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I've<00:11:24.080><c> done</c><00:11:24.159><c> a</c><00:11:24.379><c> little</c><00:11:24.559><c> bit</c><00:11:24.740><c> of</c><00:11:24.840><c> boating</c><00:11:25.059><c> in</c><00:11:25.240><c> my</c><00:11:25.460><c> life.</c>

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oh,<00:11:47.720><c> the</c><00:11:47.720><c> speed</c><00:11:47.980><c> of</c><00:11:49.600><c> sound</c><00:11:50.000><c> in</c><00:11:50.559><c> the</c><00:11:50.700><c> air</c><00:11:50.940><c> is</c><00:11:51.519><c> 700</c><00:11:51.940><c> miles</c><00:11:52.320><c> an</c><00:11:52.559><c> hour,</c>

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but<00:12:08.659><c> his</c><00:12:08.940><c> voice</c><00:12:09.399><c> would</c><00:12:09.700><c> be</c><00:12:09.960><c> severely</c><00:12:10.679><c> attenuated.</c>

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and<00:12:36.139><c> because</c><00:12:36.480><c> we</c><00:12:36.600><c> had</c><00:12:36.740><c> a</c><00:12:36.919><c> catamaran,</c><00:12:37.299><c> our</c><00:12:37.460><c> boat</c><00:12:37.559><c> was</c><00:12:37.779><c> rather</c><00:12:38.059><c> wide,</c>

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so<00:12:38.600><c> we</c><00:12:38.679><c> always</c><00:12:39.159><c> ended</c><00:12:39.419><c> up</c><00:12:40.539><c> way</c><00:12:40.820><c> out</c><00:12:41.000><c> on</c><00:12:41.179><c> the</c><00:12:41.379><c> end</c><00:12:41.559><c> dock,</c>

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and<00:12:44.019><c> we</c><00:12:44.460><c> got</c><00:12:44.659><c> off</c><00:12:44.899><c> the</c><00:12:45.100><c> boat</c><00:12:45.600><c> with</c><00:12:46.279><c> our</c><00:12:46.480><c> three</c><00:12:46.700><c> Labrador</c><00:12:47.240><c> retrievers</c>

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and<00:12:49.519><c> taking</c><00:12:49.700><c> them</c><00:12:49.899><c> to</c><00:12:50.120><c> shore,</c><00:12:50.279><c> which</c><00:12:50.500><c> they</c><00:12:50.799><c> desperately</c><00:12:51.100><c> wanted.</c>

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And<00:12:52.539><c> one</c><00:12:52.639><c> of</c><00:12:52.759><c> the</c><00:12:52.919><c> people</c><00:12:53.100><c> that</c><00:12:53.320><c> work</c><00:12:53.460><c> on</c><00:12:53.639><c> the</c><00:12:53.840><c> dock,</c>

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a<00:12:54.220><c> young</c><00:12:54.399><c> man,</c><00:12:55.600><c> maybe</c><00:12:55.860><c> 16,</c><00:12:57.440><c> walks</c><00:12:57.580><c> by</c><00:12:57.899><c> us</c><00:12:58.059><c> and</c><00:12:58.159><c> says,</c>

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blah,<00:12:58.600><c> blah,</c><00:12:58.779><c> blah,</c><00:12:58.960><c> blah,</c><00:12:59.100><c> blah,</c><00:12:59.440><c> blah,</c><00:13:00.120><c> blah,</c><00:13:01.559><c> blah,</c><00:13:01.559><c> blah,</c>

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with<00:13:01.559><c> a</c><00:13:01.740><c> big</c><00:13:01.919><c> smile,</c><00:13:02.620><c> nice.</c>

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We<00:13:03.460><c> said</c><00:13:03.620><c> hi</c><00:13:03.980><c> and</c><00:13:04.779><c> have</c><00:13:05.019><c> a</c><00:13:05.139><c> good</c><00:13:05.279><c> day</c><00:13:05.500><c> or</c><00:13:05.720><c> something.</c>

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We<00:13:06.200><c> got</c><00:13:06.399><c> down</c><00:13:07.200><c> to</c><00:13:08.620><c> the</c><00:13:08.779><c> end</c><00:13:08.879><c> of</c><00:13:09.059><c> the</c><00:13:09.240><c> dock,</c>

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and<00:13:11.279><c> John</c><00:13:11.460><c> goes,</c><00:13:12.080><c> I</c><00:13:12.240><c> know</c><00:13:12.399><c> what</c><00:13:12.519><c> he</c><00:13:12.700><c> was</c><00:13:12.840><c> saying.</c>

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He<00:13:13.440><c> said,</c><00:13:13.700><c> nice</c><00:13:14.200><c> dogs.</c>

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We<00:13:17.100><c> didn't</c><00:13:17.480><c> understand</c><00:13:18.100><c> him.</c>

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So<00:13:21.419><c> think</c><00:13:21.879><c> about</c><00:13:22.259><c> this</c><00:13:22.559><c> crowd,</c><00:13:23.600><c> these</c><00:13:23.919><c> farmers,</c><00:13:25.679><c> these</c><00:13:26.080><c> seamen.</c>

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They<00:13:27.179><c> probably</c><00:13:27.600><c> didn't</c><00:13:27.919><c> talk</c><00:13:28.480><c> very</c><00:13:29.059><c> well</c><00:13:29.220><c> to</c><00:13:29.360><c> one</c><00:13:29.519><c> another.</c>

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A<00:13:30.899><c> brother</c><00:13:31.100><c> talked</c><00:13:31.659><c> this</c><00:13:32.200><c> morning</c><00:13:32.539><c> about</c><00:13:32.940><c> prophets</c><00:13:33.360><c> from</c><00:13:33.679><c> Galilee.</c>

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There<00:13:36.299><c> was</c><00:13:36.759><c> probably</c><00:13:37.299><c> a</c><00:13:37.740><c> huge,</c><00:13:38.159><c> even</c><00:13:38.399><c> though</c><00:13:38.539><c> they</c><00:13:38.679><c> were</c><00:13:38.899><c> all</c><00:13:39.139><c> Jews,</c>

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they<00:13:39.860><c> all</c><00:13:40.139><c> spoke</c><00:13:40.360><c> the</c><00:13:40.600><c> same</c><00:13:40.799><c> language.</c>

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They<00:13:41.700><c> probably</c><00:13:41.919><c> didn't</c><00:13:42.159><c> understand</c><00:13:42.919><c> one</c><00:13:43.179><c> another</c><00:13:43.639><c> all</c><00:13:44.340><c> that</c><00:13:44.639><c> well,</c>

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which<00:13:49.559><c> would</c><00:13:49.840><c> lead</c><00:13:50.080><c> to</c><00:13:50.360><c> prejudice</c><00:13:50.960><c> and</c><00:13:52.100><c> that,</c>

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which<00:13:52.899><c> would</c><00:13:53.080><c> make</c><00:13:53.279><c> it</c><00:13:53.700><c> easier</c><00:13:54.100><c> for</c><00:13:54.320><c> these</c><00:13:54.600><c> prejudices</c>

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to<00:13:56.139><c> come</c><00:13:56.419><c> in</c><00:13:57.480><c> and</c><00:13:57.820><c> discredit</c><00:13:58.340><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:14:03.980><c> Jesus</c><00:14:04.279><c> gets</c><00:14:04.539><c> on</c><00:14:04.740><c> the</c><00:14:05.600><c> boat,</c><00:14:05.639><c> goes</c><00:14:06.740><c> up.</c>

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They're<00:14:07.840><c> all</c><00:14:08.039><c> heard,</c><00:14:08.559><c> they're</c><00:14:08.879><c> all</c><00:14:09.100><c> heard</c><00:14:09.279><c> clearly.</c>

