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 Well, good evening.

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 Tonight we're looking at the Gospel of Mark, chapter 14, verses 1 through 31.

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 I'll read it in just a minute, but as you're turning there, let me give a little brief introduction.

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 So in 1997, MasterCard began a memorable series of advertisements entitled Priceless.

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 The ad campaign is run in 98 countries and 46 languages over the past 17 years with many variations on the same theme.

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 Maybe you recognize it already, but here's one.

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 There's a picture of a one-year-old playing with a cardboard box.

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 And it says this, most popular toy for toddler, $500.

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 Goodness, did you realize that?

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 Most popular toy for toddler, cost $500.

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 Most popular stuffed animal for a toddler, $350.

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 Most popular picture book for a toddler, $60.

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 Watching her play with a cardboard box instead, priceless.

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 Then there's one with a dad bringing his son to a baseball game.

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 Two tickets, $28.

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 Hot dog, soda, and popcorn, $18.

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 An autographed baseball, $45.

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 Having a real conversation with an 11-year-old son, priceless.

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 Now, all these ads end in the same way, right?

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 There are some things money can't buy.

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 For everything else, there's MasterCard.

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 Now, all joking aside, what is priceless to you?

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 What's something that you would never trade, never sell, and never give away just to a random person?

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 Or even to a close friend?

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 What's something that you hope to keep with you for the rest of your life?

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 Now, maybe it's a physical thing.

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 Maybe it's a book of photos or memories.

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 Maybe it's a handwritten note or series of notes from someone significant in your life.

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 Maybe it's a painting or an antique or a family heirloom passed down from one generation to another.

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 Maybe it's an experience or a memory that you would only share with someone that you deeply trust and respect.

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 Maybe you've received such a precious, priceless gift.

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 Maybe someone else has shared something with you or given something to you that's truly priceless.

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 In tonight's passage, we see two people who do something totally unexpected.

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 They give a priceless gift to someone else.

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 So let me read Mark 14.

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 It's a bit of a long passage, but we're reading verse 1 through 31.

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 We're going to focus in on two parts of it.

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 So Mark 14, beginning at verse 1.

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 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him, Jesus, how to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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 For they said, not during the feast, but lest there be an uproar from the people.

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 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

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 as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly.

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 And she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

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 There were some who said to themselves indignantly,

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 why was the ointment wasted like that?

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 For this ointment could have been sold for more than 300 denarii, a year's wages, and given to the poor.

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 And they scolded her.

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 But Jesus said, leave her alone.

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 Why do you trouble her?

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 She has done a beautiful thing to me.

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 For you always have the poor with you.

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 And whenever you want, you can do good for them.

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 But you will not always have me.

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 She has done what she could.

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 She has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

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 And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world,

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 what she has done will be told in memory of her.

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 Then Judas Iscariot, who is one of the twelve,

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 went to the chief priests in order to betray him,

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 in order to betray Jesus to them.

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 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money.

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 And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

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 And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb,

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 his disciples said to him,

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 Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?

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 And he sent two of his disciples and said to them,

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 Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you.

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 Follow him.

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 And wherever he enters, say to the master of the house,

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 The teacher says, Where is my guest room,

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 where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?

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 And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready.

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 There, prepare for us.

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 And the disciples set out and went to the city,

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 and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

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 And when it was evening, he came with the twelve.

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 And as they were reclining a table and eating,

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 Jesus said, Truly I say to you,

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 one of you will betray me,

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 one who is eating with me.

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 They began to be sorrowful,

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 and to say to him one after another,

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 Is it I?

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 He said to them,

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 It is one of the twelve,

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 one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.

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 For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him.

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 But woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.

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 It would have been better for that man if he had never been born.

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 And as they were eating,

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 he took bread.

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 And after blessing it, he broke it and gave it to them and said,

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 Take.

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 This is my body.

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 And he took a cup,

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 and when he had given thanks,

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 he gave it to them,

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 and they all drank of it.

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 And he said to them,

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 This is my blood of the covenant,

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 which is poured out for many.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine

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 until that day when I drink it new

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 And when they had sung a hymn,

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 they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 You will all fall away.

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 For it is written,

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 I will strike the shepherd,

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 and the sheep will be scattered.

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 But after I am raised up,

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 I will go before you to Galilee.

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 Peter said to him,

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 Even though they all fall away,

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 I will not.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Truly I tell you,

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 this very night,

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 before the rooster crows twice,

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 you will deny me three times.

