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and<00:12:27.019><c> he</c><00:12:27.240><c> that</c><00:12:27.419><c> humbleth</c><00:12:27.840><c> himself</c><00:12:28.419><c> shall</c><00:12:28.679><c> be</c><00:12:29.000><c> exalted.</c>

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sought<00:12:49.539><c> only</c><00:12:49.899><c> mercy</c><00:12:50.220><c> and</c><00:12:50.539><c> grace.</c>

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could<00:14:27.740><c> write</c><00:14:28.120><c> his</c><00:14:28.440><c> great</c><00:14:28.740><c> epistles</c><00:14:29.100><c> to</c><00:14:29.340><c> the</c><00:14:29.539><c> Romans</c><00:14:29.919><c> and</c><00:14:30.779><c> to</c>

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And<00:14:47.399><c> while</c><00:14:47.620><c> Paul</c><00:14:47.940><c> said</c><00:14:48.220><c> that</c><00:14:49.019><c> his</c><00:14:49.360><c> zeal</c><00:14:49.659><c> for</c><00:14:49.899><c> the</c><00:14:50.720><c> law</c>

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on<00:14:58.899><c> the</c><00:14:59.080><c> road</c><00:14:59.299><c> to</c><00:14:59.559><c> Damascus.</c>

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that<00:15:46.960><c> he</c><00:15:47.279><c> accepted</c><00:15:47.639><c> an</c><00:15:47.940><c> invitation</c><00:15:48.440><c> to</c><00:15:48.639><c> Matthew's</c><00:15:49.179><c> house</c><00:15:49.399><c> for</c><00:15:49.740><c> supper.</c>

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behold,<00:16:01.100><c> many</c><00:16:01.419><c> publicans</c><00:16:02.120><c> and</c><00:16:02.379><c> sinners</c><00:16:02.620><c> came</c><00:16:02.980><c> and</c><00:16:03.159><c> sat</c><00:16:03.379><c> down</c>

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with<00:16:03.960><c> him</c><00:16:04.139><c> and</c><00:16:04.259><c> his</c><00:16:04.519><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:16:06.580><c> when</c><00:16:06.720><c> the</c><00:16:06.940><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:07.440><c> saw</c><00:16:07.799><c> it,</c><00:16:08.399><c> they</c><00:16:08.600><c> said</c><00:16:08.779><c> unto</c><00:16:09.039><c> his</c><00:16:09.259><c> disciples,</c>

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why<00:16:10.500><c> eateth</c><00:16:10.840><c> your</c><00:16:11.039><c> master</c><00:16:11.559><c> with</c><00:16:11.899><c> publicans</c><00:16:12.639><c> and</c><00:16:12.960><c> sinners?</c>

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Well,<00:16:14.840><c> when</c><00:16:15.399><c> Jesus</c><00:16:15.779><c> heard</c><00:16:16.039><c> that,</c><00:16:16.360><c> he</c><00:16:16.480><c> said</c><00:16:16.720><c> unto</c><00:16:17.000><c> them,</c>

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they<00:16:18.340><c> that</c><00:16:18.659><c> behold</c><00:16:19.200><c> need</c><00:16:19.559><c> not</c><00:16:19.840><c> a</c><00:16:20.059><c> physician,</c>

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but<00:16:21.440><c> they</c><00:16:21.679><c> that</c><00:16:21.860><c> are</c><00:16:22.120><c> sick.</c>

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But<00:16:23.759><c> go</c><00:16:23.980><c> and</c><00:16:24.279><c> learn</c><00:16:24.539><c> what</c><00:16:24.799><c> that</c><00:16:25.200><c> meaneth.</c>

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And<00:16:27.139><c> here</c><00:16:27.320><c> Jesus</c><00:16:27.799><c> now</c><00:16:28.279><c> paraphrases</c><00:16:28.980><c> a</c><00:16:29.740><c> quote</c><00:16:29.960><c> from</c><00:16:30.200><c> the</c><00:16:30.419><c> prophet</c>

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but<00:16:38.860><c> sinners</c><00:16:39.279><c> to</c><00:16:39.580><c> repentance.</c>

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Actually,<00:16:42.440><c> the</c><00:16:42.580><c> words</c><00:16:42.899><c> of</c><00:16:43.220><c> Hosea</c><00:16:44.159><c> chapter</c><00:16:45.200><c> 6,</c>