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And<00:14:14.399><c> he</c><00:14:15.159><c> talks</c><00:14:15.399><c> to</c><00:14:15.559><c> them</c><00:14:15.659><c> in</c><00:14:15.919><c> parables.</c>

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And<00:14:17.000><c> these</c><00:14:17.240><c> parables</c><00:14:17.700><c> also</c><00:14:18.159><c> fulfill</c><00:14:18.799><c> scripture</c><00:14:20.000><c> and</c><00:14:20.500><c> prophecy</c>

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and<00:14:21.179><c> things</c><00:14:21.399><c> that</c><00:14:21.580><c> we</c><00:14:21.740><c> were</c><00:14:21.940><c> told.</c>

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and<00:14:30.460><c> the</c><00:14:30.659><c> seeds</c><00:14:30.840><c> that</c><00:14:31.039><c> go</c><00:14:31.100><c> by</c><00:14:31.399><c> the</c><00:14:32.200><c> waste</c><00:14:32.500><c> side,</c>

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were<00:14:38.299><c> quickly</c><00:14:38.620><c> devoured</c><00:14:39.820><c> by</c><00:14:40.399><c> birds</c><00:14:40.759><c> that</c><00:14:40.940><c> were</c><00:14:41.820><c> scavengers.</c>

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And<00:14:43.919><c> these</c><00:14:44.100><c> birds</c><00:14:44.360><c> probably</c><00:14:44.659><c> patrolled</c><00:14:45.000><c> the</c><00:14:45.240><c> road,</c>

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because<00:14:45.620><c> people</c><00:14:46.580><c> would</c><00:14:47.019><c> eat</c><00:14:47.220><c> while</c><00:14:47.399><c> they</c><00:14:47.559><c> were</c><00:14:47.740><c> walking.</c>

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They<00:14:48.240><c> didn't</c><00:14:48.620><c> pull</c><00:14:48.899><c> into</c><00:14:49.120><c> the</c><00:14:49.340><c> local</c><00:14:49.539><c> McDonald's.</c>

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So<00:14:51.639><c> the</c><00:14:51.860><c> birds</c><00:14:52.179><c> learned</c><00:14:52.820><c> to</c><00:14:53.100><c> follow</c><00:14:53.360><c> people</c>

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and<00:14:54.700><c> learned</c><00:14:55.019><c> these</c><00:14:55.379><c> were</c><00:14:55.580><c> the</c><00:14:55.820><c> easy</c><00:14:56.080><c> pickings.</c>

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And<00:15:02.059><c> then</c><00:15:02.200><c> the</c><00:15:02.440><c> seeds,</c><00:15:03.799><c> some</c><00:15:04.120><c> of</c><00:15:04.200><c> them</c><00:15:04.299><c> fell</c><00:15:04.519><c> into</c><00:15:04.759><c> the</c><00:15:04.899><c> stony</c><00:15:05.139><c> places</c>

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where<00:15:07.539><c> they</c><00:15:07.759><c> could</c><00:15:08.019><c> not</c><00:15:08.279><c> take</c><00:15:08.539><c> roots,</c>

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and<00:15:09.879><c> how</c><00:15:10.259><c> fast</c><00:15:11.000><c> they</c><00:15:12.440><c> would</c><00:15:12.759><c> come</c><00:15:12.960><c> up</c><00:15:13.159><c> and</c><00:15:13.379><c> die.</c>

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And<00:15:15.620><c> just</c><00:15:15.799><c> like</c><00:15:15.980><c> the</c><00:15:16.240><c> stony</c><00:15:16.480><c> places,</c>

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how<00:15:17.419><c> quick</c><00:15:17.740><c> the</c><00:15:18.240><c> ones</c><00:15:18.460><c> that</c><00:15:18.720><c> fell</c><00:15:18.860><c> among</c><00:15:19.179><c> the</c><00:15:19.500><c> thorns</c>

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and<00:15:20.480><c> the</c><00:15:20.659><c> weeds</c><00:15:21.320><c> were</c><00:15:22.779><c> not</c><00:15:23.039><c> allowed</c><00:15:23.240><c> to</c><00:15:23.519><c> grow.</c>

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And<00:15:26.460><c> some</c><00:15:26.639><c> of</c><00:15:26.820><c> course</c><00:15:27.019><c> fell</c><00:15:27.299><c> to</c><00:15:27.460><c> the</c><00:15:27.620><c> good</c><00:15:27.860><c> ground</c>

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and<00:15:28.659><c> brought</c><00:15:28.799><c> forth</c><00:15:29.120><c> fruit.</c>

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Then<00:15:39.200><c> at</c><00:15:39.460><c> the</c><00:15:39.740><c> end,</c><00:15:41.259><c> and</c><00:15:41.419><c> I</c><00:15:41.620><c> think</c><00:15:41.759><c> of</c><00:15:41.960><c> all,</c>

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well,<00:15:42.799><c> let's</c><00:15:43.259><c> go</c><00:15:43.440><c> on</c><00:15:43.600><c> with</c><00:15:43.779><c> this.</c>

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came<00:15:46.139><c> and</c><00:15:46.360><c> said</c><00:15:46.519><c> unto</c><00:15:46.759><c> him,</c>

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why<00:15:47.539><c> speakest</c><00:15:48.039><c> thou</c><00:15:48.179><c> unto</c><00:15:48.460><c> them</c><00:15:48.720><c> in</c><00:15:48.960><c> parables?</c>

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He<00:15:50.639><c> answered</c><00:15:50.960><c> and</c><00:15:51.179><c> said</c><00:15:51.340><c> unto</c><00:15:51.600><c> them,</c>

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because<00:15:52.240><c> it</c><00:15:52.440><c> is</c><00:15:52.679><c> given</c><00:15:52.899><c> unto</c><00:15:53.279><c> you</c><00:15:53.679><c> to</c><00:15:53.899><c> know</c><00:15:54.080><c> the</c><00:15:54.320><c> mysteries</c>

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of<00:15:55.019><c> the</c><00:15:55.159><c> kingdom</c><00:15:55.440><c> of</c><00:15:56.120><c> heaven,</c><00:15:57.440><c> but</c><00:15:57.679><c> to</c><00:15:57.940><c> them</c><00:15:58.080><c> it</c><00:15:58.259><c> is</c><00:15:58.460><c> not</c><00:15:58.700><c> given.</c>

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So<00:16:00.559><c> for</c><00:16:00.759><c> whoever</c><00:16:01.279><c> hath</c><00:16:02.019><c> to</c><00:16:02.360><c> him</c><00:16:02.659><c> shall</c><00:16:02.919><c> be</c><00:16:03.159><c> given,</c>

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and<00:16:04.200><c> she</c><00:16:04.460><c> hath</c><00:16:04.759><c> more</c><00:16:05.240><c> abundance,</c>

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but<00:16:06.299><c> whoever</c><00:16:06.620><c> hath</c><00:16:06.960><c> not</c><00:16:07.299><c> from</c><00:16:07.539><c> him</c><00:16:07.720><c> shall</c><00:16:07.940><c> be</c><00:16:08.240><c> taken.</c>

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And<00:16:09.840><c> therefore</c><00:16:10.100><c> I</c><00:16:10.379><c> speak</c><00:16:10.580><c> to</c><00:16:10.700><c> them</c><00:16:10.919><c> in</c><00:16:11.259><c> parables,</c>

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because<00:16:12.139><c> they</c><00:16:14.320><c> see</c><00:16:14.480><c> not</c><00:16:14.980><c> and</c><00:16:15.460><c> hearing</c><00:16:15.759><c> they</c><00:16:16.000><c> hear</c><00:16:16.200><c> not,</c>

