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He<00:13:28.539><c> said</c><00:13:28.919><c> to</c><00:13:29.039><c> them,</c><00:13:30.399><c> he</c><00:13:30.559><c> put</c><00:13:30.820><c> clay</c><00:13:31.100><c> in</c><00:13:31.259><c> my</c><00:13:31.559><c> eyes,</c><00:13:32.799><c> I</c><00:13:33.240><c> washed,</c><00:13:35.019><c> and</c><00:13:35.399><c> I</c><00:13:35.679><c> see.</c>

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we<00:13:42.559><c> see</c><00:13:42.740><c> that</c><00:13:42.960><c> this</c><00:13:43.240><c> man</c><00:13:43.480><c> does</c><00:13:43.759><c> not</c><00:13:44.019><c> panic.</c>

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Oh<00:13:45.159><c> dear,</c><00:13:45.679><c> the</c><00:13:45.860><c> Pharisees,</c><00:13:47.379><c> what</c><00:13:47.519><c> am</c><00:13:47.659><c> I</c><00:13:47.700><c> going</c><00:13:47.799><c> to</c><00:13:48.039><c> say</c><00:13:48.259><c> to</c><00:13:48.460><c> them?</c>

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Again,<00:13:51.240><c> he</c><00:13:51.460><c> just</c><00:13:51.820><c> tells</c><00:13:52.080><c> them</c><00:13:52.539><c> what</c><00:13:52.919><c> he</c><00:13:53.240><c> knows,</c><00:13:54.100><c> nothing</c>

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more,<00:13:55.659><c> nothing</c><00:13:55.960><c> less.</c>

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He<00:13:57.059><c> put</c><00:13:57.279><c> clay</c><00:13:57.539><c> in</c><00:13:57.720><c> my</c><00:13:57.940><c> eyes,</c><00:13:58.700><c> I</c><00:13:59.340><c> wash,</c><00:14:00.480><c> now</c><00:14:00.919><c> I</c><00:14:01.200><c> see.</c>

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Verse<00:14:05.000><c> 16.</c>

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Typical<00:14:08.460><c> Pharisee</c><00:14:09.259><c> reaction.</c>

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This<00:14:11.039><c> man</c><00:14:11.399><c> Jesus</c><00:14:11.820><c> is</c><00:14:12.120><c> not</c><00:14:12.320><c> of</c><00:14:12.600><c> God</c><00:14:12.899><c> because</c><00:14:13.340><c> he</c><00:14:13.700><c> works</c><00:14:14.159><c> on</c><00:14:14.740><c> the</c>

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Sabbath<00:14:15.240><c> day.</c>

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And<00:14:17.059><c> yet</c><00:14:17.240><c> others</c><00:14:17.679><c> with</c><00:14:17.960><c> a</c><00:14:18.159><c> little</c><00:14:18.320><c> more</c><00:14:18.700><c> balance,</c><00:14:20.220><c> they</c><00:14:20.720><c> say,</c>

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Well,<00:14:22.159><c> how</c><00:14:22.519><c> can</c><00:14:22.740><c> this</c><00:14:23.100><c> man</c><00:14:23.360><c> that's</c><00:14:23.720><c> a</c><00:14:23.879><c> sinner</c><00:14:24.220><c> do</c><00:14:25.600><c> such</c><00:14:25.919><c> miracles?</c>

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That<00:14:27.559><c> in</c><00:14:27.799><c> itself</c><00:14:28.159><c> would</c><00:14:28.379><c> be</c><00:14:28.620><c> a</c><00:14:28.799><c> miracle.</c>

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So<00:14:31.580><c> there</c><00:14:31.759><c> was</c><00:14:31.980><c> division</c><00:14:32.500><c> amongst</c><00:14:33.039><c> this</c><00:14:33.399><c> group.</c>

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And<00:14:35.059><c> the</c><00:14:35.220><c> thing</c><00:14:35.320><c> about</c><00:14:35.639><c> Jesus</c><00:14:36.100><c> and</c><00:14:36.340><c> the</c><00:14:36.519><c> Word</c><00:14:36.659><c> of</c><00:14:36.940><c> God</c><00:14:37.220><c> is</c><00:14:37.440><c> it</c>

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makes<00:14:37.980><c> people</c><00:14:38.440><c> think,</c>

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and<00:14:39.879><c> it</c><00:14:40.019><c> makes</c><00:14:40.159><c> them</c><00:14:40.480><c> analyze,</c><00:14:42.679><c> and</c><00:14:43.500><c> it</c><00:14:43.700><c> makes</c><00:14:44.000><c> them</c><00:14:44.240><c> look</c><00:14:44.440><c> at</c>

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their<00:14:44.820><c> beliefs.</c>

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And<00:14:46.320><c> yes,</c><00:14:47.200><c> it</c><00:14:47.399><c> does</c><00:14:47.740><c> bring</c><00:14:48.039><c> division.</c>

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Darkness<00:14:50.699><c> or</c><00:14:51.419><c> light,</c><00:14:52.860><c> blindness</c><00:14:53.360><c> or</c><00:14:54.519><c> sight.</c>

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You<00:14:56.120><c> don't</c><00:14:56.440><c> have</c><00:14:56.720><c> both</c><00:14:57.059><c> at</c><00:14:57.360><c> once.</c>

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Verse<00:15:00.360><c> 17.</c>

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Not<00:15:02.899><c> being</c><00:15:03.200><c> persuaded,</c><00:15:04.539><c> the</c><00:15:04.700><c> Pharisees</c><00:15:05.320><c> come</c><00:15:05.600><c> at</c><00:15:05.860><c> him</c><00:15:06.159><c> again.</c>

