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And<00:13:24.259><c> the</c><00:13:24.480><c> opening</c><00:13:24.759><c> of</c><00:13:25.000><c> the</c><00:13:25.240><c> prison</c><00:13:25.600><c> to</c><00:13:25.860><c> them</c><00:13:26.200><c> that</c><00:13:26.480><c> are</c><00:13:26.840><c> bound.</c>

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To<00:13:36.580><c> bind</c><00:13:36.960><c> up</c><00:13:37.240><c> the</c><00:13:37.480><c> brokenhearted.</c>

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To<00:13:39.700><c> proclaim</c><00:13:40.299><c> liberty</c><00:13:41.019><c> to</c><00:13:41.919><c> the</c><00:13:42.159><c> captives.</c>

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And<00:13:44.820><c> the</c><00:13:44.980><c> opening</c><00:13:45.240><c> of</c><00:13:45.480><c> the</c><00:13:45.659><c> prison</c><00:13:45.940><c> to</c><00:13:46.120><c> them</c><00:13:46.340><c> that</c><00:13:46.539><c> are</c><00:13:46.700><c> bound.</c>

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Legion<00:13:47.240><c> wasn't</c><00:13:47.539><c> in</c><00:13:47.879><c> a</c><00:13:47.879><c> real</c><00:13:48.240><c> prison.</c>

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There<00:13:49.679><c> were</c><00:13:49.740><c> no</c><00:13:49.960><c> walls</c><00:13:50.720><c> in</c><00:13:51.039><c> Legion's</c><00:13:51.740><c> prison.</c>

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He<00:13:53.919><c> was</c><00:13:54.159><c> a</c><00:13:54.379><c> prisoner</c><00:13:54.600><c> of</c><00:13:54.840><c> his</c><00:13:54.980><c> own</c><00:13:55.259><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:13:58.080><c> it</c><00:13:58.200><c> was</c><00:13:58.440><c> an</c><00:13:58.639><c> awful</c><00:13:58.940><c> prison.</c>

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It<00:14:01.279><c> was</c><00:14:01.539><c> an</c><00:14:01.779><c> awful</c><00:14:02.139><c> existence.</c>

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And<00:14:09.120><c> so</c><00:14:09.360><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:10.360><c> in</c><00:14:10.659><c> verse</c><00:14:11.019><c> 9,</c><00:14:12.340><c> he</c><00:14:12.659><c> asks,</c><00:14:13.139><c> what</c><00:14:13.340><c> is</c><00:14:13.840><c> your</c><00:14:14.159><c> name?</c>

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He<00:14:15.879><c> immediately</c><00:14:16.340><c> makes</c><00:14:16.700><c> a</c><00:14:16.940><c> human</c><00:14:17.279><c> connection</c><00:14:17.980><c> with</c><00:14:18.279><c> him.</c>

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My<00:14:22.879><c> name</c><00:14:23.100><c> is</c><00:14:23.379><c> Legion.</c>

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And<00:14:28.120><c> that</c><00:14:28.299><c> was</c><00:14:28.519><c> a</c><00:14:28.679><c> true</c><00:14:28.820><c> statement,</c><00:14:29.480><c> brothers</c><00:14:29.559><c> and</c><00:14:29.860><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:14:30.500><c> had</c><00:14:30.759><c> many</c><00:14:31.779><c> different</c><00:14:32.860><c> personalities</c><00:14:33.799><c> in</c><00:14:34.059><c> his</c><00:14:34.379><c> head.</c>

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It's<00:14:41.179><c> an</c><00:14:41.340><c> interesting</c><00:14:41.720><c> question</c><00:14:42.100><c> if</c><00:14:42.240><c> we</c><00:14:42.419><c> look</c><00:14:42.580><c> at</c><00:14:42.840><c> the</c><00:14:43.200><c> next</c>

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few<00:14:43.700><c> verses</c>

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about<00:14:44.480><c> why</c><00:14:45.399><c> Jesus</c><00:14:46.120><c> put</c><00:14:46.659><c> this</c><00:14:47.299><c> mental</c><00:14:47.700><c> illness</c><00:14:48.120><c> into</c><00:14:48.419><c> the</c><00:14:48.700><c> herd</c>

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of<00:14:49.200><c> swine.</c>