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neither<00:16:16.860><c> do</c><00:16:17.059><c> they</c><00:16:17.360><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:16:19.080><c> in</c><00:16:19.240><c> them</c><00:16:19.340><c> is</c><00:16:19.600><c> fulfilled</c><00:16:19.980><c> the</c><00:16:20.379><c> prophecy</c><00:16:20.820><c> of</c><00:16:21.179><c> Isaiah,</c>

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which<00:16:22.179><c> said,</c><00:16:22.659><c> by</c><00:16:22.820><c> hearing</c><00:16:23.179><c> ye</c><00:16:23.440><c> shall</c><00:16:23.740><c> hear,</c>

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and<00:16:28.340><c> shall</c><00:16:28.580><c> not</c><00:16:28.820><c> perceive.</c>

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Then<00:16:31.580><c> anyone</c><00:16:32.039><c> heareth</c><00:16:32.480><c> the</c><00:16:32.600><c> word</c><00:16:32.740><c> of</c><00:16:32.899><c> the</c><00:16:33.059><c> kingdom,</c>

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and<00:16:33.740><c> understandeth</c><00:16:34.340><c> not,</c><00:16:34.740><c> then</c><00:16:34.860><c> come</c><00:16:35.059><c> the</c><00:16:35.240><c> wicked</c><00:16:35.480><c> one,</c>

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and<00:16:36.200><c> catcheth</c><00:16:36.559><c> away</c><00:16:36.860><c> that</c><00:16:37.120><c> which</c><00:16:37.340><c> was</c><00:16:37.659><c> sown</c><00:16:37.899><c> in</c><00:16:38.100><c> his</c><00:16:38.379><c> heart.</c>

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This<00:16:39.740><c> is</c><00:16:39.980><c> he</c><00:16:40.259><c> which</c><00:16:40.500><c> will</c><00:16:40.720><c> receive</c><00:16:40.960><c> the</c><00:16:41.240><c> seed</c><00:16:41.379><c> on</c><00:16:41.639><c> the</c><00:16:41.759><c> wayside.</c>

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Now<00:16:44.519><c> another</c><00:16:44.840><c> thing</c><00:16:45.059><c> happens</c><00:16:45.480><c> to</c><00:16:45.759><c> seed</c><00:16:46.179><c> on</c><00:16:47.159><c> the</c><00:16:47.240><c> wayside.</c>

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Yes,<00:16:49.659><c> it</c><00:16:49.799><c> gets</c><00:16:50.000><c> eaten,</c><00:16:51.139><c> but</c><00:16:51.379><c> also</c><00:16:52.179><c> because</c><00:16:53.139><c> of</c><00:16:53.320><c> that</c><00:16:53.559><c> transition,</c>

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especially<00:16:54.600><c> in</c><00:16:54.779><c> those</c><00:16:54.940><c> times</c><00:16:55.299><c> from</c><00:16:56.240><c> road</c><00:16:56.720><c> to</c><00:16:57.860><c> fertile</c><00:16:58.120><c> soil,</c>

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there's<00:16:58.779><c> this</c><00:16:59.039><c> big</c><00:16:59.200><c> area</c><00:16:59.600><c> in</c><00:16:59.799><c> between,</c>

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which<00:17:02.740><c> is</c><00:17:02.980><c> okay</c><00:17:03.460><c> soil,</c><00:17:03.860><c> and</c><00:17:04.039><c> it</c><00:17:04.200><c> grows</c><00:17:04.480><c> up,</c>

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but<00:17:07.759><c> it</c><00:17:08.440><c> isn't</c><00:17:08.680><c> great</c><00:17:08.920><c> soil.</c>

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Well,<00:17:11.259><c> when</c><00:17:11.420><c> you</c><00:17:11.720><c> gather</c><00:17:12.099><c> grain</c><00:17:12.559><c> into</c><00:17:12.920><c> sheaves</c><00:17:13.359><c> to</c><00:17:13.559><c> have</c><00:17:13.700><c> it</c><00:17:14.019><c> dry,</c>

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you<00:17:15.799><c> want</c><00:17:16.180><c> all</c><00:17:16.740><c> the</c><00:17:16.980><c> grain</c><00:17:17.359><c> to</c><00:17:18.660><c> be</c><00:17:18.799><c> the</c><00:17:19.000><c> same</c><00:17:19.220><c> size,</c>

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because<00:17:20.059><c> once</c><00:17:20.759><c> it</c><00:17:21.000><c> dries</c><00:17:21.240><c> out,</c>

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it<00:17:21.660><c> goes</c><00:17:21.859><c> to</c><00:17:22.099><c> the</c><00:17:22.220><c> threshing</c><00:17:22.519><c> floor.</c>

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If<00:17:24.259><c> you</c><00:17:24.400><c> have</c><00:17:24.519><c> all</c><00:17:24.720><c> different</c><00:17:25.039><c> sides,</c>

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then<00:17:26.559><c> it's</c><00:17:26.759><c> gonna</c><00:17:26.839><c> be</c><00:17:27.000><c> almost</c><00:17:27.240><c> impossible</c><00:17:27.779><c> to</c><00:17:28.099><c> thresh.</c>

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So<00:17:30.700><c> another</c><00:17:31.299><c> thing</c><00:17:31.500><c> happens</c><00:17:31.920><c> to</c><00:17:32.140><c> the</c><00:17:32.339><c> grain</c>

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that<00:17:34.099><c> falls</c><00:17:34.519><c> into</c><00:17:34.740><c> this</c><00:17:34.980><c> transition</c><00:17:35.720><c> zone.</c>

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It<00:17:37.160><c> is</c><00:17:37.400><c> picked</c><00:17:37.619><c> up</c><00:17:37.839><c> by</c><00:17:38.559><c> people</c><00:17:39.000><c> that</c><00:17:39.240><c> do</c><00:17:39.440><c> gleaning,</c>

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and<00:17:41.319><c> we</c><00:17:41.440><c> can</c><00:17:41.640><c> read</c><00:17:41.839><c> about</c><00:17:42.180><c> gleaning,</c>

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and<00:17:43.220><c> this</c><00:17:43.400><c> is</c><00:17:43.519><c> why</c><00:17:43.759><c> the</c><00:17:44.039><c> stuff</c><00:17:44.400><c> on</c><00:17:44.720><c> the</c><00:17:44.859><c> side</c><00:17:45.000><c> of</c><00:17:45.220><c> the</c><00:17:45.240><c> road</c><00:17:45.380><c> was</c><00:17:45.700><c> left.</c>

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Very<00:17:46.960><c> profitable</c><00:17:47.480><c> for</c><00:17:47.779><c> gleaners,</c>

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but<00:17:49.619><c> not</c><00:17:50.099><c> good</c><00:17:50.279><c> for</c><00:17:50.480><c> a</c><00:17:50.539><c> regular</c><00:17:50.799><c> harvest.</c>

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So<00:17:53.759><c> we</c><00:17:54.019><c> can</c><00:17:54.220><c> read</c><00:17:54.359><c> about</c><00:17:54.599><c> gleaning,</c>

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we<00:17:55.220><c> can</c><00:17:55.539><c> read</c><00:17:55.680><c> it</c><00:17:55.880><c> in</c><00:17:56.099><c> Ruth,</c>

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and<00:17:56.759><c> in</c><00:17:56.940><c> fact</c><00:17:57.160><c> in</c><00:17:57.940><c> Matthew</c><00:17:58.319><c> 12,</c><00:17:58.880><c> verses</c><00:17:59.259><c> one</c><00:17:59.539><c> and</c><00:17:59.759><c> two,</c>

