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Fear<00:10:06.919><c> him</c><00:10:07.440><c> who</c><00:10:07.700><c> not</c><00:10:07.919><c> only</c><00:10:08.159><c> can</c><00:10:08.379><c> take</c><00:10:08.559><c> your</c><00:10:08.779><c> life,</c><00:10:09.019><c> who</c><00:10:09.220><c> can</c>

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take<00:10:09.659><c> your</c><00:10:09.919><c> eternal</c><00:10:10.220><c> life.</c>

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And<00:10:13.220><c> such</c><00:10:13.519><c> was</c><00:10:13.779><c> the</c><00:10:14.059><c> persecution</c><00:10:14.740><c> that</c><00:10:15.179><c> the</c><00:10:15.399><c> Pharisees</c><00:10:15.899><c> and</c>

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It<00:10:24.679><c> shows</c><00:10:24.919><c> the</c><00:10:25.419><c> close</c><00:10:26.039><c> link</c><00:10:26.539><c> between</c><00:10:26.960><c> the</c><00:10:27.200><c> two</c><00:10:27.419><c> false</c>

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Shortly<00:10:34.399><c> thereafter,</c><00:10:34.940><c> in</c><00:10:35.080><c> a</c><00:10:35.179><c> few</c><00:10:35.320><c> centuries,</c><00:10:35.799><c> it</c><00:10:35.879><c> will</c><00:10:36.059><c> be</c><00:10:36.259><c> a</c>

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Christian<00:10:36.860><c> false</c><00:10:37.159><c> system.</c>

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But<00:10:37.639><c> it's</c><00:10:38.399><c> the</c><00:10:38.600><c> same</c><00:10:38.980><c> false</c><00:10:39.299><c> system</c><00:10:39.679><c> in</c><00:10:39.879><c> many</c><00:10:40.080><c> ways.</c>

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But<00:10:41.200><c> in</c><00:10:41.419><c> the</c><00:10:41.539><c> midst</c><00:10:41.720><c> of</c><00:10:41.899><c> this</c><00:10:42.139><c> discourse,</c><00:10:42.759><c> up</c><00:10:42.860><c> walks</c><00:10:43.080><c> a</c><00:10:43.279><c> man</c><00:10:43.659><c> who</c><00:10:44.360><c> is</c>

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a<00:10:44.799><c> follower</c><00:10:45.139><c> of</c><00:10:45.440><c> the</c><00:10:45.679><c> religion</c><00:10:45.899><c> of</c><00:10:46.139><c> the</c><00:10:46.279><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:10:47.860><c> the</c><00:10:47.960><c> man</c><00:10:48.200><c> proves</c><00:10:48.700><c> exactly</c><00:10:49.360><c> what</c><00:10:49.559><c> Jesus</c><00:10:49.919><c> has</c><00:10:50.139><c> been</c><00:10:50.440><c> saying</c>

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about<00:10:51.700><c> don't</c><00:10:51.980><c> put</c><00:10:52.159><c> your</c><00:10:52.419><c> trust</c><00:10:52.659><c> in</c><00:10:52.820><c> this</c><00:10:53.000><c> system,</c><00:10:53.940><c> because</c><00:10:54.159><c> it</c>

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will<00:10:54.679><c> not</c><00:10:55.000><c> take</c><00:10:55.240><c> you</c><00:10:55.419><c> to</c><00:10:55.539><c> the</c><00:10:55.700><c> kingdom</c><00:10:55.919><c> of</c><00:10:56.139><c> God.</c>

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In<00:10:57.659><c> reality,</c><00:10:58.960><c> what</c><00:10:59.159><c> the</c><00:10:59.419><c> Pharisees</c><00:10:59.899><c> were</c><00:11:00.100><c> saying</c><00:11:00.279><c> on</c><00:11:00.480><c> the</c><00:11:00.639><c> outside</c><00:11:01.159><c> was</c>

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that<00:11:01.480><c> you</c><00:11:01.620><c> should</c><00:11:01.820><c> be</c><00:11:02.080><c> holy.</c>

