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 Do open your Bibles to Matthew 12.

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 Matthew 12, which in the Church Bibles is on page 817.

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!

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 The one point is don't miss the point.

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 Don't miss the point.

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 Last Sunday we looked at Matthew's Gospel

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 and we looked at Matthew 12.

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 Come to me, all of you, while weary and heavy laden.

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 Take my yoke upon you.

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 Learn from me.

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 And with this gracious invitation you get this incredible promise, don't you?

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 And I will give you rest, Jesus says.

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 I'll give you rest and you will find rest for your souls

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 because I'm gentle and I'm humble in heart.

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 And Jesus says, my yoke living for me

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 has a sense in which it is easy and my burden is light.

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 Well, chapter 12 begins in this way.

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 It says, at that time Jesus went through the grain fields

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 on the Sabbath.

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 And his disciples were hungry

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 and began to eat.

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 They began to collect

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 herds of corn and eat.

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 When the disciples saw it,

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 when the Pharisees saw it,

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 and the religious leaders,

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 they said to him,

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 look, your disciples are doing

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 what is not lawful for them to do

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 on the Sabbath.

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 It's a really interesting problem.

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 And the Sabbath was

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 extremely

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 and enormously

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 significant for Jewish people.

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 For the Jews of that day.

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 And so it should be.

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 The Sabbath day had been given by God

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 and it's way, way, way back

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 in the days of Moses.

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 It was to be a weekly reminder.

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 A weekly text.

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 Every week.

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 A day

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 which spoke of

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 the reason why

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 you and I had been created.

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 It was to tell the people of Israel

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 that they were not to live

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 their whole of their lives

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 for work.

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 Work wasn't the big thing.

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 They had to work, of course,

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 each day.

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 But they would take one day

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 to remind them

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 that God had made them.

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 And that God has chosen them.

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 And that God has redeemed them.

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 And God had promised

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 to bring them into rest.

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 It was the most wonderful promises

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 And the end of suffering.

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 And the end of pain.

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 The end of hardship.

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 Sometimes,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 it was expressed

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 as rest from your enemies.

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 Deliverance from.

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 The end of war.

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 No more hostility.

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 No more conflict.

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 It was to be a day of peace

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 and a day of rest.

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 Of peace with God

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 and rest with God.

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 And those who believed God

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 believed that

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 He would bring His people

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 to that promised rest.

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 It was a weekly foretaste

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 of what was to come.

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 And the Sabbath day.

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 Sabbath is

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 the Hebrew word for rest.

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 The Sabbath day

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 was a weekly reminder

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 that this is where

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 the world is heading.

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 This is what the whole

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 of creation is for.

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 The goal of creation.

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 The goal of redemption.

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 A world at rest.

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 Where everything was heading.

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 And it was not about

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 human achievement.

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 It was not that humans

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 were going to work for it.

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 It wasn't development.

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 It wasn't progress.

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 But it was God's rest.

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 And that's where it was heading.

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 And so it's no wonder

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 that Jewish people

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 and Christian people

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 throughout the ages

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 have taken the Sabbath day

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 very, very seriously.

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 But we come to

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 the beginning of Matthew 12

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 with the end of Matthew 11

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 still ringing in our ears

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 and we're forced,

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 I think, to ask

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 how does Jesus

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 promise

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 all who come to rest

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 relate to the Jewish Sabbath?

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 And the Sabbath day?

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 And all that is sad for?

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 Are they connected at all?

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 So here in Matthew 12, verse 1

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 we see Jesus and His disciples

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 after they've just heard

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 that invitation

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 to come to Jesus

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 and find rest.

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 And we see Jesus and His disciples

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 on a Sabbath day

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 and they're walking

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 through cornfields

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 and they feel a little bit peckish.

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 Perhaps they knew

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 Deuteronomy 23, verse 25

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 but it may well be

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 that this was familiar

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 to them.

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 Because it says

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 in that verse

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 Deuteronomy 23, 25

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 if you find yourself

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 walking through

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 a neighbour's cornfield

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 it's quite okay

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 for you to pick

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 a few corns

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 by hand

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 as long as you don't

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 take a side to it

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 or kind of drive

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 your combine harvester

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 into their field

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 it's fine if you're

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 just walking through it

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 to grab some

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 grains of corn.

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 Whether or not

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 they realise Deuteronomy 23, 25

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 we don't know

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 but they pick some corn

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 and they munch away.

