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  Speaker 1: Hidden within Luke's gospel lies the most powerful story ever told,
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  Speaker 1: one that will completely transform how you see Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: This isn't just another Bible study. Luke, the Beloved Physician,
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  Speaker 1: meticulously documented the most intimate moments of jesus ministry, revealing
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  Speaker 1: a savior who seeks the lost, heals the broken, and
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  Speaker 1: embraces the rejected. From Mary's miraculous conception to the empty tomb,
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  Speaker 1: every chapter unveils prophetic truths that are exploding into reality today.
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  Speaker 1: This gospel exposes jesus radical love for tax collectors, prostitutes,
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  Speaker 1: and outcasts, the very people religious leaders despised. Luke shows
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  Speaker 1: us a Jesus who came to seek and save the lost,
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  Speaker 1: not the found. His parables pierce through religious facades, his
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  Speaker 1: miracles demonstrate unstoppable compassion, and his sacrifice opens Heaven's gates
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  Speaker 1: to all humanity. This is the gospel that turns hearts
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  Speaker 1: of stone into hearts of flesh. If you are ready
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  Speaker 1: to encounter the real Jesus, the one who changes everything,
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  Speaker 1: then this journey through Luke will ignite a fire in
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  Speaker 1: your soul that will never be extinguished. Luke begins his
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  Speaker 1: account with careful words in Chapter one, verses one through four.
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  Speaker 1: Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the
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  Speaker 1: things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they
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  Speaker 1: were handed down to us by those who from the
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  Speaker 1: first were eye witnesses and servants of the Word. With
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  Speaker 1: this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything
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  Speaker 1: from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly
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  Speaker 1: account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may
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  Speaker 1: know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
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  Speaker 1: The story opens in the temple during the reign of Herod,
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  Speaker 1: King of Judea. A priest named Zechariah was going about
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  Speaker 1: his duties when something extraordinary happened, as Luke records in
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  Speaker 1: verses eight through twelve. Once, when Zechariah's division was on
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  Speaker 1: duty and he was serving as priest before God, he
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  Speaker 1: was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood,
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  Speaker 1: to go into the Temple of the Lord and burn incense.
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  Speaker 1: And when the time for the burning of incense came,
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  Speaker 1: all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. Then there appeared
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  Speaker 1: to him an angel of the Lord standing at the
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  Speaker 1: right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him,
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  Speaker 1: he was gripped with fear. The Angel spoke directly to
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  Speaker 1: this frightened priest, as written in verses thirteen through seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: Do not be afraid, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard.
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  Speaker 1: Your wife Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you
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  Speaker 1: are to call him John. He will be a joy
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  Speaker 1: and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of
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  Speaker 1: his birth, for he will be great in the sight
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. He is never to take wine or
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  Speaker 1: other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit even before he is born. He will bring
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  Speaker 1: back many of the Israelites to the Lord, their God,
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  Speaker 1: and he will go on before the Lord in the
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  Speaker 1: spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of
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  Speaker 1: the parents to their children, and the disobedient to the
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  Speaker 1: wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord. But Zechariah struggled to believe this incredible news.
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  Speaker 1: His response in verse eighteen reveals his doubt. How can
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  Speaker 1: I be sure of this? I am an old man,
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  Speaker 1: and my wife is well along in years. The angel's
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  Speaker 1: answer changed everything, as recorded in verses nineteen through twenty,
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  Speaker 1: I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God,
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  Speaker 1: and I have been sent to speak to you and
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  Speaker 1: to tell you this good news. And now you will
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  Speaker 1: be silent and not able to speak until the day
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  Speaker 1: this happens, because you did not believe my words, which
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  Speaker 1: will come true at their appointed time. Six months later,
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  Speaker 1: Gabriel appeared again, this time to a young woman in Nazareth.
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  Speaker 1: Luke carefully describes this moment in verses twenty six through
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine. In the six months of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God
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  Speaker 1: sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,
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  Speaker 1: to a virgin pledged to be married to a man
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  Speaker 1: named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
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  Speaker 1: The angel went to her and said, greetings, you, who
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  Speaker 1: are highly favored. The Lord is with you. Mary was
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  Speaker 1: greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of
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  Speaker 1: greeting this might be. Gabriel's message to Mary was even
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  Speaker 1: more astounding than what he had told Zechariah, as recorded
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  Speaker 1: in verses thirty through thirty three. But the angel said
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  Speaker 1: to her, do not be afraid, Mary, you have found
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  Speaker 1: favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to
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  Speaker 1: a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He
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  Speaker 1: will be great and will be called the Son of
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  Speaker 1: the Most High. The Lord God will give him the
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  Speaker 1: throne of his father David, and he will reign over
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  Speaker 1: Jacob's descendants forever. His kingdom will never end. Mary's response
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  Speaker 1: showed both wonder and faith. In verse thirty four, she asked,
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  Speaker 1: how will this be since I am a virgin. Gabriel
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  Speaker 1: explained in verses thirty five through thirty seven, the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit will come on you, and the power of the
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  Speaker 1: Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to
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  Speaker 1: be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth,
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  Speaker 1: your relative, is going to have a child in her
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  Speaker 1: old age, and she who was said to be unable
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  Speaker 1: to conceive, is in her sixth month. For no word
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  Speaker 1: from God will ever fail. Then came Mary's beautiful response
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  Speaker 1: of faith in verse thirty eight, I am the Lord's servant.
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  Speaker 1: May your word to me be fulfilled. After Gabriel left,
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  Speaker 1: Mary hurried to visit Elizabeth in the hill country of Judea.
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  Speaker 1: The moment Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, something amazing happened. As
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  Speaker 1: Luke describes in verses forty one through forty four, when
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  Speaker 1: Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leapt in her womb,
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  Speaker 1: and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a
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  Speaker 1: loud voice, she exclaimed, blessed are you among women? And
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  Speaker 1: blessed is the child you will bear? But why am
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  Speaker 1: I so favored that the mother of my Lord should
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  Speaker 1: come to me? As soon as the sound of your
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  Speaker 1: greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped
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  Speaker 1: for joy. Mary's response became one of the most beautiful
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  Speaker 1: songs ever recorded, starting in verse forty six, My soul
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  Speaker 1: glorifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior,
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  Speaker 1: for he has been mindful of the humble state of
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  Speaker 1: his servant. From now on, all generations will call me blessed.
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  Speaker 1: When Elizabeth's time came to give birth, the community gathered
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  Speaker 1: to celebrate. Luke records in verses fifty seven through fifty nine.
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  Speaker 1: When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby,
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  Speaker 1: she gave birth to a son. Her neighbours and relatives
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  Speaker 1: heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and
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  Speaker 1: they shared her joy. On the eighth day, they came
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  Speaker 1: to circumcise the child, and they were going to name
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  Speaker 1: him after his father. Zechariah, but Elizabeth had other plans,
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  Speaker 1: as written in verses sixty through sixty three. His mother
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  Speaker 1: spoke up and said, no, he is to be called John.
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  Speaker 1: They said to her, there is no one among your
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  Speaker 1: relatives who has that name. Then they made signs to
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  Speaker 1: his father to find out what he would like to
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  Speaker 1: name the child. He asked for a writing tablet, and
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  Speaker 1: to everyone's astonishment, he wrote, his name is John. Immediately
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  Speaker 1: Zechariah could speak again. Luke describes what happened next in
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  Speaker 1: verses sixty four through sixty six. Immediately his mouth was
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  Speaker 1: opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak,
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  Speaker 1: praising God. All the neighbors were filled with awe, and
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  Speaker 1: throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about
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  Speaker 1: all these things. Every one who heard this wondered about it,
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  Speaker 1: asking what then is this child going to be? For
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's hand was with him, filled with the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Zekariah spoke prophetic words about his son's future, as recorded
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  Speaker 1: in verses seventy six through seventy nine. And you, my child,
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  Speaker 1: will be called a prophet of the most High, for
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  Speaker 1: you will go on before the Lord to prepare the
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  Speaker 1: way for him. To give his people the knowledge of
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  Speaker 1: salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the
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  Speaker 1: tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun
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  Speaker 1: will come to us from heaven to shine on those
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  Speaker 1: living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to
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  Speaker 1: guide our feet into the path of peace. The child
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  Speaker 1: John grew and became strong in spirit, living in the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel. During this time,
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  Speaker 1: Caesar Augustus issued a decree that required everyone to return
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  Speaker 1: to their hometown for a census. Luke sets the scene
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  Speaker 1: in Chapter two, verses one through three. In those days,
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  Speaker 1: Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be
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  Speaker 1: taken of the entire Roman world. This was the first
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  Speaker 1: census that took place while Corinius was governor of Syria,
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  Speaker 1: and everyone went to their own town to register. Joseph
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  Speaker 1: had to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem because he belonged
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  Speaker 1: to the family line of David. Luke describes their journey
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  Speaker 1: in verses four through five. So Joseph also went up
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  Speaker 1: from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea to Bethlehem,
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  Speaker 1: the the town of David because he belonged to the
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  Speaker 1: house and line of David. He went there to register
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  Speaker 1: with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him
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  Speaker 1: and was expecting a child. What happened next changed everything,
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  Speaker 1: as Luke records in verses six through seven. While they
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  Speaker 1: were there, the time came for the baby to be born,
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  Speaker 1: and she gave birth to her first born, a son.
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  Speaker 1: She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a
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  Speaker 1: manger because there was no guest room available for them.
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  Speaker 1: That same night, shepherds were watching their flocks in nearby
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  Speaker 1: fields when an angel appeared to them. Luke captures their
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  Speaker 1: fear and the angel's message in verses eight through twelve.
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  Speaker 1: And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by,
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  Speaker 1: keeping watch over their flocks. At night. An angel of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the
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  Speaker 1: angel said to them, do not be afraid. I bring
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  Speaker 1: you good news that will cause great joy for all
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  Speaker 1: the people. To day in the town of David, a
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  Speaker 1: savior has been born to you. He is the Messiah,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. This will be a sign to you. You
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  Speaker 1: will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in
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  Speaker 1: a manger. Suddenly the night sky filled with angels praising God,
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  Speaker 1: as written in verses thirteen through fourteen. Suddenly a great
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  Speaker 1: company of the heavenly host appeared with the Angel, praising
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  Speaker 1: God and saying glory to God in the highest heaven
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  Speaker 1: and on earth, peace to those on whom His favor rests.