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 But he said emphatically,

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 If I must die with you,

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 I will not deny you.

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 And they all said the same.

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 This passage is actually a pretty dark passage.

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 It begins with people plotting

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 to kill Jesus.

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 And then talks about

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 one of his disciples

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 who makes an agreement

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 to hand him over

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 for some money.

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 And then Jesus is telling

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 his disciples

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 that one of them,

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 one of the twelve,

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 those who had been closest to him

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 for his earthly ministry,

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 one of them

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 would betray him.

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 And in the end,

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 he says,

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 You're all going to

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 leave me alone.

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 You're all going to fall away.

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 But in the midst of this passage,

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 in the midst of a pretty dark passage,

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 there's two

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 points of light

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 that we might say.

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 We see two people

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 who do something

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 totally unexpected.

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 They give a priceless gift.

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 They pour out

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 their most precious possession

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 in an act of lavish generosity.

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 So first we see a woman

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 who pours out

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 an alabaster jar

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 of costly ointment,

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 perfume,

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 on Jesus.

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 And then we see Jesus

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 symbolically preparing

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 to pour out

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 his body

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 and his blood,

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 his very life

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 for his disciples.

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 Now in the structure

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 of the passage,

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 both of these acts

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 of lavish generosity

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 are surrounded

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 on both sides

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 by acts

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 that are self-serving

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 and self-seeking.

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 So verse 1 and 2

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 describes the plot

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 to kill Jesus.

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 Verse 3 through 9

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 describes the woman

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 pouring out

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 her treasure on Jesus.

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 And then verses 10 and 11

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 describe Judas

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 who agrees to betray Jesus

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 for some money.

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 And then verse 17 through 21,

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 Jesus says one of his disciples

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 will betray him.

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 And then Jesus

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 symbolically

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 gives his disciples

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 his body and his blood

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 demonstrating what he's going

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 to do for them.

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 And then right afterwards

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 he says,

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 you're all going to fall away.

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 So in the midst of this,

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 of these dark moments

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 of failure,

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 of human failure,

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 I want to focus in

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 on these two unexpected acts

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 of generosity

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 and then ask what we can learn

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 from each of them.

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 So first,

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 let's look at the woman.

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 In verses 3 through 9,

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 she pours out

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 her most precious

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 possession

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 on Jesus.

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 Now,

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 what she does here

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 is totally unexpected.

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 Jesus is

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 at somebody's house

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 reclining at the table

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 probably after a meal

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 with his disciples

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 and a woman enters.

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 Now,

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 in John chapter 12,

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 we learn that this woman

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 is Mary.

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 But here in Mark,

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 she's left unnamed.

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 There's also a similar story

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 in Luke chapter 7,

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 but several of the details

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 in that story

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 are different.

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 So,

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 there's probably

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 two different occasions

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 going on.

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 So,

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 we're just going to focus

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 on this story

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 right now.

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 But if you want,

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 you can compare it

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 with the one in Matthew

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 and in John

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 because this story

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 appears in both Matthew

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 and John.

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 Now,

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 in that culture,

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 women were not supposed

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 to interrupt

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 a group of men

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 who were talking

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 unless they were coming

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 in to serve food.

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 That was the cultural

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 expectation.

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 But this woman

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 doesn't follow

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 the cultural expectation.

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 She comes in

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 and she comes

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 right to Jesus

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 and she breaks

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 open this jar

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 and pours it out

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 on his head

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 and all over.

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 It's just,

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 it's just,

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 Mark describes it

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 as an alabaster flask

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 of ointment

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 of pure nard

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 very costly

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 worth 300 denarii.

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 That's a year's wages.

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 One denarii

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 was a day's wages.

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 So,

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 300,

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 that's about a year.

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 So,

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 I don't know

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 what you think

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 a year's wages is.

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 Say,

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 40,000 bucks,

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 50,000 bucks,

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 whatever you want

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 to call the median wage.

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 Probably,

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 this would have been

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 a family heirloom

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 passed down

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 from one generation

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 to another.

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 The most valuable thing

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 that this woman owned.

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 If she was a widow,

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 it would have been

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 her savings account

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 and her insurance policy

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 all rolled into one.

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 The thing that,

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 if everything

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 goes downhill,

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 you can sell this

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 and you'll survive.

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 And she breaks the jar

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 and she pours it out

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 all over Jesus' body.

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 Which meant

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 she didn't just

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 pour out a couple drops

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 and then close the lid.