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 Well there are some

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 Pharisees nearby

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 and they saw

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 what Jesus did

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 and their mood

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 is very swift

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 let me miss you

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 and the Pharisees

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 saw it

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 they said to him

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 look

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 your disciples

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 are doing

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 what is not

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 lawful to do

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 on the Sabbath.

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 Now by unlawful

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 they meant

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 that there was

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 a direct law

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 from God

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 that explicitly

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 forbade

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 picking an ear

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 of corn

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 But of course

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 when we go back

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 and look at actually

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 what the Bible says

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 the law of God

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 does not say that.

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 You shall do

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 no work

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 on the Sabbath day

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 yes

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 and the purpose

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 of the Sabbath day

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 was to rest

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 and that God

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 promised rest

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 for which the whole

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 world was being made

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 and into which

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 God is going to

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 bring his people

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 but the Pharisees

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 they're concerned

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 is a long

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 long way

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 from that.

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 What happened

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 was that the

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 Jewish traditions

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 had developed

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 and a whole lot

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 of things

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 had been added

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 onto God's law

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 that a good Jew

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 must not do

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 Not only must you

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 not do any work

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 but you must not

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 do anything

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 vaguely approaching

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 work

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 even if it looked

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 like work

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 you must not do it.

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 And picking

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 an ear of corn

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 when you think

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 of it

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 well to them

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 it was harvesting.

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 And harvesting

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 will not certainly

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 work.

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 Now I don't want

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 to caricature it

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 I think it's

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 very easy

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 to caricature

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 the Pharisees

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 they were sincere

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 they had a reputation

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 they were serious

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 about life

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 and about the Bible

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 and about their traditions

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 and they wanted

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 to be very

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 very careful

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 ever so careful

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 not to break

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 God's law

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 and still

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 they created

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 a whole lot

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 of other laws

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 to put around

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 God's law

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 and so you would

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 never even get

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 close to breaking

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 God's law

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 but I wonder

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 if you begin

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 to see something

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 that it would

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 be hilarious

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 if it wasn't

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 so tragic

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 in this passage.