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But<00:11:02.759><c> on</c><00:11:03.000><c> the</c><00:11:03.120><c> inside,</c><00:11:03.539><c> and</c><00:11:03.659><c> this</c><00:11:03.820><c> is</c><00:11:03.960><c> why</c><00:11:04.080><c> they</c><00:11:04.220><c> were</c><00:11:04.360><c> hypocritical,</c><00:11:05.360><c> it</c><00:11:05.500><c> was</c>

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all<00:11:05.940><c> about</c><00:11:06.200><c> acquiring</c><00:11:06.659><c> wealth.</c>

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So<00:11:07.779><c> the</c><00:11:08.440><c> man</c><00:11:08.620><c> doesn't</c><00:11:08.879><c> ask</c><00:11:09.159><c> a</c><00:11:09.419><c> question</c><00:11:09.840><c> unrelated</c><00:11:10.460><c> to</c><00:11:10.759><c> the</c><00:11:10.919><c> leaven.</c>

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When<00:11:11.320><c> Jesus</c><00:11:11.659><c> has</c><00:11:11.940><c> warned</c><00:11:12.100><c> the</c><00:11:12.320><c> crowd,</c><00:11:12.580><c> beware</c><00:11:12.919><c> of</c><00:11:13.019><c> the</c><00:11:13.139><c> leaven</c>

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He's<00:11:14.259><c> a</c><00:11:14.399><c> product</c><00:11:14.840><c> of</c><00:11:15.200><c> the</c><00:11:15.399><c> Pharisees'</c><00:11:15.919><c> religion.</c>

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What<00:11:17.639><c> is</c><00:11:17.820><c> his</c><00:11:18.039><c> concern?</c>

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He<00:11:19.039><c> wants</c><00:11:19.320><c> his</c><00:11:19.580><c> rightful</c><00:11:20.059><c> inheritance,</c><00:11:21.519><c> a</c><00:11:21.679><c> reflection</c><00:11:22.200><c> of</c><00:11:22.620><c> the</c><00:11:22.840><c> religion</c><00:11:23.080><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:23.440><c> Pharisees.</c>

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What<00:11:23.980><c> did</c><00:11:24.120><c> Jesus</c><00:11:24.419><c> teach?</c>

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Don't<00:11:25.159><c> worry</c><00:11:25.779><c> about</c><00:11:26.360><c> wealth.</c>

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Don't<00:11:27.399><c> worry</c><00:11:27.860><c> about</c><00:11:28.259><c> this</c><00:11:28.539><c> life.</c>

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Don't<00:11:29.159><c> worry</c><00:11:29.419><c> about</c><00:11:29.740><c> the</c><00:11:30.580><c> inheritance</c><00:11:31.019><c> of</c><00:11:31.240><c> this</c><00:11:31.480><c> life.</c>

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Worry<00:11:31.860><c> about</c><00:11:32.080><c> the</c><00:11:32.299><c> inheritance</c><00:11:32.639><c> that's</c><00:11:32.899><c> coming.</c>

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That's<00:11:34.679><c> not</c><00:11:34.840><c> what</c><00:11:35.019><c> the</c><00:11:35.220><c> Pharisees</c><00:11:35.620><c> taught.</c>

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According<00:11:37.279><c> to</c><00:11:37.580><c> their</c><00:11:37.779><c> religion,</c><00:11:39.019><c> they</c><00:11:39.279><c> placed</c><00:11:39.460><c> a</c><00:11:39.639><c> high</c><00:11:39.879><c> value</c>

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His<00:11:43.840><c> principal</c><00:11:44.299><c> concern</c><00:11:44.820><c> is</c><00:11:45.159><c> money.</c>

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And<00:11:46.340><c> he</c><00:11:46.399><c> comes</c><00:11:46.639><c> to</c><00:11:46.840><c> this</c><00:11:47.000><c> religious</c><00:11:47.399><c> leader</c><00:11:47.799><c> and</c><00:11:48.100><c> he</c><00:11:48.259><c> asks</c><00:11:48.399><c> for</c><00:11:48.639><c> help.</c>

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Doesn't<00:11:49.759><c> ask</c><00:11:49.980><c> to</c><00:11:50.139><c> be</c><00:11:50.299><c> healed.</c>

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Doesn't<00:11:51.679><c> ask</c><00:11:51.919><c> for</c><00:11:52.059><c> his</c><00:11:52.259><c> sins</c><00:11:52.399><c> to</c><00:11:52.600><c> be</c><00:11:52.779><c> forgiven.</c>