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This<00:15:08.120><c> time</c><00:15:08.519><c> the</c><00:15:08.860><c> man</c><00:15:09.159><c> replies.</c>

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What<00:15:09.899><c> does</c><00:15:10.100><c> he</c><00:15:10.299><c> reply</c><00:15:10.659><c> in</c><00:15:10.820><c> verse</c><00:15:11.039><c> 17?</c>

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He<00:15:12.279><c> is</c><00:15:12.519><c> a</c><00:15:12.720><c> prophet.</c>

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Notice<00:15:14.720><c> the</c><00:15:14.940><c> progression</c><00:15:15.340><c> of</c><00:15:15.679><c> faith</c><00:15:15.960><c> while</c><00:15:16.259><c> being</c><00:15:16.600><c> under</c><00:15:17.080><c> scrutiny.</c>

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It's<00:15:18.700><c> growing.</c>

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It's<00:15:20.759><c> not</c><00:15:21.419><c> shrinking</c><00:15:21.779><c> away.</c>

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When<00:15:24.100><c> first</c><00:15:24.539><c> asked</c><00:15:24.980><c> what</c><00:15:25.340><c> manner</c><00:15:25.679><c> he</c><00:15:26.039><c> saw,</c><00:15:26.480><c> remember,</c><00:15:26.960><c> verse</c>

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11<00:15:27.740><c> records</c><00:15:28.480><c> a</c><00:15:29.139><c> man</c><00:15:29.519><c> called</c><00:15:29.840><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:15:31.480><c> now</c><00:15:31.740><c> in</c><00:15:31.940><c> verse</c><00:15:32.139><c> 17,</c><00:15:32.860><c> he's</c><00:15:33.259><c> telling</c><00:15:33.559><c> the</c><00:15:33.879><c> Pharisee</c><00:15:34.360><c> councils</c><00:15:34.720><c> he</c><00:15:35.059><c> is</c>

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a<00:15:35.580><c> prophet.</c>

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So<00:15:37.759><c> it</c><00:15:38.000><c> only</c><00:15:38.500><c> grows</c><00:15:38.980><c> and</c><00:15:39.200><c> it</c><00:15:39.440><c> only</c><00:15:39.679><c> gets</c><00:15:39.980><c> better</c><00:15:40.299><c> from</c><00:15:40.559><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:15:42.019><c> 18.</c>

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Still<00:15:44.620><c> not</c><00:15:44.980><c> convinced,</c><00:15:45.639><c> the</c><00:15:45.779><c> Jews</c><00:15:46.000><c> now</c><00:15:46.419><c> work</c><00:15:46.600><c> on</c><00:15:46.820><c> the</c><00:15:47.159><c> parents.</c>

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Perhaps<00:15:48.399><c> with</c><00:15:48.799><c> the</c><00:15:49.019><c> right</c><00:15:49.179><c> motivation.</c>

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They<00:15:51.659><c> will</c><00:15:51.940><c> say</c><00:15:52.200><c> what</c><00:15:52.399><c> the</c><00:15:52.679><c> council</c><00:15:52.980><c> wants</c><00:15:53.379><c> to</c><00:15:53.679><c> hear.</c>

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Because<00:15:54.720><c> remember,</c><00:15:55.320><c> the</c><00:15:55.519><c> good</c><00:15:55.700><c> respect</c><00:15:56.379><c> and</c><00:15:56.779><c> the</c><00:15:56.919><c> good</c><00:15:57.200><c> standing</c><00:15:57.600><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:58.000><c> temple,</c>

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that<00:15:59.519><c> with</c><00:15:59.740><c> all</c><00:15:59.980><c> its</c><00:16:00.360><c> fringe</c><00:16:00.620><c> benefits,</c><00:16:02.019><c> that</c><00:16:02.179><c> was</c><00:16:02.440><c> a</c><00:16:02.620><c> bargaining</c><00:16:03.019><c> tool.</c>

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Because<00:16:05.080><c> if</c><00:16:05.320><c> you</c><00:16:06.100><c> were</c><00:16:06.299><c> not</c><00:16:06.899><c> behaving</c><00:16:07.679><c> correctly,</c><00:16:08.320><c> you</c><00:16:08.500><c> could</c>

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be<00:16:08.919><c> thrown</c><00:16:09.100><c> out</c><00:16:09.279><c> of</c><00:16:09.399><c> the</c><00:16:09.620><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:16:10.240><c> the</c><00:16:10.519><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:11.059><c> knew</c><00:16:11.320><c> this</c><00:16:11.940><c> and</c><00:16:12.600><c> they</c><00:16:12.899><c> used</c><00:16:13.159><c> it.</c>

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So<00:16:14.799><c> now</c><00:16:15.039><c> they're</c><00:16:15.279><c> working</c><00:16:15.600><c> on</c><00:16:15.820><c> the</c><00:16:16.120><c> parents.</c>

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Well,<00:16:18.419><c> it</c><00:16:18.539><c> doesn't</c><00:16:18.799><c> quite</c><00:16:19.159><c> work</c><00:16:19.580><c> out</c><00:16:19.980><c> for</c><00:16:20.480><c> the</c><00:16:20.779><c> Pharisees.</c>

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Because<00:16:22.940><c> as</c><00:16:23.279><c> they're</c><00:16:23.539><c> talking</c><00:16:23.899><c> to</c><00:16:24.159><c> the</c><00:16:24.440><c> parents</c><00:16:24.779><c> and</c><00:16:25.000><c> they're</c>