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 Notice

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 carefully

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 how Jesus responds

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 from what we've

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 seen

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 in Matthew's Gospel

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 I wonder how

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 you'd expect

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 him to respond

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 he might have

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 said

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 it might be

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 look here

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 fellas

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 there's nothing

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 in the law

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 about picking

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 ears of corn

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 on the Sabbath

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 day

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 stop being

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 ridiculous

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 what they're

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 doing is not

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 lawful

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 what are you

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 talking about

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 he could have

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 said something

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 like that

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 in fact

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 anyone could have

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 said something

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 like that

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 but Jesus

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 said something

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 far far more

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 radical

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 than that

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 he said

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 something

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 that only

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 Jesus

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 could say

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 look at

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 verse 3

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 he said

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 to them

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 have you

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 not

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 read

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 remember

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 when Jesus

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 speaks

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 he requires

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 you and I

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 to think

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 about what

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 he says

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 sometimes

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 it's not

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 obvious

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 but the

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 pieces fall

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 into place

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 so Jesus

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 said to

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 them

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 in verse

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 3

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 have you

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 not

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 read

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 what David

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 did when

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 he was

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 hungry

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 and those

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 who were

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 with him

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 how he

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 entered

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 the house

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 of God

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 and he

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 ate the

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 bread

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 of the

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 presence

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 which was

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 not lawful

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 for him

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 to eat

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 nor for

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 those who

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 were with

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 him

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 but only

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 for the

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 priest

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 Jesus

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 is not

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 only one

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 not to

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 mince words

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 or play

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 games

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 he is

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 faced with

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 the highly

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 respected

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 religious

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 leaders

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 the scholars

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 of the

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 scriptures

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 the theologians

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 of the day

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 and if anyone

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 knows their

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 bible

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 the Pharisees

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 know their

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 bible

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 scrupulously

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 and Jesus

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 responds to

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 their accusation

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 have you not

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 read

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 of all

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 the people

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 to say

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 that to

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 read your

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 bible

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 he says

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 to them

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 and he

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 refers to

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 that to

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 what he

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 says in

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 1 Samuel

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 12

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 where the

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 great king

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 David is

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 on the run

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 for his

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 life

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 from Saul

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 and David

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 his family

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 and his

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 companions

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 come to a

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 little town

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 called

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 Nob

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 where the

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 tabernacle

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 was

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 and they

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 eat the

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 consecrated

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 bread

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 in the

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 tabernacle

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 and only the

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 priests were

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 allowed to

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 eat that

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 according to

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 the book

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 of

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 Vertigo

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 and the

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 assumption

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 is that

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 Jesus says

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 what David

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 did is

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 ok

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 you could

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 say it

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 was an

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 awful

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 but what

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 is his

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 point

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 how is

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 he arguing

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 is this

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 what Jesus

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 is saying

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 is Jesus

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 saying it's

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 ok to

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 break the

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 letter of

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 the law

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 in extreme

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 circumstances

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 that's how

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 some people

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 do it

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 if you're

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 starving

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 well it's

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 ok to

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 disregard

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 God's

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 law

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 I don't

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 think he

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 said that

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 it's not

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 ok for

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 you and

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 I to

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 break

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 God's

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 law

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 just

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 because

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 we

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 think

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 on the

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 other

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 hand

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 if David's

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 companions

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 were starving

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 and they

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 certainly

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 were very

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 hungry

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 that wasn't

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 true of

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 Jesus'

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 companions

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 were they

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 the disciples

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 were not

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 starving

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 it's not

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 as if they

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 were about

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 to drop

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 it's

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 they're on

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 a Sunday

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 afternoon

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 walk in

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 a field

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 and they

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 feel a bit

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 packaged

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 that's all

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 for what's

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 his point

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 what is

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 the connection

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 between the

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 unlawful act

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 of David

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 and the

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 act of

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 Jesus'