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 She broke it,

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 which meant

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 you couldn't

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 close it ever again.

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 It was

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 broken

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 and poured out

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 and gone.

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 It's an act of

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 total,

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 irreversible,

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 lavish generosity

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 and devotion

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 toward Jesus.

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 Now,

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 the disciples

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 are a little weirded out.

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 And probably

00:12:09.160 --> 00:12:09.980
 you would be too

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 if this happened to you.

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 You know,

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 imagine if after church

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 some of us decide

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 to go out for pizza.

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 Sometimes we do that.

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 Occasionally.

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 Right?

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 And while we're sitting

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 in the booth

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 waiting for our pizza

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 to come,

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 somebody comes in

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 and gives you

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 a $50,000 check.

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 And everybody else

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 sees exactly

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 what it says

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 on the check.

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 Or,

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 they pour out

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 this bottle

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 of perfume

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 worth $50,000.

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 And,

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 you all know

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 what it is.

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 I mean,

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 I'd be sort of embarrassed.

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 I wouldn't know

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 what to do.

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 I mean,

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 I might be thinking

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 what the disciples

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 are thinking.

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 You know,

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 wouldn't it be

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 more responsible

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 to give that money

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 to the poor?

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 I mean,

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 really?

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 Especially to

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 just pour it out

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 and waste it.

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 I mean,

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 do I really deserve

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 that?

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 Do I really deserve

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 $50,000

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 more than everybody else

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 who's sitting next to me

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 at the table?

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 Isn't this

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 sort of awkward?

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 Now,

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 there's some truth

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 to what they're saying.

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 Jesus acknowledged it

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 in verse 7.

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 He says,

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 you will always

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 have the poor

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 with you.

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 Whenever you want,

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 you can do good

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 for them.

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 And that's not

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 a dismissive remark.

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 He's actually

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 quoting from

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 Deuteronomy 15,

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 which says,

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 where God said

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 to the Israelites,

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 the poor you will

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 always have among you.

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 Therefore,

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 I command you,

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 open wide your hand

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 to your brother,

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 to the needy

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 and the poor

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 in your land.

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 So Jesus says here

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 and in many other places,

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 not only can we

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 help the poor,

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 we should love

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 people around us

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 who are poor.

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 We should love

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 our neighbors

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 as ourselves,

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 which means we should

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 be as easy

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 to meet

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 our neighbors'

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 needs

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 as we are

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 to meet

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 our own.

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 So that's the truth

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 in their objection.

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 But there are two

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 problems with their

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 objection.

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 Now the first

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 is their attitude.

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 They're not only

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 puzzled by something

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 that they don't

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 fully understand,

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 they are angry

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 and judgmental.

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 They scold her,

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 sort of like

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 a naughty child.

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 And if you

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 carry this argument

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 to its logical

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 extreme,

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 you could use it

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 as an objection

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 to any gift

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 to anyone

00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:31.620
 beyond bare

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 necessities.

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 How can you

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 give anyone

00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.240
 a gift that you

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 don't really need

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 when some people

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 in the world

00:14:38.339 --> 00:14:39.139
 are starving?

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 How can you

00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:41.860
 eat pizza

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:43.339
 when you could

00:14:43.339 --> 00:14:45.019
 eat plain rice

00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:46.539
 every day

00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.519
 and you would

00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:48.240
 still survive?

00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:48.399
 survive?

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 Maybe you'd

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:50.840
 lose a year

00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.039
 or two

00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:51.600
 off your life

00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.039
 because of

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.039
 iron deficiency

00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.539
 or something.

00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:55.220
 Right?

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 But depending

00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:56.639
 on how far

00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:56.980
 you go

00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:57.299
 with that

00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:57.659
 statement,

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 it can be

00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.080
 used in a

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 way that's

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 incredibly

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 guilt-inducing

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 and crippling.

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 And that is

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:04.220
 not God's

00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:04.600
 intention.

00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:06.240
 God's intention

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.799
 is for people

00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:07.259
 to share

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.120
 in the joy

00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.639
 that he takes

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.159
 in showing

00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.580
 mercy

00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:11.759
 and generosity.

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.320
 When God

00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:13.860
 made the world,

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.419
 he didn't only

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.460
 make it useful

00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:16.160
 and functional,

00:15:16.280 --> 00:15:16.680
 he also

00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:17.019
 made it

00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.440
 beautiful.