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  Speaker 1: The shepherds hurried to Bethlehem and found Mary, Joseph and
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  Speaker 1: the baby, exactly as the Angel had described. When they
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  Speaker 1: saw him, they spread the word about what they had
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  Speaker 1: been told concerning this child. When Jesus was twelve years old,
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  Speaker 1: his family traveled to Jerusalem the Passover festival. Luke describes
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  Speaker 1: what happened during their return journey in verses forty one
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  Speaker 1: through forty six. Every year jesus parents went to Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: for the festival of the Passover. When he was twelve
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  Speaker 1: years old, they went up to the festival according to
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  Speaker 1: the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents
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  Speaker 1: were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: but they were unaware of it, thinking he was in
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  Speaker 1: their company. They traveled on for a day. Then they
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  Speaker 1: began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When
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  Speaker 1: they did not find him. They went back to Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: to look for him. After three days, they found him
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  Speaker 1: in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to
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  Speaker 1: them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard Jesus was
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  Speaker 1: amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents
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  Speaker 1: found him, Mary expressed her worry, as recorded in verse
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  Speaker 1: fourty eight. When his parents saw him, they were astonished.
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  Speaker 1: His mother said to him, son, why have you treated
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  Speaker 1: us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously
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  Speaker 1: searching for who did Saili's response revealed his divine nature,
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  Speaker 1: as written in verses forty nine through fifty. Why were
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  Speaker 1: you searching for me? Didn't you know I had to
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  Speaker 1: be in my father's house? But they did not understand
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  Speaker 1: what he was saying to them. Jesus returned to Nazareth
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  Speaker 1: with his parents and was obedient to them, while Mary
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  Speaker 1: treasured all these things in her heart. Years later, John
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  Speaker 1: the Baptist began his ministry in the wilderness. Luke describes
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  Speaker 1: his message in Chapter three, verses three through six. He
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  Speaker 1: went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a
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  Speaker 1: baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As it
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  Speaker 1: is written in the Book of the Words of Isaiah,
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  Speaker 1: the prophet, a voice of one calling in the wilderness.
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  Speaker 1: Prepare the way for the Lord, Make straight paths for him.
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  Speaker 1: Every valley shall be filled in every mountain and hill
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  Speaker 1: made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough
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  Speaker 1: ways smooth, and all people will see God's salvation. When
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  Speaker 1: Jesus came to be baptized, something extraordinary happened. Luke records
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  Speaker 1: in verses twenty one through twenty two, when all the
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  Speaker 1: people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too, And as
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  Speaker 1: he was praying, Heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and
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  Speaker 1: a voice came from heaven. You are my son, whom
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  Speaker 1: I love. With you, I am well pleased. Luke then
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  Speaker 1: carefully traces Jesus's genealogy all the way back to Adam,
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  Speaker 1: showing that Jesus came for all humanity. Jesus, full of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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  Speaker 1: where he faced temptation for forty days. Luke describes this
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  Speaker 1: testing in Chapter four, verses one through four. Jesus full
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  Speaker 1: of the Holy Spirit left the Jordan and was led
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  Speaker 1: by the spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days
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  Speaker 1: he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during
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  Speaker 1: those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
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  Speaker 1: The devil said to him, if you are the son
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  Speaker 1: of God, tell this stone to become bred. Jesus answered,
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  Speaker 1: it is written man shall not live on bread alone.
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  Speaker 1: After defeating every temptation, Jesus returned to Galilee. In the
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  Speaker 1: power of the spirit. He went to Nazareth, his home town,
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  Speaker 1: and stood up to read in the synagogue. Luke records
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  Speaker 1: what happened in verses sixteen through twenty one. He went
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  Speaker 1: to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on
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  Speaker 1: the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was
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  Speaker 1: his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll
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  Speaker 1: of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it,
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  Speaker 1: he found the place where it is written, the Spirit
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed
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  Speaker 1: me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has
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  Speaker 1: sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners, and recovery
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  Speaker 1: of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
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  Speaker 1: to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Then He
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  Speaker 1: rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant,
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  Speaker 1: and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue
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  Speaker 1: were fastened on him. He began by saying to them,
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  Speaker 1: to day this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. The
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  Speaker 1: people's reaction quickly turned from amazement to anger when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: spoke of God's love for outsiders. They drove him out
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  Speaker 1: of town and tried to throw him off a cliff,
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  Speaker 1: but Jesus walked right through the crowd and went on
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  Speaker 1: his way. He traveled to Capernaum, where he taught with
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  Speaker 1: authority and cast out demons. The people were azed at
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  Speaker 1: his power, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.
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  Speaker 1: By the lake of gennis Herat, crowds pressed around Jesus
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  Speaker 1: to hear God's word. Luke describes what happened next in
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  Speaker 1: Chapter five, verses one through three. One day, as Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, the people were
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  Speaker 1: crowding around him and listening to the word of God.
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  Speaker 1: He saw at the water's edge two boats left there
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  Speaker 1: by the fishermen who were washing their nets. He got
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  Speaker 1: into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,
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  Speaker 1: and asked him to put out a little from shore.
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  Speaker 1: Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
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  Speaker 1: When he finished teaching, Jesus told Simon to put out
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  Speaker 1: into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.
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  Speaker 1: Simon's response revealed his doubt, as recorded in verses five
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  Speaker 1: through seven, Simon answered, Master, we've worked hard all night
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  Speaker 1: and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I
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  Speaker 1: will let down the nets. When they had done so,
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  Speaker 1: they caught such a large number of fish that their
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  Speaker 1: nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in
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  Speaker 1: the other boat to come and help them, and they
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  Speaker 1: came and filled both boats so full that they began
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  Speaker 1: to sink. Peter's reaction was immediate and humble, as Luke
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  Speaker 1: records in verses eight through ten. When Simon Peter saw this,
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  Speaker 1: he fell at jesus knees and said, go away from me. Lord.
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  Speaker 1: I am a sinful man. For he and all his
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  Speaker 1: companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
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  Speaker 1: and so were James and John, the sons of Zebede,
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  Speaker 1: Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, don't be afraid.
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  Speaker 1: From now on you will fish for people Jesus continued
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  Speaker 1: to heal the sick and called people to follow him.
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  Speaker 1: When he called Levi, a tax collector, to follow him,
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  Speaker 1: the religious leaders criticized Jesus for eating with sinners. Luke
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  Speaker 1: recalled jesus response in verses thirty one through thirty two.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus answered them, it is not the healthy who need
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  Speaker 1: a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to
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  Speaker 1: call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Jesus also taught
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  Speaker 1: about new and old ways of living, explaining in verses
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  Speaker 1: thirty six through thirty eight. He told them this parable.
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  Speaker 1: No one tears a piece out of a new garment
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  Speaker 1: to patch and old one, otherwise they will have torn
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  Speaker 1: the new garment, and the patch from the new will
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  Speaker 1: not match the old. And no one pours new wine
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  Speaker 1: into old wine skins, otherwise the new wine will burst
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  Speaker 1: the skins, the wine will run out, and the wine
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  Speaker 1: skins will be ruined. No new wine must be poured
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  Speaker 1: into new wineskins. Jesus authority became clear when religious leaders
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  Speaker 1: challenged him about the sabbath. Luke describes one incident in
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  Speaker 1: Chapter six, verses one through five, when Sabbath Jesus was
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  Speaker 1: going through the grain fields, and his disciples began to
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  Speaker 1: pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands,
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  Speaker 1: and eat the kernels. Some of the pharisees asked, why
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  Speaker 1: are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: answered them, have you never read what David did? When
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  Speaker 1: he and his companions were hungry. He entered the House
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  Speaker 1: of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what
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  Speaker 1: is lawful only for priests to eat, and he also
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  Speaker 1: gave some to his companions. Then Jesus said to them,
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  Speaker 1: the son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. After
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  Speaker 1: spending all night in prayer, Jesus chose his twelve apostles.
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  Speaker 1: Luke lists them in verses thirteen through sixteen. When morning came,
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  Speaker 1: he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them,
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  Speaker 1: whom he also designated apostles. Simon, whom he named Peter,
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  Speaker 1: his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James
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  Speaker 1: son of Alpheus, Simon who was called the zealot, Judas
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  Speaker 1: son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus then taught the crowds from a level place, beginning
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  Speaker 1: with the Beatitudes in verses twenty through twenty three. Looking
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  Speaker 1: at his disciples, he said, Blessed are you who are poor,
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  Speaker 1: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you
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  Speaker 1: who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are
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  Speaker 1: you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are
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  Speaker 1: you when people hate you, when they exclude you and
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  Speaker 1: insult you, and reject your name as evil because of
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  Speaker 1: the son of man. Rejoice in that day and leap
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  Speaker 1: for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. But
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  Speaker 1: Jesus also spoke words of warning, as recorded in verses
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  Speaker 1: twenty four through twenty six. But woe to you who
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  Speaker 1: are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe
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  Speaker 1: to you who are well fed now, for you will
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  Speaker 1: go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you
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  Speaker 1: will mourn and weep. Woe to you when everyone speaks
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  Speaker 1: well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated
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  Speaker 1: the false prophets. Jesus taught revolutionary principles about love, as
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  Speaker 1: written in verses twenty seven through thirty one. But to
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  Speaker 1: you who are listening, I say, love your enemies. Do
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  Speaker 1: good to those who hate you, Bless those who curse you,
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  Speaker 1: Pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you
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  Speaker 1: on one cheek, turn to them the other. Also, if
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  Speaker 1: someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.
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  Speaker 1: Give to everyone who asks you, And if anyone takes
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  Speaker 1: what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do
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  Speaker 1: to others as you would have them do to you.
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  Speaker 1: After Jesus finished speaking to the people, he entered Capernium,
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  Speaker 1: where a Roman centurion servant was sick and about to die.
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  Speaker 1: This centurion was different from other Roman soldiers. He loved
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish people and had even built them a synagogue.
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  Speaker 1: When Jewish leaders approach Jesus about this situation, Luke records
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  Speaker 1: their words in Chapter seven, verses four through five. When
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  Speaker 1: they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, this
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  Speaker 1: man deserves to have you do this because he loves
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  Speaker 1: our nation and has built our synagogue. Jesus went with them,
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  Speaker 1: but as he approached the house, the centurion sent friends
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  Speaker 1: with a message that revealed incredible faith. Luke captures this
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  Speaker 1: moment in verses six through eight. Lord, don't trouble yourself,
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  Speaker 1: for I do not deserve to have you come under
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  Speaker 1: my roof. That is why I did not even consider
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  Speaker 1: myself worthy to come to you. But say the word,
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  Speaker 1: and my servant will be healed. For I myself am
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  Speaker 1: a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell
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  Speaker 1: this one go and he goes, and that one come
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  Speaker 1: and he comes. I say to my servant, do this,
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  Speaker 1: and he does it. Jesus was amazed by this response,
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  Speaker 1: as Luke writes in verses nine through ten. When Jesus
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  Speaker 1: heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to
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  Speaker 1: the crowd following him, he said, I tell you, I
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  Speaker 1: have not found such great faith even in Israel. Then
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  Speaker 1: the men who had been sent returned to the house
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  Speaker 1: and found the servant well. The next day, Jesus traveled
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  Speaker 1: to a town called Naine, accompanied by his disciples and
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  Speaker 1: a large crowd. As they approached the town gate, they
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  Speaker 1: encountered a funeral procession. Luke describes the scene in verses
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  Speaker 1: eleven through twelve. As he approached the town gate, a
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  Speaker 1: dead person was being carried out, the only son of
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  Speaker 1: his mother, and she was a widow, and a large
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  Speaker 1: crowd from the town was with her. Jesus heart was
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  Speaker 1: moved with compassion for this grieving mother. Luke records what
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  Speaker 1: happened next in verses thirteen through fifteen. When the Lord
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  Speaker 1: saw her, his heart went out to her, and he said,
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  Speaker 1: don't cry. Then he went up and touched the bier
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  Speaker 1: they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still.
