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Nevertheless,<00:11:17.059><c> do</c><00:11:17.299><c> not</c><00:11:17.519><c> rejoice</c><00:11:17.919><c> in</c><00:11:18.080><c> this,</c><00:11:19.639><c> that</c><00:11:19.779><c> the</c><00:11:20.080><c> spirits</c><00:11:20.279><c> are</c><00:11:20.539><c> subject</c><00:11:20.840><c> to</c><00:11:21.059><c> you.</c>

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Yes,<00:11:45.679><c> Father,</c><00:11:46.120><c> for</c><00:11:46.379><c> such</c><00:11:46.620><c> was</c><00:11:46.840><c> your</c><00:11:47.080><c> gracious</c><00:11:47.480><c> will.</c>

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moment<00:13:47.179><c> it</c><00:13:47.440><c> was.</c>

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Teacher,<00:14:04.779><c> what</c><00:14:05.039><c> shall</c><00:14:05.299><c> I</c><00:14:05.580><c> do</c><00:14:06.120><c> to</c><00:14:07.080><c> inherit</c><00:14:07.580><c> eternal</c><00:14:08.100><c> life?</c>

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teaching,<00:14:26.639><c> which</c><00:14:26.759><c> is</c><00:14:26.980><c> a</c><00:14:27.080><c> necessity.</c>

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love,<00:19:00.539><c> heart,</c><00:19:01.099><c> soul,</c><00:19:01.700><c> strength,</c><00:19:02.059><c> mind.</c>

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united<00:19:13.179><c> by</c><00:19:13.819><c> a</c><00:19:14.180><c> singular</c><00:19:14.539><c> history</c>

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and<00:19:16.619><c> a</c><00:19:16.980><c> promised</c><00:19:17.400><c> future.</c>

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He<00:19:23.180><c> loved</c><00:19:23.480><c> God</c><00:19:23.880><c> so</c><00:19:24.259><c> much</c><00:19:24.720><c> that</c><00:19:25.119><c> he</c><00:19:25.240><c> had</c><00:19:25.519><c> dedicated</c><00:19:25.940><c> his</c><00:19:26.240><c> life</c>

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And<00:19:36.859><c> Christ</c><00:19:37.099><c> answers</c><00:19:37.400><c> him,</c><00:19:38.240><c> that's</c><00:19:38.619><c> right.</c>

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This<00:19:40.599><c> do,</c><00:19:41.980><c> and</c><00:19:42.160><c> thou</c><00:19:42.440><c> shalt</c><00:19:42.779><c> live.</c>

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But<00:19:47.620><c> he,</c><00:19:48.680><c> desiring</c><00:19:48.960><c> to</c><00:19:49.200><c> justify</c><00:19:49.680><c> himself,</c>

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said<00:19:51.359><c> to</c><00:19:51.599><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:19:54.279><c> who</c><00:19:54.579><c> is</c><00:19:54.980><c> my</c><00:19:55.180><c> neighbor?</c>

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the<00:20:00.940><c> answer,</c>

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teachers<00:20:02.480><c> ask</c><00:20:02.819><c> a</c><00:20:02.920><c> question</c><00:20:03.180><c> and</c><00:20:03.460><c> you</c><00:20:03.700><c> know,</c><00:20:04.000><c> you</c><00:20:04.380><c> know</c><00:20:04.619><c> the</c><00:20:04.819><c> answer.</c>

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know<00:20:08.500><c> the</c><00:20:08.740><c> answer.</c>

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to<00:20:12.619><c> raise</c><00:20:12.740><c> your</c><00:20:12.940><c> hand</c><00:20:13.119><c> and</c><00:20:13.259><c> to</c><00:20:13.480><c> speak</c><00:20:13.619><c> up,</c><00:20:14.180><c> because</c><00:20:14.460><c> you</c><00:20:14.660><c> always</c><00:20:14.960><c> know</c>

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the<00:20:15.400><c> answers.</c>

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Who<00:20:17.799><c> is</c><00:20:18.039><c> my</c><00:20:18.240><c> neighbor?</c>

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It<00:20:18.980><c> was</c><00:20:19.099><c> the</c><00:20:19.299><c> ultimate</c><00:20:19.759><c> lesson</c><00:20:20.319><c> from</c><00:20:20.839><c> a</c><00:20:21.039><c> Jewish</c><00:20:21.279><c> lawyer.</c>

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It<00:20:22.779><c> was</c><00:20:22.940><c> the</c><00:20:23.119><c> question</c><00:20:23.359><c> that</c><00:20:23.519><c> for</c><00:20:23.779><c> thousands</c><00:20:24.119><c> of</c><00:20:24.359><c> years,</c>

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was<00:20:34.740><c> not,</c><00:20:35.220><c> who</c><00:20:35.220><c> is</c><00:20:35.680><c> my</c><00:20:35.940><c> neighbor?</c>

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It<00:20:38.180><c> was,</c><00:20:40.319><c> who</c><00:20:40.660><c> am</c><00:20:40.980><c> I</c><00:20:41.819><c> required</c><00:20:42.680><c> to</c><00:20:43.859><c> love?</c>

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Because<00:20:47.579><c> in</c><00:20:47.779><c> those</c><00:20:48.059><c> Jewish</c><00:20:48.339><c> circles,</c><00:20:49.539><c> the</c><00:20:49.720><c> lawyers,</c><00:20:50.079><c> as</c><00:20:50.319><c> they</c><00:20:50.579><c> discussed</c>

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the<00:20:52.099><c> neighbor</c><00:20:52.420><c> and</c><00:20:52.640><c> the</c><00:20:52.819><c> work</c><00:20:53.039><c> of</c><00:20:53.599><c> Levites,</c>

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they<00:20:55.500><c> defined</c><00:20:55.839><c> neighbors</c><00:20:56.220><c> as</c><00:20:56.539><c> fellow</c><00:20:56.859><c> Jews,</c>

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not<00:20:59.700><c> Gentiles.</c>

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They<00:21:02.220><c> defined</c><00:21:02.960><c> neighbors</c>

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not<00:21:06.220><c> just</c><00:21:06.559><c> as</c><00:21:06.839><c> not</c><00:21:07.119><c> Gentiles,</c><00:21:07.619><c> but</c><00:21:07.759><c> they</c><00:21:07.960><c> left</c><00:21:08.319><c> other</c><00:21:09.400><c> Jewish</c>

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sinners<00:21:10.220><c> out</c><00:21:10.640><c> too,</c>

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when<00:21:11.740><c> they</c><00:21:12.000><c> defined</c><00:21:12.279><c> neighbors.</c>

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Tax<00:21:14.099><c> collectors</c><00:21:14.559><c> were</c><00:21:14.819><c> not</c><00:21:15.019><c> neighbors,</c><00:21:15.579><c> thieves</c><00:21:15.839><c> were</c><00:21:16.140><c> not</c><00:21:16.359><c> neighbors,</c>

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adulterers<00:21:18.099><c> were</c><00:21:18.380><c> not</c><00:21:18.700><c> neighbors,</c><00:21:20.099><c> whores</c><00:21:20.440><c> were</c><00:21:20.799><c> not</c><00:21:21.059><c> neighbors.</c>

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sometimes<00:21:29.420><c> widows</c><00:21:30.279><c> were</c><00:21:30.940><c> left</c><00:21:31.220><c> out</c><00:21:31.460><c> too,</c>

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because<00:21:33.700><c> they</c><00:21:33.920><c> were</c><00:21:34.779><c> seen</c><00:21:35.140><c> as</c><00:21:35.380><c> burdens</c><00:21:35.759><c> on</c><00:21:36.079><c> Jewish</c><00:21:36.299><c> society.</c>

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Madness<00:21:40.039><c> twisted,</c><00:21:40.740><c> turned</c><00:21:40.980><c> around,</c><00:21:42.099><c> just</c><00:21:42.319><c> like</c><00:21:43.039><c> today.</c>

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In<00:21:46.079><c> that</c><00:21:46.339><c> society,</c><00:21:46.980><c> sometimes</c><00:21:47.480><c> orphans,</c>

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children<00:21:49.220><c> who</c><00:21:49.380><c> had</c><00:21:49.599><c> tragically</c><00:21:50.019><c> lost</c><00:21:50.319><c> both</c><00:21:50.619><c> parents</c><00:21:51.019><c> to</c><00:21:51.240><c> a</c><00:21:51.380><c> sickness</c><00:21:51.640><c> or</c>

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a<00:21:52.079><c> war,</c>

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or<00:21:52.880><c> the</c><00:21:53.059><c> wilderness</c><00:21:53.380><c> itself,</c><00:21:55.400><c> were</c><00:21:55.519><c> not</c><00:21:55.799><c> considered</c><00:21:56.259><c> neighbors.</c>

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must<00:22:03.480><c> have</c><00:22:03.660><c> expected</c><00:22:04.119><c> with</c><00:22:04.339><c> a</c><00:22:04.579><c> story.</c>

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In<00:22:06.019><c> verse</c><00:22:06.200><c> 30</c><00:22:06.500><c> of</c><00:22:06.680><c> Luke</c><00:22:06.880><c> 10,</c><00:22:07.599><c> Jesus</c><00:22:07.839><c> replied,</c>

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A<00:22:08.359><c> man</c><00:22:08.700><c> was</c><00:22:08.960><c> going</c><00:22:09.220><c> down</c><00:22:09.579><c> from</c><00:22:09.819><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:10.299><c> to</c><00:22:10.599><c> Jericho,</c>

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and<00:22:11.599><c> he</c><00:22:11.880><c> fell</c><00:22:12.039><c> among</c><00:22:12.339><c> robbers,</c><00:22:12.880><c> who</c><00:22:13.119><c> stripped</c><00:22:13.380><c> him</c><00:22:13.640><c> and</c><00:22:13.819><c> beat</c><00:22:14.059><c> him,</c>

