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need</c><00:17:56.200><c> of</c><00:17:56.420><c> the</c><00:17:56.680><c> truth</c><00:17:56.920><c> was</c> 00:17:57.220 --> 00:18:00.019 preeminent<00:17:58.240><c> in</c><00:17:58.480><c> all</c><00:17:58.660><c> that</c><00:17:58.819><c> he</c><00:17:58.920><c> did.</c> 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:05.680 But<00:18:02.140><c> the</c><00:18:02.599><c> people</c><00:18:02.900><c> in</c><00:18:03.119><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:03.660><c> not</c><00:18:03.900><c> only</c><00:18:04.240><c> sacrificed</c><00:18:04.880><c> their</c> 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.579 convenience<00:18:06.359><c> and</c><00:18:06.599><c> their</c><00:18:06.819><c> places</c><00:18:07.140><c> and</c><00:18:07.359><c> their</c> 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:11.480 prosperity<00:18:08.119><c> and</c><00:18:08.299><c> their</c><00:18:08.640><c> material</c><00:18:08.960><c> advantages,</c><00:18:10.500><c> not</c><00:18:10.740><c> only</c><00:18:10.980><c> because</c><00:18:11.359><c> of</c> 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.539 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proclamation</c><00:24:22.839><c> activity.</c><00:24:24.099><c> They</c><00:24:24.460><c> spoke</c><00:24:24.799><c> the</c><00:24:25.000><c> word</c> 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:32.740 others<00:24:26.079><c> come</c><00:24:26.539><c> inside</c><00:24:27.160><c> the</c><00:24:27.420><c> city.</c><00:24:28.259><c> We</c><00:24:28.500><c> have</c><00:24:28.740><c> a</c><00:24:28.900><c> need</c><00:24:29.039><c> of</c><00:24:29.200><c> you</c><00:24:29.359><c> inside</c><00:24:29.759><c> this</c><00:24:30.039><c> city</c><00:24:30.460><c> and</c><00:24:31.720><c> that</c><00:24:31.940><c> brings</c><00:24:32.220><c> about</c><00:24:32.500><c> a</c> 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:36.059 population<00:24:33.180><c> increase</c><00:24:33.799><c> whether</c><00:24:34.220><c> it</c><00:24:34.440><c> is</c><00:24:34.539><c> from</c><00:24:34.759><c> our</c><00:24:35.019><c> own</c><00:24:35.259><c> family,</c><00:24:35.960><c> from</c> 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:38.000 our<00:24:36.339><c> 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It</c><00:25:14.140><c> wasn't</c><00:25:14.359><c> only</c><00:25:14.660><c> that</c> 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.900 he<00:25:14.940><c> was</c><00:25:15.180><c> preaching</c><00:25:15.480><c> the</c><00:25:16.099><c> principles</c><00:25:16.480><c> of</c><00:25:16.700><c> the</c> 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:22.559 moment.<00:25:18.700><c> He</c><00:25:18.740><c> says</c><00:25:19.000><c> that</c><00:25:19.440><c> in</c><00:25:19.720><c> his</c><00:25:20.039><c> preaching</c><00:25:20.640><c> there</c><00:25:21.579><c> was</c><00:25:21.759><c> an</c><00:25:21.960><c> example</c><00:25:22.339><c> of</c> 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.759 Jesus<00:25:23.019><c> Christ</c><00:25:23.500><c> crucified.</c> 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:29.099 He<00:25:25.299><c> was</c><00:25:25.519><c> sacrificing</c><00:25:26.339><c> himself</c><00:25:27.220><c> in</c><00:25:27.480><c> the</c><00:25:27.680><c> principle</c><00:25:28.059><c> of</c><00:25:28.279><c> preaching,</c><00:25:28.799><c> going</c> 00:25:29.099 --> 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