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  Speaker 1: He said, young man, I say to you, get up.
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  Speaker 1: The dead man sat up and began to talk, and
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  Speaker 1: Jesus gave him back to his mother. Meanwhile, John the
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  Speaker 1: Baptist was in prison and had heard about jesus works.
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  Speaker 1: He sent his disciples to Jesus with a question that
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  Speaker 1: revealed his human struggles. Luke records their message in verses
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  Speaker 1: nineteen through twenty. John's disciples told him about all these things,
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  Speaker 1: Calling two of them, he sent them to the law
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  Speaker 1: to ask, are you the one who is to come?
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  Speaker 1: Or should we expect some one else. Jesus response was
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  Speaker 1: gentle but clear, as Luke writes in verses twenty one
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  Speaker 1: through twenty three, at that very time, Jesus cured many
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  Speaker 1: who had diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and gave sight
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  Speaker 1: to many who were blind. So he replied to the messengers,
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  Speaker 1: go back and report to John what you have seen
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  Speaker 1: and heard, the blind receive sight, the lame walk, those
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  Speaker 1: who have leprosy are cleansed the deaf. Here the dead
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  Speaker 1: are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.
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  Speaker 1: Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.
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  Speaker 1: After John's messengers left, Jesus spoke to the crowd about
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  Speaker 1: John's greatness, saying in verses twenty eight, I tell you,
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  Speaker 1: among those born of women, there is no one greater
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  Speaker 1: than John. Yet the one who is leased in the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God is greater than he. A Pharisee named
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  Speaker 1: Simon invited Jesus to dinner at his house. While they
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  Speaker 1: were eating, something unexpected happened. Luke describes the scene in
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  Speaker 1: verses thirty six through thirty eight. When one of the
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  Speaker 1: pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him. He went
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  Speaker 1: to the pharisees house and reclined at the table. A
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  Speaker 1: woman in that town who lived a sinful life, learned
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus was eating at the pharisees house, so she
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  Speaker 1: came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she
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  Speaker 1: stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to
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  Speaker 1: wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them
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  Speaker 1: with her hair, kissed them, and poured perfume on them.
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  Speaker 1: Simon was shocked by this display and thought to himself
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  Speaker 1: that if Jesus were really a prophet, he would know
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  Speaker 1: what kind of woman this was. Jesus knew Simon's thoughts
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  Speaker 1: and told him a story in verses forty one through
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  Speaker 1: forty three. Two people owed money to a certain money lender.
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  Speaker 1: One owed him five hundred denarii and the other fifty.
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  Speaker 1: Neither of them had the money to pay him back,
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  Speaker 1: so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of
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  Speaker 1: them will love him more? Simon replied, I suppose the
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  Speaker 1: one who had the bigger debt forgiven. You have judged correctly,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said, Then Jesus has turned to the woman and
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  Speaker 1: spoke to Simon about her actions, as recorded in verses
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  Speaker 1: forty four through forty seven. Do you see this woman.
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  Speaker 1: I came into your house. You did not give me
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  Speaker 1: any water for my feet, but she wet my feet
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  Speaker 1: with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You
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  Speaker 1: did not give me a kiss, But this woman, from
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  Speaker 1: the time I entered has not stopped kissing my feet.
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  Speaker 1: You did not put oil on my head, but she
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  Speaker 1: has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you her,
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  Speaker 1: many sins have been forgiven, as her great love has shown.
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  Speaker 1: But whoever has been forgiven little loves little. Jesus then
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  Speaker 1: spoke directly to the woman, saying, in verse forty eight,
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  Speaker 1: your sins are forgiven. The other guests began to question
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  Speaker 1: who Jesus was to forgive sins, but Jesus told the
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  Speaker 1: woman in verse fifty, your faith has saved you. Go
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  Speaker 1: in peace. After this, Jesus traveled through many towns and
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  Speaker 1: villages preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God.
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  Speaker 1: Luke mentioned something important about his ministry in Chapter eight,
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  Speaker 1: verses one through three. The twelve were with him, and
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  Speaker 1: also some women who had been cured of evil spirits
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  Speaker 1: and diseases, Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had
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  Speaker 1: come out, Joanna, the wife of Choosa, the manager of
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  Speaker 1: Herod's household Susannah, and many others. These women were helping
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  Speaker 1: to support them out of their own means. When large
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  Speaker 1: crowds gathered, Jesus taught them using parables. He told them
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  Speaker 1: about a farmer who went out to sow his seed
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  Speaker 1: and explained the meaning to his disciples in verses eleven
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  Speaker 1: through fifteen. This is the meaning of the parable. The
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  Speaker 1: seed is the word of God. Those along the path
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  Speaker 1: are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes
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  Speaker 1: and takes away the word from their hearts, so that
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  Speaker 1: they may not believe and be saved. Those on the
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  Speaker 1: rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with
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  Speaker 1: joy when they hear it, but they have no root.
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  Speaker 1: They believe for a while, but in the time of
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  Speaker 1: testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns
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  Speaker 1: stands for those who hear, but as they go on
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  Speaker 1: their way, they are choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures,
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  Speaker 1: and they do not mature. But the seed on good
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  Speaker 1: soil stands for those with a noble and good heart
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  Speaker 1: who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering, produce
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  Speaker 1: a crop. Jesus also taught about letting your light shine
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  Speaker 1: then defind his true family in verses nineteen through twenty one.
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  Speaker 1: Now jesus mother and brothers came to see him, but
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  Speaker 1: they were not able to get near him because of
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  Speaker 1: the crowd. Someone told him, your mother and brothers are
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  Speaker 1: standing outside, wanting to see you. He replied, My mother
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  Speaker 1: and brothers are those who hear God's word and put
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  Speaker 1: it into practice. One day, Jesus got into a boat
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  Speaker 1: with his disciples and said to them, let us go
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  Speaker 1: over to the other side of the lake. As they sailed,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a fierce storm came down on
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  Speaker 1: the lake, and the boat was filling with water. Luke
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  Speaker 1: describes their desperate situation in verses twenty three through twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down
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  Speaker 1: on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped
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  Speaker 1: and they were in great danger. The disciples went and
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  Speaker 1: woke him, saying, well, Master, Master, we're going to drown.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus response amazed them all, as Luke records in verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty four, he got up and rebuked the wind and
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  Speaker 1: the raging waters. The storm subsided and all was calm.
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  Speaker 1: Then Jesus asked his disciples in verse twenty five, where
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  Speaker 1: is your faith? They were afraid and amazed, asking each
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  Speaker 1: other who is this? He commands even the winds and
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  Speaker 1: the water, and they obey him. When they reached the
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  Speaker 1: region of the Jerresnes, they met a man who had
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  Speaker 1: been controlled by demons for a long time. Luke describes
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  Speaker 1: his condition in verses twenty seven through twenty nine. When
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  Speaker 1: Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon possessed
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  Speaker 1: man from the town for a long time. This man
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  Speaker 1: had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but
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  Speaker 1: had lived in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he
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  Speaker 1: cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the
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  Speaker 1: top of his voice, what do you want with me, Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: Son of the Most High God? I beg you don't
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  Speaker 1: torture me, for Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to
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  Speaker 1: come out of the man. The demons begged Jesus not
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  Speaker 1: to send them into the abyss, so Jesus allowed them
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  Speaker 1: to enter a herd of pigs. Luke records what happened
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  Speaker 1: in verses thirty two through thirty three. A large herd
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  Speaker 1: of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons
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  Speaker 1: begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and
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  Speaker 1: he gave them permission. When the demons came out of
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  Speaker 1: the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd
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  Speaker 1: rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
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  Speaker 1: The man who had been healed wanted to follow Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: but Jesus told him in verse thirty nine, return home
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  Speaker 1: and tell how much God has done for you. So
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  Speaker 1: the man went away and told all over town how
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  Speaker 1: much Jesus had done for him. When Jesus returned to
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  Speaker 1: the other side of the lake, a synagogue leader named
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  Speaker 1: Jyrus fell at his feet and begged Jesus to come
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  Speaker 1: to his house because his only daughter was dying. As
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  Speaker 1: Jesus went with him, the crowds almost crushed him. In
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  Speaker 1: the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for
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  Speaker 1: twelve years. Luke describes her desperate faith in verses forty
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  Speaker 1: three through forty four. And a woman was there who
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  Speaker 1: had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no
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  Speaker 1: one could heal her. She came up behind him and
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  Speaker 1: touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus knew someone had touched him with faith. When the
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  Speaker 1: woman realized she couldn't hide, she came trembling and fell
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  Speaker 1: at his feet, explaining why she had touched him and
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  Speaker 1: how she had been instantly healed. Jesus said to her
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  Speaker 1: in verse forty eight. Daughter, your faith has healed you.
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  Speaker 1: Go in peace. While Jesus was still speaking, some one
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  Speaker 1: came from Jyrus's house with terrible news, as recorded in
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  Speaker 1: verse Your daughter is dead. Don't bother the teacher any more.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus told Gyrus in verse fifty don't be afraid.
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  Speaker 1: Just believe, and she will be healed. When they arrived
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  Speaker 1: at the house, Jesus took only Peter, John James, and
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  Speaker 1: the child's parents inside. He told the morning crowd in
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  Speaker 1: verse fifty two, stop wailing. She is not dead but asleep.