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and<00:22:14.859><c> departed,</c><00:22:15.380><c> leaving</c><00:22:15.599><c> him</c><00:22:15.859><c> half</c><00:22:16.180><c> dead.</c>

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It's<00:22:21.420><c> the</c><00:22:21.940><c> way</c><00:22:22.720><c> the</c><00:22:23.000><c> story</c><00:22:23.180><c> would</c><00:22:23.400><c> begin,</c>

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perhaps,<00:22:26.299><c> if</c><00:22:26.519><c> we</c><00:22:26.619><c> were</c><00:22:26.700><c> to</c><00:22:26.779><c> put</c><00:22:26.920><c> ourselves</c><00:22:27.279><c> in</c><00:22:27.460><c> that</c><00:22:27.660><c> place,</c>

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when<00:22:29.079><c> an</c><00:22:29.319><c> associate</c><00:22:29.660><c> says</c><00:22:29.940><c> to</c><00:22:30.160><c> you,</c>

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so<00:22:30.859><c> I</c><00:22:31.119><c> was</c><00:22:31.299><c> out</c><00:22:31.440><c> drinking</c><00:22:31.720><c> Thursday</c><00:22:32.119><c> night,</c>

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and<00:22:32.519><c> you're</c><00:22:32.660><c> thinking</c><00:22:32.900><c> this</c><00:22:33.099><c> is</c><00:22:33.299><c> not</c><00:22:33.440><c> going</c><00:22:33.579><c> to</c><00:22:33.660><c> end</c><00:22:33.799><c> well.</c>

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A<00:22:36.799><c> man</c><00:22:36.940><c> was</c><00:22:37.140><c> going</c><00:22:37.259><c> down</c><00:22:37.460><c> from</c><00:22:37.640><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:37.900><c> to</c><00:22:38.160><c> Jericho.</c>

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Well,<00:22:39.180><c> that</c><00:22:39.319><c> was</c><00:22:39.559><c> dumb.</c>

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Why<00:22:41.640><c> was</c><00:22:41.819><c> this</c><00:22:41.980><c> man</c><00:22:42.099><c> traveling</c><00:22:42.480><c> from</c><00:22:42.779><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:43.140><c> to</c><00:22:43.380><c> Jericho</c><00:22:43.759><c> alone?</c>

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He<00:22:44.880><c> should</c><00:22:45.019><c> have</c><00:22:45.079><c> known</c><00:22:45.240><c> better</c><00:22:45.440><c> than</c><00:22:45.680><c> that.</c>

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Jericho<00:22:47.319><c> is</c><00:22:47.700><c> 20</c><00:22:47.960><c> miles</c><00:22:48.279><c> away,</c><00:22:48.859><c> 4</c><00:22:49.220><c>,000</c><00:22:49.759><c> feet</c><00:22:50.059><c> lower</c><00:22:50.599><c> than</c><00:22:51.259><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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A<00:22:52.680><c> difficult</c><00:22:53.059><c> path.</c>

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Caves<00:22:54.119><c> and</c><00:22:54.380><c> robbers</c><00:22:54.740><c> were</c><00:22:55.079><c> known</c><00:22:55.539><c> to</c><00:22:56.380><c> dwell</c><00:22:56.740><c> there,</c>

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or<00:22:57.819><c> robbers</c><00:22:58.160><c> were</c><00:22:58.380><c> known</c><00:22:58.559><c> with</c><00:22:58.799><c> thieves</c><00:22:59.079><c> to</c><00:22:59.339><c> hide</c><00:22:59.599><c> in</c><00:22:59.839><c> caves.</c>

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It<00:23:00.579><c> was</c><00:23:00.779><c> a</c><00:23:00.839><c> place</c><00:23:01.119><c> that</c><00:23:01.299><c> you</c><00:23:01.420><c> could</c><00:23:01.680><c> sneak</c><00:23:01.900><c> up</c><00:23:02.160><c> on</c><00:23:02.380><c> someone.</c>

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You<00:23:02.960><c> could</c><00:23:03.180><c> jump</c><00:23:03.440><c> out.</c>

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Murders<00:23:04.480><c> were</c><00:23:04.759><c> not</c><00:23:04.980><c> uncommon</c><00:23:05.460><c> on</c><00:23:05.680><c> this</c><00:23:05.880><c> path,</c>

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depending<00:23:07.559><c> on</c><00:23:08.039><c> the</c><00:23:08.240><c> time</c><00:23:08.400><c> of</c><00:23:08.599><c> day.</c>

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It<00:23:09.059><c> was</c><00:23:09.259><c> known</c><00:23:09.460><c> as</c><00:23:09.700><c> the</c><00:23:09.859><c> Red</c><00:23:10.140><c> Way,</c><00:23:11.240><c> or</c><00:23:11.420><c> the</c><00:23:11.640><c> Bloody</c><00:23:11.940><c> Path.</c>

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find<00:23:17.059><c> your</c><00:23:17.640><c> neighbor.</c>

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And<00:23:20.420><c> this</c><00:23:20.660><c> poor</c><00:23:20.960><c> fool</c><00:23:21.519><c> was</c><00:23:22.579><c> traveling</c><00:23:23.019><c> alone.</c>

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we<00:23:26.579><c> can</c><00:23:26.799><c> probably</c><00:23:27.039><c> likewise</c><00:23:27.500><c> fill</c><00:23:27.680><c> in</c><00:23:27.859><c> what</c><00:23:28.000><c> the</c><00:23:28.160><c> lawyer</c><00:23:28.319><c> was</c><00:23:28.559><c> thinking,</c>

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because<00:23:29.420><c> we've</c><00:23:29.740><c> heard</c><00:23:29.900><c> the</c><00:23:30.160><c> story</c><00:23:30.359><c> many,</c><00:23:30.700><c> many</c><00:23:30.880><c> times.</c>

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A<00:23:33.059><c> common</c><00:23:33.240><c> suggestion</c><00:23:33.799><c> would</c><00:23:34.359><c> say</c><00:23:34.660><c> that</c><00:23:34.839><c> the</c><00:23:35.000><c> priest</c><00:23:35.200><c> walked</c><00:23:35.519><c> by</c>

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because<00:23:36.180><c> he</c><00:23:36.319><c> didn't</c><00:23:36.519><c> want</c><00:23:36.740><c> to</c><00:23:36.920><c> become</c><00:23:37.119><c> unclean.</c>

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Oral<00:23:39.299><c> tradition</c><00:23:39.599><c> by</c><00:23:39.779><c> this</c><00:23:40.000><c> point</c><00:23:40.200><c> said</c><00:23:40.440><c> that</c><00:23:40.700><c> non</c><00:23:40.900><c>-Jews</c><00:23:41.160><c> were</c>

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not<00:23:41.480><c> neighbors</c><00:23:41.779><c> after</c><00:23:42.200><c> all,</c>

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and<00:23:42.500><c> this</c><00:23:42.640><c> was,</c><00:23:44.519><c> well,</c><00:23:45.180><c> if</c><00:23:45.440><c> we</c><00:23:45.539><c> don't</c><00:23:45.680><c> look</c><00:23:45.920><c> close</c><00:23:46.200><c> enough,</c>

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we<00:23:47.039><c> don't</c><00:23:47.259><c> know</c><00:23:47.460><c> if</c><00:23:47.640><c> he</c><00:23:47.759><c> was</c><00:23:48.920><c> a</c><00:23:49.059><c> Jew.</c>

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But<00:23:51.759><c> here,</c><00:23:52.619><c> someone</c><00:23:52.839><c> was</c><00:23:53.240><c> dying,</c>

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and<00:23:54.960><c> it</c><00:23:55.039><c> was</c><00:23:55.200><c> a</c><00:23:55.380><c> priest</c><00:23:56.059><c> that</c><00:23:56.559><c> was</c><00:23:56.700><c> coming</c><00:23:56.960><c> down</c><00:23:57.220><c> from</c><00:23:57.420><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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completed<00:23:58.519><c> his</c><00:23:58.779><c> duties</c><00:23:59.039><c> at</c><00:23:59.259><c> the</c><00:23:59.400><c> temple,</c><00:24:00.759><c> perhaps,</c>

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working<00:24:02.160><c> with</c><00:24:02.460><c> the</c><00:24:02.619><c> Levites</c><00:24:03.059><c> to</c><00:24:03.279><c> perform</c><00:24:03.559><c> the</c><00:24:03.819><c> service</c><00:24:04.220><c> for</c>

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A<00:24:05.319><c> spiritual</c><00:24:05.680><c> leader,</c><00:24:06.079><c> surely</c><00:24:06.480><c> he</c><00:24:07.019><c> would</c><00:24:07.319><c> have</c><00:24:07.460><c> made</c><00:24:07.660><c> a</c><00:24:07.880><c> connection</c>

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between<00:24:08.500><c> his</c><00:24:08.779><c> position</c><00:24:09.279><c> over</c><00:24:10.019><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:24:12.200><c> a</c><00:24:12.539><c> naked</c><00:24:12.839><c> and</c><00:24:13.119><c> half</c><00:24:13.299><c>-dead</c><00:24:13.519><c> man</c><00:24:13.900><c> desperately</c><00:24:14.400><c> in</c><00:24:14.599><c> need.</c>

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Surely<00:24:15.380><c> the</c><00:24:15.559><c> priest</c><00:24:15.799><c> would</c><00:24:15.980><c> have</c><00:24:16.079><c> seen</c><00:24:16.299><c> this.</c>

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Maybe<00:24:18.940><c> he</c><00:24:19.200><c> assumed</c><00:24:19.380><c> the</c><00:24:19.599><c> worst.</c>