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and<00:16:50.899><c> the</c><00:16:51.179><c> knowledge</c><00:16:51.519><c> of</c><00:16:51.860><c> God</c><00:16:52.279><c> more</c><00:16:52.740><c> than</c><00:16:53.000><c> burnt</c><00:16:53.200><c> offerings.</c>

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a<00:17:02.159><c> group</c><00:17:02.320><c> of</c><00:17:02.679><c> publicans</c><00:17:03.320><c> and</c><00:17:03.700><c> sinners.</c>

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but<00:17:10.559><c> go</c><00:17:11.059><c> and</c><00:17:11.539><c> learn</c><00:17:11.799><c> what</c><00:17:12.140><c> that</c><00:17:12.579><c> meaneth.</c>

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as<00:17:19.940><c> well</c><00:17:20.119><c> as</c><00:17:20.339><c> they</c><00:17:20.460><c> knew</c><00:17:20.619><c> the</c><00:17:20.859><c> law</c><00:17:21.019><c> of</c><00:17:21.259><c> Moses,</c><00:17:22.539><c> which</c>

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of<00:17:26.619><c> every</c><00:17:26.920><c> minute</c><00:17:27.279><c> detail.</c>

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to<00:17:34.359><c> be</c><00:17:34.599><c> righteous</c><00:17:35.059><c> individuals.</c>

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to<00:17:42.559><c> all</c><00:17:42.900><c> other</c><00:17:43.319><c> men.</c>

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and<00:17:48.779><c> a</c><00:17:49.019><c> knowledge</c><00:17:49.279><c> of</c><00:17:49.519><c> God's</c><00:17:50.039><c> will.</c>

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woe<00:17:54.559><c> unto</c><00:17:54.759><c> you</c><00:17:55.019><c> scribes</c><00:17:55.599><c> and</c><00:17:55.819><c> Pharisees,</c><00:17:56.519><c> hypocrites,</c>

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for<00:17:57.680><c> you</c><00:17:58.019><c> pay</c><00:17:58.900><c> tithe</c><00:17:59.460><c> of</c><00:17:59.819><c> mint</c><00:18:00.119><c> and</c><00:18:00.579><c> anise</c><00:18:00.920><c> and</c><00:18:01.220><c> common</c>

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and<00:18:02.779><c> have</c><00:18:03.000><c> omitted</c><00:18:03.880><c> the</c><00:18:04.299><c> weightier</c><00:18:04.799><c> matters</c><00:18:05.140><c> of</c><00:18:05.400><c> the</c><00:18:05.660><c> law,</c><00:18:06.460><c> judgment,</c>

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mercy,<00:18:07.779><c> and</c><00:18:08.000><c> faith.</c>

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leave<00:18:12.000><c> the</c><00:18:12.279><c> other</c><00:18:12.619><c> undone.</c>

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of<00:18:18.859><c> God</c><00:18:19.039><c> to</c><00:18:19.279><c> observe</c><00:18:19.700><c> the</c><00:18:19.960><c> laws</c><00:18:20.220><c> that</c><00:18:20.519><c> God</c><00:18:20.759><c> had</c><00:18:21.140><c> established,</c>

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but<00:18:22.619><c> that</c><00:18:22.980><c> observance</c><00:18:23.500><c> had</c><00:18:23.759><c> to</c><00:18:23.940><c> be</c><00:18:24.240><c> tempered</c>

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with<00:18:25.339><c> mercy</c><00:18:25.900><c> and</c><00:18:26.640><c> understanding.</c>

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It<00:18:29.579><c> was</c><00:18:29.740><c> much</c><00:18:29.940><c> the</c><00:18:30.140><c> same</c><00:18:30.299><c> on</c><00:18:30.559><c> another</c><00:18:30.759><c> occasion</c>

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when<00:18:31.799><c> the</c><00:18:32.240><c> disciples</c><00:18:32.559><c> were</c><00:18:32.819><c> passing</c><00:18:33.200><c> through</c><00:18:33.480><c> a</c><00:18:33.660><c> field</c><00:18:33.859><c> of</c><00:18:34.200><c> corn</c>

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and<00:18:35.299><c> being</c><00:18:35.579><c> hungry,</c><00:18:36.180><c> picked</c><00:18:36.380><c> a</c><00:18:36.579><c> few</c><00:18:36.779><c> ears</c><00:18:37.119><c> of</c><00:18:37.420><c> corn</c><00:18:37.700><c> and</c><00:18:37.940><c> ate</c><00:18:38.140><c> them.</c>

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Well,<00:18:40.079><c> in</c><00:18:40.299><c> the</c><00:18:40.619><c> eyes</c><00:18:40.900><c> of</c><00:18:41.180><c> the</c><00:18:41.359><c> Pharisees,</c>