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  Speaker 1: Then Jesus took the girl by the hand and said,
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  Speaker 1: in verse fifty four, my child, get up. Her spirit
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  Speaker 1: returned and she stood up immediately. Jesus called the twelve
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  Speaker 1: disciples together and gave them power and authority over all
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  Speaker 1: demons and to cure diseases. Luke records his instructions in
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  Speaker 1: verses two through five. He sent them out to proclaim
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  Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He
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  Speaker 1: told them take nothing for the journey. No staff, no bag,
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  Speaker 1: no bread, no money, no extra shirt. Whatever house you enter,
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  Speaker 1: stay there until you leave that town. If people do
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  Speaker 1: not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust
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  Speaker 1: off your feet as a testimony against them. The disciples
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  Speaker 1: went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing
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  Speaker 1: people everywhere. Meanwhile, Herod the Tetrarch heard about all that
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  Speaker 1: was happening and was confused about Jesus's identity. Luke describes
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  Speaker 1: his con fusion in verses seven through nine. Now, Herod
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  Speaker 1: the Tetrarch heard about all that was going on, and
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  Speaker 1: he was perplexed because some were saying that John had
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  Speaker 1: been raised from the dead, others that Elijah had appeared,
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  Speaker 1: and still others that one of the prophets of long
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  Speaker 1: ago had come back to life. But Herod said, I
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  Speaker 1: beheaded John. Who then is this? I hear such things about,
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  Speaker 1: and he tried to see him. When the apostles returned,
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  Speaker 1: they reported to Jesus what they had done. Jesus took
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  Speaker 1: them to a town called Bethsada to be alone, but
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  Speaker 1: the crowds followed them. Jesus welcomed them and spoke about
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  Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God healing those who needed healing. As
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  Speaker 1: evening approached, the disciples suggested sending the crowd away to
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  Speaker 1: find food and lodging, but Jesus surprised them by saying
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  Speaker 1: in verse thirteen, you give them something to eat. The
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  Speaker 1: disciples protested that they only had five loaves and two fish.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus took what they had and performed a miracle. As
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  Speaker 1: Luke records in verses fourteen through seventeen, about five thousand
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  Speaker 1: men were there, but he said to his disciples, have
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  Speaker 1: them sit down in groups of about fifty each. The
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  Speaker 1: disciples did so, and everyone sat down, taking the five
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  Speaker 1: loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven.
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  Speaker 1: He gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them
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  Speaker 1: to the disciples to distribute to the people. They all
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  Speaker 1: ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve
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  Speaker 1: basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. Later, when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was praying alone with his disciples, he asked them
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  Speaker 1: who people said he was. After they answered, Jesus asked
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  Speaker 1: them directly in verse twenty, but what about you, who
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  Speaker 1: do you say I am Peter, answered God's Messiah. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: then began to teach them about his coming suffering, as
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  Speaker 1: recorded in verse twenty two, The son of Man must
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  Speaker 1: suffer many things and be rejected by the elders. The
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  Speaker 1: chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he
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  Speaker 1: must be killed and on the third day be raised
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  Speaker 1: to life. Then Jesus spoke to all of them about
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  Speaker 1: following him, saying in verses twenty three through twenty four,
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  Speaker 1: whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and
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  Speaker 1: take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever
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  Speaker 1: wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever
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  Speaker 1: loses their life for me will save it. About eight
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  Speaker 1: days after Jesus spoke these words, he took Peter, John
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  Speaker 1: and James up on a mountain to pray. Something amazing
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  Speaker 1: happened while he was praying, as Luke describes in verses
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine through thirty one. As he was praying, the
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  Speaker 1: appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as
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  Speaker 1: bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah,
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  Speaker 1: appeared in glorious splendor. Talking with Jesus. They spoke about
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  Speaker 1: his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment
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  Speaker 1: at Jerusalem. The disciples were very sleepy, but when they
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  Speaker 1: became fully awake, they saw Jesus glory and the two
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  Speaker 1: men standing with him. As the men were leaving Peter
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  Speaker 1: spoke up, as recorded in verse thirty three, Master, it
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  Speaker 1: is good for us to be here. Let us put
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  Speaker 1: up three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and
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  Speaker 1: one for Elijah. While Peter was still speaking, a cloud
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  Speaker 1: appeared and covered them. A voice came from the cloud,
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  Speaker 1: saying in verse thirty five, this is my son, whom
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  Speaker 1: I have chosen. Listen to him. When the voice finished speaking,
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  Speaker 1: only Jesus was there. The disciples kept quiet about what
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  Speaker 1: they had seen. The Next day, when they came down
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  Speaker 1: from the mountain, a large crowd met them. A man
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  Speaker 1: in the crowd called out to Jesus about his son,
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  Speaker 1: as Luke records in verses thirty eight through forty, Teacher,
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  Speaker 1: I beg you to look at my son, for he
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  Speaker 1: is my only child. A spirit seizes him, and he
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  Speaker 1: suddenly screams. It throws him into convulsions so that he
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  Speaker 1: foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him, and
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  Speaker 1: is destroying him. I begged your disciples to drive it out,
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  Speaker 1: but they could not. Jesus' response revealed his frustration with
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  Speaker 1: their lack of faith, As Luke writes in verse forty one,
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  Speaker 1: you unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I stay
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  Speaker 1: with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus healed the boy, and everyone was amazed at God's greatness.
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  Speaker 1: While everyone was marveling at jesus miracles, he spoke privately
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  Speaker 1: to his disciples about his coming betrayal, as recorded in
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  Speaker 1: verse forty four. Listen carefully to what I am about
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  Speaker 1: to tell you. The son of Man is going to
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  Speaker 1: be delivered into the hands of men. The disciples began
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  Speaker 1: arguing about who would be the greatest among them. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: knew their thoughts and took a little child. Placing the
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  Speaker 1: child beside him, he said in verses forty seven through
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  Speaker 1: forty eight, whoever welcomes this little child in my name
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  Speaker 1: welcomes me, And whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who
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  Speaker 1: sent me. For it is the one who is least
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  Speaker 1: among you all who is the greatest. John told Jesus
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  Speaker 1: about someone driving out demons in Jesus name, even though
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  Speaker 1: he wasn't one of their group. Jesus responded in verse fifty,
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  Speaker 1: do not stop him, for whoever is not against you
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  Speaker 1: is for you. As the time approached for Jesus to
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  Speaker 1: be taken up to heaven. He set his face toward Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 1: When a Samaritan village rejected them, James and John wanted
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  Speaker 1: to call down fire from heaven, but Jesus rebuked them.
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  Speaker 1: As they traveled, different people wanted to follow Jesus, to
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  Speaker 1: one man who said he would follow wherever Jesus went.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus replied in verse fifty eight, foxes have dens and
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  Speaker 1: birds have nests, but the son of man has no
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  Speaker 1: place to lay his head. Jesus appointed seventy two others
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  Speaker 1: and sent them out in pairs to every town and
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  Speaker 1: place where he was about to go. His instructions to
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  Speaker 1: them were clear, as recorded in verses two through four.
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  Speaker 1: The harvest is plentiful, but the workers a few. Ask
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers
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  Speaker 1: into his harvest field. Go, I am sending you out
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  Speaker 1: like lambs among wolves. Do not take a purse or
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  Speaker 1: bag or sandals, and do not greet anyone on the road.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus told them what to do when they entered a
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  Speaker 1: house and how to respond to rejection. He warned about
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  Speaker 1: the consequences for towns that rejected them, saying in verse sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: whoever listens to you, listens to me. Whoever rejects you
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  Speaker 1: rejects me. But whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.
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  Speaker 1: The seventy two returned with joy and reported to Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: as Luke records in verse seventeen, Lord, even the demons
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  Speaker 1: submit to us in your name, Jesus replied in verses
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  Speaker 1: eighteen through twenty, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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  Speaker 1: I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions,
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  Speaker 1: and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Nothing
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  Speaker 1: will hurt you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits
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  Speaker 1: submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written
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  Speaker 1: in heaven. At that time Jesus was full of joy
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  Speaker 1: through the Holy Spirit and prayed, as recorded in verses
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  Speaker 1: twenty one through twenty two. I praise you, Father, Lord
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  Speaker 1: of Heaven and Earth, because you have hidden these things
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  Speaker 1: from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father,
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  Speaker 1: for them, this is what you were pleased to do.
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  Speaker 1: All things have been committed to me by my father.
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  Speaker 1: No one knows who the son is except the father,
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  Speaker 1: And no one knows who the father is except the son.
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  Speaker 1: And those to whom the son chooses to reveal him.
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  Speaker 1: An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus
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  Speaker 1: with a question about eternal life. Jesus turned the question
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  Speaker 1: back to him, and the man correctly answered about loving
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  Speaker 1: God and neighbour. But wanting to justify himself, the man
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  Speaker 1: asked Jesus in verse twenty nine, and who is my neighbour?
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  Speaker 1: Jesus answered with a story about a man who was
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  Speaker 1: attacked by robbers while traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. A
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  Speaker 1: priest and a levite both passed by without helping, but
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  Speaker 1: a Samaritan stopped to care for the wounded man. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: ended the story by asking in verse thirty six, which
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  Speaker 1: of these three do you think was a neighbour to
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  Speaker 1: the man who fell into the hands of robbers. The
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  Speaker 1: expert answered correctly, and Jesus told him in verse thirty seven,
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  Speaker 1: go and do likewise. Jesus and his disciples came to
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  Speaker 1: a village where a woman named Martha opened her home
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  Speaker 1: to them. She had a sister called Mary, who sat
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  Speaker 1: at jesus feet listening to his teaching. Luke describes what
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  Speaker 1: happened in verses thirty nine through forty two. She had
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  Speaker 1: a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet
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  Speaker 1: listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by
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  Speaker 1: all the preparations that had to be made. She came
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  Speaker 1: to him and asked, Lord, don't you care that my
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  Speaker 1: sister has left me to do the work by myself.
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  Speaker 1: Tell her to help me, Martha Martha. The Lord answered,
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  Speaker 1: you are worried and upset about many things, but few
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  Speaker 1: things are needed. Or indeed, only one. Mary has chosen
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  Speaker 1: what is better, and it will not be taken away
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  Speaker 1: from her. One day, Jesus was praying in a certain place,
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  Speaker 1: and when he finished, one of his disciples asked him
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  Speaker 1: to teach them to pray, just as John had taught
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  Speaker 1: his disciples. Jesus responded by giving them what we call
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's prayer, as recorded in verses two through four.
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  Speaker 1: When you pray, say, Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: Come give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us
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  Speaker 1: our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us,
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  Speaker 1: and lead us not into temptation. Jesus then taught them
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  Speaker 1: about persistent prayer, using a story about a friend who
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  Speaker 1: came at midnight asking for bread. He explained in verses
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  Speaker 1: nine through thirteen. So I say to you, ask and
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  Speaker 1: it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock,
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  Speaker 1: and the door will be open to you. For everyone
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  Speaker 1: who asks receives. The one who seeks finds, and to
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  Speaker 1: the one who knocks the a docker will be opened.
