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Acts 18:6

First Nations Version

But when they stood against him and spoke evil of him, he shook the dust from his clothes. “You have decided your own fate!” he told them. “I have done all I can do. From now on I will go to the Outside Nations.”

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So they shook the dust from their moccasins, as a sign against them, and went from there to Spirit Village (Iconium).


The ones who walk in this way think it strange that you no longer join them in their wild and reckless way of life, so they speak evil of you.


If no one in that village welcomes you, when you go from there, shake the dust from your moccasins to warn them that you have done all that you can do.”


“Let his blood be on us and on our descendants!” they answered him back.


If you are treated with scorn and contempt because you follow the Chosen One, you are blessed. For this is a sign that the beauty of his Spirit and of Creator is resting on you.


humbly instructing those who stand against him. For it could be that Creator will return them to the right way of thinking and lead them back to the path of truth.


For is not the Great Spirit the maker of all people, not just our Tribal People? Yes! He is the Great Spirit of all Nations!


“So let it be known to you,” he said to them, “that this message about the Great Spirit’s plan to rescue and make whole has been sent to the Outside Nations. And they will listen!”


First I told those in Silent Weaver (Damascus). Then I told the people in Village of Peace (Jerusalem) and all in the territory of the Land of Promise (Judea), and to the Outside Nations. I told them all that they should change their thinking, return to Creator’s ways, and walk in a manner worthy of this change of heart.


In all our gathering houses I violently punished them, trying to force them to speak against Creator Sets Free (Jesus). Like a threatening storm I took out my anger on them, even pursuing them to faraway places.


“So they went and did as they were told and gathered as many as they could find, whether honorable or bad-hearted. So the lodge was filled with many wedding guests for his son.


But if no one in that village welcomes you or listens to your message, then go from there and shake the dust from your moccasins.


they laughed, insulting him with cruel words and twisted faces.


“So I say to you that Creator’s good road will be torn from you and given to a people who will bring its fruit to a full harvest. For the ones who stumble over this Chief Lodgepole will be broken into pieces,


Then he said, “Listen closely, for I tell you that this man is only one of many who will come from the four directions to sit in a great lodge and feast with our ancestors. They will sit down with Father of Many Nations (Abraham), He Made Us Laugh (Isaac), and Heel Grabber (Jacob) in the Land of Creator’s good road from above.


Do not be in a hurry to lay your hands on others to choose them as spiritual leaders. Do not take part in the broken ways of others. Keep yourself pure.


They answered him, “He will bring those bad-hearted ones to a bad end and then rent out the vineyard to others who will be honorable and give him the share of the harvest he deserves.”





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