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And<00:14:50.559><c> I</c><00:14:50.659><c> know</c><00:14:50.840><c> traditionally</c><00:14:51.399><c> it</c><00:14:51.679><c> is</c><00:14:52.299><c> said</c><00:14:52.600><c> that</c><00:14:52.860><c> it</c><00:14:52.919><c> was</c>

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unclean,<00:14:54.500><c> right?</c>

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The<00:14:55.840><c> children</c><00:14:56.000><c> of</c><00:14:56.179><c> Israel</c><00:14:56.340><c> should</c><00:14:56.559><c> not</c><00:14:56.779><c> have</c><00:14:56.940><c> been</c><00:14:57.080><c> keeping</c><00:14:58.080><c> swine.</c>

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They<00:14:59.139><c> were</c><00:14:59.299><c> unclean</c><00:14:59.820><c> animals.</c>

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They<00:15:00.279><c> were</c><00:15:00.460><c> most</c><00:15:00.659><c> likely</c><00:15:00.960><c> keeping</c><00:15:01.279><c> it</c><00:15:01.500><c> for</c><00:15:01.700><c> their</c><00:15:01.879><c> Roman</c><00:15:02.240><c> masters</c>

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because<00:15:03.639><c> the</c><00:15:03.919><c> Romans</c><00:15:04.179><c> enjoyed</c><00:15:05.340><c> pork</c><00:15:05.840><c> quite</c><00:15:06.580><c> a</c><00:15:06.740><c> bit.</c>

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But<00:15:09.299><c> in</c><00:15:09.720><c> looking</c><00:15:09.919><c> at</c><00:15:10.179><c> this</c><00:15:10.379><c> chapter</c><00:15:10.659><c> and</c><00:15:10.860><c> preparing</c><00:15:11.159><c> for</c><00:15:11.419><c> this</c><00:15:11.679><c> exhortation,</c>

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I<00:15:13.580><c> thought</c><00:15:13.820><c> about</c><00:15:14.639><c> something</c><00:15:15.360><c> else.</c>

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And<00:15:16.940><c> this</c><00:15:17.139><c> is</c><00:15:17.399><c> just</c><00:15:18.080><c> supposition</c><00:15:18.659><c> on</c><00:15:18.860><c> my</c><00:15:19.120><c> part.</c>

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If<00:15:21.240><c> we</c><00:15:21.360><c> look</c><00:15:21.480><c> at</c><00:15:21.600><c> verse</c><00:15:21.879><c> 11,</c><00:15:23.700><c> now</c><00:15:23.899><c> there</c><00:15:24.159><c> was</c><00:15:24.559><c> there</c><00:15:24.960><c> nigh</c><00:15:25.279><c> unto</c>

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the<00:15:25.799><c> mountains</c>

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a<00:15:26.360><c> great</c><00:15:26.700><c> herd</c><00:15:26.899><c> of</c><00:15:27.340><c> swine</c><00:15:27.960><c> feeding.</c>

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So<00:15:28.559><c> they</c><00:15:28.700><c> were</c><00:15:28.879><c> in</c><00:15:28.919><c> the</c><00:15:29.120><c> mountains.</c>

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We<00:15:30.799><c> know</c><00:15:31.200><c> that</c><00:15:31.559><c> Legion</c><00:15:31.980><c> was</c><00:15:32.220><c> also</c><00:15:32.620><c> in</c><00:15:32.799><c> the</c><00:15:32.980><c> mountains</c><00:15:33.360><c> as</c><00:15:33.700><c> well.</c>

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And<00:15:35.139><c> most</c><00:15:35.500><c> likely</c><00:15:36.039><c> the</c><00:15:36.580><c> herdsmen</c><00:15:37.740><c> in</c><00:15:38.259><c> Legion</c><00:15:39.080><c> had</c><00:15:40.879><c> interactions.</c>

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And<00:15:41.639><c> it</c><00:15:41.759><c> wasn't</c><00:15:42.059><c> good.</c>

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And<00:15:42.720><c> it</c><00:15:42.860><c> may</c><00:15:43.120><c> have</c><00:15:43.340><c> been,</c><00:15:44.480><c> certainly</c><00:15:45.019><c> can't</c><00:15:45.340><c> prove</c><00:15:45.580><c> this,</c>

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but<00:15:45.899><c> it</c><00:15:46.059><c> may</c><00:15:46.299><c> have</c><00:15:46.539><c> been</c><00:15:46.860><c> the</c><00:15:47.860><c> herdsmen</c><00:15:48.539><c> that</c><00:15:48.840><c> ended</c><00:15:49.019><c> up</c><00:15:49.379><c> binding</c>