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we<00:18:00.319><c> can</c><00:18:00.539><c> read</c><00:18:00.740><c> how</c><00:18:00.940><c> the</c><00:18:01.140><c> disciples</c><00:18:01.779><c> did</c><00:18:02.579><c> gleaning,</c>

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and<00:18:03.480><c> they</c><00:18:03.579><c> did</c><00:18:03.680><c> on</c><00:18:03.900><c> the</c><00:18:04.119><c> Sabbath,</c>

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which<00:18:04.880><c> brought</c><00:18:05.279><c> up</c><00:18:05.539><c> the</c><00:18:05.700><c> whole</c><00:18:06.680><c> respect</c><00:18:07.759><c> for</c><00:18:08.000><c> the</c><00:18:08.259><c> Sabbath,</c>

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and<00:18:10.000><c> that</c><00:18:10.700><c> was</c><00:18:10.940><c> a</c><00:18:11.380><c> major</c><00:18:11.680><c> problem</c><00:18:12.059><c> for</c><00:18:12.319><c> the</c><00:18:12.519><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:18:15.420><c> we</c><00:18:15.519><c> ought</c><00:18:15.660><c> to</c><00:18:16.359><c> be</c><00:18:16.619><c> a</c><00:18:16.720><c> little</c><00:18:16.880><c> sympathetic</c><00:18:17.519><c> about</c><00:18:17.900><c> that,</c>

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because<00:18:20.339><c> one</c><00:18:20.799><c> of</c><00:18:20.960><c> the</c><00:18:21.019><c> things</c><00:18:21.279><c> that</c><00:18:21.619><c> scares</c><00:18:22.079><c> me</c>

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is<00:18:22.859><c> when</c><00:18:23.039><c> the</c><00:18:23.339><c> kingdom</c><00:18:23.660><c> comes,</c>

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am<00:18:26.579><c> I</c><00:18:26.720><c> gonna</c><00:18:27.039><c> be</c><00:18:27.880><c> so</c><00:18:28.519><c> convinced</c><00:18:29.279><c> that</c><00:18:29.619><c> I</c><00:18:29.859><c> got</c><00:18:30.039><c> something</c><00:18:30.440><c> right,</c>

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that<00:18:36.480><c> it's</c><00:18:36.619><c> gonna</c><00:18:36.880><c> totally</c><00:18:37.380><c> block</c><00:18:37.779><c> me</c>

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from<00:18:39.279><c> seeing</c><00:18:39.640><c> what</c><00:18:40.079><c> is</c><00:18:40.440><c> right</c><00:18:40.839><c> in</c><00:18:41.039><c> front</c><00:18:41.140><c> of</c><00:18:41.359><c> them,</c>

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just<00:18:42.539><c> like</c><00:18:42.720><c> it</c><00:18:43.000><c> totally</c><00:18:43.359><c> blocked</c><00:18:44.039><c> the</c><00:18:45.359><c> Pharisees.</c>

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It's<00:18:47.279><c> something</c><00:18:47.420><c> we</c><00:18:47.720><c> always</c><00:18:48.119><c> have</c><00:18:48.339><c> to</c><00:18:48.500><c> be</c><00:18:48.720><c> aware</c><00:18:48.920><c> with,</c>

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because<00:18:50.259><c> even</c><00:18:50.559><c> though</c><00:18:50.819><c> we</c><00:18:51.200><c> study</c><00:18:51.500><c> and</c><00:18:51.720><c> we</c><00:18:51.940><c> have</c><00:18:52.119><c> Bible</c><00:18:52.440><c> classes</c>

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and<00:18:53.279><c> we</c><00:18:53.500><c> work</c><00:18:53.740><c> hard,</c>

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there's<00:18:55.380><c> always</c><00:18:56.019><c> something</c><00:18:56.700><c> that</c><00:18:58.079><c> will</c><00:18:58.400><c> probably</c><00:18:58.640><c> get</c><00:18:58.900><c> wrong,</c>

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because<00:18:59.759><c> we're</c><00:19:00.019><c> people.</c>

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We<00:19:02.480><c> don't</c><00:19:02.720><c> have</c><00:19:02.980><c> divine</c><00:19:03.240><c> inspiration.</c>

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We<00:19:05.700><c> gotta</c><00:19:05.900><c> refine</c><00:19:06.380><c> and</c><00:19:06.619><c> work</c><00:19:06.759><c> on</c><00:19:06.880><c> what</c><00:19:07.039><c> we</c><00:19:07.319><c> have,</c>

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but<00:19:08.200><c> we</c><00:19:08.359><c> gotta</c><00:19:08.480><c> always</c><00:19:08.940><c> wonder</c><00:19:09.420><c> what</c><00:19:10.559><c> we</c><00:19:10.819><c> may</c><00:19:11.019><c> not</c><00:19:11.259><c> have.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:18.359><c> goes</c><00:19:18.619><c> on</c><00:19:18.900><c> to</c><00:19:19.079><c> explain</c><00:19:19.480><c> that</c><00:19:19.700><c> he</c><00:19:19.839><c> that</c><00:19:20.019><c> received</c><00:19:20.319><c> the</c><00:19:20.640><c> seed</c>

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in<00:19:20.980><c> the</c><00:19:21.140><c> stony</c><00:19:21.400><c> places,</c>

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the<00:19:22.680><c> same</c><00:19:22.880><c> as</c><00:19:23.079><c> he</c><00:19:23.180><c> that</c><00:19:23.440><c> heareth</c><00:19:23.759><c> the</c><00:19:23.940><c> word</c>

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and<00:19:24.440><c> just</c><00:19:25.680><c> grabs</c><00:19:26.160><c> it</c><00:19:26.380><c> so</c><00:19:26.759><c> strongly.</c>

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And<00:19:28.019><c> how</c><00:19:28.180><c> many</c><00:19:28.339><c> times</c><00:19:28.599><c> have</c><00:19:28.759><c> we</c><00:19:28.920><c> seen</c><00:19:29.079><c> this</c>

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in<00:19:29.460><c> our</c><00:19:29.619><c> preaching</c><00:19:29.900><c> effort?</c>

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And<00:19:32.220><c> then</c><00:19:32.900><c> it</c><00:19:33.420><c> just</c><00:19:33.740><c> fades</c><00:19:33.920><c> away.</c>

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The<00:19:36.200><c> person</c><00:19:36.460><c> that</c><00:19:36.619><c> wants</c><00:19:36.759><c> to</c><00:19:36.940><c> be</c><00:19:37.140><c> baptized</c><00:19:37.539><c> right</c><00:19:37.819><c> away,</c>

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but<00:19:39.460><c> stops</c><00:19:39.759><c> showing</c><00:19:40.099><c> up</c><00:19:40.779><c> just</c><00:19:41.240><c> a</c><00:19:41.420><c> short</c><00:19:41.619><c> time</c><00:19:41.960><c> later.</c>

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Among<00:19:44.779><c> the</c><00:19:45.160><c> thorns,</c>

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how<00:19:48.619><c> they</c><00:19:48.759><c> get</c><00:19:49.019><c> choked</c><00:19:49.299><c> out,</c>

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how<00:19:51.039><c> other</c><00:19:51.380><c> ideas</c><00:19:52.180><c> come</c><00:19:52.599><c> in,</c>

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and<00:19:55.819><c> they</c><00:19:56.539><c> do</c><00:19:57.920><c> not</c><00:19:59.000><c> stay</c><00:19:59.740><c> with</c><00:19:59.960><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:02.160><c> we</c><00:20:02.279><c> gotta</c><00:20:02.440><c> look</c><00:20:02.680><c> for</c><00:20:02.880><c> these</c><00:20:03.140><c> people.</c>