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 And he

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:19.860
 made us

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.200
 so that

00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:20.980
 in enjoying

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.720
 his beauty

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.860
 that we

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.240
 might be

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.800
 motivated

00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:25.460
 to extend

00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:25.700
 it,

00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:25.960
 even

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.800
 sacrificially,

00:15:27.420 --> 00:15:28.100
 to others.

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.759
 So that's

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.000
 the first

00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.320
 problem.

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:31.980
 But the

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.680
 second problem

00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:33.900
 is that they

00:15:33.900 --> 00:15:34.460
 fail to

00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:35.019
 perceive

00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:36.720
 the unsurpassed

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.120
 beauty of

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.360
 Jesus.

00:15:38.660 --> 00:15:39.259
 Jesus says

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.660
 she's done

00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:40.080
 a beautiful

00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:40.440
 thing.

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.240
 He doesn't

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:42.780
 just say

00:15:42.780 --> 00:15:44.180
 be nice to

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:44.400
 her,

00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:44.980
 be polite

00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.420
 to her,

00:15:45.660 --> 00:15:46.220
 don't be rude

00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:46.500
 to her.

00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:46.840
 She was

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.300
 trying to

00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:47.600
 do her

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.000
 best.

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:48.639
 She was

00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.080
 trying to

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:49.420
 make a

00:15:49.420 --> 00:15:49.940
 nice gesture.

00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:50.440
 Maybe she

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:50.879
 didn't really

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.300
 think it

00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:51.560
 through.

00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:52.100
 Maybe she

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.540
 was just

00:15:52.540 --> 00:15:53.700
 being emotional,

00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:54.800
 you know,

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.660
 but you

00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:56.440
 should be

00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:57.019
 kind to

00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.280
 her.

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.379
 No!

00:15:59.100 --> 00:15:59.840
 He says

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.860
 she understands

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.460
 something that

00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:02.100
 you don't.

00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:04.740
 What she

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.080
 did was

00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.620
 absolutely

00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.160
 appropriate.

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.780
 She anointed

00:16:06.780 --> 00:16:07.980
 me because

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.960
 she realized

00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:10.600
 that I'm

00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.120
 the Messiah,

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.639
 the King

00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.139
 of Israel,

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.280
 and the

00:16:14.280 --> 00:16:14.580
 Son of

00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:14.879
 God.

00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:16.100
 she poured

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.519
 out her

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.840
 most precious

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.600
 treasure on

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.720
 me because

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.220
 there's no

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.679
 one else in

00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:21.220
 the world

00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:22.700
 more worthy

00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:23.179
 of such a

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.439
 gift.

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.360
 You see,

00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:27.919
 if somebody

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.419
 came up to

00:16:28.419 --> 00:16:28.840
 you and gave

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:30.240
 you that

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:30.840
 $50,000

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.399
 check,

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.500
 and other

00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.820
 people made

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.419
 some objections,

00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.659
 and you said,

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:37.919
 well, hey,

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.360
 you'll always have

00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.000
 poor people to

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.379
 give it to,

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.899
 but you won't

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.379
 always have

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.740
 me,

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:44.340
 that would

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:44.840
 be very

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.259
 arrogant.

00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:48.539
 Right?

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.159
 I mean,

00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:50.500
 if you've got

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.100
 that amount

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.480
 of money,

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:53.299
 there's at least

00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:53.799
 an obligation

00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:54.460
 to give some

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.039
 of it away

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.679
 to help

00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.279
 other people

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.080
 and not use

00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.480
 it all on

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.879
 yourself.

00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:00.019
 But Jesus

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.620
 is saying,

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:02.000
 I'm not

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.720
 just an

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.480
 ordinary human

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:03.840
 being.

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.759
 I'm the one

00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.059
 who is,

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.960
 I'm the king.

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.720
 I'm the one

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.200
 who is more

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.799
 worthy of

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.680
 your devotion

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.279
 and of

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.799
 everything in

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.119
 the world.

00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:11.619
 I'm the one

00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:12.160
 who's made

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.700
 everything in

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.160
 the world.

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.319
 And the

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:17.740
 woman saw

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.000
 that.

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.660
 She saw

00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:19.920
 that there

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.380
 was something

00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:20.880
 about Jesus

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.599
 that attracted

00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:23.740
 her and

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.420
 that motivated

00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.680
 her to

00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.279
 pour out

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.880
 her most

00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:27.180
 precious

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.720
 treasure on

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:27.920
 him.