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the<00:18:42.200><c> disciples</c><00:18:42.539><c> were</c><00:18:42.819><c> guilty</c><00:18:43.160><c> of</c><00:18:43.480><c> reaping</c><00:18:43.920><c> and</c><00:18:44.200><c> threshing</c>

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on<00:18:44.900><c> the</c><00:18:45.140><c> Sabbath.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:48.000><c> recounted</c><00:18:48.660><c> David's</c><00:18:49.180><c> eating</c><00:18:49.359><c> of</c><00:18:49.539><c> the</c><00:18:49.740><c> showbread</c>

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and<00:18:50.700><c> quoted</c><00:18:51.099><c> Hosea</c><00:18:51.559><c> again,</c><00:18:51.960><c> I</c><00:18:52.119><c> will</c><00:18:52.359><c> have</c><00:18:52.579><c> mercy</c><00:18:53.039><c> and</c><00:18:53.519><c> not</c><00:18:53.759><c> sacrifice.</c>

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and<00:19:01.440><c> commandments</c><00:19:01.880><c> of</c><00:19:02.180><c> God,</c><00:19:03.480><c> but</c><00:19:03.680><c> their</c><00:19:04.019><c> enforcement</c>

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should<00:19:04.759><c> be</c><00:19:05.059><c> tempered</c><00:19:05.359><c> with</c><00:19:05.640><c> mercy</c><00:19:06.039><c> and</c><00:19:06.359><c> understanding.</c>

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when<00:20:25.019><c> he</c><00:20:25.240><c> said,</c><00:20:26.160><c> take</c><00:20:26.339><c> heed</c><00:20:26.779><c> and</c><00:20:27.200><c> beware</c>

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but<00:22:36.099><c> as</c><00:22:36.380><c> Jesus</c><00:22:36.799><c> said,</c><00:22:37.220><c> lacked</c><00:22:37.519><c> mercy,</c><00:22:38.299><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:22:39.619><c> a</c><00:22:39.700><c> fundamental</c><00:22:40.059><c> knowledge</c><00:22:40.539><c> of</c><00:22:40.779><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:41.160><c> what</c><00:22:41.339><c> he</c><00:22:41.460><c> was</c><00:22:41.640><c> looking</c><00:22:41.920><c> for</c><00:22:42.259><c> in</c><00:22:42.579><c> believers.</c>

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mercy<00:22:53.800><c> alone,</c><00:22:55.119><c> without</c><00:22:55.400><c> adherence</c><00:22:56.019><c> to</c><00:22:56.240><c> the</c><00:22:56.460><c> laws</c>

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take<00:23:40.000><c> precedent</c><00:23:40.500><c> over</c><00:23:40.859><c> mercy</c><00:23:41.319><c> and</c><00:23:41.539><c> understanding,</c><00:23:42.700><c> or</c><00:23:42.859><c> vice</c>

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versa.

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was<00:24:11.220><c> the</c><00:24:11.380><c> Lord</c><00:24:11.660><c> Jesus</c><00:24:12.099><c> Christ.</c>

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on<00:24:58.180><c> mankind</c><00:24:58.700><c> since</c><00:24:59.119><c> Adam</c><00:24:59.440><c> and</c><00:24:59.619><c> Eve.</c>

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so<00:25:31.640><c> that</c><00:25:32.339><c> sins</c><00:25:32.660><c> were</c><00:25:33.259><c> not</c><00:25:33.619><c> just</c><00:25:34.000><c> covered,</c>

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they<00:25:34.880><c> were</c><00:25:35.240><c> forgiven</c><00:25:35.700><c> and</c><00:25:36.160><c> removed.</c>

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We<00:25:38.859><c> are</c><00:25:39.079><c> the</c><00:25:39.339><c> beneficiaries</c><00:25:39.960><c> of</c><00:25:40.380><c> his</c><00:25:40.559><c> sacrifice</c>

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I<00:25:49.380><c> will</c><00:25:49.579><c> have</c><00:25:49.779><c> mercy</c><00:25:50.319><c> and</c><00:25:50.779><c> not</c><00:25:51.019><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:25:52.500><c> the</c><00:25:52.680><c> knowledge</c><00:25:52.960><c> of</c><00:25:53.279><c> God</c><00:25:53.819><c> more</c><00:25:54.200><c> than</c><00:25:54.400><c> burnt</c><00:25:54.700><c> offerings.</c>

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Amen.