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I<00:20:05.559><c> don't</c><00:20:05.779><c> know</c><00:20:06.019><c> if</c><00:20:06.380><c> Jesus</c><00:20:06.680><c> ever</c><00:20:07.000><c> considered</c><00:20:07.660><c> transplantation</c>

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or<00:20:09.039><c> something,</c>

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but<00:20:12.160><c> we</c><00:20:12.880><c> gotta</c><00:20:13.079><c> give</c><00:20:13.420><c> extra</c><00:20:13.819><c> special</c><00:20:14.180><c> attention</c><00:20:14.660><c> to</c><00:20:14.859><c> these</c><00:20:15.099><c> people</c>

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to<00:20:16.319><c> try</c><00:20:16.640><c> and</c><00:20:16.839><c> keep</c><00:20:17.599><c> the</c><00:20:17.940><c> thorns</c><00:20:18.359><c> and</c><00:20:19.039><c> choking</c><00:20:19.220><c> them</c><00:20:19.440><c> out.</c>

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But<00:20:21.900><c> there</c><00:20:22.140><c> are</c><00:20:22.400><c> those</c><00:20:22.680><c> that</c><00:20:23.039><c> hear</c><00:20:23.220><c> it,</c>

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and<00:20:25.980><c> they</c><00:20:26.160><c> hear</c><00:20:26.339><c> the</c><00:20:26.559><c> word,</c>

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they<00:20:27.220><c> understand</c><00:20:27.740><c> it,</c>

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and<00:20:28.180><c> they</c><00:20:28.380><c> grow</c><00:20:28.599><c> with</c><00:20:28.799><c> it.</c>

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who<00:20:34.099><c> said</c><00:20:34.420><c> don't</c><00:20:35.440><c> worry</c><00:20:35.759><c> about</c><00:20:36.259><c> learning</c><00:20:36.700><c> it.</c>

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I<00:20:38.380><c> wanna</c><00:20:38.519><c> think</c><00:20:38.759><c> for</c><00:20:38.980><c> a</c><00:20:39.059><c> minute</c><00:20:39.200><c> about</c><00:20:39.440><c> the</c><00:20:39.720><c> farmers.</c>

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not<00:20:47.779><c> in</c><00:20:48.000><c> relationship</c><00:20:48.539><c> to</c><00:20:48.819><c> the</c><00:20:50.000><c> kingdom,</c>

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but<00:20:52.500><c> in</c><00:20:52.740><c> relationship</c><00:20:53.500><c> to</c><00:20:53.740><c> their</c><00:20:54.000><c> daily</c><00:20:54.339><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:20:59.920><c> even</c><00:21:00.180><c> if</c><00:21:00.400><c> some</c><00:21:00.660><c> of</c><00:21:00.880><c> them</c><00:21:01.579><c> didn't</c><00:21:02.160><c> accept</c><00:21:02.640><c> the</c><00:21:03.000><c> Lord</c>

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for<00:21:04.200><c> maybe</c><00:21:04.759><c> two,</c><00:21:05.740><c> four,</c><00:21:06.319><c> how</c><00:21:06.559><c> many</c><00:21:06.799><c> years?</c>

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They<00:21:09.680><c> would</c><00:21:09.960><c> remember</c><00:21:10.619><c> it</c><00:21:11.119><c> because</c><00:21:11.420><c> it</c><00:21:11.599><c> was</c><00:21:11.799><c> a</c><00:21:11.960><c> message</c><00:21:12.240><c> to</c><00:21:12.440><c> them.</c>

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And<00:21:14.380><c> as</c><00:21:14.700><c> things</c><00:21:15.099><c> were</c><00:21:15.859><c> happening</c><00:21:16.400><c> after</c><00:21:17.200><c> the</c><00:21:17.460><c> Lord</c><00:21:17.640><c> died,</c>

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and<00:21:19.319><c> the</c><00:21:20.000><c> faith</c><00:21:20.420><c> was</c><00:21:20.839><c> spreading</c><00:21:21.160><c> rapidly,</c>

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I<00:21:23.839><c> think</c><00:21:24.619><c> that</c><00:21:25.799><c> some</c><00:21:26.119><c> of</c><00:21:26.279><c> them,</c>

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maybe<00:21:27.539><c> not</c><00:21:27.779><c> a</c><00:21:27.900><c> lot,</c>

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but<00:21:28.599><c> some</c><00:21:28.900><c> of</c><00:21:29.019><c> them</c><00:21:29.720><c> would</c><00:21:30.059><c> have</c><00:21:30.259><c> remembered</c><00:21:30.839><c> and</c><00:21:31.240><c> said,</c>

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oh<00:21:33.039><c> yeah,</c><00:21:34.119><c> that's</c><00:21:34.480><c> it,</c><00:21:35.140><c> I</c><00:21:35.400><c> get</c><00:21:35.599><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:37.700><c> that's</c><00:21:37.900><c> why</c><00:21:38.079><c> the</c><00:21:38.359><c> parable</c><00:21:38.559><c> was</c><00:21:38.819><c> so</c><00:21:39.180><c> strong.</c>

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It<00:21:39.859><c> was</c><00:21:40.140><c> directed</c><00:21:40.480><c> at</c><00:21:40.720><c> the</c><00:21:40.900><c> people,</c>

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it<00:21:41.359><c> was</c><00:21:41.779><c> a</c><00:21:42.140><c> way</c><00:21:42.299><c> that</c><00:21:42.440><c> they</c><00:21:42.599><c> could</c><00:21:42.799><c> remember,</c>

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a<00:21:44.740><c> way</c><00:21:44.900><c> that</c><00:21:45.099><c> they</c><00:21:45.240><c> could</c><00:21:45.559><c> take</c><00:21:45.920><c> something</c><00:21:46.380><c> with</c><00:21:46.700><c> them</c>

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and<00:21:48.059><c> take</c><00:21:48.240><c> it</c><00:21:48.420><c> out.</c>

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The<00:21:55.500><c> next</c><00:21:56.019><c> parable,</c><00:21:57.400><c> starting</c><00:21:57.740><c> at</c><00:21:57.940><c> verse</c><00:21:58.140><c> 24,</c>

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he<00:22:00.799><c> put</c><00:22:01.019><c> forth,</c>

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and<00:22:04.019><c> it's</c><00:22:04.259><c> the</c><00:22:04.440><c> parable</c><00:22:04.700><c> of</c><00:22:04.920><c> the</c><00:22:05.019><c> tares.</c>

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The<00:22:06.680><c> kingdom,</c><00:22:08.759><c> let</c><00:22:09.039><c> me</c><00:22:09.160><c> start</c><00:22:09.319><c> at</c><00:22:09.480><c> the</c><00:22:09.480><c> beginning.</c>

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Another<00:22:10.079><c> parable</c><00:22:10.500><c> putting</c><00:22:10.740><c> forth</c><00:22:11.339><c> under</c><00:22:12.039><c> them</c><00:22:12.339><c> saying,</c>

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the<00:22:12.859><c> kingdom</c><00:22:13.220><c> of</c><00:22:13.500><c> heaven</c><00:22:13.799><c> is</c><00:22:14.160><c> likened</c><00:22:14.440><c> unto</c><00:22:14.720><c> a</c><00:22:14.920><c> man</c>

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which<00:22:15.420><c> soweth</c><00:22:15.680><c> good</c><00:22:16.000><c> seed</c><00:22:16.220><c> in</c><00:22:16.420><c> the</c><00:22:16.640><c> field.</c>