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  Speaker 1: Which of you, fathers, if your son asks for a fish,
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  Speaker 1: will give him a snake instead, Or if he asks
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  Speaker 1: for an egg, will give him a scorpion. If you, then,
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  Speaker 1: though you are evil, know how to give good gifts
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  Speaker 1: to your children, how much more will your Father in
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  Speaker 1: Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When
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  Speaker 1: the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke,
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  Speaker 1: and the crowd was amazed. But some people accuse Jesus
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  Speaker 1: of driving out demons by be elsible, the prince of demons.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus knew their thoughts and said in verses seventeen through twenty,
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  Speaker 1: any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a
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  Speaker 1: house divided against itself will fall. If Satan is divided
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  Speaker 1: against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this,
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  Speaker 1: because you claim that I drive out demons by be elsible. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if I drive out demons by be elsible, by whom
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  Speaker 1: do your followers drive them out? So then they will
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  Speaker 1: be your judges. But if I drive out demons by
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  Speaker 1: the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has
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  Speaker 1: come upon you. Jesus told them about the need for
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  Speaker 1: the light within them to shine brightly, saying in verses
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  Speaker 1: thirty three through thirty six. No one lights a lamp
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  Speaker 1: and puts it in a place where it will be
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  Speaker 1: hidden or under a bowl. Instead, they put it on
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  Speaker 1: its stand, so that those who come in may see
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  Speaker 1: the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body.
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  Speaker 1: When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is
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  Speaker 1: full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body
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  Speaker 1: also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that
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  Speaker 1: the light within you is not darkness. Therefore, if your
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  Speaker 1: whole body is full of light and no part of
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  Speaker 1: it dark, it will be just as full of light
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  Speaker 1: as when a lamp shines its light on you. A
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  Speaker 1: pharisee invited Jesus to eat with him, but Jesus didn't
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  Speaker 1: wash before the meal. This surprised the pharisee and Geseesus
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  Speaker 1: responded by speaking directly about their priorities. He pronounced woes
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  Speaker 1: on the Pharisees and experts in the law, saying in
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  Speaker 1: verses forty two through forty four, woe to you, Pharisees,
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  Speaker 1: because you give God a tenth of your mint rue
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  Speaker 1: and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect
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  Speaker 1: justice and the love of God. You should have practiced
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  Speaker 1: the latter without leaving the former. Undone ohe to you, Pharisees,
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  Speaker 1: because you love the most important seats in the synagogues
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  Speaker 1: and respectful greetings in the market places. Woe to you
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  Speaker 1: because you are like unmarked graves which people walk over
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  Speaker 1: without knowing it. The experts in the law felt insulted
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  Speaker 1: and said so, but Jesus continued with more woes against them,
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  Speaker 1: ending with a warning in verse fifty two, woe to
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  Speaker 1: you experts in the law, because you have taken away
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  Speaker 1: the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not en and
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  Speaker 1: you have hindered those who were entering. When thousands of
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  Speaker 1: people had gathered, so many that they were trampling on
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  Speaker 1: one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples.
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  Speaker 1: His warning was clear, as recorded in verses one through three,
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  Speaker 1: be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees,
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  Speaker 1: which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not
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  Speaker 1: be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
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  Speaker 1: What you have said in the dark will be heard
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  Speaker 1: in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the
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  Speaker 1: ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the
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  Speaker 1: roofs Jesus told them not to fear those who can
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  Speaker 1: kill the body, but to fear God, who has power
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  Speaker 1: over both body and soul. He encouraged them with these
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  Speaker 1: words in verses six through seven. Are not five sparrows
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  Speaker 1: sold for two pennies, yet not one of them is
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  Speaker 1: forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head
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  Speaker 1: are all numbered. Don't be afraid you are worth more
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  Speaker 1: than many sparrows. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would
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  Speaker 1: help them when they were brought before authorities. Then someone
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  Speaker 1: in the crowd asked Jesus to tell his brother to
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  Speaker 1: divide the inheritance with him. Jesus refused and warned about greed.
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  Speaker 1: Then told a parable about a rich man whose ground
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  Speaker 1: produced a good crop. The man thought to himself, as
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  Speaker 1: recorded in verses eighteen through nineteen, this is what I'll do.
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  Speaker 1: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones,
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  Speaker 1: and there I will store my surplus grain. And I'll
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  Speaker 1: say to myself, you have plenty of grain laid up
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  Speaker 1: for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and be merry.
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  Speaker 1: But God said to him in verse twenty you fool
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  Speaker 1: this very night. Your life will be demanded from you.
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  Speaker 1: Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?
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  Speaker 1: Jesus concluded in verse twenty one, this is how it
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  Speaker 1: will be with whoever stores up things for themsel but
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  Speaker 1: is not rich toward God. Jesus then taught about not
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  Speaker 1: worrying about life's needs, pointing to how God cares for
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  Speaker 1: ravens and lilies. He told them in verse thirty one,
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  Speaker 1: but seek his kingdom, and these things will be given
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  Speaker 1: to you as well. Jesus encouraged them to be ready
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  Speaker 1: for his return, like servants waiting for their master to
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  Speaker 1: return from a wedding banquet. He said in verses thirty
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  Speaker 1: five through thirty seven. Be dressed ready for service, and
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  Speaker 1: keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master
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  Speaker 1: to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he
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  Speaker 1: comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him.
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  Speaker 1: It will be good for those servants whose master finds
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  Speaker 1: them watching when he comes. Peter asked if this parable
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  Speaker 1: was for them or for everyone. Jesus answered with another
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  Speaker 1: parable about faithful and wise managers. He then made a
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  Speaker 1: startling statement about his mission in verses forty nine through
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  Speaker 1: fifty three. I have come to bring fire on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and how I wish it were already kindled. But I
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  Speaker 1: have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am
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  Speaker 1: under until it is completed. Do you think I came
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  Speaker 1: to bring peace on earth? No? I tell you but division.
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  Speaker 1: From now on there will be five in one family
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  Speaker 1: divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
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  Speaker 1: They will be divided father against son, and son against father,
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  Speaker 1: mother against daughter, and daughter against mother, mother in law
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  Speaker 1: against daughter in law, and daughter in law against mother
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  Speaker 1: in law. Jesus then spoke to the crowd about reading
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  Speaker 1: the signs of the times, saying they could predict whether
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  Speaker 1: but couldn't understand the present time. He urged them to
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  Speaker 1: settle matters quickly before facing judgment. Some people came to
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  Speaker 1: Jesus with news about Galileans whose blood pilot had mixed
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  Speaker 1: with their sacrifices. Jesus used this tragic event to teach
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  Speaker 1: about repentance, as recorded in Chapter thirteen, verses one through five. Now,
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  Speaker 1: there were some present at that time who told Jesus
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  Speaker 1: about the Galileans whose blood pilot had mixed with their sacrifices.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus answered, do you think that these Galileans were worse
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  Speaker 1: sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
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  Speaker 1: I tell you no. But unless you repent, you too
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  Speaker 1: will all perish. Jesus then told a parable about a
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  Speaker 1: fig tree that wasn't producing fruit. The story is found
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  Speaker 1: in verses six through nine. A man had a fig
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  Speaker 1: tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look
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  Speaker 1: for fruit on it, but did not find any. So
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  Speaker 1: he said to the man who took care of the vineyard.
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  Speaker 1: For three years now, I've been coming to look for
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  Speaker 1: fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut
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  Speaker 1: it down, sir. The man replied, leave it alone for
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  Speaker 1: one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertile
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  Speaker 1: lies it. If it bears fruit next year, fine, If not,
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  Speaker 1: then cut it down. On a Sabbath day, Jesus was
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  Speaker 1: teaching in one of the synagogues when he saw a
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  Speaker 1: woman who had been bent over for eighteen years. Luke
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  Speaker 1: describes what happened in verses eleven through thirteen. A woman
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  Speaker 1: was there who had been crippled by a spirit for
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  Speaker 1: eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten
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  Speaker 1: up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her
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  Speaker 1: forward and said to her, woman, you are set free
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  Speaker 1: from your infirmity. Then he put his hands on her,
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  Speaker 1: and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Later someone
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  Speaker 1: asked Jesus a direct question, recorded in verse twenty three, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: are only a few people going to be saved? Jesus
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  Speaker 1: answered in verses twenty four through twenty seven, make every
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  Speaker 1: effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I
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  Speaker 1: tell you, we'll try to enter and will not be
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  Speaker 1: able to. Once the owner of the house gets up
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  Speaker 1: and closes the door, you will stand outside, knocking and
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  Speaker 1: pleading Sir open the door for us, but he will answer,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know you or where you come from. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: then expressed his heartbreak over Jerusalem in verses thirty four
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  Speaker 1: through thirty five. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who killed the prophets
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  Speaker 1: and stone those sent to you. How often I have
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  Speaker 1: longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers
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  Speaker 1: her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look,
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  Speaker 1: your house is left to you desolate. One sabbath, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: went to eat in the house of a prominent pharisee,
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  Speaker 1: and the people were watching him closely. A man with
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  Speaker 1: abnormal swelling was there, and Jesus asked the pharisees and
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  Speaker 1: experts in the law a question recorded in Chapter fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: verses three through six. Is it lawful to heal on
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  Speaker 1: the sabbath or not? But they remained silent, So taking
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  Speaker 1: hold of the man, he healed him and sent him
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  Speaker 1: on his way. Then Jesus asked them, if one of
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  Speaker 1: you has a child or an ox that falls into
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  Speaker 1: a well on the sabbath day, will you not immediately
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  Speaker 1: pull it out? And they had nothing to say. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: noticed how the guests pick the places of honor at
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  Speaker 1: the table, so he told them a parable about humility.
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  Speaker 1: His words are found in verses eight through eleven. When
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  Speaker 1: some one invites you to a wedding feast, do not
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  Speaker 1: take the place of honor for a person more distinguished
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  Speaker 1: than you. May have been invited, but when you are invited,
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  Speaker 1: take the lowest place, so that when your host comes,
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  Speaker 1: he will say to you, friend, move up to a
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  Speaker 1: better place. Then you will be honored in the presence
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  Speaker 1: of all the other guests, for all those who exalt
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  Speaker 1: themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will
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  Speaker 1: be exalted. When one of the dinner guests said it
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  Speaker 1: would be blessed to eat at the feast in the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God, Jesus responded with a parable about a
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  Speaker 1: grin great banquet. The story begins in verses sixteen through twenty.
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  Speaker 1: A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited
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  Speaker 1: many guests. At the time of the banquet, he sent
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  Speaker 1: his servant to tell those who had been invited, come,
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  Speaker 1: for everything is now ready. But they all alike began
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  Speaker 1: to make excuses. The first said, I have just bought
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  Speaker 1: a field and I must go and see it. Please
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  Speaker 1: excuse me. Another said, I have just bought five yoke
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  Speaker 1: of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out.
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  Speaker 1: Please excuse me. Still another said I just got married,
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  Speaker 1: so I can't come. Large crowds were traveling with Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: and he turned to them with challenging words about the
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  Speaker 1: cost of discipleship. He said in verses twenty six through
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven, if any one comes to me and does
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  Speaker 1: not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes,
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  Speaker 1: even their own life, such a person cannot be my disciple.