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saying,<00:16:26.720><c> well,</c><00:16:27.720><c> he</c><00:16:27.960><c> is</c><00:16:28.220><c> of</c><00:16:28.440><c> age,</c><00:16:29.879><c> ask</c><00:16:30.179><c> him.</c>

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What<00:16:32.100><c> kind</c><00:16:32.399><c> of</c><00:16:32.679><c> answer</c><00:16:33.000><c> is</c><00:16:33.299><c> that?</c>

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That's<00:16:34.240><c> not</c><00:16:34.519><c> what</c><00:16:34.659><c> they</c><00:16:34.960><c> wanted</c><00:16:35.179><c> to</c><00:16:35.519><c> hear.</c>

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You<00:16:36.799><c> see,</c><00:16:37.299><c> they</c><00:16:37.500><c> wanted</c><00:16:37.879><c> to</c><00:16:38.480><c> justify</c><00:16:39.240><c> and</c><00:16:39.879><c> rectify</c><00:16:40.700><c> and</c><00:16:41.080><c> make</c>

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this<00:16:41.779><c> all</c><00:16:42.240><c> work</c><00:16:42.600><c> for</c><00:16:42.879><c> the</c><00:16:43.159><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:16:45.399><c> he's</c><00:16:45.679><c> of</c><00:16:45.840><c> age,</c><00:16:46.220><c> ask</c><00:16:46.539><c> him,</c><00:16:47.159><c> isn't</c><00:16:47.440><c> helping</c><00:16:47.899><c> them</c><00:16:48.460><c> at</c><00:16:48.840><c> all.</c>

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So<00:16:51.539><c> it's</c><00:16:51.820><c> back</c><00:16:52.059><c> to</c><00:16:52.259><c> the</c><00:16:52.419><c> son</c><00:16:52.559><c> again.</c>

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Give<00:16:55.200><c> God</c><00:16:55.779><c> the</c><00:16:56.120><c> praise.</c>

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We<00:16:57.779><c> know</c><00:16:58.200><c> this</c><00:16:58.539><c> man's</c><00:16:58.960><c> a</c><00:16:59.080><c> sinner.</c>

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What<00:17:01.000><c> a</c><00:17:01.480><c> blind</c><00:17:02.039><c> thing</c><00:17:02.600><c> for</c><00:17:02.820><c> them</c><00:17:03.080><c> to</c><00:17:03.419><c> say.</c>

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What<00:17:04.900><c> a</c><00:17:05.359><c> blind</c><00:17:05.660><c> thing</c><00:17:06.099><c> for</c><00:17:06.319><c> them</c><00:17:06.559><c> to</c><00:17:06.859><c> believe</c><00:17:07.180><c> in.</c>

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And<00:17:09.140><c> what</c><00:17:09.299><c> a</c><00:17:09.680><c> wonderful</c><00:17:10.059><c> man</c><00:17:10.519><c> this</c><00:17:10.920><c> blind</c><00:17:11.180><c> man</c><00:17:11.519><c> is</c><00:17:11.920><c> because</c><00:17:12.359><c> he's</c><00:17:12.740><c> not</c><00:17:13.039><c> deterred</c><00:17:13.539><c> by</c>

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this<00:17:14.059><c> ominous</c><00:17:15.160><c> Pharisees.</c>

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He<00:17:16.839><c> stays</c><00:17:17.180><c> the</c><00:17:17.500><c> course</c><00:17:17.859><c> and</c><00:17:18.579><c> he</c><00:17:18.960><c> fights</c><00:17:19.180><c> for</c><00:17:19.460><c> Christ.</c>

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Whether<00:17:21.799><c> he's</c><00:17:22.259><c> a</c><00:17:22.480><c> sinner</c><00:17:22.799><c> or</c><00:17:23.140><c> not,</c><00:17:23.799><c> I</c><00:17:24.119><c> know</c><00:17:24.460><c> not.</c>

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One<00:17:25.920><c> thing</c><00:17:26.200><c> I</c><00:17:26.660><c> know,</c><00:17:28.319><c> whereas</c><00:17:28.660><c> I</c><00:17:28.960><c> was</c><00:17:29.240><c> blind,</c><00:17:30.019><c> I</c><00:17:30.259><c> now</c><00:17:30.599><c> see.</c>

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He<00:17:32.000><c> put</c><00:17:32.279><c> clay</c><00:17:32.539><c> in</c><00:17:32.660><c> my</c><00:17:32.940><c> eyes,</c><00:17:33.660><c> I</c><00:17:34.119><c> went</c><00:17:34.299><c> to</c><00:17:34.500><c> the</c><00:17:34.700><c> pool,</c><00:17:35.660><c> now</c><00:17:36.039><c> I</c><00:17:36.420><c> see.</c>

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This<00:17:37.220><c> man</c><00:17:37.539><c> is</c><00:17:37.779><c> a</c><00:17:37.960><c> prophet.</c>

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Well,<00:17:42.079><c> by</c><00:17:42.339><c> now,</c><00:17:44.000><c> a</c><00:17:44.240><c> crowd</c><00:17:44.599><c> is</c><00:17:44.940><c> starting</c><00:17:45.180><c> to</c><00:17:45.519><c> move</c><00:17:45.779><c> in.</c>

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Watching<00:17:47.779><c> and</c><00:17:48.420><c> listening</c><00:17:48.940><c> and</c><00:17:49.900><c> hanging</c><00:17:50.319><c> on</c><00:17:50.640><c> every</c><00:17:50.980><c> word,</c>