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But<00:22:17.900><c> while</c><00:22:18.160><c> men</c><00:22:18.460><c> slept,</c><00:22:19.440><c> his</c><00:22:19.579><c> enemy</c><00:22:19.859><c> came</c>

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and<00:22:20.720><c> sowed</c><00:22:21.539><c> tares</c><00:22:21.819><c> among</c><00:22:22.099><c> the</c><00:22:22.380><c> wheat</c><00:22:22.619><c> and</c><00:22:22.980><c> went</c><00:22:23.140><c> his</c><00:22:23.400><c> way.</c>

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But<00:22:24.960><c> though</c><00:22:25.220><c> a</c><00:22:25.380><c> blade</c><00:22:25.640><c> was</c><00:22:25.960><c> sprung</c><00:22:26.240><c> up</c><00:22:26.500><c> and</c><00:22:26.740><c> brought</c><00:22:26.960><c> forth</c><00:22:27.359><c> fruit,</c>

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then<00:22:28.160><c> appeared</c><00:22:28.480><c> the</c><00:22:28.779><c> tares</c><00:22:29.380><c> also.</c>

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So<00:22:30.859><c> the</c><00:22:31.079><c> servant</c><00:22:31.380><c> to</c><00:22:31.559><c> the</c><00:22:31.779><c> householder</c><00:22:32.660><c> came</c><00:22:33.000><c> and</c><00:22:33.279><c> said</c><00:22:33.380><c> unto</c><00:22:33.640><c> him,</c>

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sir,<00:22:34.539><c> does</c><00:22:34.660><c> not</c><00:22:34.940><c> thou</c><00:22:35.220><c> sow</c><00:22:35.380><c> good</c><00:22:35.740><c> seeds</c><00:22:36.019><c> in</c><00:22:36.259><c> thy</c><00:22:36.440><c> field?</c>

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From<00:22:37.759><c> whence</c><00:22:38.220><c> then</c><00:22:38.440><c> have</c><00:22:38.680><c> it</c><00:22:38.960><c> tares?</c>

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And<00:22:40.160><c> he</c><00:22:40.359><c> said</c><00:22:40.519><c> unto</c><00:22:40.799><c> them,</c><00:22:41.500><c> an</c><00:22:41.559><c> enemy</c><00:22:41.859><c> that</c><00:22:42.079><c> have</c><00:22:42.279><c> done</c><00:22:42.500><c> this,</c>

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the<00:22:43.140><c> servant</c><00:22:43.460><c> said</c><00:22:43.660><c> unto</c><00:22:43.960><c> him,</c>

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will<00:22:45.180><c> thou</c><00:22:45.519><c> that</c><00:22:45.740><c> we</c><00:22:46.539><c> go</c><00:22:46.900><c> and</c><00:22:47.160><c> gather</c><00:22:47.380><c> it</c><00:22:47.559><c> up?</c>

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But<00:22:48.920><c> he</c><00:22:49.140><c> said,</c><00:22:49.460><c> nay,</c><00:22:49.980><c> least</c><00:22:50.200><c> where</c><00:22:50.359><c> you</c><00:22:50.559><c> gather</c><00:22:50.799><c> up</c><00:22:51.019><c> the</c><00:22:51.220><c> tares,</c>

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you<00:22:51.779><c> root</c><00:22:51.920><c> up</c><00:22:52.240><c> also</c><00:22:52.539><c> the</c><00:22:52.779><c> wheat</c><00:22:52.960><c> with</c><00:22:53.259><c> them.</c>

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Let<00:22:54.640><c> both</c><00:22:54.960><c> grow</c><00:22:55.180><c> together</c><00:22:55.759><c> until</c><00:22:56.160><c> the</c><00:22:56.480><c> time</c><00:22:56.759><c> of</c><00:22:57.059><c> harvest.</c>

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And<00:22:58.200><c> in</c><00:22:58.359><c> that</c><00:22:58.599><c> time</c><00:22:58.759><c> of</c><00:22:59.079><c> harvest,</c><00:22:59.359><c> I</c><00:22:59.480><c> will</c><00:22:59.700><c> say</c><00:23:00.019><c> to</c><00:23:00.259><c> the</c><00:23:00.440><c> reapers,</c>

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gather<00:23:01.200><c> ye</c><00:23:01.420><c> together</c><00:23:01.819><c> first</c><00:23:02.119><c> the</c><00:23:02.380><c> tares</c><00:23:02.720><c> and</c><00:23:02.940><c> bind</c><00:23:03.140><c> them</c><00:23:03.380><c> up</c>

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in<00:23:03.920><c> bundles</c><00:23:04.480><c> to</c><00:23:04.799><c> burn</c><00:23:05.059><c> them.</c>

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But<00:23:06.200><c> gather</c><00:23:06.640><c> the</c><00:23:06.940><c> wheat</c><00:23:07.160><c> unto</c><00:23:07.539><c> thy</c><00:23:07.920><c> barn.</c>

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Now,<00:23:13.099><c> this</c><00:23:13.859><c> kind</c><00:23:14.059><c> of</c><00:23:14.240><c> tells</c><00:23:14.400><c> us</c><00:23:14.599><c> we</c><00:23:14.720><c> gotta</c><00:23:14.880><c> be</c><00:23:15.299><c> careful.</c>

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If<00:23:17.200><c> we</c><00:23:17.619><c> have</c><00:23:17.920><c> a</c><00:23:18.240><c> brother</c><00:23:18.480><c> or</c><00:23:18.920><c> sister</c><00:23:19.759><c> that</c><00:23:22.059><c> has</c><00:23:22.420><c> problems,</c>

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we<00:23:26.140><c> should</c><00:23:26.400><c> not</c><00:23:26.700><c> be</c><00:23:27.160><c> overanxious</c><00:23:28.099><c> to</c><00:23:28.380><c> throw</c><00:23:28.519><c> them</c><00:23:28.700><c> out.</c>

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Now<00:23:29.900><c> this</c><00:23:30.380><c> kind</c><00:23:30.799><c> of</c><00:23:30.900><c> goes</c><00:23:31.119><c> against</c><00:23:31.539><c> a</c><00:23:32.119><c> lot</c><00:23:32.319><c> of</c><00:23:32.460><c> what</c><00:23:32.559><c> Paul</c><00:23:32.900><c> says</c>

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where<00:23:33.539><c> he</c><00:23:33.819><c> says</c><00:23:34.200><c> if</c><00:23:34.680><c> you</c><00:23:35.000><c> have</c><00:23:35.160><c> the</c><00:23:35.440><c> problem,</c>

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you<00:23:37.599><c> gotta</c><00:23:37.819><c> work</c><00:23:38.140><c> on</c><00:23:38.339><c> it</c><00:23:38.500><c> and</c><00:23:38.660><c> fix</c><00:23:38.920><c> it.</c>

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Even<00:23:41.640><c> if</c><00:23:41.779><c> that</c><00:23:42.039><c> means</c><00:23:42.359><c> throwing</c><00:23:42.619><c> them</c><00:23:42.880><c> out.</c>

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But<00:23:45.079><c> I</c><00:23:45.259><c> think</c><00:23:45.460><c> this</c><00:23:46.720><c> is</c><00:23:47.480><c> perfectly</c><00:23:47.839><c> consistent</c>

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with<00:23:48.740><c> what</c><00:23:48.960><c> Paul</c><00:23:49.259><c> teaches.</c>