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  Speaker 1: And who whoever does not carry their cross and follow
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  Speaker 1: me cannot be my disciple. Tax collectors and sinners were
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  Speaker 1: gathering around Jesus to hear him teach, but the pharisees
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  Speaker 1: and teachers of the law muttered complaints. Luke records their
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  Speaker 1: words in chapter fifteen, verse two. This man welcomes sinners
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  Speaker 1: and eats with them. Jesus responded by telling them three
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  Speaker 1: parables about lost things. The first parable was about a
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  Speaker 1: lost sheep found in verses three through seven. Suppose one
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  Speaker 1: of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't he leave the ninety nine in the open country
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  Speaker 1: and go after the lost sheep until he finds it.
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  Speaker 1: And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on
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  Speaker 1: his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends
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  Speaker 1: and neighbors together and says, rejoice with me, I have
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  Speaker 1: found my lost sheep. I tell you that, in the
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  Speaker 1: same way, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over
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  Speaker 1: one sinner who repents than over ninety nine righteous persons
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  Speaker 1: who do not need to repent. The second parable was
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  Speaker 1: about a lost coin, recorded in verses eight through ten.
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  Speaker 1: Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house, and search
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  Speaker 1: carefully until she finds it. And when she finds it,
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  Speaker 1: she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, rejoice
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  Speaker 1: with me, I have found my lost coin. In the
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  Speaker 1: same way, I tell you there is rejoicing in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
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  Speaker 1: The third and most famous parable was about a lost son.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus began the story in verses eleven through thirteen. There
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  Speaker 1: was a man who had two sons. The younger one
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  Speaker 1: said to his father, father, give me my share of
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  Speaker 1: the estate. So he divided his property between them. Not
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  Speaker 1: long after that, the younger son got together all he
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  Speaker 1: had set off for a distant country, and there squandered
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  Speaker 1: his wealth in wild living. The father's response was overwhelming love,
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  Speaker 1: as described in verses twenty through twenty four, but while
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  Speaker 1: he was still a long way off, his father saw
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  Speaker 1: him and was filled with compassion for him. He ran
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  Speaker 1: to his son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him.
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  Speaker 1: The son said to him, father, I have sinned against
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  Speaker 1: heaven and against you. I'm no longer worthy to be
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  Speaker 1: called your son. But the father said to his servants, quick,
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  Speaker 1: Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put
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  Speaker 1: a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
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  Speaker 1: Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a
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  Speaker 1: feast and celebrate. Jesus told his disciples a parable about
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  Speaker 1: a rich man who had a manager accused of wasting
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  Speaker 1: his possessions. The story begins in chapter sixteen, verses one
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  Speaker 1: through three. There was a rich man whose manager was
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  Speaker 1: accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in
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  Speaker 1: and asked him, what is this I hear about? You?
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  Speaker 1: Give an account of your management, because you he cannot
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  Speaker 1: be manager any longer. The manager said to himself, what
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  Speaker 1: shall I do now? My master is taking away my job.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to
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  Speaker 1: beg The manager came up with a clever plan and
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  Speaker 1: reduced the debts of his masters debtors. Jesus used this
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  Speaker 1: story to teach about eternal values, saying in verses eight
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  Speaker 1: through eleven, the Master commended the dishonest manager because he
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  Speaker 1: had acted shrewdly, For the people of this world are
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  Speaker 1: more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are
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  Speaker 1: the people of the light. I tell you use worldly
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  Speaker 1: wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it
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  Speaker 1: is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: then made a crucial statement about divided loyalty in verse thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate
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  Speaker 1: the one and love the other, or you will be
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  Speaker 1: devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot
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  Speaker 1: serve both God and money. Jesus then told a story
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  Speaker 1: about a rich man and a poor man named Lazarus.
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  Speaker 1: The contrast between them was stark, as described in verses
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  Speaker 1: nineteen through twenty one. There was a rich man who
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  Speaker 1: was dressed in purple and fine linen, and lived in luxury.
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  Speaker 1: Every day that his gait was laid a beggar named Lazarus,
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  Speaker 1: covered with saws and longing to eat what fell from
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  Speaker 1: the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked
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  Speaker 1: his saws. Both men died, and their eternal situations were
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  Speaker 1: completely reversed. Abraham's response revealed the permanence of their situations,
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  Speaker 1: as recorded in verses twenty five through twenty six. But
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  Speaker 1: Abraham replied, son, remember that in your lifetime you received
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  Speaker 1: your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now
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  Speaker 1: he is come comforted here, and you are in agony.
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  Speaker 1: And besides all this between us and you, a great
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  Speaker 1: chasm has been set in place. Jesus spoke to his
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  Speaker 1: disciples about causing others to stumble and about forgiveness, beginning
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  Speaker 1: in Chapter seventeen, verses one through four. Things that cause
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  Speaker 1: people to stumble are bound to come, But woe to
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  Speaker 1: any one through whom they come. It would be better
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  Speaker 1: for them to be thrown into the sea with a
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  Speaker 1: millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of
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  Speaker 1: these little ones to stumble. Even if they sin against
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  Speaker 1: you seven times in a day, and seven times come
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  Speaker 1: back to you saying I repent, you must forgive them.
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  Speaker 1: The apostles felt overwhelmed by these commands and asked Jesus
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  Speaker 1: to increase their faith. His response surprised them, as recorded
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  Speaker 1: in verse six. If you have faith as small as
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  Speaker 1: a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree,
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  Speaker 1: be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it will
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  Speaker 1: obey you. On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along
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  Speaker 1: the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going
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  Speaker 1: into a village, ten men with leprosy met him. Luke
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  Speaker 1: describes their desperate plea in verses twelve through thirteen. They
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  Speaker 1: stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, Jesus, Master,
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  Speaker 1: have pity on us. When he saw them, he said,
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  Speaker 1: go show yourselves to the priests. All ten men were
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  Speaker 1: healed as they went, but only one returned to thank Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Luke records what happened in verses fifteen through nineteen. One
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  Speaker 1: of them, when he saw he was healed, came back
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  Speaker 1: praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at
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  Speaker 1: Jesus feet and thanked him, and he was a Samaritan.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus asked, were not all ten cleansed? Where are the
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  Speaker 1: other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to
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  Speaker 1: God except this foreigner. Then he said to him, rise
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  Speaker 1: and go. Your faith has made you well. Jesus then
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  Speaker 1: spoke to his disciples about his future coming, warning them
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  Speaker 1: in verses twenty two through twenty five, the time is
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  Speaker 1: coming when you will long to see one of the
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  Speaker 1: days of the Son of Man, but you will not
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  Speaker 1: see it. People will tell you there he is or
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  Speaker 1: here he is. Do not go running off after them,
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  Speaker 1: for the Son of Man in his day will be
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  Speaker 1: like the lightning which flashes and lights up the sky
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  Speaker 1: from one end to the other. But first he must
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  Speaker 1: suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: told his disciples a parable about the need to always
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  Speaker 1: pray and not give up. The story is found in
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen, verses one through five. In a certain town,
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  Speaker 1: there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared
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  Speaker 1: what people thought. And there was a widow in that
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  Speaker 1: town who kept coming to him with the plea, grant
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  Speaker 1: me justice against my adversary. For some time he refused,
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  Speaker 1: but finally he said to himself, even though I don't
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  Speaker 1: fear God or care what people think, yet, because this
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  Speaker 1: widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets
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  Speaker 1: justice so that she won't eventually come and attack me.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus then told another parable to people who were confident
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  Speaker 1: in their own righteousness. The story contrasts two very different men,
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  Speaker 1: as recorded in verses nine through fourteen, Two men went
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  Speaker 1: up to the temple to pray, one a pharisee and
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  Speaker 1: the other a tax collector. The pharisee stood by himself
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  Speaker 1: and prayed God, I thank you that I am not
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  Speaker 1: like other people robbers, evildoers, adulterers, or even like this
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  Speaker 1: tax collector. But the tax collector stood at a distance.
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  Speaker 1: He would not even look up to heaven, but beat
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  Speaker 1: his breast and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you that this man, rather than the other,
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  Speaker 1: went home justified before God. A certain ruler asked Jesus
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  Speaker 1: what he must do to inherit eternal life. After Jesus
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  Speaker 1: reminded him of the commandments, the man claimed to have
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  Speaker 1: kept them all. Luke records Jesus's response in verses twenty
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  Speaker 1: two through twenty three. When Jesus heard this, he said
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  Speaker 1: to him, you still lack one thing, Sell everything you
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  Speaker 1: have and give to the poor, and you will have
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  Speaker 1: treasure in heaven. Then come follow me. When he heard this,
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  Speaker 1: he became very sad because he was very wealthy. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: saw his sadness and commented about wealth in verses twenty
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  Speaker 1: four through twenty five, how hard it is for the
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  Speaker 1: rich to enter the Kingdom of God. Indeed, it is
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  Speaker 1: easier for a camel to go through the eye of
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  Speaker 1: a needle than for someone who is rich to enter
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  Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God. Jesus entered Jericho and was passing
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  Speaker 1: through when a wealthy tax collector named Zachias tried to
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  Speaker 1: see him. Luke describes the situation in Chapter nineteen, verses
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  Speaker 1: two through four. A man was there by the name
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  Speaker 1: of Zachias. He was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
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  Speaker 1: He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he
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  Speaker 1: was short, he could not see over the crowd, so
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  Speaker 1: he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore fig tree to
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  Speaker 1: see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus
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  Speaker 1: reached the spot, he looked up and spoke to Zachaeus,
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  Speaker 1: as recorded in verse five, Zachaeus, come down immediately. I
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  Speaker 1: must stay at your house to day. Zachius came down
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  Speaker 1: at once and welcomed Jesus gladly. But all the people
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  Speaker 1: saw this and began to mutter that Jesus was going
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  Speaker 1: to be the guest of a sinner. Zachius's response to
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  Speaker 1: Jesus showed genuine transformation, as Luke records in verse eight.
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  Speaker 1: But Zachius stood up and said to the Lord. Look, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: here and now I give half of my possessions to
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  Speaker 1: the poor, and if I have cheated any body out
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  Speaker 1: of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus declared the significance of this moment in verses nine
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  Speaker 1: through ten. Today salvation has come to this house because
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  Speaker 1: this man, too is a son of Abraham. For the
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  Speaker 1: son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
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  Speaker 1: Because they were near Jerusalem and the people thought the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God was going to appear at once, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: told them a parable about a man of noble birth
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  Speaker 1: who went to a distant country to have himself appointed king.
