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 Kate just wanted me to remind or explain why you've got me here speaking to you.

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 It's because she didn't quite say it like that.

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 I'm on the plan for the Methodist side of the church and the plan has a number of local preachers.

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 David, you'll probably see more of us now that Russ has moved on.

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 We've got a gap, so that's why I'm here.

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 So I'm a preacher around the circuit.

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 So, anyway, showing compassion.

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 The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines compassion as the sympathetic consciousness of others' distress

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 together with a desire to alleviate it.

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 In other words, compassion means recognising the suffering of others,

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 deeply caring and then taking action to help.

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 My first reaction when I saw the theme for today was,

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 what can I say on this to some of the most compassionate people I know?

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 There's so much care shown here.

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 We see it, we share in it and we experience it.

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 Well, I think Jesus does have something to say to us today.

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 Both to us and also in a world where compassion seems to often take a back seat.

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 It's not just here in the UK that the age budget is down and protectionism is up.

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 It's across all of the wealthy world.

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 Several people have said similar things to this, but I found this quote from Pearl Buck,

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 a 20th century writer.

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 She said,

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 the test of a civilisation is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

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 I think Jesus might also have a lot to say to the so-say civilised world today.

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 Before we look at the passage,

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 I want to just remind ourselves of the benchmark for compassion.

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 Let's look at some of Jesus' compassion,

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 because we can become so familiar with him, can't we,

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 that we almost miss how awesome that is.

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 So we know he magnanimously gave way to his mum

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 and turned the water into wine at that wedding.

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 He wept for his friend Lazarus, who had died,

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 and for the city of Jerusalem,

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 in all its blunt opposition to him.

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 He stopped and listened to beggars,

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 healed ten lepers, regardless of how they would respond to him.

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 He spoke with a questionable woman in Samaria,

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 of all places,

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 and asked her for water,

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 breaking all of the cultural taboos,

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 before offering her life.

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 He is moved with pity

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 for a widow whose son had died,

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 and compassion for the crowds who are lost,

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 hungry and suffering,

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 like in Matthew 9.

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 He fed the hungry crowd more than once,

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 and he spent time with tax collectors and Pharisees,

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 outcasts and sinners.

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 These are just some of the pointers

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 to the depth of his compassionate heart.

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 Jesus had and has a heart for everyone.

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 And that's why,

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 even while we were still sinners,

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 he willingly chose to die for us.

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 Jesus, just like when he stopped by the roadside

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 or paused his sermon for someone,

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 will still always make time for us too.

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 So if you need his help with anything or for anyone,

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 just ask him.

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 We all know this,

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 but I think sometimes we resist, don't we?

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 I think that we can sometimes get trapped

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 by that popular myth that says

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 self-sufficiency is the way,

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 that we have to do everything ourselves,

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 and somehow we are failing if we ask for help.

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 Christian people are swayed by this.

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 And also thinking that Jesus is too busy

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 or too important for little old me,

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 or else you need a pre-qualification of prayer skill

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 or personal holiness to be given his attention.

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 It's all codswallop, isn't it?

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 It's just not true.

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 God holds each of us close to the centre of his heart,

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 as precious and as loved.

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 And he's ever waiting for us to seek his face.

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 He always makes time.

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 So don't forget,

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 we have a prayer team here at the end of the service.

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 People who can ask him with you.

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 My favourite quote from 2025 that I found was this.

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 It's from 24-7 Prayer Australia.

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 It says,

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 Prayer is looking inward towards the heart of God

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 and then outward towards those who are on the heart of God.

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 I really liked that.

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 And it reminds us,

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 we are all on his heart,

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 the centre of his compassion.

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 What relief is that?

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 And what an example for us to follow too.

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 I really want to get on with the reading.

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 Honestly, I do.

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 But first,

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 I think we need a joke.

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 It was quite hard finding one

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 and an appropriate one

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 that Russell hadn't used.

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 But I think I've managed to find one.

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 It's classic in style,

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 but I've tweaked it

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 so that you have to decide,

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 you have to work out

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 which character is which.

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 So let's have a go.