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Maybe<00:24:20.240><c> he</c><00:24:21.279><c> thought</c><00:24:21.440><c> it</c><00:24:21.559><c> was</c><00:24:21.740><c> a</c><00:24:21.859><c> trick,</c>

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a<00:24:23.859><c> common</c><00:24:24.099><c> trick</c><00:24:24.400><c> used</c><00:24:24.720><c> to</c><00:24:25.000><c> dupe</c><00:24:25.279><c> passersby.</c>

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Somebody<00:24:26.339><c> looks</c><00:24:26.640><c> like</c><00:24:26.839><c> he's</c><00:24:27.019><c> dead,</c><00:24:27.240><c> you</c><00:24:27.400><c> stop,</c><00:24:28.039><c> and</c><00:24:28.140><c> they</c><00:24:28.319><c> jump</c><00:24:28.559><c> out</c>

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from<00:24:28.920><c> behind</c><00:24:29.160><c> you.</c>

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But<00:24:30.240><c> he</c><00:24:30.319><c> didn't</c><00:24:30.519><c> stop</c><00:24:30.819><c> to</c><00:24:31.039><c> check.</c>

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It<00:24:31.420><c> was</c><00:24:32.000><c> probably</c><00:24:32.759><c> on</c><00:24:33.680><c> his</c><00:24:33.940><c> mind</c><00:24:34.200><c> that</c><00:24:34.500><c> it</c><00:24:34.660><c> wasn't</c><00:24:35.000><c> his</c><00:24:35.299><c> job</c><00:24:35.599><c> to</c><00:24:35.859><c> do.</c>

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And<00:24:38.240><c> the</c><00:24:38.440><c> Levite</c><00:24:38.599><c> does</c><00:24:38.839><c> the</c><00:24:39.039><c> same</c><00:24:39.259><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:24:40.480><c> we</c><00:24:40.559><c> have</c><00:24:40.680><c> to</c><00:24:40.859><c> point</c><00:24:41.019><c> out,</c><00:24:41.319><c> of</c><00:24:41.440><c> course,</c><00:24:41.799><c> brothers</c><00:24:41.920><c> and</c><00:24:42.160><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:24:42.339><c> know</c><00:24:42.579><c> this</c><00:24:42.779><c> by</c><00:24:43.000><c> now,</c><00:24:43.180><c> that</c><00:24:43.339><c> both</c><00:24:43.579><c> of</c><00:24:43.740><c> these</c><00:24:43.900><c> men</c><00:24:44.279><c> were</c><00:24:44.700><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:45.160><c> tribe</c><00:24:45.339><c> of</c><00:24:45.559><c> Levi.</c>

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These<00:24:48.519><c> two</c><00:24:48.819><c> Levites</c><00:24:49.460><c> should</c><00:24:50.180><c> have</c><00:24:50.339><c> known</c><00:24:50.559><c> better.</c>

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They<00:24:51.019><c> were</c><00:24:51.299><c> supposed</c><00:24:51.619><c> to</c><00:24:51.779><c> be</c><00:24:51.980><c> servants</c><00:24:52.279><c> of</c><00:24:52.440><c> the</c><00:24:52.640><c> people.</c>

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Their<00:24:53.920><c> very</c><00:24:54.200><c> jobs</c><00:24:54.559><c> were</c><00:24:54.819><c> supposed</c><00:24:55.220><c> to</c><00:24:55.380><c> have</c><00:24:55.579><c> trained</c><00:24:55.779><c> them</c>

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for<00:24:56.180><c> that,</c>

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but<00:24:57.119><c> neither</c><00:24:57.440><c> showed</c><00:24:57.819><c> an</c><00:24:58.180><c> inkling</c><00:24:58.519><c> of</c><00:24:58.700><c> the</c><00:24:58.980><c> compassion</c>

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that<00:25:00.460><c> they</c><00:25:00.559><c> were</c><00:25:00.799><c> supposed</c><00:25:01.160><c> to</c><00:25:01.359><c> have,</c>

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that<00:25:01.920><c> defined</c><00:25:02.200><c> their</c><00:25:02.460><c> jobs</c><00:25:02.839><c> and</c><00:25:03.059><c> position</c><00:25:03.500><c> for</c><00:25:04.039><c> the</c><00:25:04.259><c> people.</c>

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A<00:25:06.180><c> tribe</c><00:25:06.380><c> that</c><00:25:06.779><c> had</c><00:25:07.079><c> grown</c><00:25:07.339><c> up</c><00:25:07.579><c> in</c><00:25:07.700><c> the</c><00:25:07.859><c> wilderness,</c>

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taking<00:25:08.700><c> care</c><00:25:09.059><c> of</c><00:25:09.299><c> families</c><00:25:09.640><c> that</c><00:25:09.940><c> mourned,</c><00:25:10.700><c> that</c><00:25:10.900><c> were</c><00:25:11.240><c> sick.</c>

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And<00:25:13.779><c> so</c><00:25:13.880><c> I</c><00:25:13.960><c> think</c><00:25:14.259><c> Jesus</c><00:25:14.660><c> chose</c><00:25:15.079><c> the</c><00:25:15.319><c> two</c><00:25:15.460><c> Levites</c><00:25:15.920><c> as</c><00:25:16.099><c> the</c><00:25:16.359><c> subject</c><00:25:16.660><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:17.079><c> parable</c>

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in<00:25:18.400><c> the</c><00:25:18.579><c> same</c><00:25:18.720><c> way</c><00:25:18.839><c> he</c><00:25:18.980><c> always</c><00:25:19.319><c> patterned</c><00:25:19.740><c> his</c><00:25:19.960><c> stories</c><00:25:20.240><c> around</c><00:25:20.519><c> the</c>

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members<00:25:20.940><c> of</c><00:25:21.119><c> his</c><00:25:21.319><c> audience.</c>

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Okay,<00:25:22.940><c> Mr.</c><00:25:23.940><c> Lawyer,</c><00:25:24.920><c> you</c><00:25:25.019><c> consider</c><00:25:25.279><c> yourself</c><00:25:25.660><c> a</c><00:25:25.880><c> master</c><00:25:26.180><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:26.500><c> law,</c>

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a<00:25:27.079><c> Levite</c><00:25:27.359><c> worthy</c><00:25:27.680><c> of</c><00:25:27.839><c> the</c><00:25:27.980><c> kingdom</c><00:25:28.220><c> of</c><00:25:28.460><c> God,</c>

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worthy<00:25:29.920><c> of</c><00:25:30.220><c> serving</c><00:25:30.440><c> your</c><00:25:30.680><c> God,</c><00:25:30.980><c> your</c><00:25:31.140><c> people,</c><00:25:31.500><c> your</c><00:25:31.619><c> neighbors.</c>

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Okay,<00:25:33.079><c> those</c><00:25:33.279><c> of</c><00:25:33.420><c> you</c><00:25:33.539><c> here</c><00:25:33.700><c> this</c><00:25:33.960><c> morning</c><00:25:34.519><c> in</c><00:25:35.119><c> Stoughton,</c>

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you<00:25:35.740><c> consider</c><00:25:35.940><c> yourself</c><00:25:36.339><c> Levites.</c>

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Here's<00:25:38.460><c> a</c><00:25:38.660><c> story</c><00:25:38.839><c> designed</c><00:25:39.220><c> to</c><00:25:39.500><c> make</c><00:25:39.680><c> you</c><00:25:40.519><c> meditate</c>

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and<00:25:42.059><c> examine</c><00:25:42.500><c> yourselves</c><00:25:43.160><c> and</c><00:25:43.539><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:25:46.120><c> see</c><00:25:46.660><c> who</c><00:25:47.480><c> we</c><00:25:47.720><c> are</c><00:25:48.240><c> and</c><00:25:48.640><c> really</c><00:25:48.920><c> who</c><00:25:49.119><c> we're</c><00:25:49.400><c> serving.</c>

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And<00:25:51.380><c> this</c><00:25:51.640><c> lawyer's</c><00:25:52.039><c> eyes</c><00:25:52.279><c> locked</c><00:25:52.680><c> with</c><00:25:52.880><c> Jesus</c><00:25:53.319><c> as</c><00:25:53.599><c> the</c><00:25:53.880><c> story</c>

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is<00:25:54.359><c> animated.</c>

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Our<00:25:55.220><c> lawyer</c><00:25:55.500><c> friend</c><00:25:55.759><c> finds</c><00:25:56.099><c> himself</c><00:25:57.160><c> squirming,</c><00:25:58.380><c> uncomfortable,</c>

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looking<00:26:00.200><c> at</c><00:26:00.380><c> the</c><00:26:00.559><c> eyes</c><00:26:00.779><c> of</c><00:26:00.980><c> a</c><00:26:01.119><c> man</c><00:26:01.319><c> who</c><00:26:01.519><c> he</c><00:26:01.799><c> realized</c>

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knew<00:26:03.299><c> more</c><00:26:03.720><c> and</c><00:26:04.039><c> understood</c><00:26:04.500><c> more</c><00:26:05.059><c> than</c><00:26:05.380><c> he</c><00:26:05.619><c> did.</c>

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Looking<00:26:07.000><c> away</c><00:26:07.440><c> and</c><00:26:07.680><c> looking</c><00:26:07.940><c> down,</c><00:26:08.400><c> he</c><00:26:08.559><c> visualizes</c><00:26:09.099><c> the</c><00:26:09.359><c> half</c><00:26:09.559><c>-man,</c>

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the<00:26:10.720><c> half</c><00:26:10.900><c>-dead</c><00:26:11.140><c> man</c><00:26:11.339><c> on</c><00:26:11.500><c> the</c><00:26:11.680><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:26:13.240><c> he</c><00:26:13.480><c> visualizes</c><00:26:13.859><c> the</c><00:26:14.079><c> priest</c><00:26:14.380><c> walking</c><00:26:14.740><c> past,</c>