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It<00:23:52.539><c> says</c><00:23:52.859><c> there</c><00:23:53.279><c> are</c><00:23:53.619><c> no</c><00:23:53.839><c> rules</c><00:23:54.420><c> that</c><00:23:55.000><c> you</c><00:23:55.180><c> can</c><00:23:55.319><c> use</c><00:23:55.519><c> in</c><00:23:55.740><c> these</c><00:23:55.960><c> cases.</c>

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You<00:23:57.319><c> must</c><00:23:57.779><c> judge</c><00:23:58.339><c> every</c><00:23:58.880><c> case</c><00:23:59.420><c> by</c><00:23:59.839><c> itself</c>

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and<00:24:01.839><c> consider</c><00:24:02.200><c> it</c><00:24:02.359><c> by</c><00:24:02.619><c> itself.</c>

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And<00:24:05.500><c> a</c><00:24:05.660><c> primary</c><00:24:06.079><c> consideration</c><00:24:07.359><c> has</c><00:24:10.099><c> to</c><00:24:10.380><c> be</c>

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how<00:24:15.240><c> bad</c><00:24:15.619><c> is</c><00:24:15.880><c> it</c><00:24:16.160><c> if</c><00:24:16.380><c> we</c><00:24:16.519><c> let</c><00:24:16.660><c> this</c><00:24:16.960><c> person</c><00:24:17.220><c> stay?</c>

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What<00:24:19.279><c> damage</c><00:24:19.960><c> does</c><00:24:20.200><c> it</c><00:24:20.420><c> cause?</c>

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Does<00:24:21.900><c> disrupting</c><00:24:22.740><c> a</c><00:24:22.940><c> Clesio</c><00:24:23.299><c> life</c>

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and<00:24:25.059><c> ripping</c><00:24:25.319><c> them</c><00:24:25.539><c> out</c><00:24:25.740><c> of</c><00:24:25.819><c> the</c><00:24:26.079><c> ground</c>

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cause<00:24:28.619><c> more</c><00:24:28.980><c> harm</c><00:24:29.319><c> than</c><00:24:29.579><c> good?</c>

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And<00:24:31.619><c> this</c><00:24:31.880><c> is</c><00:24:32.079><c> an</c><00:24:32.220><c> impossible</c><00:24:32.759><c> situation.</c>

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I've<00:24:33.599><c> been</c><00:24:33.819><c> in</c><00:24:33.920><c> it</c><00:24:34.619><c> as</c><00:24:35.059><c> an</c><00:24:35.299><c> AB.</c>

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It's<00:24:38.599><c> very</c><00:24:38.859><c> difficult.</c>

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And<00:24:40.480><c> the</c><00:24:40.759><c> only</c><00:24:40.980><c> way</c><00:24:41.240><c> we</c><00:24:41.440><c> can</c><00:24:42.200><c> know</c><00:24:42.339><c> what</c><00:24:42.559><c> to</c><00:24:42.799><c> do</c>

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is<00:24:43.980><c> by</c><00:24:44.299><c> seeking</c><00:24:45.359><c> prayerfully</c><00:24:46.160><c> the</c><00:24:46.420><c> Lord's</c><00:24:46.819><c> guidance,</c>

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trying<00:24:48.920><c> to</c><00:24:49.160><c> consider</c><00:24:49.480><c> everything.</c>

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But<00:24:50.519><c> we</c><00:24:50.779><c> have</c><00:24:51.019><c> to</c><00:24:51.279><c> remember</c><00:24:51.660><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:53.440><c> we</c><00:24:53.619><c> have</c><00:24:53.880><c> to</c><00:24:54.119><c> not</c><00:24:54.400><c> be</c><00:24:55.039><c> zealous</c><00:24:55.880><c> when</c><00:24:56.480><c> we</c><00:24:56.680><c> have</c><00:24:56.859><c> problems</c>

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because<00:24:57.819><c> the</c><00:24:58.039><c> Lord</c><00:24:58.200><c> tells</c><00:24:58.539><c> us</c><00:24:59.339><c> he</c><00:25:00.420><c> will</c><00:25:00.680><c> come.</c>

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He'll<00:25:01.779><c> make</c><00:25:01.980><c> it</c><00:25:02.599><c> all</c><00:25:03.119><c> okay.</c>

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We<00:25:07.160><c> just</c><00:25:07.420><c> have</c><00:25:07.619><c> to</c><00:25:07.819><c> do</c><00:25:08.160><c> the</c><00:25:08.480><c> best</c><00:25:08.779><c> to</c><00:25:09.039><c> have</c><00:25:09.160><c> as</c><00:25:09.460><c> many</c><00:25:09.720><c> people</c><00:25:10.859><c> there</c>

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and<00:25:11.920><c> ready</c><00:25:12.119><c> for</c><00:25:12.380><c> him</c><00:25:12.579><c> as</c><00:25:12.819><c> possible.</c>

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One<00:25:18.039><c> of</c><00:25:18.180><c> the</c><00:25:18.460><c> last</c><00:25:18.700><c> parables</c><00:25:19.140><c> in</c><00:25:19.359><c> this</c><00:25:19.519><c> section</c><00:25:19.819><c> of</c><00:25:20.000><c> the</c><00:25:20.119><c> Bible</c>

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is<00:25:21.779><c> the</c><00:25:21.980><c> mustard</c><00:25:22.319><c> seed.</c>

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A<00:25:24.500><c> mustard</c><00:25:24.700><c> seed</c><00:25:25.000><c> is</c><00:25:25.259><c> that</c><00:25:25.859><c> tiny</c><00:25:26.220><c> seed.</c>

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I<00:25:27.599><c> know</c><00:25:27.779><c> when</c><00:25:27.900><c> I</c><00:25:28.039><c> was</c><00:25:28.220><c> growing</c><00:25:28.440><c> up</c><00:25:28.700><c> in</c><00:25:28.799><c> a</c><00:25:28.980><c> church,</c>

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not<00:25:29.519><c> Christadelphian,</c><00:25:30.740><c> there</c><00:25:30.859><c> was</c><00:25:31.019><c> a</c><00:25:31.140><c> whole</c><00:25:31.380><c> fad</c>

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when<00:25:31.960><c> all</c><00:25:32.220><c> the</c><00:25:32.460><c> girls</c><00:25:32.720><c> in</c><00:25:34.619><c> our</c><00:25:34.779><c> church</c><00:25:35.740><c> social</c><00:25:36.119><c> class</c>

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would<00:25:37.039><c> wear</c><00:25:37.240><c> a</c><00:25:37.380><c> mustard</c><00:25:37.680><c> seed</c><00:25:37.960><c> inside</c><00:25:38.299><c> a</c><00:25:38.519><c> little</c><00:25:38.960><c> glass</c><00:25:39.279><c> ball</c>

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on<00:25:39.920><c> their</c><00:25:41.279><c> necklace.</c>

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And<00:25:43.259><c> it's</c><00:25:43.539><c> a</c><00:25:43.740><c> sign</c><00:25:44.079><c> of</c><00:25:45.259><c> how</c><00:25:45.839><c> small</c><00:25:46.240><c> something</c><00:25:46.579><c> can</c><00:25:46.940><c> grow</c><00:25:47.180><c> so</c><00:25:47.559><c> large.</c>

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And<00:25:50.640><c> that</c><00:25:51.299><c> mustard</c><00:25:51.640><c> seed</c><00:25:51.960><c> does</c><00:25:52.359><c> represent</c>

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what<00:25:53.640><c> can</c><00:25:53.880><c> happen</c><00:25:54.680><c> with</c><00:25:55.079><c> the</c><00:25:55.279><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:25:56.480><c> saw</c><00:25:56.660><c> it</c><00:25:56.819><c> in</c><00:25:56.960><c> the</c><00:25:57.059><c> first</c><00:25:57.279><c> century.</c>