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He<00:11:53.879><c> says,</c><00:11:54.059><c> I</c><00:11:54.120><c> need</c><00:11:54.340><c> help</c><00:11:54.659><c> getting</c><00:11:54.940><c> my</c><00:11:55.159><c> money.</c>

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Can<00:11:55.620><c> you</c><00:11:55.740><c> be</c><00:11:55.899><c> helpful</c><00:11:56.159><c> to</c><00:11:56.379><c> me?</c>

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And<00:11:58.179><c> therefore,</c><00:11:58.440><c> Jesus</c><00:11:58.860><c> rebukes</c><00:11:59.299><c> him</c><00:11:59.740><c> with</c><00:12:00.000><c> this</c><00:12:00.259><c> parable</c><00:12:00.519><c> to</c>

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expose<00:12:01.639><c> the</c><00:12:03.019><c> fallacy</c><00:12:03.460><c> of</c><00:12:03.860><c> that</c><00:12:04.080><c> way</c><00:12:04.279><c> of</c><00:12:04.500><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:12:10.600><c> he's</c><00:12:10.879><c> once</c><00:12:11.100><c> more</c><00:12:11.320><c> interacting</c><00:12:11.779><c> with</c><00:12:12.039><c> the</c><00:12:12.200><c> Pharisees.</c>

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If<00:12:12.960><c> we</c><00:12:12.960><c> turn</c><00:12:13.100><c> over</c><00:12:13.259><c> to</c><00:12:13.379><c> chapter</c><00:12:13.659><c> 14,</c><00:12:14.179><c> he's</c><00:12:14.419><c> dining</c><00:12:14.679><c> at</c><00:12:14.840><c> a</c><00:12:15.000><c> Pharisee's</c><00:12:15.460><c> house</c>

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And<00:12:19.720><c> there's</c><00:12:19.940><c> the</c><00:12:20.039><c> man</c><00:12:20.200><c> there</c><00:12:20.399><c> with</c><00:12:20.580><c> the</c><00:12:20.759><c> dropsy.</c>

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And<00:12:21.299><c> he</c><00:12:21.360><c> heals</c><00:12:21.720><c> the</c><00:12:21.980><c> man</c><00:12:22.379><c> on</c><00:12:22.860><c> the</c><00:12:23.100><c> Sabbath.</c>

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He<00:12:26.240><c> says,</c><00:12:26.460><c> if</c><00:12:26.460><c> you</c><00:12:26.759><c> had</c><00:12:27.100><c> an</c><00:12:27.460><c> ox</c><00:12:27.600><c> in</c><00:12:29.860><c> a</c><00:12:30.100><c> well,</c><00:12:30.659><c> would</c><00:12:30.879><c> you</c><00:12:31.179><c> not</c><00:12:31.539><c> save</c><00:12:31.759><c> that</c><00:12:32.120><c> ox</c>

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or<00:12:32.700><c> ass</c><00:12:32.899><c> from</c><00:12:33.120><c> the</c><00:12:33.320><c> well</c><00:12:33.539><c> on</c><00:12:33.779><c> the</c><00:12:34.019><c> Sabbath?</c>

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What<00:12:35.679><c> is</c><00:12:36.120><c> wrong</c><00:12:36.320><c> then</c><00:12:36.580><c> with</c><00:12:36.759><c> curing</c><00:12:37.100><c> this</c><00:12:37.379><c> man</c><00:12:37.639><c> of</c><00:12:37.779><c> his</c><00:12:38.000><c> disease?</c>

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And<00:12:38.559><c> then</c><00:12:38.720><c> he</c><00:12:38.779><c> says</c><00:12:39.000><c> two</c><00:12:39.360><c> brief</c><00:12:39.679><c> parables.</c>

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The<00:12:41.259><c> first</c><00:12:41.460><c> one,</c><00:12:42.100><c> he</c><00:12:42.519><c> says,</c><00:12:42.799><c> when</c><00:12:42.840><c> you're</c><00:12:43.039><c> invited</c><00:12:43.259><c> to</c><00:12:43.460><c> a</c><00:12:43.639><c> feast,</c><00:12:44.000><c> I</c><00:12:44.159><c> see</c><00:12:44.299><c> how</c><00:12:44.460><c> you</c><00:12:44.679><c> all</c><00:12:44.879><c> like</c><00:12:45.039><c> to</c>