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and<00:26:15.720><c> he</c><00:26:15.940><c> visualizes</c><00:26:16.339><c> the</c><00:26:16.579><c> Levite</c><00:26:17.099><c> walking</c><00:26:17.579><c> past,</c>

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squirming<00:26:18.819><c> to</c><00:26:19.000><c> the</c><00:26:19.160><c> opposite</c><00:26:19.559><c> side</c><00:26:19.819><c> of</c><00:26:19.960><c> the</c><00:26:20.119><c> path</c>

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so<00:26:20.460><c> they</c><00:26:20.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:20.839><c> become</c><00:26:21.180><c> unclean.</c>

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And<00:26:23.819><c> maybe</c><00:26:23.980><c> he</c><00:26:24.220><c> thought,</c><00:26:24.599><c> poor</c><00:26:25.079><c> soul,</c><00:26:26.039><c> I</c><00:26:26.500><c> get</c><00:26:26.700><c> it.</c>

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This<00:26:27.740><c> is</c><00:26:27.960><c> my</c><00:26:28.099><c> neighbor.</c>

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This<00:26:30.500><c> is</c><00:26:30.720><c> my</c><00:26:30.880><c> neighbor.</c>

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I<00:26:34.200><c> should</c><00:26:34.400><c> have</c><00:26:34.660><c> stopped.</c><00:26:35.059><c> I</c><00:26:35.619><c> should</c><00:26:35.920><c> stop.</c>

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And<00:26:38.180><c> as</c><00:26:38.299><c> he's</c><00:26:38.579><c> visualizing</c><00:26:38.980><c> this,</c><00:26:39.220><c> he</c><00:26:39.420><c> probably</c><00:26:39.720><c> thought,</c>

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I<00:26:40.480><c> probably</c><00:26:40.859><c> would</c><00:26:40.980><c> have</c><00:26:41.099><c> walked</c><00:26:41.319><c> by</c><00:26:41.619><c> too.</c>

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And<00:26:43.019><c> it</c><00:26:43.119><c> was</c><00:26:43.279><c> a</c><00:26:43.400><c> lesson</c><00:26:43.680><c> that</c><00:26:44.759><c> started</c><00:26:45.460><c> to</c><00:26:45.759><c> touch</c><00:26:45.880><c> his</c><00:26:46.160><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:26:49.299><c> then,</c><00:26:50.039><c> Jesus</c><00:26:50.599><c> says,</c><00:26:52.099><c> a</c><00:26:52.119><c> certain</c><00:26:52.660><c> Samaritan.</c>

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And<00:26:55.440><c> he</c><00:26:55.579><c> looked</c><00:26:55.720><c> up</c><00:26:55.960><c> again,</c><00:26:56.420><c> startled.</c>

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A<00:26:56.960><c> Samaritan?</c>

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Because<00:26:58.740><c> Samaritans</c><00:26:59.259><c> were</c><00:26:59.579><c> never</c><00:26:59.960><c> used</c><00:27:00.400><c> in</c><00:27:00.799><c> stories</c><00:27:01.079><c> like</c><00:27:01.440><c> this.</c>

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The<00:27:02.420><c> story</c><00:27:02.579><c> was</c><00:27:02.799><c> always</c><00:27:03.119><c> a</c><00:27:03.440><c> priest,</c><00:27:04.220><c> a</c><00:27:04.380><c> Levite,</c><00:27:04.960><c> and</c><00:27:05.160><c> a</c><00:27:05.299><c> Jew.</c>

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Because<00:27:06.779><c> the</c><00:27:07.039><c> priest</c><00:27:07.259><c> was</c><00:27:07.519><c> obligated</c><00:27:08.000><c> to</c><00:27:08.140><c> do</c><00:27:08.259><c> something,</c>

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the<00:27:08.740><c> Levite</c><00:27:09.000><c> was</c><00:27:09.200><c> obligated</c><00:27:09.700><c> to</c><00:27:09.779><c> do</c><00:27:09.940><c> something,</c>

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and<00:27:11.119><c> so</c><00:27:11.259><c> it</c><00:27:11.339><c> was</c><00:27:11.519><c> the</c><00:27:11.759><c> average</c><00:27:12.140><c> Jew</c><00:27:12.380><c> that</c><00:27:12.559><c> would</c><00:27:12.759><c> come</c><00:27:13.019><c> along</c>

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and<00:27:13.819><c> do</c><00:27:14.000><c> all</c><00:27:14.240><c> the</c><00:27:14.400><c> things</c><00:27:14.579><c> that</c><00:27:14.799><c> under</c><00:27:14.960><c> all</c><00:27:15.180><c> these</c><00:27:15.400><c> complex</c><00:27:15.859><c> laws,</c>

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the<00:27:16.480><c> Levites</c><00:27:16.940><c> and</c><00:27:17.460><c> the</c><00:27:17.700><c> priestly</c><00:27:18.019><c> Levites</c><00:27:18.500><c> could</c><00:27:18.740><c> not</c><00:27:19.019><c> do.</c>

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It<00:27:20.940><c> would</c><00:27:21.000><c> be</c><00:27:21.200><c> a</c><00:27:21.319><c> comment</c><00:27:21.599><c> about</c><00:27:22.579><c> a</c><00:27:23.259><c> Jew</c><00:27:23.539><c> acting,</c>

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and<00:27:24.299><c> it</c><00:27:24.640><c> would</c><00:27:24.779><c> have</c><00:27:24.880><c> been</c><00:27:25.039><c> a</c><00:27:25.240><c> lesson</c><00:27:25.539><c> for</c><00:27:25.799><c> this</c><00:27:26.000><c> lawyer</c>

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that<00:27:26.440><c> he</c><00:27:26.579><c> had</c><00:27:26.799><c> to</c><00:27:26.920><c> come</c><00:27:27.160><c> down</c><00:27:27.380><c> off</c><00:27:27.539><c> his</c><00:27:27.720><c> high</c><00:27:27.960><c> horse</c>

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and<00:27:28.819><c> remember</c><00:27:29.220><c> that</c><00:27:29.480><c> he</c><00:27:29.680><c> should</c><00:27:29.880><c> be</c><00:27:30.420><c> a</c><00:27:30.680><c> regular</c><00:27:31.059><c> Jew.</c>

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He<00:27:31.440><c> had</c><00:27:31.680><c> to</c><00:27:32.019><c> consider</c><00:27:32.460><c> everybody.</c>

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Samaritans<00:27:37.220><c> were</c><00:27:37.440><c> less</c><00:27:37.720><c> than.</c><00:27:37.940><c> They</c><00:27:38.059><c> were</c><00:27:38.680><c> half</c><00:27:39.019><c>-breeds.</c>

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There<00:27:40.220><c> was</c><00:27:40.380><c> nothing</c><00:27:40.680><c> pure</c><00:27:41.079><c> about</c><00:27:41.339><c> them.</c>

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They<00:27:41.720><c> practiced</c><00:27:42.059><c> a</c><00:27:42.299><c> form</c><00:27:42.500><c> of</c><00:27:42.720><c> Judaism</c><00:27:43.039><c> that</c><00:27:43.220><c> was</c><00:27:43.539><c> despised</c><00:27:44.079><c> by</c>

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the<00:27:44.519><c> Jews.</c>

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The<00:27:45.359><c> Jews</c><00:27:45.599><c> called</c><00:27:46.000><c> Samaritans</c><00:27:46.640><c> dogs,</c><00:27:48.619><c> common</c><00:27:48.759><c> language</c><00:27:49.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:49.680><c> day.</c>

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We<00:27:52.980><c> can</c><00:27:53.259><c> see</c><00:27:53.640><c> the</c><00:27:53.940><c> evidence</c><00:27:54.140><c> of</c><00:27:54.400><c> that,</c>

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the<00:27:55.779><c> story</c><00:27:56.000><c> of</c><00:27:56.140><c> Jesus</c><00:27:56.420><c> with</c><00:27:56.619><c> the</c><00:27:56.839><c> Samaritan</c><00:27:57.140><c> woman</c><00:27:57.359><c> at</c><00:27:57.539><c> the</c><00:27:57.700><c> well.</c>

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They<00:27:59.420><c> held</c><00:27:59.700><c> Samaritan</c><00:28:00.240><c> people</c><00:28:00.500><c> in</c><00:28:00.680><c> disregard</c>

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because<00:28:01.460><c> of</c><00:28:01.599><c> their</c><00:28:01.740><c> religious</c><00:28:02.099><c> practices.</c>

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If<00:28:03.720><c> you</c><00:28:03.759><c> didn't</c><00:28:03.960><c> believe</c><00:28:04.259><c> like</c><00:28:04.519><c> a</c><00:28:04.700><c> Jew,</c><00:28:04.859><c> you</c><00:28:04.940><c> were</c><00:28:05.140><c> less</c><00:28:05.440><c> than.</c>

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You<00:28:05.720><c> were</c><00:28:05.819><c> not</c><00:28:05.960><c> worthy</c><00:28:06.220><c> of</c><00:28:06.480><c> patience</c><00:28:06.759><c> or</c><00:28:07.059><c> kindness.</c>

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No<00:28:09.259><c> one</c><00:28:09.400><c> would</c><00:28:09.579><c> use</c><00:28:09.759><c> a</c><00:28:09.960><c> Samaritan</c><00:28:10.319><c> as</c><00:28:10.480><c> an</c><00:28:10.700><c> example</c><00:28:10.920><c> of</c><00:28:11.160><c> goodness</c><00:28:11.400><c> and</c><00:28:11.640><c> love,</c>

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but<00:28:12.019><c> Jesus</c><00:28:12.339><c> did.</c>