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We<00:25:59.720><c> saw</c><00:25:59.920><c> it</c><00:26:00.200><c> spread.</c>

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It<00:26:02.880><c> became</c><00:26:03.160><c> corrupted,</c><00:26:05.200><c> just</c><00:26:05.480><c> like</c><00:26:06.299><c> we've</c><00:26:07.140><c> seen</c><00:26:07.339><c> this</c><00:26:07.640><c> corruption</c>

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as<00:26:09.879><c> his</c><00:26:10.559><c> followers</c><00:26:10.940><c> came</c><00:26:11.200><c> out</c><00:26:11.400><c> of</c><00:26:11.559><c> Egypt.</c>

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They<00:26:13.400><c> refused</c><00:26:13.759><c> to</c><00:26:13.980><c> go</c><00:26:14.180><c> into</c><00:26:14.460><c> the</c><00:26:14.759><c> promised</c><00:26:15.059><c> land.</c>

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They<00:26:16.019><c> went</c><00:26:16.200><c> through</c><00:26:16.619><c> 40</c><00:26:16.960><c> years</c><00:26:17.339><c> of</c><00:26:17.579><c> purging.</c>

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Joshua<00:26:19.539><c> took</c><00:26:19.819><c> them</c><00:26:20.059><c> into</c><00:26:20.279><c> the</c><00:26:20.559><c> promised</c><00:26:20.839><c> land</c>

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and<00:26:24.839><c> almost</c><00:26:25.559><c> immediately</c><00:26:26.119><c> things</c><00:26:26.420><c> started</c><00:26:26.759><c> to</c><00:26:26.900><c> go</c><00:26:27.079><c> bad.</c>

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But<00:26:30.720><c> it</c><00:26:30.880><c> can</c><00:26:31.140><c> grow</c><00:26:31.599><c> and</c><00:26:32.099><c> it</c><00:26:32.299><c> has</c><00:26:32.660><c> regrown</c><00:26:33.339><c> many</c><00:26:34.019><c> times</c>

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and<00:26:35.079><c> it</c><00:26:35.259><c> will</c><00:26:35.359><c> grow</c><00:26:35.619><c> very</c><00:26:36.220><c> dramatically</c><00:26:36.700><c> when</c><00:26:37.000><c> the</c><00:26:37.160><c> Lord</c><00:26:37.319><c> returns.</c>

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So<00:26:44.000><c> he</c><00:26:44.119><c> goes</c><00:26:44.339><c> on</c><00:26:44.640><c> explaining</c><00:26:45.039><c> the</c><00:26:45.339><c> parables.</c>

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We<00:26:47.980><c> have</c><00:26:48.460><c> to</c><00:26:49.380><c> work</c><00:26:49.940><c> hard</c><00:26:50.339><c> to</c><00:26:50.619><c> understand</c><00:26:51.059><c> them</c>

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and<00:26:51.460><c> how</c><00:26:51.579><c> they</c><00:26:51.839><c> apply</c><00:26:52.039><c> to</c><00:26:52.279><c> us.</c>

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And<00:26:54.980><c> for</c><00:26:55.460><c> them</c><00:26:55.660><c> to</c><00:26:55.920><c> apply</c><00:26:56.099><c> to</c><00:26:56.299><c> us,</c>

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I<00:26:56.519><c> think</c><00:26:56.700><c> one</c><00:26:56.880><c> of</c><00:26:57.220><c> the</c><00:26:57.920><c> things</c><00:26:58.140><c> we</c><00:26:58.319><c> have</c><00:26:58.559><c> to</c><00:26:58.740><c> study</c>

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is<00:26:59.160><c> who</c><00:26:59.299><c> were</c><00:26:59.460><c> they</c><00:26:59.680><c> said</c><00:26:59.859><c> to</c><00:27:00.140><c> and</c><00:27:00.380><c> when</c><00:27:00.740><c> and</c><00:27:01.059><c> why.</c>

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Now<00:27:03.240><c> we're</c><00:27:03.299><c> not</c><00:27:03.500><c> gonna</c><00:27:03.619><c> get</c><00:27:03.779><c> it</c><00:27:04.039><c> right</c><00:27:04.400><c> all</c><00:27:05.259><c> the</c><00:27:05.440><c> time.</c>

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Hopefully<00:27:05.980><c> get</c><00:27:06.180><c> it</c><00:27:06.339><c> right</c><00:27:06.500><c> some</c><00:27:06.680><c> of</c><00:27:06.839><c> the</c><00:27:06.960><c> time.</c>

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But<00:27:08.839><c> the</c><00:27:09.019><c> Lord</c><00:27:09.240><c> understood</c><00:27:09.779><c> this.</c>

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He<00:27:11.420><c> understood</c><00:27:11.859><c> how</c><00:27:12.440><c> easy</c><00:27:12.880><c> it</c><00:27:13.119><c> is</c><00:27:13.440><c> to</c><00:27:13.619><c> get</c><00:27:13.740><c> it</c><00:27:13.980><c> wrong,</c>

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how<00:27:15.359><c> human</c><00:27:15.640><c> emotion</c><00:27:16.299><c> of</c><00:27:16.640><c> jealousy</c><00:27:17.279><c> and</c><00:27:17.779><c> love</c><00:27:18.259><c> and</c><00:27:18.640><c> hate</c><00:27:19.059><c> and</c><00:27:19.480><c> anger</c>

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can<00:27:20.960><c> just</c><00:27:21.380><c> get</c><00:27:21.640><c> in</c><00:27:21.819><c> the</c><00:27:21.920><c> way.</c>

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But<00:27:25.660><c> he</c><00:27:25.859><c> sent</c><00:27:25.980><c> a</c><00:27:26.240><c> son</c><00:27:26.779><c> who</c><00:27:28.279><c> walked</c><00:27:28.500><c> among</c><00:27:28.839><c> us,</c>

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taught<00:27:29.740><c> us</c><00:27:29.940><c> with</c><00:27:30.140><c> his</c><00:27:30.460><c> actions,</c><00:27:32.740><c> taught</c><00:27:32.859><c> us</c><00:27:33.039><c> with</c><00:27:33.259><c> his</c><00:27:33.500><c> words.</c>

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And<00:27:35.319><c> then</c><00:27:35.440><c> he</c><00:27:35.640><c> taught</c><00:27:35.759><c> us</c><00:27:35.960><c> with</c><00:27:36.160><c> his</c><00:27:36.460><c> life</c>

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about<00:27:38.099><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:27:40.339><c> these</c><00:27:40.579><c> emblems</c><00:27:41.039><c> that</c><00:27:41.140><c> are</c><00:27:41.319><c> besides</c><00:27:41.740><c> us</c><00:27:42.420><c> are</c><00:27:42.980><c> that</c><00:27:43.279><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:27:45.839><c> if</c><00:27:45.900><c> we</c><00:27:46.079><c> come</c><00:27:46.220><c> to</c><00:27:46.420><c> these</c><00:27:46.680><c> emblems</c><00:27:47.299><c> honestly,</c>

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we<00:27:50.240><c> will</c><00:27:50.460><c> be</c><00:27:50.759><c> forgiven.</c>

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And<00:27:53.019><c> with</c><00:27:53.220><c> that</c><00:27:53.440><c> forgiveness,</c>

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we<00:27:54.099><c> will</c><00:27:54.299><c> be</c><00:27:54.539><c> there</c><00:27:54.720><c> for</c><00:27:54.960><c> that</c><00:27:55.400><c> time</c><00:27:55.740><c> in</c><00:27:55.960><c> the</c><00:27:56.079><c> kingdom.</c>