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 An Englishman,

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 an Irishman and a Scotsman

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 were travelling by jumbo jet.

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 Suddenly there was a lot of turbulence.

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 The plane dipped in altitude.

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 The engines stuttered.

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 In fact,

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 so much so

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 that the pilot became really concerned

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 and really worried

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 that the plane was going to crash.

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 So he asked

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 all the passengers

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 to do something religious.

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 At once,

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 the first man stood up

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 and sang over the tannoy,

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 Nearer my God to thee.

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 Then the second recited

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 the Lord's Prayer.

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 And the third paused

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 and reverently taking off his cap,

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 went up and down the aisles

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 of the plane

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 taking up a collection.

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 I didn't think

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 it was that funny really,

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 but hey-ho.

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 I guess we all have worked out

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 which one of them

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 was the third.

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 I don't need to tell you.

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 National stereotypes

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 can be a bit of banter,

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 a bit of fun,

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 can't they?

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 Of course,

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 at other times,

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 they make those

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 of the target group

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 feel uncomfortable.

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 And in the world,

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 we do see that

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 the labels people

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 put on others

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 can be hurtful

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 or even a cover

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 for outright prejudice.

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 In Jesus' time,

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 the Jews had a lot

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 of mistrust

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 and dislike

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 of the Samaritans.

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 Some Jews despised them,

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 treating them

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 as second-class citizens

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 and would often

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 avoid travelling

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 through Samaria

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 rather than

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 encountering its people.

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 And the feeling

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 was mutual.

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 Jewish travellers

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 in Samaria

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 were not

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 always welcomed.

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 This is the context

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 for the Q&A

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 with Jesus

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 in front of a crowd

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 that largely

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 would have been Jews.

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 our passage

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 starts with

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 the questioner,

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 the expert

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 in the law

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 who wanted to know

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 what to do

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 to inherit

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 eternal life.

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 Now,

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 in those days,

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 an expert

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 in the law

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 wasn't a lawyer

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 but was a Bible scholar.

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 This man

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 would have spent

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 his life

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 studying the Torah.

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 That's the first

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 five books

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 we have

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 in the Old Testament.

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 There's a sense here

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 of a man

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 earnestly

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 sorry,

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 earnest

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 in wanting

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 to do

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 the right thing

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 who took pride

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 in the Jewish law.

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 And we know

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 too that he had

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 a really good

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 grasp of it

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 for Jesus

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 commended

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 the way

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 he summed up

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 the law

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 so clearly.

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 Love God

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 with all that you are

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 and love your neighbour

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 as yourself.

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 Incidentally,

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 the Greek word

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 for neighbour

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 used here

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 is more than

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 about just

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 the person

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 living next door.

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 In our translations

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 we lose

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 something of the

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 sense of community

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 and fellowship

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 that it actually

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 means.

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 So the scholar

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 knew his stuff

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 yet Jesus

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 saw in him

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 in this man

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 a need

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 to stretch

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 his vision.

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 Do this

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 and you will

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 live

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 challenges

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 the scholar's

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 comfort zone.

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 so he

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 seeks to

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 justify

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 himself

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 and in

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 response

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 we hear

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 one of the

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 most well-known

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 parables

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 of Jesus.

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 The traveller

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 presumably a Jew

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 was a man

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 on perhaps

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 a slightly

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 reckless journey

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 for the

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 Jericho

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 Jerusalem

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 road

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 was

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 through

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 wild country

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 and had

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 a reputation

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 for danger.

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 Attacked

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 and left

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 half dead

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 means

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 it wasn't

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 certain

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 whether he

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 was alive

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 or not.

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 So he

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 really needed

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 help.

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 But the

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 priest

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 and then

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 the Levite

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 were more

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 interested

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 in their

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 own

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 ceremonial

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 purity

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 than helping

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 a fellow

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 Jew

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 in his

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 adversity.

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 Now if

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 they had

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 stopped

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 and found

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 that he

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 was dead

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 and not

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 alive

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 this would

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 have meant

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 for the

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 priest

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 and the

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 Levite

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 they'd

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 been

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 barred

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 from

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 the

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 temple

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 for a

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 week

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 and would

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 have had

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 to

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 ritually

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 purify

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 themselves

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 through

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 washing

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 and doing

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 a bit

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 of laundry.