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Don't<00:12:46.860><c> take</c><00:12:47.100><c> the</c><00:12:47.299><c> best</c><00:12:47.539><c> seat.</c>

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Take<00:12:49.200><c> the</c><00:12:49.419><c> lowest</c><00:12:49.659><c> seat</c><00:12:49.960><c> and</c><00:12:50.179><c> be</c><00:12:50.379><c> moved</c><00:12:50.559><c> up</c><00:12:50.919><c> as</c><00:12:51.740><c> the</c><00:12:52.000><c> occasion</c><00:12:52.320><c> permits.</c>

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And<00:13:00.980><c> he</c><00:13:01.139><c> directs</c><00:13:01.440><c> a</c><00:13:01.620><c> parable</c><00:13:01.840><c> right</c><00:13:02.059><c> at</c><00:13:02.240><c> the</c><00:13:02.419><c> host.</c>

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He<00:13:03.259><c> says,</c><00:13:03.559><c> when</c><00:13:03.639><c> you</c><00:13:03.940><c> have</c><00:13:04.120><c> a</c><00:13:04.399><c> feast,</c><00:13:05.279><c> don't</c><00:13:05.559><c> invite</c><00:13:05.879><c> your</c><00:13:06.279><c> friends</c><00:13:06.879><c> who</c>

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can<00:13:07.919><c> invite</c><00:13:08.240><c> you</c><00:13:08.559><c> back</c><00:13:08.759><c> to</c><00:13:08.899><c> their</c><00:13:09.139><c> own</c><00:13:09.440><c> feast.</c>

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Invite<00:13:10.279><c> the</c><00:13:10.639><c> poor</c><00:13:11.019><c> and</c><00:13:11.580><c> the</c><00:13:11.840><c> lame</c><00:13:12.039><c> and</c><00:13:12.200><c> the</c><00:13:12.399><c> maimed</c><00:13:12.700><c> and</c><00:13:12.720><c> the</c><00:13:12.980><c> blind.</c>

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And<00:13:13.440><c> if</c><00:13:13.519><c> you</c><00:13:13.759><c> do,</c><00:13:13.980><c> you</c><00:13:14.100><c> will</c><00:13:14.279><c> be</c><00:13:14.480><c> blessed</c><00:13:14.679><c> by</c><00:13:14.919><c> God</c><00:13:15.559><c> in</c><00:13:17.039><c> the</c><00:13:17.240><c> resurrection</c><00:13:17.700><c> of</c>

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Ah,<00:13:22.580><c> resurrection</c><00:13:22.940><c> of</c><00:13:23.139><c> the</c><00:13:23.279><c> just,</c><00:13:23.440><c> kingdom.</c>

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Won't<00:13:24.080><c> it</c><00:13:24.279><c> be</c><00:13:24.580><c> lovely</c><00:13:25.019><c> to</c><00:13:25.259><c> be</c><00:13:25.379><c> in</c><00:13:25.519><c> the</c><00:13:25.700><c> kingdom?</c>

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Blessed<00:13:26.519><c> is</c><00:13:26.779><c> he</c><00:13:27.240><c> who</c><00:13:27.539><c> will</c><00:13:27.820><c> eat</c><00:13:28.159><c> in</c><00:13:28.379><c> the</c><00:13:28.559><c> kingdom</c><00:13:28.740><c> of</c><00:13:28.960><c> God.</c>

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Which,<00:13:30.100><c> of</c><00:13:30.220><c> course,</c><00:13:30.639><c> includes</c><00:13:30.840><c> myself</c><00:13:31.440><c> and</c><00:13:31.659><c> all</c><00:13:32.000><c> of</c><00:13:32.159><c> our</c><00:13:32.379><c> fair,</c><00:13:32.659><c> sable</c><00:13:32.860><c> friends</c><00:13:33.220><c> around</c><00:13:33.519><c> the</c><00:13:33.740><c> table.</c>