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every<00:17:51.799><c> point,</c><00:17:52.279><c> every</c><00:17:52.559><c> counterpoint.</c>

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Did<00:18:01.720><c> you</c><00:18:01.960><c> hear</c><00:18:02.119><c> what</c><00:18:02.339><c> the</c><00:18:02.559><c> man</c><00:18:02.799><c> said</c><00:18:03.019><c> to</c><00:18:03.259><c> the</c><00:18:03.440><c> Pharisee</c><00:18:03.880><c> council?</c>

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Did<00:18:05.799><c> you</c><00:18:06.019><c> hear</c><00:18:06.160><c> what</c><00:18:06.299><c> they</c><00:18:06.480><c> had</c><00:18:06.680><c> to</c><00:18:06.940><c> say</c><00:18:07.119><c> back</c><00:18:07.460><c> to</c><00:18:07.660><c> him?</c>

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And<00:18:09.279><c> what</c><00:18:09.480><c> about</c><00:18:09.700><c> this</c><00:18:10.019><c> Jesus?</c>

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Oh,<00:18:10.920><c> this</c><00:18:11.519><c> was</c><00:18:11.920><c> becoming</c><00:18:12.319><c> a</c><00:18:12.660><c> very</c><00:18:13.059><c> high</c><00:18:13.460><c> profile</c><00:18:14.019><c> event.</c>

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So<00:18:17.279><c> the</c><00:18:17.539><c> Pharisees</c><00:18:18.000><c> press</c><00:18:18.259><c> on.</c>

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We're<00:18:19.339><c> at</c><00:18:19.440><c> verse</c><00:18:19.720><c> 26.</c>

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What<00:18:22.079><c> did</c><00:18:22.259><c> he</c><00:18:22.480><c> do?</c>

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How<00:18:24.500><c> did</c><00:18:24.700><c> he</c><00:18:24.980><c> open</c><00:18:25.259><c> your</c><00:18:25.619><c> eyes?</c>

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Tell<00:18:26.960><c> us</c><00:18:27.180><c> again.</c>

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They<00:18:29.119><c> were</c><00:18:29.440><c> not</c><00:18:29.779><c> listening</c><00:18:30.220><c> to</c><00:18:30.619><c> this</c><00:18:30.940><c> man.</c>

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Perhaps<00:18:31.740><c> the</c><00:18:32.000><c> ears</c><00:18:32.299><c> were</c><00:18:32.500><c> more</c><00:18:32.859><c> blind</c><00:18:33.140><c> than</c><00:18:33.339><c> their</c><00:18:33.599><c> eyes.</c>

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Now,<00:18:36.599><c> the</c><00:18:36.779><c> blind</c><00:18:37.039><c> man,</c><00:18:38.299><c> seeing</c><00:18:39.079><c> that</c><00:18:39.640><c> he's</c><00:18:39.880><c> getting</c><00:18:40.140><c> nowhere</c>

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with<00:18:40.900><c> these</c><00:18:41.180><c> people,</c>

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he<00:18:42.980><c> now</c><00:18:43.240><c> has</c><00:18:43.420><c> to</c><00:18:43.759><c> change</c><00:18:44.140><c> his</c><00:18:44.619><c> reasoning.</c>

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Read<00:18:46.740><c> with</c><00:18:47.000><c> me</c><00:18:47.180><c> verses</c><00:18:47.579><c> 30</c><00:18:48.279><c> to</c><00:18:48.799><c> 34.</c>

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The<00:18:55.660><c> man</c><00:18:55.960><c> answered</c><00:18:56.400><c> and</c><00:18:56.700><c> said</c><00:18:56.920><c> to</c><00:18:57.039><c> them,</c><00:18:57.660><c> why</c><00:18:57.819><c> is</c><00:18:58.099><c> this</c><00:18:58.319><c> a</c>

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marvelous<00:18:58.920><c> thing</c>

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that<00:18:59.539><c> you</c><00:18:59.740><c> do</c><00:18:59.960><c> not</c><00:19:00.279><c> know</c><00:19:00.599><c> where</c><00:19:00.839><c> he</c><00:19:01.059><c> is</c><00:19:01.339><c> from</c><00:19:01.619><c> yet?</c>

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He's<00:19:02.720><c> opened</c><00:19:02.940><c> my</c><00:19:03.279><c> eyes.</c>

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We<00:19:05.220><c> know</c><00:19:05.599><c> that</c><00:19:06.180><c> God</c><00:19:06.579><c> does</c><00:19:06.960><c> not</c><00:19:07.140><c> hear</c><00:19:07.400><c> sinners.</c>

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But<00:19:09.099><c> if</c><00:19:09.420><c> everyone</c><00:19:09.720><c> is</c><00:19:09.980><c> a</c><00:19:10.140><c> worshiper</c><00:19:10.619><c> of</c><00:19:10.960><c> God</c><00:19:11.259><c> and</c><00:19:11.519><c> does</c><00:19:11.779><c> his</c><00:19:12.099><c> will,</c><00:19:12.339><c> he</c>

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hears<00:19:13.220><c> him.</c>

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Since<00:19:14.980><c> the</c><00:19:15.299><c> world</c><00:19:15.539><c> began,</c><00:19:17.240><c> it's</c><00:19:17.440><c> been</c><00:19:17.680><c> unheard</c><00:19:18.140><c> of</c>

