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knit<00:13:25.919><c> together</c><00:13:26.539><c> in</c><00:13:27.080><c> love.</c>

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he<00:14:44.360><c> is</c><00:14:44.620><c> crossed</c><00:14:44.940><c> over</c><00:14:45.519><c> from</c><00:14:45.960><c> death</c><00:14:46.740><c> to</c><00:14:47.139><c> life.</c>

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the<00:14:54.039><c> alternative</c><00:14:54.799><c> that</c><00:14:55.519><c> is</c><00:14:55.740><c> doing</c><00:14:56.139><c> evil</c>

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leading<00:14:57.539><c> to</c><00:14:57.879><c> eternal</c><00:14:58.279><c> death</c><00:14:59.019><c> should</c><00:14:59.440><c> be</c><00:14:59.720><c> unthinkable.</c>

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who<00:15:05.519><c> could</c><00:15:05.799><c> not</c><00:15:06.039><c> accept</c><00:15:06.340><c> their</c><00:15:06.559><c> Messiah</c>

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who<00:15:21.539><c> had</c><00:15:21.700><c> been</c><00:15:21.860><c> released</c><00:15:22.539><c> from</c><00:15:23.480><c> his</c><00:15:23.799><c> infirmities</c><00:15:24.299><c> by</c><00:15:24.600><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:15:25.759><c> cured</c><00:15:26.000><c> of</c><00:15:26.179><c> his</c><00:15:26.340><c> crippling</c><00:15:26.720><c> condition.</c>