I understand that humanly speaking that that's a factor. This move was a fulfillment of prophecy (see Isaiah 9:1 - 2 and Matthew 4:13 - 16). Her food supply was down to one little bit of flour and one little bit of oil, enough to make one cake, right? I'm destitute. What it does do is affirm the faith of those who believe. Then He gave the exposition of those passages and showed what they meant and how He fulfilled them. She probably thought like this, "Well, I only have one little cup left, one little bit of oil, that's all I've got. They may be passive Christians. When Jesus had lived there, He was the carpenter. So there were a number of times when He referred to this. Joseph, on the eighth day after Mary gives birth, takes the family to Jerusalem so that the Lord can be circumcised according to the law of God (Luke 2:21). The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. And He grew up and He didn't do any miracles and He didn't make any such claims and He didn't do any speaking and how can He now be the Messiah? God in Psalm 68:5 is called "The God who is the defender of widows." They just heard the greatest speaker that ever lived. The greater the distance away, the greater he became. I mean, it's a normal thing. That, by the way, is a phrase He repeated a year and a half later when He came back again to that synagogue. How could Jesus let it happen? And He wondered at their unbelief. "I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah." "Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in Your home town as well." I'm going to die anyway, what have I got to lose?" Log In They didn't like this at all. But Christ had no intention of overturning the power of Herod. Traditionally, Sepphoris is said to be the home of Joachim and Anna (believed to be the parents of Jesuss mother Mary) and therefore Marys childhood home. That's all I can save and it doesn't matter whether they are a Gentile woman or whether they are a Syrian leper, it doesn't matter who it is, it just matters that they see their bankruptcy, their destitution, and they come to Me like the man who said, 'Lord, I believe, but could You help my unbelief?' Paul's Journey to Cyprus, Pamphylia & Galatia, Paul & Barnabas return to Antioch in Syria, Paul & Barnabas attend the Council of Jerusalem, Paul & Barnabas take the decision to Antioch, 10. And they're so angry with Him because He's insistent on the fact that unless they humble themselves like a Syrian leper, unless they see themselves as no better than a Syrian leper, no better than a pagan Gentile woman, unless they see themselves as no better than outcasts, they aren't going to get saved. Remember him? Moody Press. Archelaus was known for his cruelty and in response to complaints from the populace, in 6 AD he was deposed by Augustus and banished to Vienne in Gaul. The travels of Mary and Joseph from Egyptian territory all the way north to Nazareth is a journey of at least 106 miles (170 kilometers, see Luke 2:39 - 40)! Guest. She is a pagan Gentile widow in the midst of a pagan godless area but believes in the true and living God. Galilee was ruled by Archelaus's brother, Herod Antipas. ", Jesus: apocalyptic prophet of the new millennium, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Return_of_the_family_of_Jesus_to_Nazareth&oldid=1097473319, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 10 July 2022, at 22:59. He was a wretched, wicked king who worshiped Baal. Later Jesus decided to return again. They were like that Luke 18 Pharisee. This study describes this second return. And Ethbaal was such a wicked man he murdered his predecessor and he was a priest as well as being a king. Jewish religious rituals Wise men visit Jerusalem The holy family flee to Egypt The holy family return to Nazareth Jesus grows up 4. The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is narrated in Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44 and John 12:12-19. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. Light has dawned.[6]. there were many widows. This is not an honest question. Jesus's Journeys around Galilee Jesus starts his ministry Jesus is tempted Jesus returns to Galilee Jesus goes back to Nazareth Jesus travels to Jerusalem Jesus passes through Samaria Jesus performs healing miracles Did Jesus learn that from a tape, book, CD, or DVD? The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. Why did Jesus return to Nazareth? Jesus said here in verse 25 that the sky was shut up for three andthree years and six months. And thenand the Lord did another amazing thing. The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. Even in the New Testament, the New Testament enjoins upon Christians to take care of widows because they are of particular care in the mind of God. Forty days after Jesus is born, fulfilling the purification requirement of Leviticus 12, Mary and Joseph travel to Jerusalem's temple to present him before God. It all began so assuringly. A new nation? Isaiah predicts the fall of Israel & Judah, Prophecies written before the fall of Jerusalem, Isaiah reassures King Ahaz of God's support, Troubled times and a glorious future kingdom, 40. It's never different. They had come to the synagogue which, as Philo called it, was a house of instruction where the Scripture was read and explained. They cast Him out of the city. From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. This is a stranger, she's never met this guy in her entire life, he walks in and says, "Take what you've got, that's all you've got and make me a meal, I am the man of God, I am from the God of Israel." [11] Jesus returns to his home-town of Nazareth, and preaches