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that<00:19:18.400><c> anyone</c><00:19:18.960><c> opened</c><00:19:19.480><c> the</c><00:19:19.839><c> eyes</c><00:19:20.279><c> of</c><00:19:20.700><c> one</c><00:19:20.920><c> who</c><00:19:21.099><c> was</c><00:19:21.380><c> blind.</c>

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If<00:19:23.079><c> this</c><00:19:23.480><c> man</c><00:19:23.700><c> were</c><00:19:23.960><c> not</c><00:19:24.119><c> from</c><00:19:24.400><c> God,</c><00:19:24.799><c> he</c><00:19:24.960><c> could</c><00:19:25.180><c> do</c><00:19:25.559><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:19:27.880><c> they</c><00:19:28.059><c> answered</c><00:19:28.400><c> and</c><00:19:28.700><c> said</c><00:19:28.880><c> to</c><00:19:29.019><c> him,</c><00:19:29.519><c> you</c><00:19:29.799><c> were</c><00:19:30.059><c> completely</c><00:19:30.559><c> born</c><00:19:30.940><c> in</c>

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your<00:19:31.460><c> sins</c>

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and<00:19:32.559><c> you're</c><00:19:32.900><c> teaching</c><00:19:33.220><c> us.</c>

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And<00:19:35.460><c> they</c><00:19:35.660><c> cast</c><00:19:35.900><c> them</c><00:19:36.099><c> out.</c>

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So<00:19:39.259><c> to</c><00:19:39.900><c> paraphrase,</c><00:19:40.819><c> he's</c><00:19:41.059><c> saying,</c><00:19:41.900><c> you,</c><00:19:42.400><c> the</c><00:19:42.599><c> great</c>

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Pharisee<00:19:43.500><c> council,</c>

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are<00:19:44.460><c> trying</c><00:19:44.740><c> to</c><00:19:45.019><c> tell</c><00:19:45.160><c> me</c><00:19:45.400><c> that</c><00:19:45.579><c> you</c><00:19:45.859><c> do</c><00:19:46.099><c> not</c><00:19:46.400><c> know</c><00:19:46.700><c> this</c><00:19:47.079><c> man,</c>

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where<00:19:48.339><c> he</c><00:19:48.599><c> comes</c><00:19:48.940><c> from,</c>

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who<00:19:50.319><c> he</c><00:19:50.660><c> is,</c><00:19:51.539><c> and</c><00:19:52.119><c> yet</c><00:19:52.380><c> he's</c><00:19:52.839><c> made</c><00:19:53.119><c> the</c><00:19:53.460><c> blind</c><00:19:53.940><c> able</c><00:19:54.500><c> to</c><00:19:54.859><c> see.</c>

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If<00:19:56.299><c> he</c><00:19:56.500><c> was</c><00:19:56.839><c> not</c><00:19:57.140><c> from</c><00:19:57.460><c> God,</c><00:19:57.859><c> as</c><00:19:58.099><c> you</c><00:19:58.460><c> say,</c><00:19:59.680><c> then</c><00:19:59.859><c> how</c><00:20:00.200><c> could</c><00:20:00.400><c> he</c>

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have<00:20:00.779><c> performed</c><00:20:01.220><c> this</c><00:20:01.559><c> miracle?</c>

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Maybe<00:20:03.680><c> under</c><00:20:04.000><c> his</c><00:20:04.220><c> breath</c><00:20:04.559><c> he</c><00:20:04.720><c> was</c><00:20:04.960><c> saying,</c><00:20:05.920><c> you're</c><00:20:05.980><c> more</c><00:20:06.380><c> blind</c><00:20:06.740><c> than</c><00:20:06.920><c> I</c><00:20:07.240><c> am.</c>

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His<00:20:10.180><c> faith</c><00:20:10.740><c> was</c><00:20:12.140><c> on</c><00:20:12.400><c> his</c><00:20:12.799><c> face.</c>

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Well,<00:20:17.940><c> the</c><00:20:18.059><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:18.559><c> don't</c><00:20:18.940><c> know</c><00:20:19.779><c> what</c><00:20:20.160><c> to</c><00:20:20.420><c> do</c><00:20:20.680><c> or</c><00:20:20.859><c> what</c><00:20:21.079><c> to</c>

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say<00:20:21.460><c> to</c><00:20:21.700><c> win</c><00:20:21.900><c> this</c><00:20:22.299><c> debate</c>

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and<00:20:23.940><c> to</c><00:20:24.200><c> save</c><00:20:24.359><c> their</c><00:20:24.619><c> own</c><00:20:24.960><c> faces.</c>

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So<00:20:27.079><c> they</c><00:20:27.259><c> do</c><00:20:27.579><c> what</c><00:20:27.799><c> I</c><00:20:28.039><c> guess</c><00:20:28.240><c> is</c><00:20:28.440><c> the</c><00:20:28.640><c> most</c><00:20:28.920><c> logical</c><00:20:29.420><c> thing</c><00:20:29.779><c> for</c>

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them<00:20:30.220><c> to</c><00:20:30.500><c> do.</c>

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They<00:20:31.900><c> cast</c><00:20:32.200><c> them</c><00:20:32.380><c> out</c><00:20:32.500><c> of</c><00:20:32.619><c> the</c><00:20:32.819><c> temple.</c>

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Now<00:20:35.400><c> in</c><00:20:35.680><c> verse</c><00:20:35.980><c> 35,</c><00:20:37.900><c> the</c><00:20:37.980><c> Good</c><00:20:38.240><c> Shepherd,</c><00:20:39.799><c> the</c><00:20:40.059><c> Good</c><00:20:40.380><c> Shepherd</c>