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The<00:28:14.319><c> Samaritan,</c><00:28:14.660><c> as</c><00:28:14.839><c> he</c><00:28:15.000><c> journeyed,</c><00:28:15.319><c> came</c><00:28:15.519><c> to</c><00:28:15.660><c> where</c><00:28:15.819><c> he</c><00:28:16.019><c> was,</c>

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and<00:28:17.460><c> when</c><00:28:17.640><c> he</c><00:28:18.019><c> saw</c><00:28:18.299><c> him,</c><00:28:19.380><c> he</c><00:28:19.519><c> had</c><00:28:19.779><c> compassion.</c>

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He<00:28:21.480><c> went</c><00:28:21.700><c> to</c><00:28:21.880><c> him,</c><00:28:23.059><c> bound</c><00:28:23.160><c> up</c><00:28:23.359><c> his</c><00:28:23.539><c> wounds,</c><00:28:24.599><c> poured</c><00:28:24.759><c> on</c><00:28:25.000><c> oil</c>

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and<00:28:25.400><c> wine,</c>

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set<00:28:26.380><c> him</c><00:28:26.519><c> on</c><00:28:26.640><c> his</c><00:28:26.839><c> own</c><00:28:27.039><c> animal,</c><00:28:27.839><c> brought</c><00:28:28.099><c> him</c><00:28:28.339><c> to</c><00:28:28.500><c> an</c><00:28:28.640><c> inn,</c><00:28:29.319><c> took</c><00:28:29.619><c> care</c><00:28:30.019><c> of</c><00:28:30.240><c> him.</c>

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This<00:28:30.599><c> is</c><00:28:30.960><c> performing</c><00:28:31.599><c> the</c><00:28:32.259><c> service</c><00:28:32.859><c> to</c><00:28:33.579><c> every</c><00:28:34.059><c> possible</c><00:28:34.680><c> level</c><00:28:34.980><c> and</c><00:28:35.220><c> way</c>

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that<00:28:35.960><c> this</c><00:28:36.200><c> Samaritan</c><00:28:36.799><c> could.</c>

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And<00:28:38.859><c> the</c><00:28:39.000><c> next</c><00:28:39.240><c> day,</c><00:28:39.420><c> he</c><00:28:39.480><c> took</c><00:28:39.680><c> out</c><00:28:39.920><c> two</c><00:28:40.059><c> denarii</c>

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and<00:28:40.539><c> gave</c><00:28:40.759><c> them</c><00:28:40.900><c> to</c><00:28:41.039><c> the</c><00:28:41.200><c> innkeeper,</c><00:28:41.619><c> saying,</c>

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take<00:28:42.019><c> care</c><00:28:42.279><c> of</c><00:28:42.440><c> him.</c>

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Whatever<00:28:43.059><c> more</c><00:28:43.240><c> you</c><00:28:43.500><c> spend,</c><00:28:43.660><c> I</c><00:28:43.839><c> will</c><00:28:44.019><c> repay</c><00:28:44.200><c> you</c><00:28:44.420><c> when</c><00:28:44.559><c> I</c><00:28:44.720><c> come</c><00:28:44.920><c> back.</c>

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And<00:28:47.440><c> Christ</c><00:28:47.720><c> paused</c><00:28:48.200><c> at</c><00:28:48.420><c> the</c><00:28:48.480><c> end</c><00:28:48.619><c> of</c><00:28:48.839><c> the</c><00:28:48.960><c> story,</c>

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and<00:28:50.819><c> he</c><00:28:50.980><c> looked</c><00:28:51.160><c> around,</c>

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and<00:28:53.400><c> his</c><00:28:53.579><c> eyes,</c><00:28:53.880><c> once</c><00:28:54.180><c> again,</c>

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locked<00:28:55.900><c> on</c><00:28:56.220><c> the</c><00:28:56.359><c> eyes</c><00:28:56.559><c> of</c><00:28:56.779><c> that</c><00:28:56.940><c> young</c><00:28:57.180><c> lawyer.</c>

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As<00:29:00.160><c> he</c><00:29:00.380><c> asked,</c><00:29:00.720><c> who</c><00:29:01.000><c> do</c><00:29:01.240><c> you</c><00:29:01.539><c> think</c><00:29:02.119><c> acted</c><00:29:02.779><c> the</c><00:29:03.079><c> part</c><00:29:03.180><c> of</c><00:29:03.359><c> the</c><00:29:03.519><c> neighbor</c>

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to<00:29:04.539><c> the</c><00:29:04.720><c> man</c><00:29:04.980><c> who</c><00:29:05.220><c> fell</c><00:29:05.420><c> among</c><00:29:05.740><c> thieves?</c>

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And<00:29:09.240><c> now,</c><00:29:10.519><c> he</c><00:29:10.720><c> was</c><00:29:11.019><c> stuck.</c>

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The<00:29:12.900><c> first</c><00:29:13.200><c> two</c><00:29:14.180><c> in</c><00:29:14.299><c> the</c><00:29:14.500><c> story</c><00:29:14.720><c> would</c><00:29:14.900><c> be</c><00:29:15.119><c> considered</c>

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impeccable<00:29:16.119><c> character</c><00:29:16.440><c> witnesses,</c><00:29:16.819><c> at</c><00:29:16.940><c> least</c><00:29:17.220><c> he</c><00:29:17.380><c> had</c><00:29:17.579><c> thought</c><00:29:17.740><c> they</c><00:29:17.940><c> were.</c>

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Portrayed<00:29:20.240><c> as</c><00:29:20.539><c> petty,</c><00:29:21.039><c> uncaring,</c><00:29:21.599><c> pitiful,</c><00:29:22.200><c> shallow,</c><00:29:22.420><c> and</c>

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non<00:29:22.839><c>-pious.</c>

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And<00:29:24.079><c> the</c><00:29:24.240><c> Samaritan,</c>

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the<00:29:25.940><c> Samaritan,</c><00:29:26.539><c> of</c><00:29:26.720><c> all</c><00:29:26.900><c> people,</c><00:29:27.240><c> had</c><00:29:27.299><c> been</c><00:29:27.519><c> portrayed</c><00:29:27.819><c> as</c><00:29:28.059><c> compassionate.</c>

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He<00:29:29.180><c> hadn't</c><00:29:29.440><c> just</c><00:29:29.799><c> stopped</c><00:29:30.019><c> and</c><00:29:30.220><c> looked.</c>

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He<00:29:31.180><c> had</c><00:29:31.380><c> really</c><00:29:31.740><c> seen</c><00:29:31.980><c> what</c><00:29:32.160><c> the</c><00:29:32.299><c> man</c><00:29:32.400><c> needed.</c>

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Turning<00:29:36.119><c> to</c><00:29:36.400><c> the</c><00:29:36.579><c> disciples,</c>

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Jesus<00:29:38.220><c> said</c><00:29:38.539><c> privately,</c>

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Blessed<00:29:39.440><c> are</c><00:29:39.579><c> the</c><00:29:39.720><c> eyes</c><00:29:39.940><c> that</c><00:29:40.140><c> see</c><00:29:40.259><c> what</c><00:29:40.420><c> you</c><00:29:40.660><c> see,</c>

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for<00:29:41.559><c> I</c><00:29:41.759><c> tell</c><00:29:41.900><c> you</c><00:29:42.019><c> that</c><00:29:42.180><c> many</c><00:29:42.460><c> prophets</c><00:29:42.819><c> and</c><00:29:43.079><c> kings</c>

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desired<00:29:43.779><c> to</c><00:29:44.039><c> see</c><00:29:44.099><c> what</c><00:29:44.279><c> you</c><00:29:44.480><c> say</c><00:29:44.579><c> and</c><00:29:44.700><c> did</c><00:29:44.900><c> not</c><00:29:45.160><c> see</c><00:29:45.339><c> it.</c>

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And<00:29:45.900><c> now</c><00:29:46.220><c> that</c><00:29:46.519><c> lawyer</c><00:29:46.960><c> saw</c><00:29:47.380><c> too.</c>

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Looking<00:29:49.440><c> at</c><00:29:49.640><c> the</c><00:29:49.799><c> poor</c><00:29:50.039><c> beaten</c><00:29:50.339><c> man,</c>

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he<00:29:50.880><c> saw</c><00:29:51.079><c> not</c><00:29:51.319><c> a</c><00:29:51.579><c> fool,</c><00:29:51.779><c> but</c><00:29:52.000><c> a</c><00:29:52.220><c> fellow.</c>

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A<00:29:53.160><c> fellow</c><00:29:53.440><c> sojourner,</c><00:29:54.140><c> a</c><00:29:54.339><c> fellow</c><00:29:54.599><c> laborer,</c>

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a<00:29:56.019><c> fellow</c><00:29:56.240><c> pilgrim.</c>

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The<00:29:58.319><c> Samaritan</c><00:29:58.779><c> had</c><00:29:59.019><c> gotten</c><00:29:59.180><c> down</c><00:29:59.480><c> in</c><00:29:59.619><c> the</c><00:29:59.799><c> dirt</c><00:29:59.980><c> with</c><00:30:00.160><c> that</c>

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poor<00:30:00.579><c> man.</c>

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He<00:30:01.000><c> had</c><00:30:01.400><c> scraped</c><00:30:01.740><c> himself.</c>

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Gone<00:30:04.119><c> out</c><00:30:04.299><c> of</c><00:30:04.380><c> his</c><00:30:04.559><c> way</c><00:30:04.859><c> to</c><00:30:05.000><c> help</c><00:30:05.200><c> someone</c><00:30:05.500><c> he'd</c><00:30:05.740><c> never</c><00:30:05.940><c> met</c><00:30:06.160><c> personally.</c>

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Without<00:30:08.059><c> care</c><00:30:08.619><c> whether</c><00:30:08.819><c> it</c><00:30:08.980><c> was</c><00:30:09.160><c> a</c><00:30:09.319><c> set</c><00:30:09.440><c> up.</c>