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 disciples

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 that the

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 Pharisees

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 called

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 unlawful

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 it's not

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 obvious

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 so think

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 with me

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 keep that

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 question in

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 mind

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 but hear

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 the next

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 provocative

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 statement

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 look at

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 verse 5

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 again

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 or have

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 you not

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 read

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 in the

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 law

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 how

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 on the

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 Sabbath

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 the priests

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 in the

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 temple

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 profane

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 the

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 Sabbath

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 and are

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 guiltless

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 and are

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 innocent

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 that's to

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 say there

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 is a law

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 from God

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 that says

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 you shall

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 not do

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 any work

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 on the

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 Sabbath

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 but the

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 priests

00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:54.480
 they've got

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 to work

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 haven't they

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 the priests

00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:57.980
 have to do

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 work

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 the same

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 law of

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 God

00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:02.040
 required the

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 priests

00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:02.560
 to do

00:11:02.560 --> 00:11:02.980
 work on

00:11:02.980 --> 00:11:03.100
 the

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 Sabbath

00:11:03.340 --> 00:11:03.759
 day

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 and it

00:11:04.580 --> 00:11:05.100
 requires

00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:05.560
 the priests

00:11:05.560 --> 00:11:05.960
 to make

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 extra

00:11:06.520 --> 00:11:07.240
 sacrifices

00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:07.700
 on the

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 Sabbath

00:11:08.060 --> 00:11:08.540
 do you

00:11:08.540 --> 00:11:08.700
 remember

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 Numbers 28

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 last week

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 and the

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 priests

00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:12.439
 have to

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 double the

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 amount

00:11:13.179 --> 00:11:13.339
 of

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 sacrifices

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 so if

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 they were

00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:15.759
 making

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 two

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 lab

00:11:16.319 --> 00:11:16.639
 offerings

00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:16.980
 normally

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 every

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 day

00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:17.740
 on

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 Sabbath

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 they

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 made

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 four

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 and so

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 it was a

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 busy day

00:11:21.220 --> 00:11:21.620
 it sounds like

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 work to be

00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.139
 but again

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 what is the

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 point

00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:28.579
 was he saying

00:11:28.579 --> 00:11:29.519
 that if you look

00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:29.919
 carefully

00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:31.079
 it's obvious

00:11:31.079 --> 00:11:31.679
 that the law

00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:32.659
 is not absolute

00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:33.620
 on these matters

00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.679
 but the law

00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:35.500
 allows for

00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:36.100
 exceptions

00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:38.399
 the priests

00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:38.779
 have to

00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:39.220
 work on

00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:39.340
 the

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 Sabbath

00:11:39.580 --> 00:11:40.220
 well again

00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:40.759
 I don't

00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:41.120
 think that's

00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:41.620
 the point

00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:43.320
 it's the

00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:43.540
 point you

00:11:43.540 --> 00:11:44.120
 can make

00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:45.540
 but it's

00:11:45.540 --> 00:11:45.820
 not the

00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.220
 point that

00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:46.480
 Jesus

00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:46.840
 may be

00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:47.180
 here

00:11:47.180 --> 00:11:48.519
 Jesus

00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:49.000
 himself

00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:49.259
 is not

00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:49.399
 a

00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:49.639
 priest

00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:51.060
 his

00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:51.500
 disciples

00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:51.920
 were not

00:11:51.920 --> 00:11:52.240
 priests

00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.060
 and you

00:11:54.060 --> 00:11:54.440
 could hardly

00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:55.060
 compare what

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 they were

00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:55.840
 doing

00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:56.279
 plucking

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 an ear

00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.019
 of

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 corn

00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:59.340
 on a

00:11:59.340 --> 00:11:59.639
 Sabbath

00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:00.000
 afternoon

00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:00.460
 walk

00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:00.879
 and munching

00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.320
 away to

00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:01.620
 offering

00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.259
 sacrifices

00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:02.620
 in the

00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:02.879
 temple

00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.100
 it's

00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:03.500
 different

00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:05.840
 but we

00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:06.159
 begin to

00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:06.379
 see the

00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:06.659
 point of

00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:07.200
 verse 6

00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:08.820
 where he

00:12:08.820 --> 00:12:09.399
 says this

00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:09.940
 he says

00:12:09.940 --> 00:12:10.159
 that

00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:12.720
 I tell

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 you

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 something

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 greater

00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:14.820
 than the

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 temple

00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:15.860
 is here

00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:19.480
 and by

00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:19.820
 implication

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 I take

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 it

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 something

00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:21.080
 greater

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 than

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 David

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 is here

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 and the

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 point is

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 this

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 that even

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 in the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 there

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 were

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 greater

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 things

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 than

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 the

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 Lord

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 greater

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 things

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 than the

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 Lord

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 considering

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 the

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 consecrated

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 bread

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 there

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 were

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 greater

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 things

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 than

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 the

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 Lord

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 concerning

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 no

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 work

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 on

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 Sabbath

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 namely

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 King

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 David

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 and the

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 temple

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 and not

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 working

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 on

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 Sabbath

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 not

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 working

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 on

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 Sabbath

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 was

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 very

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 important

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 but it's

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 not an

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 end

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 of

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 itself

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 it points

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 to

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 something

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 greater

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 that's

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 the

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 point

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 this

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 morning

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 and

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 now

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 that

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 something

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 greater

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 than

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 David

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 is

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 here

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 it's

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 not

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 entirely

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 clear

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 yet

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 so

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 Jesus

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 runs

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 the

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 same

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 argument

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 by them

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 again

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 instead

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 the

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 insult

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 he uses

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 is not

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 have you

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 not

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 read

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 but

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 if

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 you'd

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 only

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 known

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 look at

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 verse 7

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 if

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 you'd

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 only

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 known

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 what

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 this

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 means

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 what

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 the

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 words

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 mean

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 if

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 you'd

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 only

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 understood

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 what

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 you

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 read

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 and

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 he

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 quotes

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 from

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 Hosea

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 God

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 says

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 in

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 Hosea

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 I

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 desire

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 mercy

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 not

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 sacrifice

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 if

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 only

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 you'd

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 understood

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 those

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 words

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 you

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 would

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 not

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 have

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 condemned

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 the

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 innocent

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 now

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 it's

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 the same

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 kind of

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 point

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 as

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 before

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 the

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 sacrificial

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 laws

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 of the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 are

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 important

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 they

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 are

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 given

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 by

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 God

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 you

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 can't

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 dismiss

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 them

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 you

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 can't

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 say

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 they're

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 nothing

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 but

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 just

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 like

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 the

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 Sabbath

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 day

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 laws

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 were

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 not

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 themselves

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 the

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 reality

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 these

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 were

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 signs

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 and

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 symbols

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 keeping

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 the

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 sacrificial

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 law

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 keeping

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 the

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 Sabbath

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 law

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 to

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 the

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 letter

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 or

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 even

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 way

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 beyond

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 the

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 letter

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 as

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 the

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 Pharisees

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 did

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 and

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 then

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 failing

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 to

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 understand

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 what

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 the

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 sacrifices

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 were

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 all

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 about

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 and

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 failing

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 to

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 understand

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 what

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 the

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 Sabbath

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 day

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 pointed

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 you

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 to

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 is

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:20.639
 to

00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:20.899
 miss

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 the

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 point

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 and

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 so

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 no

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 matter

00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:25.720
 how

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 precisely

00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:27.360
 you

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 keep

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 the

00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.419
 laws

00:14:28.419 --> 00:14:28.720
 if

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 you

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 don't

00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:29.539
 see

00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:29.779
 what

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 they

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 were

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 pointing

00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:30.840
 to

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 you

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 miss

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 the

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 point

00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:34.120
 well now

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 comes the

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 crunch

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 where he said a moment

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 goodly he said

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 someone something

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 greater than the

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 Sabbath

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 as the

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 temple is here

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 look what he says in verse 8