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goes<00:20:41.099><c> and</c><00:20:41.420><c> finds</c><00:20:41.720><c> his</c><00:20:42.019><c> lost</c><00:20:42.279><c> sheep.</c>

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Remember,<00:20:44.420><c> this</c><00:20:44.640><c> man</c><00:20:44.940><c> could</c><00:20:45.220><c> not</c><00:20:45.440><c> go</c><00:20:45.779><c> find</c><00:20:46.079><c> Jesus</c><00:20:46.579><c> because</c><00:20:47.079><c> he</c>

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did<00:20:47.720><c> not</c><00:20:48.019><c> know</c><00:20:48.420><c> what</c><00:20:48.819><c> Jesus</c><00:20:49.359><c> looked</c><00:20:49.779><c> like.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:52.039><c> sent</c><00:20:52.359><c> him</c><00:20:52.640><c> away</c><00:20:53.000><c> in</c><00:20:53.400><c> blindness.</c>

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And<00:20:55.539><c> you</c><00:20:55.619><c> know,</c><00:20:55.960><c> it</c><00:20:56.180><c> is</c><00:20:56.460><c> the</c><00:20:56.640><c> same</c><00:20:56.819><c> way</c><00:20:57.000><c> with</c><00:20:57.220><c> us</c><00:20:57.500><c> today</c><00:20:57.980><c> that</c>

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we,<00:20:59.859><c> for</c><00:21:00.500><c> whatever</c><00:21:00.920><c> reason,</c>

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may<00:21:02.220><c> stumble</c><00:21:02.680><c> around</c><00:21:03.119><c> in</c><00:21:03.380><c> darkness,</c><00:21:04.920><c> not</c><00:21:05.259><c> able</c><00:21:05.579><c> to</c><00:21:05.940><c> see</c><00:21:06.460><c> our</c>

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Master's<00:21:07.440><c> face.</c>

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Well,<00:21:09.960><c> Jesus</c><00:21:10.359><c> stands</c><00:21:10.960><c> in</c><00:21:11.259><c> front</c><00:21:11.359><c> of</c><00:21:11.539><c> this</c><00:21:11.779><c> man</c><00:21:12.079><c> and</c><00:21:12.400><c> he</c><00:21:12.720><c> asks</c><00:21:12.960><c> him,</c>

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Doth<00:21:14.680><c> thou</c><00:21:15.019><c> believe</c><00:21:15.819><c> on</c><00:21:16.599><c> the</c><00:21:16.799><c> Son</c><00:21:16.940><c> of</c><00:21:17.160><c> God?</c>

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Now<00:21:19.640><c> if</c><00:21:19.859><c> the</c><00:21:20.240><c> Pharisees</c><00:21:20.819><c> had</c><00:21:21.059><c> tested</c><00:21:21.500><c> this</c><00:21:22.000><c> man,</c><00:21:23.180><c> this</c><00:21:23.480><c> was</c><00:21:23.759><c> a</c>

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test<00:21:24.160><c> also.</c>

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Who<00:21:25.920><c> would</c><00:21:26.200><c> think</c><00:21:26.400><c> that</c><00:21:26.720><c> receiving</c><00:21:27.359><c> sight</c><00:21:27.900><c> would</c><00:21:28.539><c> come</c><00:21:28.740><c> with</c>

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so<00:21:29.220><c> much</c><00:21:29.640><c> extra</c><00:21:30.140><c> baggage?</c>

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Who<00:21:32.500><c> is</c><00:21:32.799><c> he,</c><00:21:33.259><c> Jesus?</c>

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Show<00:21:34.500><c> me.</c>

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I<00:21:36.140><c> did</c><00:21:36.380><c> not</c><00:21:36.579><c> know</c><00:21:36.859><c> you</c><00:21:37.700><c> because</c><00:21:38.240><c> of</c><00:21:38.460><c> my</c><00:21:38.740><c> blindness.</c>

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So<00:21:40.519><c> how</c><00:21:40.720><c> is</c><00:21:41.000><c> it</c><00:21:41.200><c> that</c><00:21:41.339><c> I'm</c><00:21:41.640><c> going</c><00:21:41.839><c> to</c><00:21:42.079><c> know</c><00:21:42.240><c> the</c><00:21:42.420><c> Son</c><00:21:42.660><c> of</c><00:21:42.900><c> God?</c>

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Jesus<00:21:44.839><c> replied,</c><00:21:46.700><c> You</c><00:21:46.880><c> have</c><00:21:47.240><c> both</c><00:21:47.660><c> seen</c><00:21:47.960><c> him</c><00:21:48.700><c> and</c><00:21:50.099><c> it</c><00:21:50.319><c> is</c><00:21:50.579><c> I</c><00:21:51.440><c> who</c>

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stands<00:21:52.480><c> before</c><00:21:53.000><c> you</c><00:21:53.599><c> and</c><00:21:54.059><c> talks</c><00:21:54.440><c> with</c><00:21:54.700><c> you.</c>

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You<00:21:56.680><c> see,</c><00:21:56.799><c> Jesus</c><00:21:57.160><c> had</c><00:21:57.400><c> first</c><00:21:57.720><c> given</c><00:21:58.019><c> the</c><00:21:58.279><c> man</c><00:21:58.579><c> sight</c><00:21:59.079><c> in</c><00:21:59.779><c> the</c>

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physical<00:22:00.420><c> sense,</c>