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Whether<00:30:10.980><c> or</c><00:30:11.119><c> not</c><00:30:11.200><c> there</c><00:30:11.339><c> were</c><00:30:11.480><c> bandits</c><00:30:11.900><c> on</c><00:30:12.099><c> the</c><00:30:12.279><c> path</c><00:30:12.480><c> that</c>

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would<00:30:12.799><c> attack</c><00:30:13.099><c> them.</c>

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Walking<00:30:14.400><c> beside</c><00:30:14.819><c> an</c><00:30:15.039><c> injured</c><00:30:15.220><c> man</c><00:30:15.599><c> on</c><00:30:15.920><c> his</c><00:30:16.180><c> horse,</c>

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his<00:30:17.180><c> means</c><00:30:17.420><c> of</c><00:30:18.339><c> escape.</c>

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What<00:30:21.519><c> else</c><00:30:21.740><c> could</c><00:30:21.900><c> the</c><00:30:22.039><c> lawyer</c><00:30:22.200><c> say?</c>

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He<00:30:24.460><c> said</c><00:30:24.559><c> the</c><00:30:24.720><c> one</c><00:30:24.900><c> who</c><00:30:25.140><c> showed</c><00:30:25.279><c> him</c><00:30:25.460><c> mercy.</c>

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Couldn't<00:30:28.279><c> even</c><00:30:28.539><c> bring</c><00:30:28.680><c> himself</c><00:30:28.980><c> to</c><00:30:29.160><c> say</c><00:30:29.319><c> the</c><00:30:29.539><c> Samaritan.</c>

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And<00:30:31.539><c> Jesus</c><00:30:31.819><c> said,</c><00:30:32.359><c> you</c><00:30:32.359><c> go</c><00:30:32.900><c> and</c><00:30:33.700><c> do</c><00:30:33.940><c> likewise.</c>

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The<00:30:36.880><c> lawyer</c><00:30:37.059><c> couldn't</c><00:30:37.279><c> even</c><00:30:37.559><c> bring</c><00:30:37.680><c> himself</c><00:30:38.019><c> to</c><00:30:38.180><c> say</c><00:30:38.339><c> the</c><00:30:38.579><c> Samaritan.</c>

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The<00:30:39.220><c> Samaritan</c><00:30:39.579><c> had</c><00:30:39.819><c> fulfilled</c><00:30:40.200><c> the</c><00:30:40.420><c> role</c><00:30:40.559><c> that</c><00:30:40.799><c> both</c><00:30:41.160><c> Levites</c>

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should<00:30:42.440><c> have</c><00:30:42.759><c> fulfilled.</c>

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A<00:30:43.880><c> priest</c><00:30:44.240><c> and</c><00:30:44.680><c> a</c><00:30:44.900><c> servant.</c>

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It's<00:30:46.240><c> not</c><00:30:46.440><c> how</c><00:30:46.599><c> he</c><00:30:46.819><c> had</c><00:30:47.039><c> expected</c><00:30:47.500><c> this</c><00:30:47.839><c> story</c><00:30:48.039><c> to</c><00:30:48.279><c> end.</c>

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And<00:30:49.099><c> he</c><00:30:49.200><c> was</c><00:30:49.380><c> a</c><00:30:49.599><c> humbled</c><00:30:49.980><c> and</c><00:30:50.519><c> humiliated</c><00:30:51.140><c> man.</c>

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As<00:30:51.559><c> he</c><00:30:51.740><c> laid</c><00:30:51.859><c> in</c><00:30:52.119><c> bed</c><00:30:52.259><c> that</c><00:30:52.539><c> night,</c>

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that<00:30:53.460><c> lawyer</c><00:30:53.680><c> realized</c><00:30:54.559><c> Christ</c><00:30:55.539><c> was</c><00:30:55.839><c> saying</c><00:30:56.200><c> that</c><00:30:56.559><c> he,</c>

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Jesus<00:30:58.559><c> was</c><00:30:58.960><c> the</c><00:30:59.099><c> good</c><00:30:59.319><c> Samaritan.</c>

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The<00:31:00.799><c> true</c><00:31:01.039><c> Levite</c><00:31:01.460><c> who</c><00:31:01.700><c> ministered</c><00:31:02.579><c> because</c><00:31:02.839><c> he</c><00:31:03.099><c> cared.</c>

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He<00:31:03.500><c> saw,</c><00:31:04.259><c> he</c><00:31:04.380><c> got</c><00:31:04.640><c> dirty.</c>

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He<00:31:05.640><c> touched</c><00:31:05.960><c> the</c><00:31:06.220><c> sick</c><00:31:06.319><c> and</c><00:31:06.480><c> the</c><00:31:06.759><c> diseased.</c>

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He<00:31:07.839><c> shed</c><00:31:08.000><c> his</c><00:31:08.200><c> own</c><00:31:08.480><c> blood</c><00:31:08.839><c> to</c><00:31:09.019><c> be</c><00:31:09.160><c> the</c><00:31:09.359><c> example</c><00:31:09.640><c> to</c><00:31:09.880><c> us.</c>

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He<00:31:10.720><c> should</c><00:31:10.980><c> have</c><00:31:11.200><c> been</c><00:31:11.460><c> on</c><00:31:11.700><c> the</c><00:31:11.940><c> outside</c><00:31:12.380><c> of</c><00:31:12.579><c> the</c><00:31:12.759><c> camp.</c>

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And<00:31:13.779><c> eventually</c><00:31:14.099><c> he</c><00:31:14.279><c> would</c><00:31:14.480><c> be</c><00:31:14.599><c> put</c><00:31:14.779><c> to</c><00:31:14.980><c> death</c><00:31:15.200><c> there.</c>

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He<00:31:17.720><c> touched</c><00:31:18.000><c> the</c><00:31:18.259><c> sick</c><00:31:18.380><c> and</c><00:31:18.539><c> the</c><00:31:18.779><c> diseased.</c>

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He<00:31:20.339><c> cleaned</c><00:31:20.440><c> us</c><00:31:20.720><c> up.</c>

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He<00:31:21.759><c> made</c><00:31:21.900><c> it</c><00:31:22.180><c> personal.</c>

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He<00:31:23.759><c> too</c><00:31:24.279><c> was</c><00:31:24.940><c> a</c><00:31:25.119><c> Levite.</c>

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The<00:31:25.619><c> Levite's</c><00:31:26.059><c> job</c><00:31:26.279><c> was</c><00:31:26.500><c> to</c><00:31:26.680><c> see</c><00:31:26.839><c> himself</c>

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and<00:31:27.519><c> the</c><00:31:27.720><c> people</c><00:31:27.859><c> that</c><00:31:28.019><c> he</c><00:31:28.240><c> served.</c>

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And<00:31:29.200><c> Christ</c><00:31:29.500><c> saw</c><00:31:29.859><c> himself</c><00:31:30.519><c> and</c><00:31:31.119><c> sees</c><00:31:31.400><c> himself</c><00:31:31.960><c> in</c><00:31:32.180><c> us</c>

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and<00:31:33.119><c> the</c><00:31:33.319><c> people</c><00:31:33.460><c> that</c><00:31:33.759><c> serve</c><00:31:33.920><c> him.</c>

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He<00:31:36.480><c> loved</c><00:31:36.700><c> them</c><00:31:36.920><c> above</c><00:31:37.140><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:31:38.099><c> served</c><00:31:38.279><c> them</c><00:31:38.480><c> before</c><00:31:38.799><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:31:39.720><c> gave</c><00:31:39.940><c> himself</c><00:31:40.339><c> completely</c><00:31:40.880><c> to</c><00:31:41.140><c> his</c><00:31:41.400><c> service.</c>

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But<00:31:43.079><c> this</c><00:31:43.359><c> lawyer,</c><00:31:43.619><c> although</c><00:31:43.859><c> he</c><00:31:44.119><c> thought</c><00:31:44.259><c> he'd</c><00:31:44.440><c> been</c><00:31:44.599><c> doing</c><00:31:44.779><c> that</c>

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his<00:31:45.220><c> whole</c><00:31:45.599><c> life,</c>

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realized<00:31:48.319><c> that</c><00:31:48.619><c> up</c><00:31:48.779><c> until</c><00:31:49.160><c> now</c><00:31:49.700><c> he</c><00:31:49.960><c> hadn't.</c>

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It's<00:31:52.519><c> a</c><00:31:52.700><c> classic</c><00:31:53.000><c> lesson.</c>

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But<00:31:56.039><c> there's</c><00:31:56.299><c> more.</c>

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More<00:31:58.500><c> that</c><00:31:58.700><c> that</c><00:31:58.859><c> man</c><00:31:59.059><c> took</c><00:31:59.319><c> home</c><00:31:59.460><c> with</c><00:31:59.599><c> him</c><00:31:59.700><c> that</c><00:31:59.940><c> night</c>

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and<00:32:00.200><c> more</c><00:32:00.400><c> for</c><00:32:00.539><c> us</c><00:32:00.680><c> to</c><00:32:00.920><c> take</c><00:32:01.119><c> this</c><00:32:01.380><c> morning.</c>

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That<00:32:03.400><c> caused</c><00:32:03.579><c> him</c><00:32:03.759><c> to</c><00:32:03.880><c> lose</c><00:32:04.079><c> sleep</c><00:32:04.339><c> over.</c>

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That<00:32:04.759><c> caused</c><00:32:04.960><c> him</c><00:32:05.119><c> to</c><00:32:05.400><c> examine</c><00:32:05.640><c> himself.</c>

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Did<00:32:06.779><c> you</c><00:32:06.920><c> notice</c><00:32:07.140><c> the</c><00:32:07.339><c> question</c><00:32:07.640><c> has</c><00:32:07.839><c> been</c><00:32:08.119><c> changed?</c>