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 I'm not

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 sure how

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 much of an

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 inconvenience

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 this would

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 have been

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 but I'm

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 sure

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 surely

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 they could

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 have worked

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 from home

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 maybe had

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 meetings on

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 carry pigeon

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 zoom or

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 something.

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 I don't

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 know.

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 But I get

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 there is a

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 sense here

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 of where

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 the crowd

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 were at

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 this point

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 in the

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 story.

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 The

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 stuffy

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 religious

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 folk

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 had let

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 the man

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 down.

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 The

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 shallowness

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 of the

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 powerful

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 was about

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 to be

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 exposed

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 by a

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 kind

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 Jew.

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 Surely

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 the answer

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 is that

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 our

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 neighbours

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 are our

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 people,

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 the

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 community

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 who

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 think

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 and act

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 like

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 us.

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 Then

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 Jesus

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 pops

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 that

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 bubble

00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:10.399
 of

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 self-righteousness

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 and

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 mashes

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 the

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 boundaries

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 to

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 compassion.

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 It's a

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 Samaritan

00:11:17.560 --> 00:11:18.240
 that stops

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 and helps.

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 a grubby

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 misaligned

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 heretic.

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 I suppose

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 that's a bit

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 like saying

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 a Bristol

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 City fan

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 might help

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 a Bristol

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 Rovers

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 one or

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 maybe a

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 new age

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 traveller

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 helping

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 someone in

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 Clevedon or

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 an asylum

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 seeker

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 helping someone

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 in Dover

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 or a

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 trans man

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 helping an

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 evangelical.

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 I'm

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 deliberately

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 picking

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 examples

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 here and

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 I'm sure

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 you've

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 got your

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 own

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 that might

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 make you

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 feel

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 uncomfortable

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 because I

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 think that's

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 the point

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 of Jesus'

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 words.

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 The

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 compassion

00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:53.919
 of Jesus

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 is

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 universal.

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 Raw

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 compassion

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 doesn't

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 ask first

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 what you

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 think

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 or believe

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 or whether

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 you agree

00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:01.939
 with me.

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 The thing

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 is sometimes

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 we are

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 encouraged

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 to think

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 local

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 rather than

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 universal.

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 We say

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 charity

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 begins at

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 home

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 but I'm

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 not sure

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 that's

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 right

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 and it

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 certainly

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 shouldn't

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 stop

00:12:15.539 --> 00:12:15.939
 there.

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 Our

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 compassion

00:12:19.199 --> 00:12:19.720
 can be

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 limited

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 by our

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 fears

00:12:21.019 --> 00:12:21.279
 or

00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:21.899
 suspicions

00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:22.259
 of

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 others.

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 Our

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 assumptions

00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:25.519
 or

00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:26.039
 judgments

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 on their

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 nature

00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:27.480
 or

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 behaviors

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 even

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 on whether

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 we like

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 them or

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 not.

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 Going

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 back to

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 my

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 joke

00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:35.960
 when we

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 group

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 people

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 and assign

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 characteristics

00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:38.860
 however

00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:39.539
 minor that

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 is we

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 risk

00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:40.740
 creating

00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:41.340
 a barrier

00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:42.059
 to our

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 compassion.

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 So

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 defining

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 an

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 age

00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:45.360
 band

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 or a

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 subcultural

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 group

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 or any

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 selection

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 of people

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 as

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 they

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 can be

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 the first

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 step

00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.799
 of us

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 moving

00:12:53.179 --> 00:12:53.679
 away

00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:54.440
 from the

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 side

00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:54.980
 of the

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 road

00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:55.639
 someone

00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:56.039
 is

00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.379
 lying

00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:56.700
 in.