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or<00:15:50.000><c> trying</c><00:15:50.360><c> to</c><00:15:50.659><c> bind</c><00:15:50.899><c> Legion.</c>

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And<00:15:52.320><c> so</c><00:15:52.539><c> the</c><00:15:52.919><c> interaction</c><00:15:53.679><c> between</c><00:15:54.159><c> the</c><00:15:54.480><c> herdsmen</c><00:15:55.440><c> and</c><00:15:55.899><c> Legion</c><00:15:56.220><c> was</c><00:15:56.500><c> a</c>

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negative<00:15:57.080><c> one.</c>

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And<00:15:58.080><c> the</c><00:15:58.259><c> herdsmen</c><00:15:58.980><c> may</c><00:15:59.220><c> have</c><00:15:59.500><c> abused</c><00:16:00.000><c> Legion</c><00:16:00.399><c> quite</c><00:16:00.799><c> a</c><00:16:00.980><c> bit,</c>

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shunned<00:16:02.320><c> him,</c><00:16:03.039><c> hurt</c><00:16:03.200><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:07.340><c> so</c><00:16:07.480><c> that</c><00:16:07.639><c> may</c><00:16:07.840><c> have</c><00:16:08.000><c> been</c><00:16:08.179><c> the</c><00:16:08.399><c> reason</c><00:16:08.659><c> why</c><00:16:09.360><c> Jesus</c><00:16:10.080><c> put</c><00:16:10.799><c> schizophrenia,</c>

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think<00:16:12.019><c> about</c><00:16:12.220><c> that</c><00:16:12.440><c> for</c><00:16:12.620><c> a</c><00:16:12.720><c> minute,</c><00:16:12.899><c> schizophrenia,</c><00:16:14.139><c> into</c><00:16:14.399><c> 2</c>

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,000<00:16:15.080><c> pigs.</c>

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You<00:16:16.759><c> wonder</c><00:16:17.100><c> why</c><00:16:17.399><c> they</c><00:16:17.700><c> ran</c><00:16:17.899><c> violently</c><00:16:18.340><c> down</c><00:16:18.820><c> a</c><00:16:19.500><c> cliff.</c>

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It's<00:16:20.919><c> interesting.</c>

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But<00:16:24.659><c> let's</c><00:16:24.879><c> look</c><00:16:25.100><c> at</c><00:16:25.299><c> verse</c><00:16:25.559><c> 15.</c>

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It's<00:16:26.220><c> a</c><00:16:26.220><c> wonderful</c><00:16:26.659><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:16:31.059><c> they</c><00:16:31.200><c> came</c><00:16:31.620><c> to</c><00:16:31.840><c> Jesus</c><00:16:32.639><c> and</c><00:16:33.840><c> seeing</c><00:16:34.100><c> him</c><00:16:34.379><c> that</c><00:16:34.559><c> was</c><00:16:34.860><c> possessed</c><00:16:35.320><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:35.759><c> devil</c>

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and<00:16:37.179><c> had</c><00:16:37.539><c> the</c><00:16:37.919><c> Legion</c><00:16:38.460><c> sitting</c><00:16:40.360><c> in</c><00:16:41.720><c> clothe</c><00:16:42.220><c> in</c><00:16:42.440><c> his</c><00:16:42.759><c> right</c><00:16:43.100><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:16:45.539><c> they</c><00:16:45.720><c> were</c><00:16:46.059><c> afraid.</c>

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It's<00:16:50.820><c> such</c><00:16:51.000><c> a</c><00:16:51.320><c> compare</c><00:16:51.539><c> and</c><00:16:51.840><c> contrast</c><00:16:52.620><c> with</c><00:16:52.840><c> the</c><00:16:53.059><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:16:53.519><c> the</c><00:16:53.700><c> chapter</c><00:16:54.000><c> in</c><00:16:54.179><c> this</c><00:16:54.399><c> 15th</c><00:16:55.080><c> verse,</c>

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a<00:16:56.299><c> man</c><00:16:56.440><c> that</c><00:16:56.600><c> was</c><00:16:56.820><c> completely</c><00:16:57.299><c> out</c><00:16:57.559><c> of</c><00:16:57.940><c> control,</c>