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It's<00:32:08.900><c> no</c><00:32:09.039><c> longer,</c><00:32:09.299><c> who</c><00:32:09.460><c> is</c><00:32:09.660><c> my</c><00:32:09.819><c> neighbor?</c>

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It<00:32:11.819><c> was,</c><00:32:12.700><c> who</c><00:32:12.940><c> am</c><00:32:13.099><c> I</c><00:32:13.240><c> required</c><00:32:13.660><c> to</c><00:32:13.920><c> love?</c>

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It's<00:32:15.660><c> not</c><00:32:15.839><c> a</c><00:32:16.019><c> question</c><00:32:16.180><c> of</c><00:32:16.559><c> nationality,</c><00:32:17.319><c> known</c><00:32:17.500><c> or</c><00:32:17.700><c> perceived</c><00:32:18.140><c> sin.</c>

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This<00:32:19.019><c> is</c><00:32:19.220><c> beyond</c><00:32:19.599><c> Gentiles</c><00:32:20.319><c> versus</c><00:32:20.660><c> Jews,</c><00:32:21.720><c> thieves,</c>

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adulterers,<00:32:22.900><c> prostitutes.</c>

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The<00:32:24.319><c> answer</c><00:32:24.599><c> he</c><00:32:24.759><c> received</c><00:32:25.259><c> was</c><00:32:25.480><c> to</c><00:32:25.640><c> the</c><00:32:25.839><c> question,</c>

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not<00:32:27.680><c> who</c><00:32:27.859><c> am</c><00:32:27.980><c> I</c><00:32:28.119><c> required</c><00:32:28.640><c> to</c><00:32:28.920><c> love,</c>

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but<00:32:29.779><c> how</c><00:32:30.140><c> am</c><00:32:30.400><c> I</c><00:32:30.559><c> to</c><00:32:30.680><c> be</c><00:32:30.920><c> merciful</c><00:32:31.319><c> and</c><00:32:31.619><c> compassionate?</c>

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How<00:32:32.740><c> am</c><00:32:32.940><c> I</c><00:32:33.059><c> to</c><00:32:33.140><c> be</c><00:32:33.319><c> a</c><00:32:33.460><c> neighbor?</c>

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How<00:32:34.200><c> am</c><00:32:34.380><c> I</c><00:32:34.500><c> to</c><00:32:34.700><c> serve</c><00:32:34.839><c> as</c><00:32:35.039><c> a</c><00:32:35.180><c> true</c><00:32:35.319><c> Levite?</c>

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:41.779
x
And<00:32:37.660><c> the</c><00:32:38.319><c> story</c><00:32:38.440><c> then</c><00:32:39.059><c> draws</c><00:32:39.880><c> our</c><00:32:41.259><c> attention,</c>

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as<00:32:42.019><c> we</c><00:32:42.240><c> close</c><00:32:42.480><c> this</c><00:32:42.720><c> morning,</c>

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to<00:32:44.299><c> two</c><00:32:44.539><c> very</c><00:32:44.880><c> different</c><00:32:45.220><c> mindsets.</c>

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Through<00:32:48.420><c> the</c><00:32:48.619><c> eyes</c><00:32:48.819><c> of</c><00:32:49.720><c> the</c><00:32:50.019><c> two</c><00:32:50.240><c> bad</c><00:32:50.519><c> Levites,</c>

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x
those<00:32:51.319><c> who</c><00:32:51.519><c> God</c><00:32:51.759><c> had</c><00:32:52.019><c> called</c><00:32:52.180><c> out</c><00:32:52.380><c> to</c><00:32:52.519><c> be</c><00:32:52.740><c> separate,</c>

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to<00:32:54.759><c> serve</c><00:32:55.019><c> their</c><00:32:55.160><c> high</c><00:32:55.460><c> priest.</c>

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There's<00:32:57.240><c> a</c><00:32:57.420><c> mindset</c><00:32:57.680><c> that</c><00:32:57.960><c> we,</c><00:32:58.200><c> like</c><00:32:58.319><c> they,</c><00:32:58.599><c> can</c><00:32:58.819><c> have</c><00:32:59.099><c> that</c>

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is<00:32:59.519><c> legalistic.</c>

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The<00:33:00.240><c> mind</c><00:33:00.420><c> of</c><00:33:00.680><c> a</c><00:33:01.039><c> Levitical</c><00:33:01.460><c> lawyer,</c>

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looking<00:33:02.500><c> for</c><00:33:02.779><c> loopholes</c><00:33:03.259><c> and</c><00:33:03.480><c> trying</c><00:33:03.680><c> to</c><00:33:03.920><c> figure</c><00:33:04.059><c> out</c><00:33:04.259><c> the</c><00:33:04.519><c> minimum</c>

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God<00:33:05.519><c> required</c><00:33:06.160><c> of</c><00:33:06.339><c> him.</c>

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The<00:33:08.220><c> other</c><00:33:08.339><c> was</c><00:33:08.619><c> expanding</c><00:33:09.180><c> the</c><00:33:09.519><c> boundaries</c><00:33:09.960><c> of</c><00:33:10.240><c> the</c><00:33:10.400><c> law,</c>

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understanding<00:33:11.839><c> the</c><00:33:12.099><c> higher</c><00:33:12.359><c> principles</c><00:33:12.819><c> that</c><00:33:13.099><c> weren't</c><00:33:13.299><c> boxed</c><00:33:13.779><c> in</c>

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by<00:33:14.480><c> 613</c><00:33:15.460><c> specific</c><00:33:16.799><c> black</c><00:33:17.180><c> and</c><00:33:17.420><c> white</c><00:33:18.160><c> codes,</c><00:33:19.519><c> rules.</c>

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Compassion<00:33:23.700><c> and</c><00:33:23.779><c> mercy</c><00:33:24.319><c> aren't</c><00:33:25.660><c> bounded</c><00:33:26.079><c> by</c><00:33:26.420><c> rules,</c><00:33:27.740><c> are</c><00:33:28.500><c> they?</c>

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The<00:33:30.200><c> two</c><00:33:30.380><c> Levites</c><00:33:30.799><c> didn't</c><00:33:31.059><c> know</c><00:33:31.200><c> who</c><00:33:31.380><c> their</c><00:33:31.559><c> real</c><00:33:31.759><c> high</c><00:33:31.980><c> priest</c><00:33:32.220><c> was,</c>

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but<00:33:33.259><c> they</c><00:33:33.559><c> believed</c><00:33:33.740><c> they</c><00:33:33.880><c> were</c><00:33:34.180><c> serving</c><00:33:34.380><c> the</c><00:33:34.559><c> law</c>

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by<00:33:34.960><c> walking</c><00:33:35.240><c> past</c><00:33:35.579><c> a</c><00:33:35.799><c> half</c><00:33:35.980><c>-dead</c><00:33:36.119><c> man</c><00:33:36.440><c> with</c><00:33:36.680><c> half</c><00:33:37.740><c>-dead</c><00:33:38.019><c> hearts.</c>

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Now<00:33:40.180><c> the</c><00:33:40.339><c> lawyer</c><00:33:40.559><c> knew</c><00:33:40.799><c> who</c><00:33:40.980><c> Jesus</c><00:33:41.299><c> was,</c>

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and<00:33:41.920><c> he</c><00:33:41.980><c> was</c><00:33:42.099><c> being</c><00:33:42.339><c> asked</c><00:33:42.680><c> once</c><00:33:42.980><c> again,</c>

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just<00:33:44.680><c> this</c><00:33:44.940><c> morning,</c><00:33:45.279><c> just</c><00:33:45.440><c> as</c><00:33:45.740><c> we</c><00:33:45.819><c> are</c><00:33:45.940><c> this</c><00:33:46.140><c> morning,</c><00:33:46.539><c> brothers</c><00:33:46.619><c> and</c><00:33:46.859><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:33:48.500><c> answer</c><00:33:48.859><c> the</c><00:33:49.180><c> call,</c>

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the<00:33:50.480><c> true</c><00:33:50.960><c> call</c><00:33:51.420><c> that</c><00:33:51.660><c> Moses</c><00:33:51.940><c> had</c><00:33:52.220><c> made</c><00:33:52.619><c> to</c><00:33:53.039><c> his</c><00:33:53.240><c> Levite</c><00:33:53.640><c> forefathers</c>

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so<00:33:54.519><c> many</c><00:33:54.740><c> generations</c><00:33:55.279><c> before,</c>

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who<00:33:57.059><c> is</c><00:33:57.920><c> on</c><00:33:58.500><c> the</c><00:33:58.720><c> Lord's</c><00:33:59.319><c> side.</c>

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We<00:34:02.579><c> have</c><00:34:02.839><c> been</c><00:34:03.099><c> abandoned.</c>

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x
We<00:34:04.920><c> have</c><00:34:05.160><c> been</c><00:34:05.400><c> left</c><00:34:05.700><c> to</c><00:34:05.960><c> die</c><00:34:06.140><c> on</c><00:34:06.319><c> the</c><00:34:06.519><c> side</c><00:34:06.680><c> of</c><00:34:06.859><c> the</c><00:34:07.000><c> road,</c>

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outside<00:34:08.639><c> of</c><00:34:08.880><c> the</c><00:34:09.099><c> camp.</c>

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Jesus<00:34:11.560><c> knew</c><00:34:12.300><c> what</c><00:34:13.039><c> it</c><00:34:13.139><c> was</c><00:34:13.400><c> like</c><00:34:13.780><c> to</c><00:34:14.320><c> be</c><00:34:14.500><c> outside</c><00:34:15.059><c> of</c><00:34:15.280><c> the</c><00:34:15.480><c> camp,</c>

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to<00:34:17.239><c> be</c><00:34:17.380><c> an</c><00:34:17.559><c> outcast,</c>

