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Acts 16:30

First Nations Version

He then took them outside and said, “What must I do to be set free and made whole?”

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When they heard this, the words pierced their hearts like a long knife. With troubled hearts they lifted their voices to Stands on the Rock (Peter) and all the message bearers. “Fellow Tribal Members,” they said, “tell us what we must do.”


“‘Honored One,’ I asked, ‘what is it you want me to do?’ “‘Stand to your feet and go into the village,’ he said to me, ‘and there you will be told all that I want you to do.’


“Friends!” they shouted. “Why are you doing this? We are only weak two-leggeds like yourselves. We came to tell you the good story so you would turn away from these empty ways and turn to the Great Spirit, who is the maker of the sky, the earth, the great waters, and everything in them.


When the crowds heard his words, they were afraid and asked, “What should we do?”


You are like trees without fruit. Prove to others, by the way you live, that you have returned to the good road.


When the Great Spirit decides, no mercy will be shown to those who have not shown mercy. On the other hand, the ones who have shown mercy will have mercy shown to them. So then, mercy wins the victory over judgment.


So he followed his instructions, put them deep into the prison, and locked their feet in iron bindings.


She began to follow after Small Man (Paul) and shout out loud, “These men, who serve the One Above Us All, are showing us the way to be set free and made whole.”


Now stand to your feet and go into the village. There you will be told what you must do.”


“Creator’s blessing rests on the ones who are merciful and kind to others. Their kindness will find its way back to them—full circle.





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