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Instead<00:13:36.299><c> of</c><00:13:36.440><c> Jesus</c><00:13:36.700><c> saying,</c><00:13:37.279><c> just</c><00:13:37.279><c> a</c><00:13:37.419><c> minute,</c><00:13:37.720><c> pal,</c><00:13:37.879><c> don't</c><00:13:38.120><c> think</c><00:13:38.320><c> you're</c><00:13:38.460><c> going</c><00:13:38.559><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:38.720><c> in</c><00:13:38.840><c> the</c><00:13:38.980><c> kingdom,</c>

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he<00:13:39.559><c> tells</c><00:13:39.840><c> them</c><00:13:40.139><c> the</c><00:13:40.419><c> parable</c><00:13:40.720><c> of</c><00:13:41.379><c> the</c><00:13:41.559><c> great</c><00:13:41.759><c> supper</c><00:13:42.139><c> in</c><00:13:43.299><c> response</c><00:13:43.820><c> to</c>

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this<00:13:44.299><c> presumptuous</c><00:13:45.179><c> statement</c>

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as<00:13:46.720><c> part</c><00:13:46.960><c> of</c><00:13:47.080><c> the</c><00:13:47.240><c> man</c><00:13:47.440><c> who</c><00:13:47.840><c> assumed</c><00:13:48.179><c> he</c><00:13:48.440><c> and</c><00:13:48.659><c> all</c><00:13:48.840><c> his</c><00:13:49.100><c> upper</c>

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class<00:13:50.379><c> friends</c><00:13:50.759><c> would</c><00:13:50.980><c> be</c><00:13:51.120><c> part</c><00:13:51.299><c> of</c><00:13:51.399><c> that</c><00:13:51.600><c> kingdom.</c>

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The<00:13:53.799><c> parable</c><00:13:54.000><c> then,</c><00:13:54.179><c> of</c><00:13:54.299><c> course,</c><00:13:54.820><c> identifies</c><00:13:54.980><c> who</c><00:13:55.200><c> will</c><00:13:55.399><c> be</c>

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And<00:13:57.519><c> why</c><00:13:57.740><c> they</c><00:13:57.919><c> will</c><00:13:58.059><c> be</c><00:13:58.259><c> there</c><00:13:58.460><c> and</c><00:13:58.600><c> why</c><00:13:58.799><c> they</c><00:13:58.980><c> won't.</c>

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And<00:14:00.139><c> the</c><00:14:00.259><c> part</c><00:14:00.419><c> of</c><00:14:00.580><c> those</c><00:14:00.820><c> who</c><00:14:00.980><c> won't</c><00:14:01.240><c> be</c><00:14:01.500><c> there,</c><00:14:01.799><c> who</c><00:14:02.259><c> will</c><00:14:02.519><c> not</c><00:14:02.700><c> be</c>

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there,<00:14:03.620><c> the</c><00:14:03.740><c> part</c><00:14:03.879><c> they</c><00:14:04.139><c> play</c><00:14:04.299><c> in</c><00:14:04.480><c> making</c><00:14:04.659><c> that</c><00:14:04.919><c> decision.</c>

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Now,<00:14:06.500><c> we'll</c><00:14:06.639><c> just</c><00:14:06.879><c> close</c><00:14:07.080><c> with</c><00:14:07.299><c> a</c><00:14:07.419><c> small</c><00:14:07.679><c> hiccup,</c><00:14:08.120><c> what</c><00:14:08.279><c> I</c><00:14:08.500><c> found</c><00:14:08.620><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:08.899><c> workbook.</c>

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And<00:14:10.639><c> that</c><00:14:10.779><c> is</c><00:14:11.000><c> that</c><00:14:11.159><c> it</c><00:14:11.500><c> seemed</c><00:14:11.679><c> to</c><00:14:11.980><c> emphasize</c><00:14:12.340><c> in</c><00:14:12.500><c> the</c><00:14:12.659><c> parable</c><00:14:12.840><c> of</c><00:14:12.980><c> the</c>

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and<00:14:14.779><c> several</c><00:14:15.059><c> of</c><00:14:15.200><c> the</c><00:14:15.340><c> questions</c><00:14:15.679><c> that</c><00:14:15.840><c> somehow</c><00:14:16.120><c> this</c><00:14:16.399><c> was</c><00:14:16.559><c> a</c>

