c><00:24:03.079><c> and</c>

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he<00:24:04.759><c> found</c><00:24:05.039><c> the</c><00:24:05.380><c> buttons</c><00:24:05.660><c> for</c><00:24:05.859><c> that</c><00:24:06.059><c> little</c>

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girl's<00:24:06.720><c> coat.</c>

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The<00:24:12.220><c> father</c><00:24:12.519><c> of</c><00:24:12.660><c> the</c><00:24:12.839><c> prodigal,</c><00:24:15.579><c> he</c><00:24:16.720><c> was</c><00:24:16.960><c> out</c><00:24:17.099><c> looking</c><00:24:17.359><c> for</c>

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him,<00:24:17.740><c> wasn't</c><00:24:17.900><c> he?</c>

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And<00:24:19.240><c> when</c><00:24:19.359><c> he</c><00:24:19.480><c> came</c><00:24:19.839><c> back,</c><00:24:20.200><c> when</c><00:24:20.400><c> the</c><00:24:20.599><c> son</c><00:24:20.779><c> showed</c><00:24:21.079><c> the</c><00:24:21.380><c> first</c>

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signs<00:24:21.960><c> of</c><00:24:22.119><c> coming</c><00:24:22.380><c> back,</c><00:24:24.500><c> the</c><00:24:24.779><c> father</c>

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ran<00:24:25.539><c> because</c><00:24:25.839><c> he</c><00:24:25.980><c> had</c><00:24:26.220><c> compassion</c><00:24:27.039><c> on</c><00:24:27.299><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:29.420><c> the</c><00:24:29.619><c> father</c><00:24:29.859><c> had</c><00:24:30.140><c> to</c><00:24:31.700><c> abandon</c><00:24:32.519><c> all</c><00:24:33.240><c> the</c><00:24:33.579><c> disappointment</c>

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that<00:24:34.460><c> he</c><00:24:34.640><c> had</c><00:24:34.799><c> in</c><00:24:35.000><c> his</c><00:24:35.299><c> son,</c><00:24:38.500><c> perhaps</c><00:24:39.140><c> the</c><00:24:39.460><c> sense</c>

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of<00:24:39.960><c> betrayal</c><00:24:40.700><c> that</c><00:24:41.099><c> he</c><00:24:41.299><c> had</c><00:24:41.539><c> felt</c><00:24:41.799><c> for</c><00:24:42.119><c> this</c><00:24:42.720><c> lad</c><00:24:42.960><c> that</c><00:24:43.180><c> he</c><00:24:43.359><c> had</c>

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invested<00:24:44.079><c> in</c><00:24:44.480><c> and</c><00:24:44.900><c> the</c><00:24:45.140><c> lad</c><00:24:45.259><c> had</c><00:24:45.460><c> gone</c>

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off<00:24:45.839><c> and</c><00:24:46.180><c> squandered</c><00:24:46.579><c> it.</c>

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All<00:24:49.859><c> of</c><00:24:50.079><c> those</c><00:24:50.420><c> things</c><00:24:51.180><c> that</c><00:24:51.720><c> the</c><00:24:51.980><c> father</c><00:24:52.220><c> could</c><00:24:52.400><c> have</c><00:24:52.539><c> been</c>

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aggravated<00:24:53.500><c> by,</c><00:24:54.920><c> gone,</c><00:24:57.180><c> discarded,</c>

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thrown<00:24:58.460><c> by</c><00:24:58.700><c> the</c><00:24:58.880><c> wayside,</c><00:25:00.099><c> his</c><00:25:00.400><c> son</c><00:25:00.680><c> was</c><00:25:00.980><c> coming</c><00:25:01.299><c> back.</c>

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And<00:25:04.019><c> the</c><00:25:04.259><c> simple</c><00:25:04.599><c> word</c><00:25:04.880><c> is</c><00:25:05.160><c> there</c><00:25:05.380><c> again,</c><00:25:06.960><c> he</c><00:25:07.339><c> had</c><00:25:07.819><c> compassion</c>

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on<00:25:08.960><c> him</c><00:25:09.059><c> and</c><00:25:09.180><c> he</c><00:25:09.460><c> ran</c><00:25:09.619><c> to</c><00:25:09.940><c> meet</c><00:25:10.200><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:15.140><c> so</c><00:25:15.279><c> I</c><00:25:15.440><c> hope</c><00:25:15.640><c> you</c><00:25:16.400><c> appreciate</c><00:25:17.160><c> the</c><00:25:18.180><c> metaphor</c><00:25:18.700><c> that</c><00:25:18.920><c> I'm</c><00:25:19.180><c> using</c><00:25:19.460><c> when</c><00:25:19.660><c> I</c>

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say<00:25:20.059><c> he</c><00:25:20.359><c> found</c><00:25:20.859><c> the</c><00:25:21.700><c> buttons</c>

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for<00:25:22.240><c> the</c><00:25:22.440><c> coat.</c>

