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They're<00:15:10.500><c> on</c><00:15:10.620><c> the</c><00:15:10.820><c> brink.</c>

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So<00:15:29.139><c> what</c><00:15:29.279><c> does</c><00:15:29.779><c> that</c><00:15:30.100><c> mean,</c><00:15:30.500><c> to</c><00:15:30.740><c> do</c><00:15:31.039><c> justly?</c>

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Okay,<00:16:46.320><c> Matthew</c><00:16:46.720><c> 18.</c>

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child<00:18:17.460><c> unto</c><00:18:17.880><c> them.</c>

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Therefore,<00:25:26.400><c> brothers</c><00:25:26.400><c> and</c><00:25:26.720><c> sisters,</c><00:25:27.180><c> let</c><00:25:27.359><c> us</c><00:25:27.619><c> strive</c><00:25:28.000><c> daily</c>

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more<00:26:01.299><c> than</c><00:26:01.700><c> a</c><00:26:01.900><c> diploma.</c>

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enter<00:26:26.480><c> in</c><00:26:27.180><c> through</c><00:26:27.559><c> the</c><00:26:27.799><c> gates</c><00:26:28.240><c> into</c><00:26:29.359><c> the</c><00:26:29.599><c> city.</c>

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Amen.