in the synagogue (Lk 4:16). Few believed in Him! Did you come to destroy us? (Luke 4:34) Jesus commands the evil spirit to leave the man, and after throwing him to the ground, it leaves him without harming him. They never got over this, by the way. Should Jesus have forced many people to be healed anyway? "All I've got is one meal left. 2. Mary legally remained with Joseph until Jesus was 12 years old. He spoke in the synagogue, but the townspeople did not like what he said. The family continues their travels northward to their hometown of Nazareth (Matthew 2:22 - 23). They're getting angrier by the moment. We don't like that story at all. It's available to those of you who confess your spiritual poverty, who confess your spiritual bondage, who confess your spiritual darkness, who confess your spiritual defeat. And they may not know everything there is to know and their faith may not be full, but if they'll just come in their desperation and say, 'I don't have a choice, here's all I have and see what I can do with it.' All Rights Reserved. In the synagogue, a man with an evil spirit shouts out, Jesus of Nazareth! It was now present, it was now in their midst. One who desires to serve God will suffer. At this point they are in awe of His communication ability. Each day's trip is between 13 and 19 kilometres (8 to 12 mi) in duration. That's always the problem. And so Jesus says, "I know exactly what you're saying, in your mind you'reyoure saying, Physician, heal yourself?" He is, Just one of us! Surely, He is nothing special. In the Greek text, a definite article appears before carpenter. This implies that Jesus had been the carpenter or craftsman of the town. 1 Peter 2:19-20(NASB). Just that hint. After another dream, Joseph returned to Nazareth in Galilee. Honestly, they were as eager for the Messiah to come and wreak vengeance on their Gentile enemies as they were for Him to come and bring salvation to Israel. Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. But all of a sudden on this Sabbath in the year 28, He was there. He had never taught, Hed never preached and when He did, they were in awe. And if you think that was bad, that Elijah was sent to none of those Jewish widows, this was worse. Elijah comes on the scene in 1 Kings 17. You will never know whether Jesus can save your soul from hell, give you new life, recreate your soul, plant His Holy Spirit there, forgive your sin and send you to heaven until you give your life to Him. From a human perspective, I am personally amazed that Jesus returned to a group of people who had wanted to murder Him. If He had only twelve, who is C. I. Scofield to be concerned about a big crowd?[1]. You know, the Lord had said, "You know, I come to save, this is it. Galilee of the Gentiles: Jesus saith unto them, I am [he]. That He was going to cause people to fall as well as to rise? Registered User Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors? And she would only know if that was the man of God if she trusted him. Jewish religious rituals Wise men visit Jerusalem The holy family flee to Egypt The holy family return to Nazareth Jesus grows up 4. The text of 1 Kings 17 indicates that. Nazareth sits on a hill, many hills on the hill but it's up a slope. Joseph, Mary and Jesus return from Egypt to their home at Nazareth in Galilee. The only way she would ever know was not if he went up in the air and spun around a few times, not if he went out and healed some people, the only way she would ever know that the God of Israel would give her all she would ever need was if she took what she had in her poverty and trusted him with it. The result, the end of verse 25: "When a great famine came over all the land." John Gills' Exposition of the Bible states that one time he sent his entire army into Jerusalem's temple, at Passover, in order to kill 3,000 men suspected of sedition. God, the God of the fatherless and the widow, God, the God who cares about the widows, there was a famine in the land for three and a half years and the people were dying and the widows were dying and God never cared for any of the widows. Why will some churches select a man who has recently graduated from seminary, whom they do not know, and ask him to become their pastor even if they have a man who is highly gifted and capable of being their pastor sitting among them? That is the testimony of history and the gospel accounts. And you know what the message to them was? Obadiah foretells the punishment of Edom, Obadiah prophesies the resurgence of Israel, 46. That was not a question in their minds. Just give your life to Him, He'll prove He can. 13:54-58; b MARK 6:1-6; c LUKE 4:16-31. b 1 And he went out from thence [from Capernaum]; and he cometh {a And coming} b into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 3. We are told that Jesus was surprised by their unbelief. Their message was simple. Impeccable understanding of truth He possessed, pure and holy passion for that truth, flawless reasoning, accurate interpretation, unmatched dexterity with the language. Sometimes spiritual warfare is an indication that one is a good soldier who is engaged in a conflict for 1) righteousness and 2) for the souls of those who believe in Jesus Christ. The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. That was them. From Bethlehem to Egypt to Nazareth, Jesus's family accepted changes around them . How did it turn so badly? But to come from Sidon, that is unthinkable. The Philosopher, the Lover & the Mourner, Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets, Amos denounces social injustice in Israel, Hosea laments the unfaithfulness of Israel, Micah decries social injustice in Israel and Judah, 39. 