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 he says for the son of man

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 is lord of the

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 Sabbath

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 he said a moment ago

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 something greater than the

00:14:55.479 --> 00:14:56.059
 temple is here

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 and now he says verse 8

00:14:57.719 --> 00:14:59.919
 for the son of man is the lord of the

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 Sabbath

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 up until this week

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 I used to think that what Jesus was saying

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 there

00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:07.139
 is

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 I am the one who decides what you can do

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 and what you can't do on the

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 Sabbath

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 that's how it's often interpreted

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 it's as if Jesus said I'm the boss of the

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 Sabbath

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 I can say what is acceptable on

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 Sabbath day

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 and I can say what is not acceptable

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 and that would be a very big claim

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 for him to make

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 but I saw this week

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 that what he was claiming

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 is even more than that

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 isn't it absolutely obvious

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 I don't know why I've not seen it before

00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:37.259
 is it absolutely obvious

00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.439
 that Jesus was saying

00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:40.319
 I am the lord of the

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 Sabbath because

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 I am the one who will give you

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 rest

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 I am the lord of the

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 Sabbath

00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:52.500
 because it's when you come to me

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 when you learn from me

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 when you take

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 my yoke upon me

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.540
 that then you will find rest

00:15:59.540 --> 00:16:00.200
 for your souls

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 there is nothing

00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:03.660
 magnificent

00:16:03.660 --> 00:16:07.180
 Jesus is the lord of the

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 Sabbath because he is the one

00:16:08.900 --> 00:16:10.040
 who gives what the

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 Sabbath promises

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 and for centuries

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 and centuries

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 and centuries

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 they have kept

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 the Sabbath

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 and it was promising

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 something

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 and now

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 that's something

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 the lord of the

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 Sabbath has arrived

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 the one who is to give them

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 what the Sabbath promised

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:28.219
 is there

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 I think there's even more here

00:16:31.479 --> 00:16:32.379
 the son of man

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:34.079
 is lord of the

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 Sabbath

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.599
 we hear Jesus say

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 and again I don't think

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 and we can hear that

00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:40.379
 without hearing an echo

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 do you remember

00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.700
 Matthew chapter 9

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.279
 verse 6

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:44.039
 where he said

00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.980
 the son of man

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:46.759
 has authority on earth

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.820
 to forgive sins

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 and you see

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:52.399
 they are

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:53.779
 not two things

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.639
 but one thing

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.600
 the forgiveness of sins

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 is at the heart

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 is at the heart

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 of the rest

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.600
 that Jesus gives

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.919
 as lord of the

00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.579
 Sabbath now

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:07.240
 but I wonder if it's

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.119
 coming as focus for you

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 can you see the tragedy

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:11.519
 do you see how they

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.220
 missed the point

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:14.619
 before their very eyes

00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:16.039
 was the one who says

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.740
 come to me

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 all you are weary

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.400
 and heavy laden

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.400
 and I will give you rest

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 and these Pharisees

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.819
 they were so taken up

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.879
 with keeping the Sabbath

00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:27.019
 with their dues

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:28.660
 and with their don'ts