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response<00:14:17.460><c> that</c><00:14:17.879><c> we</c><00:14:18.039><c> will</c><00:14:18.259><c> have</c><00:14:18.480><c> when</c><00:14:18.639><c> the</c><00:14:18.840><c> angel</c><00:14:19.000><c> calls</c><00:14:19.299><c> us.</c>

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I'm<00:14:20.500><c> not</c><00:14:20.759><c> sure</c><00:14:20.919><c> that's</c><00:14:21.240><c> the</c><00:14:21.399><c> focus</c><00:14:21.639><c> of</c><00:14:21.820><c> the</c><00:14:22.019><c> parable.</c>

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I<00:14:22.519><c> would</c><00:14:22.759><c> suggest</c><00:14:23.240><c> we</c><00:14:24.120><c> direct</c><00:14:24.399><c> more</c><00:14:24.620><c> of</c><00:14:24.720><c> our</c><00:14:24.940><c> conversation</c><00:14:25.419><c> and</c><00:14:25.620><c> discussion</c><00:14:26.059><c> when</c><00:14:26.340><c> we</c>

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get<00:14:26.639><c> to</c><00:14:26.820><c> that</c>

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and<00:14:27.139><c> the</c><00:14:27.299><c> second</c><00:14:27.580><c> period</c><00:14:28.080><c> in</c><00:14:28.759><c> dealing</c><00:14:29.019><c> with</c><00:14:29.539><c> our</c><00:14:29.779><c> response</c><00:14:30.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:14:30.639><c> call</c><00:14:30.799><c> of</c><00:14:30.940><c> the</c><00:14:31.120><c> gospel</c><00:14:31.399><c> now.</c>

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Because<00:14:31.960><c> I</c><00:14:32.039><c> think</c><00:14:32.220><c> that's</c><00:14:32.799><c> the</c><00:14:33.440><c> intent</c><00:14:33.899><c> of</c><00:14:34.120><c> the</c><00:14:34.320><c> parable,</c><00:14:34.539><c> that's</c><00:14:34.860><c> the</c>

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focus<00:14:35.399><c> of</c><00:14:35.639><c> the</c><00:14:35.840><c> parable.</c>

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Not<00:14:36.740><c> that</c><00:14:37.179><c> brief</c><00:14:37.360><c> period</c><00:14:37.659><c> of</c><00:14:37.899><c> time,</c><00:14:38.220><c> which</c><00:14:38.399><c> may</c><00:14:38.620><c> come</c><00:14:38.799><c> today,</c>

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when<00:14:39.799><c> the</c><00:14:40.019><c> angel</c><00:14:40.200><c> calls</c><00:14:40.539><c> us</c>

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and<00:14:40.960><c> then</c><00:14:41.080><c> our</c><00:14:41.259><c> response</c><00:14:41.840><c> to</c><00:14:42.059><c> that</c><00:14:42.279><c> call</c><00:14:42.460><c> to</c><00:14:42.659><c> the</c><00:14:42.820><c> judgment</c><00:14:43.039><c> seat.</c>

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So<00:14:43.559><c> just</c><00:14:43.820><c> a</c><00:14:44.360><c> minor</c><00:14:44.620><c> issue.</c>

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I've<00:14:46.059><c> taken</c><00:14:46.240><c> two</c><00:14:46.399><c> minutes</c><00:14:46.659><c> more</c><00:14:46.899><c> than</c><00:14:47.000><c> I</c><00:14:47.179><c> wanted</c><00:14:47.360><c> to.</c>

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So<00:14:47.799><c> for</c><00:14:47.919><c> those</c><00:14:48.100><c> of</c><00:14:48.220><c> you</c><00:14:48.360><c> who</c><00:14:48.460><c> have</c><00:14:48.659><c> to</c><00:14:48.840><c> go</c><00:14:49.019><c> to</c><00:14:49.179><c> a</c><00:14:49.320><c> class,</c><00:14:49.580><c> you'll</c>

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have<00:14:49.919><c> to</c><00:14:50.059><c> move</c><00:14:50.240><c> quickly</c><00:14:50.580><c> when</c><00:14:50.779><c> you're</c><00:14:50.960><c> dismissed.</c>

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Thanks<00:14:52.279><c> very</c><00:14:52.519><c> much.</c>