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.119
 Because you

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 see,

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 what the

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 woman does

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 with her

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 costly

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 ointment

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.299
 is a

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 picture of

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 what Jesus

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 is preparing

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 to do

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 with his

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 very own

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 body

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 and blood,

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 his life.

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 She breaks

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 it and

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 pours it

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 out.

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 And the

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 same

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 words,

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 the same

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 concepts

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 are used

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 later in

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 this passage

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 in the

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 second example

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 of a

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 lavish

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 gift.

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 Verses

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 23-25,

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 says,

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 as they

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 were eating,

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 Jesus took

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 bread and

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 after blessing

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 it,

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 he broke

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 it and

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 gave it

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 to them

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 and said,

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 take this

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 is my

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 body.

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 And he

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 took a

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 cup and

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 when he

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 had given

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 thanks,

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 he gave

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 it to

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 them and

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 they all

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 drank of

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 it and

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 he said

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 to them,

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 this is

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 my

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 blood

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 of the

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 covenant

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.339
 which is

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 poured

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 out

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 for many.

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 people

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 said,

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 now the

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.599
 context

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.180
 in which

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 Jesus said

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:20.980
 these

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.460
 words was

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 a Passover

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 meal.

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 I don't

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 know if

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 you've

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 ever had

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 the

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 opportunity

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 to

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 visit

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 a

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 Passover

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 meal

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 or

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.279
 experience

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.559
 a

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 Passover

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 meal.

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 Passover

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 happens once

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 a year

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 in the

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 spring.

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 And according

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 to the

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 Old Testament,

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 every head

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 of household

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 was required

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 to travel

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 to Jerusalem

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 to celebrate

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 Passover.

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 Passover.

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 Many times

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 the whole

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.439
 family would

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 go as

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 well.

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 People would

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 gather

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 together,

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 they'd eat

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 a meal

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 together as

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 sort of a

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 big extended

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 family in

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 somebody's

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 house,

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 remembering

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 how God

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 had delivered

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 them from

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 slavery in

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 Egypt and

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 looking forward

00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.359
 to the day

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 when the

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.399
 Messiah would

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 come and

00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:01.039
 establish God's

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.960
 kingdom on

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.500
 earth in its

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 fullness.

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 And there

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.419
 was an

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:04.939
 established

00:19:04.939 --> 00:19:05.579
 routine to

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:05.980
 the meal.

00:19:07.139 --> 00:19:07.639
 And if

00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:08.500
 you visit

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.119
 a Jewish

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.599
 Passover

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.119
 meal,

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 many of

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.079
 these things,

00:19:12.419 --> 00:19:12.859
 you will

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.639
 still experience

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:13.960
 them.

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.099
 If you

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 have the

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.599
 opportunity

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.079
 to visit

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.779
 one.

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 So the

00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:18.500
 host of

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.879
 the meal

00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.919
 would break

00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.639
 bread,

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.859
 unleavened

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.079
 bread,

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.659
 to remember

00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.819
 that when

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 they were

00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.960
 leaving Egypt

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.279
 they were

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.779
 in a hurry.

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 They didn't

00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:26.500
 have time

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.799
 to wait

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.099
 for the

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.500
 yeast to

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 make the

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.720
 bread rise,

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.079
 so they

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:30.119
 ate

00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.799
 unleavened

00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.059
 bread.

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.779
 So that's

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.039
 why they

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.379
 would always

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.000
 eat unleavened

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.200
 bread

00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:34.519
 throughout

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.299
 Passover.

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.700
 The host

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:36.919
 of the meal

00:19:36.919 --> 00:19:37.319
 would break

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.700
 the bread,

00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.200
 pronounce a

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.879
 blessing over

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.059
 it,

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.460
 and share

00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.000
 with everyone

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.339
 at the

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.639
 table,

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.559
 remembering

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.000
 God's

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.619
 provision for

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.079
 his people.

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:44.199
 when they

00:19:44.199 --> 00:19:44.819
 left Egypt

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.480
 and through

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:45.939
 the wilderness.

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.339
 And then

00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:47.679
 during the

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.039
 meal they

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.379
 would share

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.119
 four cups

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.019
 of wine

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.859
 or grape

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.279
 juice,

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.199
 thanking God

00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:54.079
 for bringing

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:54.779
 them into

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.740
 the promised

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.460
 land where

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:56.740
 they could

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.079
 enjoy,

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.079
 where they

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.399
 could have

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:59.659
 freedom and

00:19:59.659 --> 00:20:00.099
 joy,

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.579
 and looking

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.179
 forward to the

00:20:02.179 --> 00:20:02.679
 day when the

00:20:02.679 --> 00:20:03.319
 Messiah would

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.720
 return.