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  Speaker 1: Before leaving, he called ten of his servants and gave
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  Speaker 1: them ten miners, telling them to put the money to
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  Speaker 1: work until he returned. The servants who were faithful with
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  Speaker 1: their master's money were rewarded, but the one who did
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  Speaker 1: nothing was punished. After Jesus finished telling this parable, he
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  Speaker 1: went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached
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  Speaker 1: Phage and Bethany. At the hill called the Mount of Olives,
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  Speaker 1: he sent two of his disciples with specific instructions recorded
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  Speaker 1: in verses thirty through thirty one. Go to the village
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  Speaker 1: ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will
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  Speaker 1: find a cult tied there which no one has ever ridden.
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  Speaker 1: Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you,
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  Speaker 1: why are you untying it, say the Lord needs it.
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  Speaker 1: Luke describes what happened next in verses thirty five through
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  Speaker 1: thirty eight. They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks
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  Speaker 1: on the colt, and put Jesus on it. As he
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  Speaker 1: went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When
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  Speaker 1: he came near the place where the road goes down
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  Speaker 1: the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began
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  Speaker 1: joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the
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  Speaker 1: miracles they had seen. Blessed is the King who comes
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord, Peace in heaven and
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  Speaker 1: glory in the highest Some of the Pharisees in the
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  Speaker 1: crowd told Jesus to rebuke his disciples, but Jesus replied
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  Speaker 1: in verse forty, I tell you, if they keep quiet
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  Speaker 1: the stones will cry out. As Jesus approached Jerusalem and
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  Speaker 1: saw the city, he wept over it. His words revealed
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  Speaker 1: his broken heart, as recorded in verses forty two through
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  Speaker 1: forty four. If you even you had only known on
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  Speaker 1: this day what would bring you peace, But now it
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  Speaker 1: is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon
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  Speaker 1: you when your enemies will build an embankment against you,
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  Speaker 1: will encircle you and hem you in on every side.
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  Speaker 1: They will dash you to the ground, you and the
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  Speaker 1: children within your walls. When Jesus entered the temple courts,
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  Speaker 1: he began driving out those who were selling there. Luke
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  Speaker 1: records his words in verses forty six through forty seven.
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  Speaker 1: It is written, my house will be a house of prayer,
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  Speaker 1: but you have made it a den of robbers. Every
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  Speaker 1: day he was teaching at the temple, but the chief priests,
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  Speaker 1: the teachers of the law, and the leaders among the
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  Speaker 1: people were trying to kill him. One day, while Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel, the chief priests and teachers of the law,
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  Speaker 1: together with the elders, came up to him. They challenged
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  Speaker 1: his authority directly as recorded in Chapter twenty, verse two,
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  Speaker 1: tell us by what authority you are doing these things?
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  Speaker 1: Who gave you this authority? Jesus responded with his own question,
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  Speaker 1: as written in verses three through four. I will also
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  Speaker 1: ask you a question. Tell me John's baptism. Was it
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  Speaker 1: from heaven or of human origin? This put the religious
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  Speaker 1: leaders in a difficult position. Luke describes their dilemma in
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  Speaker 1: verses five through seven. They discussed it among themselves and said,
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  Speaker 1: if we say from heaven, he will ask why didn't
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  Speaker 1: you believe him? But if we say of human origin,
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  Speaker 1: all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded
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  Speaker 1: that John was a prophet. So they answered, we don't
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  Speaker 1: know where it was from. Jesus said, neither will I
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  Speaker 1: tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus then told the people a parable about a man
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  Speaker 1: who planted a vineyard and rented it to some farmers.
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  Speaker 1: When harvest time came, he sent a servant to collect
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  Speaker 1: his share of the fruit, but the tenants beat him
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  Speaker 1: and sent him away empty handed. The owner sent more servants,
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  Speaker 1: but they were all treated badly. Finally, as Jesus explained
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  Speaker 1: in verses thirteen through fifteen, then the owner of the
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  Speaker 1: vineyard said, what shall I do. I will send my
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  Speaker 1: son whom I love. Perhaps they will respect him. But
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  Speaker 1: when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over.
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  Speaker 1: This is the air. They said, let's kill him and
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  Speaker 1: the inheritance will be ours. So they threw him out
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  Speaker 1: of the vineyard and killed him. Jesus asked what the
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  Speaker 1: owner would do to those tenants, then answered his own question.
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  Speaker 1: He looked directly at them and said, in verse seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: what is the meaning of that which is written? The
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  Speaker 1: stone the builders rejected has become the corner stone. The
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  Speaker 1: teachers of the law and chief priests looked for a
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  Speaker 1: way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had
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  Speaker 1: spoken this parable against them, But they were afraid of
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  Speaker 1: the people. The religious leaders kept watching Jesus closely and
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  Speaker 1: sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to
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  Speaker 1: catch Jesus in something he said so they could hand
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  Speaker 1: him over to the power and authority of the governor.
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  Speaker 1: Luke records their question in verses twenty one through twenty two. Teacher,
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  Speaker 1: we know that you speak and teach what is right,
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  Speaker 1: and that you do not show partiality, but teach the
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  Speaker 1: way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it
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  Speaker 1: right for us to pay taxes to seizear or not.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus saw through their trick and asked them to show
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  Speaker 1: him a coin. When they brought one, Jesus asked in
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty four, whose image and inscription are on it.
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  Speaker 1: They answered Caesar's. Jesus then gave his famous reply in
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty five. Then give back to Caesar what is
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  Speaker 1: Caesar's and to God what is God's. The Sadducees, who
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  Speaker 1: said there was no resurrection, came to Jesus with a
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  Speaker 1: question about a woman who had been married to seven brothers.
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  Speaker 1: They asked whose wife she would be in the resurrection.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus answered them in verses thirty four through thirty six,
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  Speaker 1: the people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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  Speaker 1: But those who are considered worthy of taking part in
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  Speaker 1: the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead,
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  Speaker 1: will neither marry nor be given in marriage. And they
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  Speaker 1: can no longer die, for they are like the angels.
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  Speaker 1: They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection.
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  Speaker 1: Then Jesus asked them a question about the Messiah, saying
• 1:17:05
  Speaker 1: in verses forty one through forty four. Why is it
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  Speaker 1: said that the Messiah is the son of David? David
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  Speaker 1: himself declares in the Book of Psalms, the Lord said
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  Speaker 1: to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I
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  Speaker 1: make your enemies a footstool for your feet. David calls him, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: How then can he be his son? While all the
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  Speaker 1: people were listening, Jesus warned his disciples about the teachers
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  Speaker 1: of the law in verses forty six through forty seven.
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  Speaker 1: Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to
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  Speaker 1: walk around in flowing robes, and love to be greeted
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  Speaker 1: with respect in the market places, and have the most
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  Speaker 1: important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor
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  Speaker 1: at banquets. They devour widow's houses, and for a show
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  Speaker 1: make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.
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  Speaker 1: As g Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting
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  Speaker 1: their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a
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  Speaker 1: poor widow put in two very small copper coins. Luke
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  Speaker 1: records jesus observation in Chapter twenty one, verses three through four. Truly,
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  Speaker 1: I tell you this poor widow has put in more
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  Speaker 1: than all the others. All these people gave their gifts
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  Speaker 1: out of their wealth, but she, out of her poverty,
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  Speaker 1: put in all she had to live on. Some of
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  Speaker 1: his disciples were remarking about how the temple was decorated
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  Speaker 1: with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus
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  Speaker 1: said in verse six, as for what you see here,
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  Speaker 1: the time will come when not one stone will be
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  Speaker 1: left on another. Every one of them will be thrown down.
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  Speaker 1: They asked Jesus when this would happen and what the
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  Speaker 1: sign would be. Jesus warned them in verses eight through eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Watch out that you are not deceived, for many will
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  Speaker 1: come in my name claiming I am He, and the
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  Speaker 1: time is near. Do not follow them. When you hear
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  Speaker 1: of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things
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  Speaker 1: must happen first, But the end will not come right away.
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  Speaker 1: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There
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  Speaker 1: will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places,
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  Speaker 1: and fearful events and great signs from heaven. Jesus told
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  Speaker 1: them they would be persecuted, but promised in verses fourteen
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  Speaker 1: through fifteen, but make up your mind not to worry
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  Speaker 1: beforehand how you will defend yourselves, for I will give
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  Speaker 1: you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will
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  Speaker 1: be able to resist or contradict. Jesus described the coming
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  Speaker 1: destruction of Jerusalem and spoke about the Son of Man's return.
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  Speaker 1: He told them to watch for signs and said in
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  Speaker 1: verses thirty four through thirty six, be careful, or your
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  Speaker 1: heart's will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the
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  Speaker 1: anxieties of life. And that day will close on you
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  Speaker 1: suddenly like a trap. For it will come on all
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  Speaker 1: those who live on the face of the whole earth.
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  Speaker 1: Be always on the watch and pray that you may
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  Speaker 1: be able to escape all that is about to happen,
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  Speaker 1: and that you may be able to stand before the
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  Speaker 1: Son of Man. The festival of unleavened bread called the
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  Speaker 1: Passover was approaching. The chief priests and teachers of the
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  Speaker 1: law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: but they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered
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  Speaker 1: Judas called Escariot. One of the twelve Luke records what
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  Speaker 1: happened in Chapter twenty two, verses four through six, and
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  Speaker 1: Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of
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  Speaker 1: the temple guard and discussed with them how he might
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  Speaker 1: betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
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  Speaker 1: He consented and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus
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  Speaker 1: over to them. Them. When no crowd was present, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: sent Peter and John to prepare the passover meal. They
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  Speaker 1: asked where he wanted them to prepare it, and Jesus
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  Speaker 1: gave them specific instructions in verses ten through twelve. As
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  Speaker 1: you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of
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  Speaker 1: water will meet you. Follow him to the house that
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  Speaker 1: he enters, and say to the owner of the house
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  Speaker 1: the teacher asks where is the guest room where I
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  Speaker 1: may eat the Passover with my disciples. He will show
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  Speaker 1: you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.
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  Speaker 1: When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at
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  Speaker 1: the table. Jesus said to them in verse fifteen, I
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  Speaker 1: have eagerly desired to eat this passover with you before
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  Speaker 1: I suffer. He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and
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  Speaker 1: gave it to them, saying in verse nineteen this is
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  Speaker 1: my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
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  Speaker 1: After the supper, Jesus took the cup and said in
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty, this cup is the new covenant in my blood,
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  Speaker 1: which is poured out for you. Then Jesus shocked them
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  Speaker 1: by saying in verse twenty one, but the hand of
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  Speaker 1: him who is going to betray me is with mine
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  Speaker 1: on the table. The disciples began to question among themselves
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  Speaker 1: which of them it might be. They also had an
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  Speaker 1: argument about who would be considered the greatest. Jesus told
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  Speaker 1: them in verses twenty six through twenty seven, the greatest
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  Speaker 1: among you should be like the youngest, and the one
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  Speaker 1: who rules like the one who serves. For who is
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  Speaker 1: greater the one who is at the table or the
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  Speaker 1: one who serves? Is it not the one who is
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  Speaker 1: at the table. But I am among you as one
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  Speaker 1: who serves. Jesus then warned Peter about his coming denial,
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  Speaker 1: as recorded in verses thirty one through thirty four. Simon
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  Speaker 1: Simon Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.
