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we<00:18:07.730><c> handled</c><00:18:08.109><c> him,</c><00:18:08.269><c> we</c><00:18:08.369><c> touched</c><00:18:08.670><c> him.</c><00:18:10.569><c> Now</c><00:18:11.049><c> he</c><00:18:11.190><c> was</c><00:18:11.390><c> the</c>

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readers.<00:18:56.869><c> That</c><00:18:56.869><c> which</c><00:18:57.069><c> we</c><00:18:57.269><c> saw</c><00:18:57.710><c> and</c><00:18:57.910><c> which</c><00:18:58.130><c> we</c><00:18:58.329><c> heard</c><00:18:58.650><c> and</c><00:18:58.809><c> we</c>

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tidings<00:19:01.789><c> that's</c><00:19:02.450><c> eternal</c><00:19:02.829><c> life.</c><00:19:04.490><c> That's</c><00:19:04.789><c> eternal</c><00:19:05.150><c> life.</c><00:19:06.869><c> When</c><00:19:06.910><c> you've</c><00:19:07.190><c> grasped</c><00:19:07.509><c> that</c><00:19:07.809><c> it's</c><00:19:08.250><c> eternal</c><00:19:08.630><c> life</c><00:19:08.930><c> to</c><00:19:09.130><c> know</c>

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