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:03.759
 bread.

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.900
 They would

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:07.360
 eat unleavened

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.579
 bread,

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:07.940
 they'd eat

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.980
 bitter herbs,

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.819
 remembering the

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.860
 bitterness of

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.579
 their slavery,

00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:12.860
 and they'd

00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:14.539
 eat a

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.220
 roast lamb,

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.880
 remembering the

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:18.279
 night when God

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.779
 had told the

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.420
 Israelites to

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.039
 kill a lamb

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.220
 for each

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:21.819
 family and to

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.400
 put the blood

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.039
 on their

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.059
 doorposts.

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.600
 And he

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:24.759
 said,

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.180
 when I see

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.539
 the blood,

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.160
 I will pass

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.640
 over you.

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.759
 When the

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.180
 destroying

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:29.539
 angel comes,

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.200
 he will see

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.700
 the blood and

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.440
 pass over you,

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.960
 and you

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.400
 will be

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.840
 safe.

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:36.840
 So the

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.340
 whole routine

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:37.779
 of the meal

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.460
 emphasized

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.180
 remembrance of

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.480
 what God

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:39.920
 had done in

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.480
 the past in

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.920
 the Exodus,

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.180
 and also

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:43.660
 anticipation of

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.039
 what God

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.460
 would do in

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:44.940
 the future,

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.200
 when he

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.500
 would come

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:48.059
 again and

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.660
 lead them to

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:50.559
 this ultimate

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.220
 freedom.

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.519
 Now in the

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:53.980
 middle of this

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.240
 meal,

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:57.140
 with a very

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:58.059
 established routine

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:59.600
 that was followed

00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.519
 pretty much the

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.380
 same way each

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.720
 year,

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.840
 Jesus does

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.680
 something completely

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.799
 off the

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.140
 script,

00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.519
 completely

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.200
 unexpected.

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.380
 He takes

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.860
 the bread,

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.799
 he blesses

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.000
 it,

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:12.080
 thanks God

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.340
 for it,

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:12.779
 he breaks

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.000
 it,

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.559
 and gave

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:13.680
 it.

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.259
 All that's

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.620
 normal.

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.519
 And then

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.080
 he says,

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.400
 take,

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.759
 this is my

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.120
 body.

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.140
 And then

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.460
 he takes

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.900
 the cup of

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.240
 wine,

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:25.880
 and gives

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.240
 thanks,

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:26.580
 and gave

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:26.799
 it to

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:26.980
 them,

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.220
 and he

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.420
 says,

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:27.940
 this is my

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.340
 blood.

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:30.220
 Do you

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.679
 realize how

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:32.000
 shocking those

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.559
 words would

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.699
 be in the

00:21:33.699 --> 00:21:34.299
 context of a

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.980
 Jewish Passover

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.319
 meal?

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.939
 Maybe you've

00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.500
 gotten used to

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.679
 hearing them at

00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.639
 communion services,

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:41.179
 so they feel

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:43.879
 like some of

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.599
 the verses in

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.159
 the Bible that

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.799
 are most familiar

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.119
 to you,

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.819
 but do you

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.259
 realize how

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.919
 shocking that

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:50.480
 would be for

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.079
 Jesus to say,

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:51.819
 this Passover

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:54.399
 meal is about

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:54.639
 me?

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:58.400
 What he was

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.860
 saying,

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.520
 symbolically,

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:00.860
 was,

00:22:01.280 --> 00:22:03.220
 I am the

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.860
 true Passover

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.280
 lamb,

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.460
 whose body

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.180
 will be broken,

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.420
 and blood

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.980
 will be poured

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.280
 out,

00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:11.180
 to save you

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.680
 from God's

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 judgment.

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 He's saying,

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 I'm the

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.620
 redeemer,

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 I've come to

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.020
 pay the price

00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:19.140
 to buy you

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 out of

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.000
 slavery,

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.140
 by giving

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.900
 my very own

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.400
 life in your

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 place.

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.280
 He's saying,

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 my blood is

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 the sign and

00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:27.440
 the seal of

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 a new

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.480
 covenant,

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 a new

00:22:29.540 --> 00:22:30.600
 relationship,

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.060
 a new

00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.600
 arrangement

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.420
 between God

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.720
 and his

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 people.