19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead.". Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. Those who suffer for doing wrong deserve it. Why did Jesus return to a city that had previously attempted to murder Him? He told him to take Mary and Jesus back to Israel. That's not a problem for Him. [5], Sometime after Herod had died, the holy family returns from Egypt. Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your home town as well. How am I going to know that that's true unless I do what He says? There's just one little negative statement in all these chapters up to here, and that was in chapter 2 verse 34 and those searching words by Simeon, that old man in the temple, who said to Mary, "This child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel and for a sign to be opposed, and a sword will pierce even your own soul." Paul's Letters to Ephesus, Colossae & Philippi, 17. Clean! p. 409. It was so important to God for the warnings of horror to be believed that the Bible says if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life (Revelation 22:19). Amen. It identifies various ancient skin diseases, everything from superficial diseases to serious diseases. In John 11:47 the Pharisees, the chief priests said, "This man is doing miracles." As we have already discovered, Jesus was rejected early in His ministry. Please, we would like to believe in You, prove You're Messiah. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? 2. That's the issue. We sent you an email. Return to Nazareth; Finding in the Temple; Ministry. Where did He learn how to do these miracles?. In fact, John himself was greatly perplexed because John the Baptist, soon after the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, was taken prisoner. They responded by attempting to murder Him. And all in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things. When people know about Jesus Christ and they know the facts of Jesus Christ and they don't believe, there's only one reason why they don't believe. Joseph's fears about living within Judea are confirmed when God sends him a warning in a dream. We infer, then, that the return was in the summer of 750, after a sojourn of three or four months. On the return, Joseph was further instructed in a dream to take the family to Nazareth. Crossway Books. It relates the return of Jesus to Galilee upon the imprisonment of John the Baptist. Jesus banished disease from the whole land of Palestine and they put Him on a cross. Therefore the return . He was the Savior of the world. On the Sabbath, he begins to teach the people. And there may have been a little bit of town rivalry going on as well. Having met Mary, a local girl, he may have settled in nearby Nazareth a much quieter and more Jewish village a short distance away from the cosmopolitan (and more expensive) Sepphoris. You see that? And so, it says in verse 29, "They rose up." He has already been ministering almost a year in the south, in Judea, with a few visits to Galilee. So, it was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, Jesus will be called a Nazarene, even though He was born in Bethlehem. They don't want the salvation He offers if the terms are to admit that you are the poor and you're the prisoners and you're the blind and you're the oppressed. The Golden Age of Israel under King Solomon, Solomon builds a palace and furnishes the Temple, The Ark of the Covenant is installed in the Temple, Solomon builds a network of chariot cities, 32. Remember that? I'm in poverty. How many journeys did Mary and Joseph take before and after Jesus' birth? Copyright Like The Master Ministries. He was a Gentile and worse than that, he was a leper, he had leprosy, he was unclean, he was despicable on every count. If Jesus did a miracle, does that prove that He can transfer people from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light? What do you want with us? R. Kent Hughes. Conflict is part of the Christian life. We are worse than a Syrian Gentile leper. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This is intolerable. Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. All they want Him to do is to do in Nazareth what was done in Capernaum, twenty miles away. Oh, man, did they hate this story. He would have gone into that synagogue and seen His aunts and His uncles, and His half-brothers and half-sisters, and His cousins and distant relatives and friends and neighbors. For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. Now, you know, if she had been in the synagogue at Nazareth, she would have probably said, "Oh no, no, no. You know how the Jews in the synagogue that day that they could have known that Jesus was Messiah? 19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the childs life are dead., 21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. The Journey continues from Sinai to Moab, The Israelites defeat King Sihon and King Og, The Israelites defeat the kings of Midian, Canaan is divided among the twelve tribes, 28. The initial response to His speaking in the synagogue was positive. Jesus returned knowing that the majority of the people in Nazareth did not welcome Him, but He returned anyway. These other people were wretched, destitute outcasts. Written by on 27 febrero, 2023.Posted in long text copy paste i love you.long text copy paste i love you. There was not an honest issue of evidence. The main part of the trail begins in Nazareth and passes through Sepphoris, Cana (), the Horns of Hattin, Mount Arbel Cliffs, the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Tabgha . Elisha followed Elijah and that was a time, 850 to 