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and<00:22:02.200><c> now</c><00:22:02.539><c> Jesus</c><00:22:02.940><c> was</c><00:22:03.220><c> giving</c><00:22:03.480><c> the</c><00:22:03.759><c> man</c><00:22:04.019><c> knowledge.</c>

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And<00:22:06.339><c> Jesus</c><00:22:06.640><c> wanted</c><00:22:06.960><c> the</c><00:22:07.200><c> man</c><00:22:07.380><c> to</c><00:22:07.779><c> know</c><00:22:08.279><c> that</c><00:22:08.660><c> the</c><00:22:08.940><c> miracle</c><00:22:09.220><c> that</c><00:22:09.400><c> was</c><00:22:09.640><c> performed</c>

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was<00:22:11.380><c> a</c><00:22:11.660><c> manifestation</c><00:22:12.420><c> of</c><00:22:12.720><c> the</c><00:22:13.019><c> power</c><00:22:13.599><c> and</c><00:22:14.119><c> the</c><00:22:14.480><c> love</c><00:22:14.920><c> and</c><00:22:15.720><c> the</c>

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grace<00:22:16.619><c> and</c><00:22:17.539><c> the</c><00:22:17.779><c> mercy</c><00:22:18.160><c> of</c><00:22:18.480><c> God.</c>

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It<00:22:20.180><c> was</c><00:22:20.400><c> more</c><00:22:20.700><c> than</c><00:22:21.059><c> sight</c><00:22:21.720><c> that</c><00:22:22.099><c> was</c><00:22:22.339><c> given</c><00:22:22.539><c> to</c><00:22:22.779><c> this</c><00:22:23.019><c> man.</c>

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It<00:22:24.119><c> was</c><00:22:24.380><c> love.</c>

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And<00:22:27.079><c> so</c><00:22:27.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:27.799><c> gave</c><00:22:28.119><c> the</c><00:22:28.380><c> man</c><00:22:29.000><c> all</c><00:22:29.420><c> that</c><00:22:29.579><c> he</c><00:22:29.779><c> needed.</c>

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And<00:22:31.480><c> it</c><00:22:31.960><c> worked</c><00:22:32.180><c> out</c><00:22:32.619><c> very</c><00:22:33.099><c> well</c><00:22:33.339><c> for</c><00:22:33.619><c> Jesus</c><00:22:34.160><c> because</c><00:22:36.019><c> at</c><00:22:36.420><c> the</c>

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end<00:22:36.740><c> of</c><00:22:36.880><c> this</c><00:22:37.140><c> conversation,</c>

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after<00:22:38.200><c> this</c><00:22:38.720><c> question,</c><00:22:40.940><c> was</c><00:22:41.019><c> the</c><00:22:41.259><c> culmination</c><00:22:42.160><c> of</c><00:22:42.759><c> spiritual</c><00:22:43.339><c> strength.</c>

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Because<00:22:45.660><c> he</c><00:22:45.880><c> said,</c><00:22:46.180><c> Lord,</c><00:22:47.740><c> I</c><00:22:48.339><c> believe.</c>

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So<00:22:50.480><c> in</c><00:22:50.700><c> verse</c><00:22:51.019><c> 11,</c><00:22:52.799><c> it</c><00:22:52.960><c> was</c><00:22:53.160><c> just</c><00:22:53.640><c> a</c><00:22:54.039><c> man</c><00:22:54.319><c> called</c><00:22:54.680><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:22:57.000><c> in</c><00:22:57.220><c> verse</c><00:22:57.440><c> 17,</c><00:22:59.519><c> he's</c><00:22:59.880><c> a</c><00:23:00.039><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:23:02.119><c> in</c><00:23:02.380><c> verse</c><00:23:02.740><c> 33,</c><00:23:05.119><c> if</c><00:23:05.140><c> this</c><00:23:06.799><c> man</c><00:23:07.019><c> was</c><00:23:07.319><c> not</c><00:23:07.519><c> from</c><00:23:07.759><c> God,</c><00:23:08.079><c> he</c><00:23:08.220><c> could</c><00:23:08.420><c> do</c><00:23:08.740><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:23:10.500><c> finally,</c><00:23:10.920><c> in</c><00:23:11.160><c> verse</c><00:23:11.579><c> 37,</c><00:23:13.119><c> I</c><00:23:13.619><c> believe.</c>

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by<00:23:20.480><c> this</c><00:23:20.779><c> blind</c><00:23:21.099><c> man.</c>

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This<00:23:23.700><c> man,</c><00:23:24.799><c> to</c><00:23:25.180><c> wrap</c><00:23:25.500><c> up,</c><00:23:26.579><c> his</c><00:23:26.759><c> life</c><00:23:27.000><c> had</c><00:23:27.359><c> changed</c><00:23:27.759><c> on</c><00:23:28.160><c> so</c><00:23:28.440><c> many</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:31.079><c> now</c><00:23:31.559><c> this</c><00:23:31.859><c> man</c><00:23:32.079><c> would</c><00:23:32.279><c> now</c><00:23:32.599><c> look</c><00:23:32.779><c> to</c><00:23:33.039><c> Jesus</c><00:23:33.539><c> for</c><00:23:34.140><c> guidance</c><00:23:34.559><c> instead</c><00:23:35.019><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:35.500><c> parents,</c>

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who<00:23:36.839><c> could</c><00:23:37.160><c> not</c><00:23:37.440><c> support</c><00:23:37.819><c> him</c><00:23:38.619><c> in</c><00:23:39.279><c> his</c><00:23:39.599><c> darkest</c><00:23:40.119><c> hour.</c>