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 they couldn't hear him

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 they couldn't hear him

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 and what you can find

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 is tragically

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 in churches like ours

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 is that

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 people can be

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 hugely taken up

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 with good things

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 church leaders

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 can be hugely

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 taken up

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 with church order

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 people

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 can get

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 very

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 very upset

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 sometimes

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 about the way

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 something is done

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 and the way

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 something is done

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 in church life

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 and often

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 here

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 when the streets

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 I've done the church

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 it's not what was done

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 but it was the way

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 that it was done

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 and the whole purpose

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 of the church

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 goes up in flames

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 because people

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 have missed the point

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 and you can miss

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 the point this morning

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 very dramatically

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 first line

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 tells us

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 that going on

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 from that place

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 you see Jesus

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 went into their synagogue

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 isn't that interesting

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 look at the first line

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 whose synagogue is it

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 their synagogue

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 their blind religion

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 which cared so much

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 about the Sabbath

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 traditions

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 that it could not

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 recognise actually

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 the law of the Sabbath

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 it was not theirs

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 it was theirs

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 not his

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 and the synagogue

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 is the place

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 of such religion

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 and there

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 in their synagogue

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 on this Sabbath day

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 there's a man

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 with a shriveled hand

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 and like all the

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 sickness and pain

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 of this world

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 this man

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 was part of a world

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 that is not yet

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 at rest

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 that has not yet

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 entered into that rest

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 and so we've got

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 a rather tight situation

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 you see

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 in the synagogue

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 of the Sabbath

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 the tradition keepers

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 we've got a suffering

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 human being

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 and into that synagogue

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 comes the one

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 who claims to be

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 the Lord of the Sabbath

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 and the Sabbath

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 tradition keepers

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 want to use

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 the suffering man

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 to discredit

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 the Lord of the Sabbath

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 do you see the verse 10

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 and the man was there

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 with a withered hand

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 and they asked him

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 is it lawful

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 to heal on the Sabbath

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 so that they might

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 accuse him

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 Jesus' response

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 shows the brutal

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 emptiness

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 of a tradition

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 obsessed religion

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 look at verse 11

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 he said to them

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 which one of you

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 is a sheep

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 that falls into a

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 pitch on the Sabbath

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 will not take hold

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 of it and lift it out

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 of how much more

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 value is a man

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 than a sheep

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 of course

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 it's

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 appropriate

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 in his rights

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 to do good

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 on the Sabbath

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 and to make

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 that point

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 with utter

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 finality

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 the Lord of the

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 Sabbath

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 proceeds to give

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 the poor man

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 a taste of

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 real Sabbath rest

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 that he'd never

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 found in there

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 a synagogue

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 and Jesus did

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 good on the Sabbath

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 so verse 13

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 he says to the man

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 stretch out your hand

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 and the man

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 stretched it out

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 and it was restored

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 healthy like the other

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 how dare he

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 how dare he

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 what a flagrant

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 disregard

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 for sin

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 in our tradition

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 are you not

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 poor

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 as they say

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 at this irregular

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 action

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 the Pharisees

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 were

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 and they viewed

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 it as wicked

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 so look at verse

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 14

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 the Pharisees

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 went out

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 and conspired

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 against him

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 how to destroy

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 him

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 but what happened

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 then

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 in verse 15

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 Jesus is aware

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 of this

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 he withdrew

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 from there

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 and many

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 followed him

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 and he healed

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 them all

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 he withdrew

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 from there

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 that is the

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 synagogue

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 and I take it

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 he's withdrawing

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 in more than

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 one sense

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 isn't he

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 it's not just

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 leaving

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 and we read

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 in verse 15

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 that many

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 followed him

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 there was a

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 separation

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 that took

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 place

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 there were

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 the Pharisees

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 and those

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 who stayed

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 with them

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 stayed

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 with that

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 religion

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 and their

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 Sabbath

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 rules

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 in their

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 synagogue

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 and there

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.220
 were those

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 who followed

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 Jesus

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 the Lord

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 of the

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 Sabbath

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 and we're

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 told that

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 those who

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 followed him

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.059
 in verse 15

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 he healed

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 he healed

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 them of

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.079
 their sins

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 and their

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.819
 sorrows

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 and their

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:59.579
 sicknesses

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 he warned

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 them not

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.519
 to tell

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 me what

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 those who

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.059
 came to

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.399
 him

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.059
 he gave

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.859
 rest

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:08.759
 rest

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 from sickness

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.859
 and pain

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 and suffering

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 over the

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 time being

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 they were

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.059
 told to

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.519
 keep quiet

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:15.579
 and then we

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 come to

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.219
 Matthew's

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 really important

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 comment at

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:17.959
 the end of

00:22:17.959 --> 00:22:18.339
 the section

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.939
 which helps

00:22:18.939 --> 00:22:19.639
 us understand

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.259
 the significance

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.839
 of what we've

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.219
 just heard

00:22:21.219 --> 00:22:21.500
 about

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:24.219
 Matthew of

00:22:24.219 --> 00:22:24.479
 course is

00:22:24.479 --> 00:22:25.139
 writing from

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.859
 the future

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 he's writing

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.079
 looking back

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.579
 on this

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 after Jesus'