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He<00:25:25.279><c> did</c><00:25:25.539><c> something</c><00:25:25.960><c> about</c><00:25:26.299><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:29.440><c> so</c><00:25:29.619><c> brothers</c><00:25:29.920><c> and</c><00:25:30.240><c> sisters</c><00:25:31.240><c> and</c><00:25:33.240><c> young</c><00:25:33.539><c> people</c><00:25:34.819><c> listening</c><00:25:35.859><c> patiently,</c><00:25:39.980><c> the</c><00:25:40.160><c> table</c><00:25:40.640><c> now</c><00:25:42.819><c> speaks</c>

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to<00:25:43.960><c> us</c><00:25:45.259><c> tangibly,</c><00:25:46.640><c> tangibly,</c><00:25:47.339><c> we're</c><00:25:47.460><c> going</c><00:25:47.539><c> to</c><00:25:47.720><c> take</c><00:25:47.819><c> in</c><00:25:47.940><c> our</c>

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hands,<00:25:49.359><c> we're</c><00:25:49.559><c> going</c><00:25:49.759><c> to</c><00:25:50.420><c> take</c><00:25:50.700><c> into</c>

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our<00:25:51.500><c> between</c><00:25:52.160><c> our</c><00:25:52.480><c> lips</c><00:25:52.700><c> and</c><00:25:52.859><c> into</c><00:25:53.039><c> our</c><00:25:53.279><c> mouth,</c><00:25:53.799><c> tangibly.</c>

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We're<00:25:55.980><c> going</c><00:25:56.200><c> to</c><00:25:56.579><c> take</c><00:25:56.819><c> to</c><00:25:57.079><c> ourselves</c><00:25:57.940><c> the</c><00:25:58.700><c> tokens</c><00:25:59.099><c> that</c><00:25:59.400><c> Jesus</c><00:25:59.819><c> asked</c><00:26:00.259><c> us</c>

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to<00:26:00.779><c> take.</c>

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And<00:26:03.220><c> when</c><00:26:03.400><c> we</c><00:26:03.799><c> do,</c><00:26:05.839><c> as</c><00:26:06.180><c> we</c><00:26:06.420><c> do,</c><00:26:09.039><c> it</c><00:26:09.279><c> is</c><00:26:09.680><c> an</c><00:26:10.039><c> ongoing</c><00:26:10.660><c> reminder</c>

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of<00:26:13.480><c> the</c><00:26:13.859><c> compassion</c><00:26:14.640><c> that</c><00:26:16.380><c> our</c><00:26:16.619><c> Father</c>

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has<00:26:17.220><c> for</c><00:26:17.500><c> us</c><00:26:18.720><c> and</c><00:26:19.740><c> he</c><00:26:19.880><c> has</c><00:26:20.099><c> made</c><00:26:20.339><c> living</c><00:26:20.819><c> in</c><00:26:21.259><c> the</c><00:26:21.440><c> Lord</c><00:26:21.700><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:26:23.599><c> the</c><00:26:23.740><c> Lord</c><00:26:24.039><c> Jesus</c><00:26:24.799><c> has</c><00:26:25.500><c> to</c><00:26:25.700><c> the</c>

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very<00:26:26.319><c> death</c><00:26:26.940><c> done</c><00:26:27.480><c> something</c><00:26:28.019><c> with</c><00:26:28.740><c> that</c><00:26:30.799><c> we,</c><00:26:31.380><c> if</c><00:26:31.480><c> only</c><00:26:31.819><c> we</c><00:26:32.279><c> will</c><00:26:32.559><c> turn</c><00:26:32.839><c> to</c>

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him,<00:26:34.980><c> find</c><00:26:35.220><c> rest</c><00:26:35.660><c> for</c><00:26:35.960><c> our</c>

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souls<00:26:36.779><c> and</c><00:26:38.319><c> have</c><00:26:38.480><c> the</c><00:26:38.839><c> pardoning</c><00:26:39.220><c> of</c><00:26:39.380><c> our</c><00:26:39.579><c> iniquities.</c>

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And<00:26:42.039><c> may</c><00:26:42.140><c> we</c><00:26:42.380><c> take</c><00:26:42.660><c> the</c><00:26:42.960><c> emblems</c><00:26:43.539><c> to</c><00:26:43.740><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:44.539><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:26:44.960><c> sisters,</c><00:26:46.720><c> and</c><00:26:47.000><c> somehow,</c><00:26:47.900><c> somehow,</c>

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by<00:26:49.980><c> his</c><00:26:50.299><c> grace,</c><00:26:57.279><c> be</c><00:26:57.420><c> able</c><00:26:57.640><c> to</c><00:26:57.960><c> find</c><00:26:58.180><c> the</c><00:26:58.440><c> buttons</c><00:26:58.859><c> for</c><00:27:00.400><c> a</c><00:27:00.500><c> little</c><00:27:00.700><c> girl's</c><00:27:01.180><c> coat.</c>

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Amen.