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Facing<00:23:42.220><c> up</c><00:23:42.480><c> to</c><00:23:42.640><c> the</c><00:23:42.859><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:43.440><c> was</c><00:23:43.700><c> a</c><00:23:43.980><c> darkness</c><00:23:44.740><c> beyond</c><00:23:45.460><c> any</c>

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darkness<00:23:46.480><c> that</c><00:23:46.880><c> he</c><00:23:47.279><c> experienced</c><00:23:47.940><c> in</c><00:23:48.299><c> blindness.</c>

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He<00:23:51.259><c> would</c><00:23:51.460><c> live</c><00:23:51.700><c> in</c><00:23:52.059><c> darkness</c><00:23:52.579><c> no</c><00:23:53.119><c> more,</c><00:23:54.319><c> not</c><00:23:54.640><c> another</c><00:23:54.980><c> day,</c>

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because<00:23:56.880><c> Jesus</c><00:23:57.460><c> gave</c><00:23:57.740><c> him</c><00:23:58.059><c> light</c><00:23:58.599><c> and</c><00:23:59.920><c> Jesus</c><00:24:00.299><c> gave</c><00:24:00.579><c> him</c><00:24:00.880><c> love.</c>

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And<00:24:02.960><c> the</c><00:24:03.240><c> story</c><00:24:03.480><c> concludes</c><00:24:04.259><c> with</c><00:24:05.819><c> the</c><00:24:06.099><c> chastising</c><00:24:06.759><c> of</c><00:24:07.039><c> the</c><00:24:07.279><c> Pharisees</c><00:24:08.500><c> and</c><00:24:09.019><c> stirring</c><00:24:09.359><c> up</c>

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their<00:24:09.920><c> own</c><00:24:10.299><c> consciousness.</c>

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It<00:24:12.200><c> gets</c><00:24:12.500><c> them</c><00:24:12.859><c> to</c><00:24:13.119><c> take</c><00:24:13.279><c> a</c><00:24:13.460><c> better</c><00:24:13.640><c> look</c><00:24:13.900><c> at</c><00:24:14.039><c> themselves,</c>

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but<00:24:14.940><c> Jesus</c><00:24:15.359><c> states</c><00:24:15.779><c> that</c><00:24:16.000><c> he</c><00:24:16.180><c> brings</c><00:24:16.559><c> judgment</c><00:24:17.160><c> and</c><00:24:18.240><c> he</c>

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brings<00:24:18.759><c> division.</c>

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So<00:24:21.539><c> this</c><00:24:21.900><c> story</c><00:24:22.660><c> was</c><00:24:23.259><c> a</c><00:24:23.480><c> story</c><00:24:23.700><c> about</c><00:24:24.140><c> darkness</c><00:24:24.839><c> and</c><00:24:25.819><c> light</c>

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and<00:24:27.400><c> blindness</c><00:24:27.960><c> and</c><00:24:29.380><c> sight</c>

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and<00:24:30.880><c> the</c><00:24:31.079><c> choices</c><00:24:31.460><c> that</c><00:24:31.759><c> we</c><00:24:32.019><c> make</c><00:24:32.259><c> for</c><00:24:32.619><c> ourselves.</c>

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By<00:24:34.880><c> the</c><00:24:35.119><c> mercy</c><00:24:35.400><c> of</c><00:24:35.700><c> God,</c><00:24:36.079><c> we</c><00:24:36.460><c> have</c><00:24:36.819><c> light</c><00:24:37.220><c> instead</c><00:24:37.660><c> of</c><00:24:37.920><c> darkness.</c>

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But<00:24:40.099><c> knowledge</c><00:24:40.420><c> is</c><00:24:40.700><c> light</c><00:24:40.980><c> indeed.</c>

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And<00:24:43.180><c> although</c><00:24:43.380><c> we</c><00:24:43.599><c> have</c><00:24:43.819><c> never</c><00:24:44.079><c> physically</c><00:24:44.640><c> seen</c><00:24:45.279><c> the</c><00:24:45.599><c> face</c>

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of<00:24:46.099><c> Jesus,</c>

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we<00:24:47.799><c> know</c><00:24:48.359><c> who</c><00:24:48.660><c> Jesus</c><00:24:49.039><c> is</c><00:24:49.539><c> still</c><00:24:49.900><c> the</c><00:24:50.180><c> same.</c>

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So<00:24:53.259><c> as</c><00:24:53.480><c> we</c><00:24:53.759><c> walk</c><00:24:54.059><c> in</c><00:24:54.359><c> light</c><00:24:54.740><c> and</c><00:24:56.400><c> we</c><00:24:56.680><c> move</c><00:24:57.099><c> amongst</c><00:24:57.579><c> our</c><00:24:57.920><c> neighbors,</c>

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each<00:24:59.740><c> and</c><00:24:59.980><c> every</c><00:25:00.220><c> day</c><00:25:00.519><c> growing</c><00:25:01.039><c> in</c><00:25:02.720><c> spiritual</c><00:25:03.240><c> sight,</c>

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let<00:25:05.759><c> our</c><00:25:06.019><c> eyes</c><00:25:06.440><c> be</c><00:25:06.740><c> opened</c><00:25:07.079><c> continually</c><00:25:07.819><c> and</c><00:25:09.259><c> let</c><00:25:09.500><c> our</c><00:25:10.079><c> face</c>

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show<00:25:11.960><c> our</c><00:25:12.640><c> faith.</c>