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 death

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.619
 his resurrection

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.039
 and his

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 ascension

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.479
 and from that

00:22:31.479 --> 00:22:31.859
 point looking

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.659
 back he says

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.199
 we're sent

00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:35.399
 to this was

00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.000
 to fulfil

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.719
 what was spoken

00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:37.339
 by the prophet

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.839
 Isaiah

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:39.639
 and he

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 quotes

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.139
 Isaiah

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.899
 chapter 42

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:42.899
 and God

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:43.259
 is the

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 speaker

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.059
 here

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:45.699
 and in

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 verse 4

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.599
 18

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.240
 God says

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.959
 behold my

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:48.480
 servant

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.039
 whom I've

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.399
 chosen

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 my beloved

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.699
 with whom

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.299
 my soul

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.579
 is well

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 pleased

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 and what

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.519
 you've just

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.199
 heard is the

00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:58.759
 fulfilment of

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.299
 those words

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:02.079
 the one that

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.500
 you've just

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.959
 heard about

00:23:02.959 --> 00:23:03.720
 is the

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 chosen

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 loved

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.399
 servant

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.039
 of God

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 whom I

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 will put

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.000
 my spirit

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.399
 on him

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:08.659
 God

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:08.940
 says

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 that was

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 the mark

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.019
 of God's

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.379
 king

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.700
 in the

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.099
 old testament

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.539
 times

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.240
 God put

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.839
 his spirit

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.359
 on the

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.720
 king

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:17.460
 and the

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 one you've

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.119
 just heard

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 about

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 the one

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.200
 who you've

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.539
 just read

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.740
 about

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.220
 he is the

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.720
 fulfilment

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.180
 of these

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.460
 words

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.220
 he is the

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 king

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.960
 God's

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 king

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 and he

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 will

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.299
 proclaim

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.779
 justice

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.200
 to the

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 nations

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 you see

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 he's not

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.220
 just

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.859
 the lord

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.379
 of

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 the

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 Jews

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:33.779
 or rather

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 better

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:35.460
 because he

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.100
 is the

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 lord of

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.620
 the

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 sabbath

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.420
 because he

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 is the

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 lord of

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 the

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 Jewish

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 sabbath

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 he is

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 the

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 lord of

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 the

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 sabbath

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 of all

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 creation

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 justice

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 and righteousness

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 and true

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 judgment

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 for the

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 nations

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 of the

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 world

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 it's rest

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 he's describing

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 at last

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 that's his

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 message

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 Jesus came

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 to bring

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 rest

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 but he

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.759
 does not

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.019
 bring it

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 in by

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 bullying

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 doesn't

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 bring it

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 in by

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 worldly

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 power

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 but in

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 verse 19

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 do you see

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 he will

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 not

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 quarrel

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 or cry

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:10.920
 out

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 no one

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 will hear

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.940
 his voice

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 in the

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 streets

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 and a

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 bruised

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 reed

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 he will

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 not

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 break

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 and a

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 swoldering

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 wick

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 he will

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 not

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 snuff

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 out

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 until he

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 brings

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 justice

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 to

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 victory

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 do you

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 remember

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 last week

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 I am

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 gentle

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 and

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 lowly

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 in heart

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 and those

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 who come

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.779
 to Jesus

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 do not

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 need to

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 fear him

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 and in

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 his name

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 the nations

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 will put

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 their hope

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 that is

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 simply

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 staggering

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 it is

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 simply

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 staggering

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 the earnest

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 zeal

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 and

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.380
 commitment

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 and

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 drive

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 and

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 sincerity

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.680
 of the

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 Pharisees

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 for their

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 religion

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.759
 of the

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 Sabbath

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:04.980
 meant

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 that they

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 could not

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 and they

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:06.880
 would not

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.440
 recognise

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.840
 Jesus

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 and they

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.380
 judged him

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.980
 to be evil

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:14.900
 and that

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.120
 is a

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.440
 profound

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.940
 challenge

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.440
 to church

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.700
 people

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.040
 like you

00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:17.420
 and I

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.920