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and<00:34:19.619><c> true</c><00:34:19.920><c> Levites</c><00:34:20.460><c> know</c><00:34:20.860><c> the</c><00:34:21.179><c> same</c><00:34:21.480><c> feeling.</c>

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When<00:34:23.940><c> a</c><00:34:24.219><c> stranger</c><00:34:24.539><c> sojourns</c><00:34:25.059><c> with</c><00:34:25.239><c> you</c><00:34:25.360><c> on</c><00:34:25.440><c> your</c><00:34:25.639><c> land,</c>

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you<00:34:26.559><c> shall</c><00:34:26.780><c> not</c><00:34:27.019><c> do</c><00:34:27.179><c> him</c><00:34:27.400><c> wrong.</c>

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You<00:34:28.519><c> shall</c><00:34:28.719><c> treat</c><00:34:28.980><c> the</c><00:34:29.280><c> stranger</c><00:34:29.619><c> who</c><00:34:29.900><c> sojourns</c><00:34:30.340><c> with</c><00:34:30.559><c> you</c><00:34:30.780><c> as</c>

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a<00:34:31.460><c> native</c><00:34:31.980><c> among</c><00:34:32.599><c> you,</c>

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and<00:34:34.300><c> you</c><00:34:34.480><c> shall</c><00:34:34.659><c> love</c><00:34:34.900><c> him</c><00:34:35.400><c> as</c><00:34:35.840><c> yourself,</c>

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for<00:34:37.559><c> you</c><00:34:37.880><c> were</c><00:34:38.179><c> strangers</c><00:34:38.719><c> in</c><00:34:38.940><c> the</c><00:34:39.079><c> land</c><00:34:39.260><c> of</c><00:34:39.480><c> Egypt.</c>

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I<00:34:40.980><c> am</c><00:34:41.159><c> the</c><00:34:41.340><c> Lord</c><00:34:41.519><c> your</c><00:34:41.699><c> God.</c>

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Love<00:34:44.539><c> is</c><00:34:44.760><c> an</c><00:34:45.000><c> acceptance.</c>

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It<00:34:47.139><c> exemplifies</c><00:34:47.739><c> the</c><00:34:48.019><c> truth</c><00:34:48.360><c> over</c><00:34:48.780><c> error,</c>

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otherwise<00:34:49.880><c> it</c><00:34:50.019><c> isn't</c><00:34:50.320><c> love,</c>

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but<00:34:52.179><c> a</c><00:34:52.380><c> lie.</c>

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But<00:34:53.440><c> love</c><00:34:53.639><c> does</c><00:34:54.000><c> act.</c>

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It<00:34:54.679><c> acts</c><00:34:54.920><c> with</c><00:34:55.139><c> empathy</c><00:34:55.679><c> and</c><00:34:56.119><c> understanding.</c>

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It's<00:34:56.980><c> compassionate,</c><00:34:57.539><c> it's</c><00:34:57.820><c> merciful.</c>

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Sometimes<00:34:59.079><c> it's</c><00:34:59.440><c> whisper</c><00:34:59.780><c> quiet</c><00:35:00.280><c> and</c><00:35:00.619><c> tender.</c>

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Other<00:35:02.340><c> times</c><00:35:02.619><c> it's</c><00:35:02.880><c> loud</c><00:35:03.239><c> and</c><00:35:03.400><c> it's</c><00:35:03.840><c> powerful</c><00:35:04.139><c> and</c><00:35:04.280><c> it's</c><00:35:04.539><c> very</c><00:35:04.820><c> public.</c>

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What<00:35:07.280><c> must</c><00:35:07.519><c> I</c><00:35:07.780><c> do</c><00:35:08.000><c> to</c><00:35:08.179><c> inherit</c><00:35:08.460><c> eternal</c><00:35:08.780><c> life?</c>

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It's<00:35:10.599><c> the</c><00:35:10.699><c> most</c><00:35:10.900><c> important</c><00:35:11.199><c> question,</c>

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isn't<00:35:12.800><c> it?</c>

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And<00:35:14.260><c> the</c><00:35:14.360><c> answer</c><00:35:15.000><c> that</c><00:35:15.679><c> each</c><00:35:16.019><c> one</c><00:35:16.219><c> of</c><00:35:16.380><c> us</c><00:35:16.599><c> gives</c>

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will<00:35:18.219><c> largely</c><00:35:18.639><c> determine</c><00:35:19.179><c> who</c><00:35:19.380><c> we</c><00:35:19.639><c> are</c>

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and<00:35:21.340><c> who</c><00:35:21.539><c> we</c><00:35:21.860><c> serve</c>

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and<00:35:23.340><c> how</c><00:35:23.599><c> we</c><00:35:23.820><c> live.</c>

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It's<00:35:25.440><c> the</c><00:35:25.579><c> fundamental</c><00:35:25.960><c> theme</c><00:35:26.219><c> of</c><00:35:26.400><c> our</c><00:35:26.659><c> story</c><00:35:26.800><c> of</c><00:35:26.960><c> the</c><00:35:27.119><c> Levites</c><00:35:27.420><c> this</c><00:35:27.699><c> morning</c>

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and<00:35:28.860><c> this</c><00:35:29.059><c> weekend,</c>

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remains<00:35:31.099><c> the</c><00:35:31.420><c> fundamental</c><00:35:31.800><c> question</c><00:35:32.260><c> for</c><00:35:32.460><c> each</c><00:35:32.619><c> of</c><00:35:32.760><c> us.</c>

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Our<00:35:34.659><c> lesson</c><00:35:34.980><c> as</c><00:35:35.199><c> Levites,</c><00:35:35.920><c> brothers</c><00:35:36.019><c> and</c><00:35:36.260><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:35:37.599><c> the</c><00:35:37.860><c> same.</c>

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The<00:35:39.239><c> beauty</c><00:35:39.440><c> of</c><00:35:39.599><c> Jesus'</c><00:35:40.320><c> parable</c>

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about<00:35:41.219><c> the</c><00:35:41.420><c> good</c><00:35:41.659><c> Samaritan</c><00:35:42.239><c> and</c><00:35:42.420><c> the</c><00:35:42.599><c> bad</c><00:35:42.840><c> Levites</c>

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is<00:35:44.599><c> in</c><00:35:44.820><c> its</c><00:35:45.239><c> simplicity,</c>

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yet<00:35:47.659><c> at</c><00:35:47.860><c> the</c><00:35:48.019><c> same</c><00:35:48.260><c> time</c><00:35:48.519><c> it's</c><00:35:48.840><c> immense</c><00:35:49.280><c> challenge</c>

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and<00:35:51.460><c> the</c><00:35:51.679><c> burden</c><00:35:51.960><c> of</c><00:35:52.179><c> our</c><00:35:52.420><c> conscience.</c>

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Go<00:35:54.880><c> and</c><00:35:56.219><c> do</c><00:35:57.059><c> thou</c><00:35:57.699><c> likewise.</c>

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How<00:36:02.039><c> do</c><00:36:02.219><c> we</c><00:36:02.360><c> as</c><00:36:03.000><c> Levites</c><00:36:03.579><c> serve</c><00:36:04.440><c> our</c><00:36:05.000><c> high</c><00:36:05.280><c> priest?</c>

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Who<00:36:07.099><c> do</c><00:36:07.280><c> we</c><00:36:07.480><c> consider</c><00:36:07.920><c> our</c><00:36:08.219><c> neighbors?</c>

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How<00:36:10.019><c> do</c><00:36:10.300><c> we</c><00:36:10.480><c> treat</c><00:36:10.800><c> them?</c>

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You<00:36:13.519><c> are</c><00:36:13.760><c> my</c><00:36:13.960><c> neighbors.</c>

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If<00:36:15.659><c> you</c><00:36:15.880><c> do</c><00:36:16.099><c> whatsoever,</c><00:36:16.880><c> I</c><00:36:17.199><c> have</c><00:36:17.579><c> commanded</c><00:36:17.980><c> you.</c>

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Brothers<00:36:19.880><c> and</c><00:36:20.099><c> sisters,</c><00:36:20.340><c> we</c><00:36:20.500><c> have</c><00:36:20.619><c> been</c><00:36:20.860><c> called</c><00:36:21.019><c> out</c><00:36:21.199><c> of</c><00:36:21.300><c> this</c><00:36:21.519><c> world</c>

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to<00:36:22.420><c> be</c><00:36:22.679><c> different,</c>

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to<00:36:23.980><c> be</c><00:36:24.280><c> separate,</c>

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to<00:36:25.579><c> be</c><00:36:25.780><c> Levites,</c>

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to<00:36:27.579><c> be</c><00:36:28.000><c> joined</c><00:36:28.599><c> together</c>

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with<00:36:30.940><c> our</c><00:36:31.179><c> high</c><00:36:31.440><c> priest</c>

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who<00:36:33.440><c> was</c><00:36:33.760><c> called</c><00:36:34.039><c> and</c><00:36:34.400><c> commissioned</c><00:36:34.719><c> by</c><00:36:35.000><c> God,</c><00:36:35.380><c> our</c><00:36:35.599><c> Father,</c>

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out<00:36:36.539><c> of</c><00:36:36.659><c> his</c><00:36:36.940><c> great</c><00:36:37.219><c> mercy.</c>

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So<00:36:39.059><c> that</c><00:36:39.239><c> we</c><00:36:39.360><c> can</c><00:36:39.539><c> have</c><00:36:39.679><c> a</c><00:36:39.820><c> high</c><00:36:40.019><c> priest</c>

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to<00:36:41.500><c> be</c><00:36:41.679><c> able</c><00:36:41.860><c> to</c><00:36:42.159><c> work</c><00:36:42.340><c> with</c>

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and<00:36:44.079><c> sympathize</c><00:36:44.579><c> with.</c>