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 When Moses

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 instituted the

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.340
 covenant at

00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:36.940
 Mount Sinai,

00:22:37.020 --> 00:22:37.960
 he sprinkled

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.620
 blood on the

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:38.960
 people.

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 It was a

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.220
 sign that the

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.759
 covenant was

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.759
 signed and

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.140
 sealed.

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.120
 Jesus said,

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.300
 I'm here to

00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:49.040
 set up a new

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:50.200
 covenant, a

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 new basis

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 on which people

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.259
 can relate to

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.700
 God,

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:57.140
 through the

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.879
 sacrifice that

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 I am about

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 to make.

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 I'm here to

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:04.960
 fulfill what

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.079
 the Passover

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.619
 was always

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.240
 pointing forward

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.240
 to, the

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.599
 day of the

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.000
 Messiah.

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.299
 Now, Jesus'

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.900
 actions were

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.339
 symbolic.

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.039
 He was

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.759
 pointing forward

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.400
 to what he

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.819
 would do on

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.359
 the cross,

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:18.759
 when his body

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.319
 would be broken

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.879
 and his blood

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.159
 would be

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.659
 poured out.

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.960
 So, Jesus

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.179
 pours out his

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.799
 life for his

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.259
 disciples in

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.759
 this act.

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:33.740
 Now, the

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.359
 woman poured

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.579
 out her most

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.299
 precious treasure

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.879
 on Jesus because

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.720
 she saw that

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.939
 Jesus was

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.579
 surpassingly

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:40.939
 worthy.

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:40.980
 worthy.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.340
 But Jesus,

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.320
 when Jesus

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.960
 poured out his

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.559
 blood for the

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.019
 disciples,

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:50.240
 he poured out

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.259
 his blood

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:53.220
 not because

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.940
 he saw that

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.380
 we were

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:56.460
 worthy.

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.660
 Right?

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 That's why

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.240
 right before

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.600
 and right after

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.400
 he does this,

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.299
 he says,

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:03.779
 one of you is

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.240
 going to betray

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.200
 me and you're

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.700
 all going to

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.279
 abandon me.

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 And they

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.279
 say, oh,

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.119
 no, no, no,

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.859
 I certainly

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.399
 wouldn't.

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.639
 And Jesus

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.099
 says, oh,

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.500
 yes, you

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.839
 will, even

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.299
 before the

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.759
 night's out.

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.740
 You're going

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.079
 to fail.

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.859
 But he

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.379
 says, but I'm

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:22.000
 not going

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.819
 to the cross.

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.599
 I'm not

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.059
 giving my

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.819
 life for you

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.639
 because you're

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.019
 worthy.

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.680
 I'm giving

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.279
 my life

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.720
 because I

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.200
 love you.

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.019
 Because I've

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.019
 called you to

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.720
 belong to me.

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:40.920
 Jesus poured

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.460
 out his most

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.200
 precious treasure

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.720
 on people who

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.180
 would betray

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.359
 him, deny

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:46.500
 him, abandon

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.799
 him, crucify

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.119
 him.

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.359
 He knew it

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.899
 very well.

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.379
 You see, in

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.139
 his great love,

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.619
 this is the

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.019
 heart of this

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.359
 passage, in

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.000
 his great love,

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.539
 Jesus lavished

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.299
 his most

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.099
 precious treasure,

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.579
 his very own

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:04.440
 self, his body

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.019
 and his blood

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.879
 on us.

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:09.000
 Romans 5, 8

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.460
 says, God

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.220
 demonstrates his

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.759
 love for us

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.279
 in this.

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.660
 While we were

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.819
 still sinners,

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.700
 Christ died

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.259
 for us.

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.180
 1 Timothy

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.299
 chapter 1

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.819
 says, Christ

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.480
 Jesus came

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.799
 into the

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:21.200
 world to

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.779
 save sinners.

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:25.160
 Jesus poured

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.740
 out everything

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.819
 for us

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:29.740
 so that we

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.319
 could become

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:32.599
 his priceless

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.500
 treasure.

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.940
 A possession

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.539
 that he will

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.899
 never sell

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:39.319
 or trade

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.639
 or lose

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.920
 because he's

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.619
 paid for us

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:45.220
 such a great

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.660
 price.

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:49.540
 Ephesians 1

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:49.980
 says, in

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.759
 Jesus Christ,

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.720
 we have

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.180
 redemption.