 because

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 we can

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.960
 very easily

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.800
 hide behind

00:25:21.800 --> 00:25:22.380
 our good

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.840
 works

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:24.839
 and our

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 keeping

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:26.039
 of God's

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.419
 law

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:28.799
 we can

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.179
 resent

00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:29.699
 others

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.019
 that are

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 not like

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 us

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 and we

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:33.339
 can be

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 very proud

00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.279
 of how

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.659
 we do

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.139
 things

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:37.659
 and tragically

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.059
 we can

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.379
 miss

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.879
 the

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.319
 saviour

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:43.419
 and we

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.919
 can hate

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.720
 the liberation

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.079
 and the

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.379
 forgiveness

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:46.699
 that he

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.079
 brings

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:49.079
 because

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.539
 the new

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.839
 life

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.139
 doesn't

00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:50.379
 fit

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.519
 with

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.659
 our

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.179
 systems

00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:54.639
 I can

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:54.939
 give you

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.319
 easy

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.779
 examples

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.460
 of how

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.619
 the

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.519
 church

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.659
 of

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.019
 Scotland

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.779
 where

00:25:59.779 --> 00:25:59.919
 you

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.079
 saw

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.199
 an

00:26:00.199 --> 00:26:00.559
 organisation

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:00.859
 which

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.179
 once

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:01.579
 believed

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.759
 the

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.079
 gospel

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.359
 a church

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.559
 which

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.799
 once

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.079
 followed

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.220
 the

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.480
 teaching

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.679
 of

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:04.779
 the

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.019
 Bible

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.240
 and

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.759
 gradually

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.259
 it

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.500
 began

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.659
 to

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:06.799
 follow

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.220
 man's

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.559
 laws

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:09.240
 and

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.439
 so

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.799
 suddenly

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.199
 those

00:26:10.199 --> 00:26:10.439
 who

00:26:10.439 --> 00:26:10.899
 proclaimed

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.139
 the

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.439
 gospel

00:26:11.439 --> 00:26:11.919
 fully

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:14.339
 well

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.539
 were

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.879
 brutally

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.259
 treated

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:17.220
 it

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.519
 we

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.680
 talked

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:17.819
 about

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:17.920
 in

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.039
 the

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.180
 church

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.299
 of

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.539
 England

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:20.220
 but

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.359
 not

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.460
 in

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.539
 the

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.000
 IPC

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.879
 but of

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.039
 course

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.339
 that's

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.460
 the

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.759
 danger

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.160
 isn't it

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:26.200
 you don't

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.480
 need to

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.759
 worry about

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:26.879
 the

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.019
 church

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.140
 of

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.400
 Scotland

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.599
 nor

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.740
 the

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:27.920
 church

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.019
 of

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.180
 England

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.400
 where

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.779
 do I

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:31.799
 and so

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.079
 what you

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.299
 and I

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.619
 need to

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:32.980
 realise

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.299
 is that

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.559
 you and

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:33.660
 I

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.900
 can be

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.299
 caught up

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.420
 with

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.740
 things

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:34.879
 of

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.299
 religion

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:37.839
 and

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.200
 church

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.559
 life

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.700
 and our

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.220
 way of

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.420
 doing

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.799
 things

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.079
 and we

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.240
 can

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.519
 miss

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.160
 Jesus

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:46.540
 you can

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:47.180
 seek to

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.620
 keep the

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:47.860
 Sabbath

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.140
 day

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.460
 which I

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.100
 encourage you

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.380
 to keep

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.519
 the

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.720
 Sabbath

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:49.960
 day

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.360
 to remember

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.540
 the

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:50.740
 Sabbath

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:50.940
 day

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.220
 to keep

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.340
 it

00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:51.600
 holy

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.100
 but if

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.360
 you

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:53.040
 don't

00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:53.380
 meet

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.580
 with

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:53.900
 Jesus

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.220
 you

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.480
 miss

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.680
 the

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.019
 point

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:59.360
 you can

00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.660
 know the

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.000
 Bible

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.759
 but miss

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.180
 the message

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.420
 of the

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.700
 Bible

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:04.279
 and so

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.460
 this

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.720
 morning

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.320
 don't

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:05.740
 miss

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.000
 the

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.300
 point

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:08.860
 do not

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.000
 be

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.640
 blinded

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:09.900
 to the

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.140
 one

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.460
 who is

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.900
 inviting

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.500
 us

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.920
 to come

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.400
 to him

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.420
 and

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.759
 promising

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.160
 that as

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.480
 we come

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.840
 to him

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.200
 it is

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.780
 there

00:27:16.780 --> 00:27:17.300
 we will

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.640
 find

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.160
 rest

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.420
 for

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.620
 our

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.060
 souls

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:22.200
 because

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.620
 there is

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.240
 none so

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.759
 blind

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.240
 as

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.560
 them that

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:25.880
 will not

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.100
 see

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.380
 let's

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.580
 pray