00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.039
 In

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 Jesus'

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 story

00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:00.820
 the

00:13:00.820 --> 00:13:01.340
 Samaritan

00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:02.080
 had no

00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:02.620
 quibbles

00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:02.980
 about

00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:03.500
 helping

00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.399
 and

00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:04.860
 despite

00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:05.340
 belief

00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:05.899
 differences

00:13:05.899 --> 00:13:06.620
 they

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 held

00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:07.399
 similar

00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:07.799
 views

00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:08.120
 to the

00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:08.399
 Jews

00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:08.759
 over

00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.180
 ritual

00:13:09.180 --> 00:13:09.720
 purity.

00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:12.759
 But he

00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:13.540
 took pity

00:13:13.540 --> 00:13:13.840
 on the

00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:14.160
 man

00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:14.600
 and was

00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:15.000
 prepared

00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:15.560
 to risk

00:13:15.560 --> 00:13:15.759
 it

00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.100
 using

00:13:16.100 --> 00:13:16.360
 his

00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:16.840
 time

00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:17.139
 and

00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:17.399
 money

00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:17.620
 to

00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:17.899
 help

00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:18.120
 him.

00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:19.560
 His

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 compassion

00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:21.379
 followed

00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:21.899
 through

00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:22.360
 leaving

00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:22.720
 no

00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:23.240
 doubt

00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:23.639
 over

00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:23.980
 his

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:24.500
 recovery.

00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:27.420
 A

00:13:27.420 --> 00:13:27.940
 mark of

00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:28.399
 compassion

00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:28.740
 then

00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:29.040
 should

00:13:29.040 --> 00:13:29.340
 be

00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:29.860
 holistic

00:13:29.860 --> 00:13:31.279
 and I

00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:31.460
 think

00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:31.600
 we

00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:31.820
 know

00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:32.240
 that.

00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:34.139
 The

00:13:34.139 --> 00:13:34.700
 Samaritan

00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:35.259
 dealt

00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:35.860
 with the

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 immediate

00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:36.800
 need

00:13:36.800 --> 00:13:37.899
 by

00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:38.360
 binding

00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:38.899
 the

00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:39.399
 man's

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 wounds.

00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:41.539
 He

00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:42.079
 provided

00:13:42.079 --> 00:13:42.459
 for the

00:13:42.459 --> 00:13:42.840
 medium

00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.679
 term

00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.659
 spending

00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:45.220
 a month

00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:45.600
 or so

00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:45.779
 of

00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.379
 wages

00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:47.299
 paid

00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:47.500
 to

00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:47.639
 the

00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:48.079
 innkeeper

00:13:48.079 --> 00:13:49.740
 and

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 he

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 covered

00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:50.519
 any

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:50.799
 long

00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.079
 term

00:13:51.079 --> 00:13:51.539
 needs

00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:51.799
 with

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 his

00:13:51.959 --> 00:13:52.319
 promise

00:13:52.319 --> 00:13:52.539
 to

00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.019
 return.

00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.480
 A

00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:55.639
 few

00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:55.919
 years

00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:56.179
 ago

00:13:56.179 --> 00:13:56.559
 some

00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:57.019
 friends

00:13:57.019 --> 00:13:57.439
 of ours

00:13:57.439 --> 00:13:57.679
 that

00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:57.959
 lived

00:13:57.959 --> 00:13:58.399
 near

00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:58.539
 to

00:13:58.539 --> 00:13:58.699
 my

00:13:58.699 --> 00:13:58.939
 dad

00:13:58.939 --> 00:13:59.159
 this

00:13:59.159 --> 00:13:59.360
 is

00:13:59.360 --> 00:13:59.720
 down

00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:00.199
 in

00:14:00.199 --> 00:14:01.179
 deepest

00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:01.600
 Cornwall

00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.559
 or it

00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:02.740
 was

00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:02.939
 down

00:14:02.939 --> 00:14:03.059
 in

00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:03.299
 deepest

00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:03.699
 Cornwall

00:14:03.699 --> 00:14:05.539
 they

00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:06.139
 agreed

00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:06.399
 to

00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:06.600
 keep

00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:06.939
 an eye

00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.059
 on

00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:07.240
 my

00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:07.600
 dad

00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.399
 so

00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:08.899
 that

00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:09.320
 as

00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:09.540
 his

00:14:09.540 --> 00:14:09.940
 dementia

00:14:09.940 --> 00:14:10.340
 kicked

00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:10.680
 in

00:14:10.680 --> 00:14:10.920
 he

00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:11.100
 could

00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.340
 stay

00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:11.620
 living

00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:11.779
 at

00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.080
 home

00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:12.440
 for as

00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.580
 long

00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:12.740
 as

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.180
 possible.