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:53.740
 That means

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.120
 we have

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.259
 freedom from

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.880
 bondage

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.720
 through his

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.120
 blood.

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.500
 The forgiveness

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.060
 of our

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.920
 trespasses

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.480
 according to

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.920
 the riches

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.300
 of his

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:01.840
 grace which

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.400
 he lavished

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.100
 upon us.

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.279
 1 Peter 1

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.600
 says, you

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.259
 were ransomed

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:08.120
 not with

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.580
 perishable

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.160
 things such

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.540
 as silver

00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:10.140
 or gold,

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.880
 but with

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.460
 the precious

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.960
 blood of

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.680
 Jesus Christ.

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.200
 Do you

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.319
 ever wonder,

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.900
 does God

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.819
 really love

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.340
 me?

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.180
 How could

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.539
 he love

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.840
 me?

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.740
 Someone so

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.480
 small and

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.059
 insignificant,

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.059
 someone guilty

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.700
 of sin and

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.340
 full of shame.

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.319
 Remember

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:36.340
 this, Jesus

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:37.559
 Christ, the

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.140
 Son of God,

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:39.240
 loved you

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.380
 and gave

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.519
 himself for

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.819
 you.

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:43.419
 every time

00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:43.659
 that you

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.960
 take communion,

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.619
 remember

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.480
 that.

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.579
 Jesus gave

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.220
 his life

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:53.399
 for you.

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.179
 He says,

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.639
 this is my

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.019
 body,

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.599
 broken

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.759
 for you.

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.240
 This is my

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.059
 blood of

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.359
 the new

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.740
 covenant,

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.200
 poured out

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.879
 for many,

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.579
 for everyone

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.700
 who would

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.220
 believe

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.639
 and put

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.059
 their trust

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.419
 in him.

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:13.399
 you see,

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.000
 Jesus poured

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.279
 out his

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.659
 life for

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:14.980
 us so

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.359
 that we

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.879
 might

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.200
 become

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.419
 his

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:16.759
 treasure.

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.839
 And so

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.099
 that he

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.599
 might become

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.939
 our

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.759
 greatest

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.139
 treasure.

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.519
 What's

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.819
 your most

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.299
 priceless

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.480
 possession?

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.799
 What are

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.200
 the things

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.579
 that you

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.139
 would never

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.460
 want to

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.819
 lose,

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.919
 would never

00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.240
 want to

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.519
 sell,

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.579
 would never

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.879
 want to

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.259
 trade?

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:40.920
 may it

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.559
 be Jesus

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:44.019
 because he

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.799
 gave his

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.099
 life for

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.379
 us.

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.019
 Let's

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.240
 pray.

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.819
 Lord Jesus,

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.420
 we see in

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.940
 the act of

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.420
 this woman

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:04.480
 a picture

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.700
 of what

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.220
 our devotion

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.779
 to you

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.819
 ought to

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.340
 look like

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:11.759
 because you

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.620
 are the

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.039
 worthy

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.160
 lamb of

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.539
 God,

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.580
 the king

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.920
 of all

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.220
 kings,

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.539
 and the

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.900
 lord of

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.539
 all lords,

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:19.299
 the son

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.779
 of God,

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.140
 the one

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.600
 and only.

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.440
 And yet,

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.759
 Lord,

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.480
 so often

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.880
 we treasure

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.860
 so many

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.559
 other things.

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:35.399
 we thank

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:36.819
 you that

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.079
 you were

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.659
 devoted to

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.039
 us,

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.319
 that you

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.679
 came and

00:28:40.679 --> 00:28:41.059
 poured out

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.639
 your life

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.480
 even unto

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.919
 death.

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.819
 While we

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.179
 were still

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.599
 sinners,

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.440
 you died

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.960
 for us.

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:48.899
 Lord,

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.379
 would you

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:54.179
 impress upon

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.639
 our hearts

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.099
 the depth

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.319
 of your

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.720
 love for

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.079
 us?

00:28:56.079 --> 00:29:00.039
 Lord,

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.639
 would you

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.039
 speak to

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.619
 us tonight

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:05.559
 as we

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.799
 prepare to

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.919
 receive the

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.220
 lord's

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.379
 supper

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 together,

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 that you

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 gave your

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 body and

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 your blood

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 that we

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 might become

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 your

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 treasure,

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 and that

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 you might

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 become our

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 greatest

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 treasure,

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 for you

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 are worthy.

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 We pray

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 this in

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 your name.

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 Amen.