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  Speaker 1: But I have prayed for you, sir, that your faith
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  Speaker 1: may not fail, and when you have turned back, strengthen
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  Speaker 1: your brothers. But he replied, Lord, I am ready to
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  Speaker 1: go with you to prison and to death. Jesus answered,
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  Speaker 1: I tell you, Peter before the rooster croz to day
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  Speaker 1: you will deny three times that you know me. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and
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  Speaker 1: his disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he
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  Speaker 1: told them in verse forty, pray that you will not
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  Speaker 1: fall into temptation. He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them,
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  Speaker 1: knelt down and prayed. Luke records his agonizing prayer in
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  Speaker 1: verses forty two through forty four, Father, if you are
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  Speaker 1: willing take this cup from me, yet not my will,
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  Speaker 1: but yours be done. An angel from heaven appeared to
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  Speaker 1: him and strengthened him, and, being in anguish, he prayed
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  Speaker 1: more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood
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  Speaker 1: falling to the ground. While Jesus was still speaking, a
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  Speaker 1: crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas,
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  Speaker 1: one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus
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  Speaker 1: to kiss him, but Jesus asked him in verse forty eight, Judas,
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  Speaker 1: are you betraying the son of Man with a kiss?
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  Speaker 1: When jesus followers saw what was going to happen, they
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  Speaker 1: asked if they should fight with their swords. One of
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  Speaker 1: them struck the servant of the High Priest, cutting off
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  Speaker 1: his right ear, but Jesus answered in verse fifty one,
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  Speaker 1: no more of this, and he touched the man's ear
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  Speaker 1: and healed him. Jesus was arrested and taken to the
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  Speaker 1: high Priest's house. Peter followed at a distance and sat
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  Speaker 1: down with the guards around a fire. Three different people
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  Speaker 1: accused Peter of being with Jesus, but each time Peter
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  Speaker 1: denied it. Luke records the moment when Peter realized what
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  Speaker 1: he had done in verses sixty through sixty two. Peter replied, man,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what you are talking about. Just as
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  Speaker 1: he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and
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  Speaker 1: looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the
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  Speaker 1: Lord had spoken to him before the rooster crows. To
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  Speaker 1: day you will disown me three times, and he went
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  Speaker 1: outside and wept bitterly. At daybreak, the counsel of the
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  Speaker 1: elders assembled and led Jesus to their sanhedrin. They asked
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  Speaker 1: if he was the messiah and Jesus answered in verses
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  Speaker 1: sixty seven through seventy, if I tell you, you will
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  Speaker 1: not believe me, and if I asked you, you would
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  Speaker 1: not answer. But from now on, the son of Man
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  Speaker 1: will be seated at the right hand of the Mighty God.
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  Speaker 1: They all asked, are you then the son of God?
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  Speaker 1: He replied, you say that I am. The whole assembly
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  Speaker 1: rose and led Jesus to pilate. They began to accuse him,
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  Speaker 1: saying in verse two, we have found this man's abverting
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  Speaker 1: our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and
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  Speaker 1: claims to be Messiah a king. Pilot asked Jesus if
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  Speaker 1: he was the king of the Jews, and Jesus answered,
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  Speaker 1: in verse three, you have said so, Pilot announced to
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  Speaker 1: the chief priests and the crowd in verse four, I
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  Speaker 1: find no basis for a charge against this man. When
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  Speaker 1: Pilot learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent
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  Speaker 1: Jesus to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
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  Speaker 1: Herod was pleased to see Jesus because he had been
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  Speaker 1: wanting to see him for a long time. He plied
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  Speaker 1: him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.
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  Speaker 1: The chief priests and teachers of the law were standing
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  Speaker 1: there vehemently accusing him. Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed
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  Speaker 1: and mocked him. Pilot called together the chief priests, the rulers,
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  Speaker 1: and the people, and said to them in verses fourteen
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  Speaker 1: through fifteen, you brought me this man as one who
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  Speaker 1: was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him
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  Speaker 1: in your presence and have found no basis for your
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  Speaker 1: charges against him. Neither has Herod, for he sent him
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  Speaker 1: back to us. As you can see, he has done
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  Speaker 1: nothing to deserve death. But the crowd shouted for Jesus
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  Speaker 1: to be crucified and for Barabbas to be released. As
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  Speaker 1: they led him away, they seize Simon from Siren and
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  Speaker 1: put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus. Luke
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  Speaker 1: records that a large number of people followed him, including
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  Speaker 1: women who mourned and wailed for him. Jesus turned and
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  Speaker 1: said to them in verses twenty eight through thirty one,
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  Speaker 1: daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me. Weep for
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  Speaker 1: yourselves and for your children. For the time will come
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  Speaker 1: when you will say, blessed are the childless women, the
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  Speaker 1: wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.
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  Speaker 1: Then they will say, to the mountains fall on us,
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  Speaker 1: and to the hills cover us. For if people do
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  Speaker 1: these things when the tree is green, what will happen
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  Speaker 1: when it is dry. When they came to the place
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  Speaker 1: called the skull, they crucified him there along with the criminals,
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  Speaker 1: one on his right and the other on his left.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said in verse thirty four, Father, forgive them, for
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  Speaker 1: they do not know what they are doing. One of
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  Speaker 1: the criminals hanging there hurled insults at Jesus, but the
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  Speaker 1: other rebuked him. This criminal said to Jesus in verses
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  Speaker 1: forty two through forty three, Jesus, remember me when you
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  Speaker 1: come into your kingdom. Jesus answered him, truly, I tell you,
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  Speaker 1: to day you will be with me in Paradise. It
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  Speaker 1: was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole
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  Speaker 1: land until three in the afternoon. Jesus called out in
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  Speaker 1: a loud voice in verse forty six, Father, into your hands,
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  Speaker 1: I commit my spirit. When he had said this, he
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  Speaker 1: breathed his last. On the first day of the week,
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  Speaker 1: very early in the morning, the women took the spices
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  Speaker 1: they had prepared and went to the tomb. Luke identifies
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  Speaker 1: them in chapter twenty four, verse ten. It was Mary Magdalen, Joanna, Mary,
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  Speaker 1: the mother of James, and the others with them, who
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  Speaker 1: told this to the apostles. They found the stone rolled
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  Speaker 1: away from the tomb, but when they entered they did
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  Speaker 1: not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they
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  Speaker 1: were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that
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  Speaker 1: gleamed like lightning stood beside them. The women were frightened
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  Speaker 1: and bowed down with their faces to the ground. But
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  Speaker 1: the men said to them in verses five through seven,
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  Speaker 1: why do you look for the living among the dead?
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  Speaker 1: He is not here. He has risen. Remember how he
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  Speaker 1: told you while he was still with you in Galilee,
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  Speaker 1: the son of Man must be delivered over to the
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  Speaker 1: hands of sinners, be crucified, and on the third day
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  Speaker 1: be raised again. The women remember but Jesus words, and
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  Speaker 1: went back from the tomb to tell all these things
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  Speaker 1: to the eleven and to all the others. But the
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  Speaker 1: apostles did not believe the women, because their words seemed
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  Speaker 1: like nonsense to them. Peter, however, got up and ran
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  Speaker 1: to the tomb, bending over, he saw the strips of
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  Speaker 1: linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to
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  Speaker 1: himself what had happened. That same day, two of them
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  Speaker 1: were going to a village called Emius, about seven miles
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  Speaker 1: from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything
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  Speaker 1: that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus himself came up and walked along with them, but
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  Speaker 1: they were kept from recognizing him. Jesus asked them what
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  Speaker 1: they were discussing, and one of them, named Cleopus, asked
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  Speaker 1: him in verse eighteen, are you the only one visiting
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened
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  Speaker 1: there in these days? Jesus asked what things? And they
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  Speaker 1: told him about Jesus of Nazareth and how their chief
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  Speaker 1: priests and rulers had handed him over to be sentenced
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  Speaker 1: to death and crucified him. Jesus said to them, in
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  Speaker 1: verses twenty five through twenty seven, how foolish you are,
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  Speaker 1: and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken.
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  Speaker 1: Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and
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  Speaker 1: then enter his glory? And, beginning with Moses and all
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  Speaker 1: the prophets, he explained to them what was said in
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  Speaker 1: all the scriptures concerning himself. When they reached the village,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus continued on as if he were going farther, but
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  Speaker 1: they urged him strongly to stay with them. When he
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  Speaker 1: was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks,
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  Speaker 1: broke it, and began to give it to them. Then
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  Speaker 1: their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he
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  Speaker 1: disappeared from their sight. The two disciples got up and
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  Speaker 1: returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven
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  Speaker 1: and those with them, assembled together and saying in verse
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  Speaker 1: thirty four, it is true the Lord has risen and
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  Speaker 1: has appeared to Simon. Then the two told what had
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  Speaker 1: happened on the way and how Jesus was recognized by
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  Speaker 1: them when he broke the bread. While they were still
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  Speaker 1: talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said
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  Speaker 1: to them in verse thirty six, peace be with you.
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  Speaker 1: They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus said to them in verses thirty eight through forty,
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  Speaker 1: why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in
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  Speaker 1: your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It
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  Speaker 1: is I myself. Touch me and see a ghost does
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  Speaker 1: not have flesh and bones as you see I have.
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  Speaker 1: When he had said this, he showed them his hands
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  Speaker 1: and feet. When they still did not believe it because
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  Speaker 1: of joy and amazement, Jesus asked them in verse forty one,
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  Speaker 1: do you have anything here to eat? They gave him
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  Speaker 1: a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and
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  Speaker 1: ate it. In their presence. Jesus said to them in
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  Speaker 1: verses forty four through forty seven, this is what I
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  Speaker 1: told you while I was still with you. Everything must
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  Speaker 1: be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law
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  Speaker 1: of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms. Then he opened
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  Speaker 1: their minds so they could understand the scriptures. He told them,
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  Speaker 1: this is what is written. The Messiah will suffer and
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  Speaker 1: rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance
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  Speaker 1: for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his
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  Speaker 1: name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Jesus continued in
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  Speaker 1: verses forty eight through forty nine. You are witnesses of
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  Speaker 1: these things. I am going to send you what my
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  Speaker 1: father has promised. But stay in the city until you
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  Speaker 1: have been clothed with power. From on high. When Jesus
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  Speaker 1: had led them out to the Vicinity of Bethany, he
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  Speaker 1: lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was
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  Speaker 1: blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
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  Speaker 1: They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
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  Speaker 1: And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.