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a<00:16:59.740><c> man</c><00:16:59.940><c> whose</c><00:17:00.179><c> own</c><00:17:00.759><c> mind</c><00:17:01.200><c> was</c><00:17:01.460><c> his</c><00:17:01.700><c> worst</c><00:17:02.000><c> enemy,</c><00:17:02.659><c> naked,</c>

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cutting<00:17:03.360><c> himself,</c><00:17:04.119><c> screaming,</c><00:17:05.619><c> crying.</c>

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And<00:17:09.319><c> here</c><00:17:09.640><c> he</c><00:17:09.759><c> is</c><00:17:10.059><c> at</c><00:17:10.220><c> the</c><00:17:10.420><c> feet</c><00:17:10.539><c> of</c><00:17:10.700><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:12.160><c> clothed,</c><00:17:15.000><c> but</c><00:17:15.180><c> also</c><00:17:15.559><c> in</c>

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his<00:17:15.940><c> right</c><00:17:16.180><c> mind.</c>

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Wonderful.<00:17:18.779><c> It's</c><00:17:19.119><c> a</c><00:17:19.200><c> wonderful</c><00:17:19.559><c> story.</c>

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It's<00:17:21.059><c> a</c><00:17:21.099><c> wonderful</c><00:17:21.480><c> story</c><00:17:21.880><c> of</c><00:17:22.079><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:17:27.339><c> so</c><00:17:27.700><c> oftentimes</c><00:17:28.319><c> in</c><00:17:28.740><c> our</c><00:17:29.019><c> lives</c><00:17:29.640><c> we</c><00:17:30.960><c> wish</c><00:17:31.480><c> and</c><00:17:31.799><c> we</c><00:17:32.200><c> hope</c><00:17:32.619><c> for</c><00:17:34.579><c> Jesus</c><00:17:35.240><c> to</c><00:17:36.220><c> come,</c>

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to<00:17:36.779><c> touch</c><00:17:37.059><c> us,</c><00:17:39.779><c> to</c><00:17:40.000><c> hear</c><00:17:40.259><c> the</c><00:17:40.539><c> words</c><00:17:40.759><c> of</c><00:17:41.000><c> Jesus,</c>

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to<00:17:43.259><c> help</c><00:17:43.579><c> us</c><00:17:44.559><c> in</c><00:17:45.119><c> a</c><00:17:45.319><c> very</c><00:17:45.700><c> human</c><00:17:46.140><c> way</c><00:17:46.559><c> with</c><00:17:46.859><c> our</c><00:17:47.099><c> problems,</c>

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to<00:17:47.660><c> hear</c><00:17:47.859><c> his</c><00:17:48.140><c> words,</c><00:17:48.519><c> to</c><00:17:48.819><c> see</c><00:17:49.059><c> him,</c><00:17:49.259><c> to</c><00:17:49.619><c> physically</c><00:17:50.019><c> see</c><00:17:50.400><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:52.940><c> for</c><00:17:53.220><c> Jesus</c><00:17:53.640><c> to</c><00:17:53.980><c> take</c><00:17:54.099><c> our</c><00:17:54.400><c> pain</c><00:17:54.640><c> away,</c>

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to<00:17:58.119><c> take</c><00:17:58.460><c> the</c><00:17:58.960><c> suffering</c><00:17:59.559><c> of</c><00:18:00.259><c> our</c><00:18:00.559><c> families</c><00:18:01.039><c> away,</c>

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to<00:18:02.400><c> help</c><00:18:02.640><c> us</c><00:18:02.900><c> with</c><00:18:03.160><c> our</c><00:18:03.400><c> stress,</c><00:18:05.519><c> to</c><00:18:05.720><c> help</c><00:18:05.940><c> us</c><00:18:06.200><c> with</c><00:18:06.460><c> our</c><00:18:06.720><c> uncertainty,</c>

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And<00:18:57.000><c> so</c><00:18:57.140><c> Peter</c><00:18:57.400><c> talks</c><00:18:57.759><c> about</c><00:18:58.059><c> this</c><00:18:59.099><c> in</c><00:18:59.500><c> 1</c><00:18:59.720><c> Peter</c><00:19:00.019><c> 3.</c>

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What<00:20:25.160><c> doth</c><00:20:25.539><c> it</c><00:20:25.880><c> profit,</c><00:20:26.299><c> my</c><00:20:26.680><c> brethren?</c>

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