790 B.C., disease was a major problem. She made the little cake, the prophet ate it and the next thing that happened was her barrel was never empty. But He had done some miracles there as well as the miracle of the wedding at Cana when He made some wine out of nothing. Never does the Jewish population or the Jewish leaders question Jesus' miracles, never. Others just refused to believe because they preferred their own way darkness. They couldn't equivocate on the masterful way in which He had communicated the message unlike anything they had ever, ever heard, not even close to anything they had ever heard. Verse 30, instant calm, "But passing through their midst He went His way." Answer Jesus was referred to as "Jesus of Nazareth" for several reasons. They were like Paul, and I read it in Philippians 3, they were circumcised and they had their tribal pedigree and they were of the people of Israel and they were traditionalists and they were ceremonialists and they were zealous for the law and they kept the law as blamelessly as they could. They never questioned that. Open your Bible to the fourth chapter of Luke. It's always the same reason. Aged 12, Jesus goes to Jerusalem with his parents for the Jewish festival of Passover. No rain in Israel for three and a half years. When asked to read from the scriptures (in line with Jewish tradition), he picks up the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, unrolls it, and begins to read, The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. The problem is not us. Because it was a rainy night, about twenty-five people came to the meeting. III. Nazareth was nothing special. And Jesus knew that because Jesus knew their hearts. 4:14-30 One Sabbath day, according to his usual custom, Jesus goes to the local synagogue in Nazareth where he was brought up (see 4 on Map 5). Now listen to this very carefully. The people in Nazareth did not approve of His message. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon Him and He began to say to them, 'Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.'". Malachi & Joel await the Day of the LORD, 48. Later Jesus decided to return again. Let's see what He says, verse 25. Since Jesus was the God-man who had divine power for healing, the passage should not be understood as an inability to perform miracles. There is no hint in these passages that these men were not Marys sons. The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. They weren't about to do that. His wife led that. The religious leaders contributed to His rejection. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you . Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. The words that fell from His lips were like words they had never heard from anyone ever. Malachi & Joel await the Day of the LORD, 48. And what was behind that well speaking? So the people at the end of the food chain get nothing, so widows are on the brink of death. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? The Return of Jesus to Galilee is an episode in the life of Jesus which appears in three of the Canonical Gospels: Matthew 4:12, Mark 1:14 and John 4:13, 4:4345. How to get right with God: Sacrifice or Faith? So they fled to Egypt in order to save Jesus. They tended to be disfiguring diseases, usually contagious diseases. He was there for salvation for anyone and everyone who recognized that they were poor, prisoners, blind and oppressed. If Jesus were alive today, the questions might be something like this, What commentaries does Jesus own? He is rejected for the first time (Lk 4:28) TRAVELS and ACTS OF JESUS, YEAR TWO - c AD28-29 Key: 1 - Approximate sequence of events, used in the list following [1] Jesus moves to Capernaum (Mt 4:13; Mk 1:21; Lk 4:31). That famine That area, by the way, was also affected by the famine. They don't even like the fact that He's telling these stories. Consequently, Nazareth became Jesus hometown. And Elisha says to him, "The God of Israel is willing to heal you. So we are worse than a Gentile widow from Jezebel's hometown. Religious education cannot guarantee that the heart is in love with God or that the person is growing spiritually. And Jesus was saying to those Jews, "Let me tell you something, you may be Jews, you may be part of Israel, you may be the people of the covenants and the people of the Messiah, but I'll tell you this, God will save an outcast Gentile widow who admits her spiritual destitution before He'll save you.". Answer (1 of 5): That was the Bethlehem to which Joseph was summoned, for it was the ancestral home of the family of King David the family to which both Joseph and his bride belonged. One preacher titled a sermon on this, "Seven ducks in a dirty pond." Those who never suffer are probably not in the battle. He was concerned that they were sinners who needed their sins forgiven. For one thing, in Bible times people were often identified by their native area or place of residence. Obadiah foretells the punishment of Edom, Obadiah prophesies the resurgence of Israel, 46. Messiah? He had been invited to speak in a church in North Carolina. We can just imagine their thoughts. Many are impressed by Jesuss teaching, but others, realising he is a local boy Josephs son dismiss his words as arrogant nonsense, and they threaten to throw him down the steep cliff below the brow of the hill on which, 1. But passing through their midst, He went His way.". They got the message. Israel becomes a kingdom under Saul and David, Jonathan demolishes the Philistine pillar at Geba, Saul is killed by the Philistines at Mt Gilboa, The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem, David's victories over