00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:14.980
 When

00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.180
 my

00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:15.500
 sister

00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:15.899
 and I

00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.460
 asked

00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:16.840
 them

00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:18.159
 to

00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:18.399
 do

00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:18.840
 this

00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.080
 I

00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:19.360
 didn't

00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:19.820
 realise

00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:20.139
 just

00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:20.340
 what

00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:20.440
 it

00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:20.580
 would

00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:20.860
 cost

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.100
 them

00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.279
 in

00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:21.580
 terms

00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:21.700
 of

00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:21.860
 their

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 time

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 and

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 their

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 patience.

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 Sometimes

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 they

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 had to

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 visit

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 him

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 daily

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 towards

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 the

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 end.

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 It

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 was

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 long

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 term

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 but

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 they

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 followed

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 through

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 on

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 their

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 commitments

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 and

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 did

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 this

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 out

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 of

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 love

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 willingly.

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 And

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 I'm

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 forever

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 grateful

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 to

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 those

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 too.

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 To

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 me

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 this

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 is

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 Jesus

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 like

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 compassion.

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 When

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 our

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 compassion

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 is of

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 Christ's

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 model

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 not

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 only is

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 it

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 unrestricted

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 it

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 follows

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 through

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 as

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 far

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 as

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 we

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 are

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 able

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 to

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 help.

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 Jesus

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 asks

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 of us

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 to

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 show

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 compassion

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 to

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 any

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 and

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 all

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 which

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 might

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 mean

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 looking

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 wider

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 than

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 we

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 expect.

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 He

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 asks

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 us

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 to

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 show

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 compassion

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 as

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 long

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 as

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 is

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 needed

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 which

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 might

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 be

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 longer

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 than

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 we

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 anticipate.

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 He

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 asks

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 us

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 to

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 show

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 compassion

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 in

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 the

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 ways

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 he

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 would

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 do

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 so

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 which

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 might

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 be

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 harder

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 and

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 more

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 costly

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 than

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 we

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 realise.

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 For

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 Jesus

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 asks

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 us

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 to

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 love

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 as

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 he

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 loved

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 which

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 cost

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 him

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 his

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 all

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 for

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 he

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 has

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 given

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 us

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 everything.

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 Let's

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 pray

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 together.

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 stretch

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 our hearts

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 Lord

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 we pray

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 to be

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 as big

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 as yours

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 to cover

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 all those

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 you love.

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 Help us

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 to love

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 fully

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 weeping

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 with those

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 you weep

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 with

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 listening

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 to others

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 woes

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 helping

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 meet

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 needs

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 working

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 always

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 towards

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 restoring

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 lives.

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 Lord

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 may

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 we

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 do

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 this

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 fully

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 we pray

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 not

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 just

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 from

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 our

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 surpluses

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 of

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 time

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 or

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 money.

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 And

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 Lord

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 when

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 we

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 worry

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 about

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 our

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 capacity

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 or

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 fear

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 compassion

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 fatigue

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 show us

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 afresh

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 your

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 heart

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 Lord

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 point

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 us

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 to

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 those

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 who

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 you

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 carry

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 there.

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 For

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 when we

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 see

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 your

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 heart

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 then

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 we

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 will

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 know

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 following

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 you

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 is

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 enough.

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 And

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 we

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 can

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 trust

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 in

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 your

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 love.

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 Lord

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 you

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 love

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 so

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 much

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 you

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 gave

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 your

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 life

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 for

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 us.

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 Help

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 us

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 show

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 it

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 to

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 tell

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 it

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 and

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 like

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 in

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 Acts

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 2

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 praise

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 you

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 that

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 we

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 may

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 delight

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 in

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 the

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 good

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 will

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 of

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 many

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 who

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 respond

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 to

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 your

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 compassion

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 and

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 call.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you