Israel's neighbours, Absalom's flight & his rebellion against David, 31. All they could think about was that they were below Gentiles. Those who claim that these children were not the offspring of Mary do so without proof. John 18:7. He led all of Israel to worship Baal. Matthew 8-15 . Matthew 13:53 to 58 and Mark 6:1 to 6 give the account of Jesus' visit to the Nazareth synagogue at the end of His ministry in Galilee. Many people did reject Jesus. Two prophets in Israel unwelcomed, hated, rejected, refused by the people. They were unsympathetic to that, they were too proud, too self-righteous, they were too skeptical because they were in a self-defense mode. They started asking one another, Where did He get these things? Let's follow the story. We do know that following the death of King Herod the Great, the angel of the Lord appeared once again to Joseph instructing him to go into the land of Israel, for they are dead which sought the young child's life (Matthew 2:20b). I need to see something so that I can believe.". Jesus demonstrated an important truth for us God has not called us to avoid conflict in the ministry. Here is an enemy, a Gentile, somebody who has sacked and attacked and killed and plundered Israel and he's a leper. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. The area was the home of the father of Jezebel. Lk. We pray in His name. Don't You come tell us You're the doctor if weif we don't have some proof.". Later the family returned from Egypt after God told them that King Herod had died and directed them to return to Israel (Matthew 2:19-21). The family then makes the short trip back to Bethlehem. And in the days of Elijah there were not only many widows, but there was Baal worship everywhere because the king was a man named Ahab. Jesus is the speaker and the teacher in this passage, as you know from our study last week. And through His whole life He didn't express vengeance. They wouldn't have proved anything. All we have here is just a summation. There's only one reason why people who know the gospel don't accept Christ. That was just how He started. The Gospel of Matthew describes how Joseph, Mary, and Jesus went to Egypt to escape from Herod the Great's slaughter of the baby boys in Bethlehem. And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. Speaking of prophets that were unwelcome, I remind you of Elijah and Elisha. Psalm 146:9, "God, the Lord who relieves widows." But more than wondering about that, that might have been a minor thing, they were really struck it says in verse 22 by the gracious words which were falling from His lips. Is the man of God really the man of God? Nazareth turned its back on Jesus. And Jesus wasn't finished. 1989. vol. And they just put up a wall. Some Bible scholars had noted differences in the birth narrative story of the flight. The whole nation is worshiping Baal. They continued to reject the apostles even after Jesus left. Matthew 2:19-23, The angel Gabriel spoke to Mary about the birth of Jesus, An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, Angels praised God for the birth of Jesus, Jesus at 40 days old was taken to the Temple, Magi traveled from the East to find Jesus, King Herod the Great plans how to kill Jesus, Timeline for Birth of Jesus The Christmas Story, Background Information Birth of Jesus The Christmas Story. It's always the same. This was the time for the age of salvation. But it does nothing for those who don't because no miracles can prove that Jesus can save the sinner from hell. It's actually the Greek word parabol, which means parable, but parabol has a broad meaning. If one is actively engaged in spiritual warfare and if one is doing what God has called him or her to do, then peace will not always exist. They're not questioning that He did them, they know He did them. It's actually shocking. 1 Peter 2:20 tells us that we gain favor with God when we suffer for doing what is right. And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. If I do what the man tells me to do, then I'll know whether he's the man of God, right? That He was going to be the reason for a sword to penetrate the heart of sweet Mary, His mother. He commanded a set of troops that were always raiding Israel. The Letter to the Jewish believers in Antioch, The General Letters: James, Jude, Peter & John, The Letter of James to the Jewish believers, The Letter of Jude to the Jewish believers, The 1st Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, The 2nd Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, 19. Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well."' As a result, they missed some tremendous blessings. It's bad enough to be a woman in Jewish tradition at this time, it's far worse to be a Gentile woman. And then he says when she's going to get the water, "Can you also take what youve got left and make me a meal?" The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. They were astonished by it. Why did He stop reading in the middle of Isaiah 61:2, "The favorable year of the Lord," and He stopped when the rest of the verse said, "And the day of vengeance of our God?" They could have proven that He was the Messiah in an instant. Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. There were many widows. We must not avoid spiritual conflict when wrong has occurred just because our culture or others in the church say conflict is wrong. You know what his name was? Well, I'm from the God of Israel and I'm going to ask you, if you will, to take all that you have left, your last meal before you die, starve to death, and she had a son as well, and give it to me. 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