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Hebrews 12:3

First Nations Version

If you will keep your thoughts on how much hostility Creator Sets Free (Jesus) endured from those with bad hearts and broken ways, it will keep you from growing weary and your hearts from falling to the ground.

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Never grow tired of doing what is good. For when the time is right, we will reap a harvest of good things as long as we do not let our hearts fall to the ground.


That is why we never lose heart. For even though our outer being is fading away, our inner being grows stronger every day.


I know you have never grown tired of representing me, even when thorns grew across the path.


So then, my much-loved family members, you must stand strong, with your feet planted firmly on the ground. Never give up working hard for our Honored Chief, for you know that what- ever you do for him will never fade away.


This means we must keep our eyes on Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the trailblazer of our spiritual ways, the one who was first to reach the end of the trail. The joy that lay before him gave him the strength to suffer on the cross and willingly bear its shame. He now sits at Creator’s right hand in the place of greatest honor.


So then, my sacred family members, you who share in Creator’s high calling, take a good look at Creator Sets Free (Jesus). He is the great message bearer and chief holy man of our spiritual ways.


Since we have received this sacred task through Creator’s mercy, we never lose heart as we walk this road.


Because of this, the tribal leaders were giving Creator Sets Free (Jesus) trouble and wanted to put him to death, because he was doing this on the Day of Resting.


Have you forgotten the wise counsel in our Sacred Teachings that speaks to you as mature sons and daughters? “Do not treat lightly the wise counsel of the Great Spirit Chief or let your heart fall to the ground when he shows you where you have gone wrong.


On a Day of Resting, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was invited to the house of a headman of the Separated Ones (Pharisees) for a meal. All were keeping their eyes on him.


But to the rest of you, my sacred family members, do not let your hearts fall to the ground as you keep walking in a good way.


One of the head soldiers struck him in the face and said, “Is that how you answer a chief holy man?”


“Now we are sure you have an evil spirit,” they said. “Father of Many Nations (Abraham) and all the prophets crossed over to death. How can you say that the ones who walk in your word will not taste of death?


They picked up stones to throw at him, but he hid himself in the crowd, passed them by, and walked out of the sacred lodge.


When they heard this, the Separated Ones (Pharisees) said to him, “When you say these things about yourself, you are the only one who says they are true. If no one else speaks for you, then we cannot receive your words.”


Some of them said, “He is a true human being with a good heart.” But others were saying, “No! He is leading the crowds down a false path.”


When the Separated Ones (Pharisees) heard him, they shrugged their shoulders and rolled their eyes, for they loved their many possessions.


But the Separated Ones (Pharisees) and the scroll keepers would complain about this. They would say things like, “This man welcomes outcasts to join him at the table and eat with him.”


The scroll keepers and the Separated Ones (Pharisees) began to grumble among themselves, “Who is this man to speak lies against the Great Spirit with such disrespect? Who but the Maker of Life can release a man from his wrongdoings?”


So Creator Hears (Simeon) spoke blessing words over them also. He then turned to Bitter Tears (Mary) and spoke softly in her ear. “This child has been chosen for the fall and rising of many in the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel). He will be a sign that will be spoken against,


The Separated Ones (Pharisees) began to scheme against Creator Sets Free (Jesus).


They wanted to arrest Creator Sets Free (Jesus) but feared the people, since they considered him a prophet.


When he arrived at the lodge, the head holy men were waiting for him. They and the ruling elders of the people came to him. “By what right do you do these things?” they challenged. “Who gave you this right?”


“Why do your followers not keep the traditions given by the elders and wash their hands before they eat?” they accused him.


When the Separated Ones (Pharisees) heard what the people were saying, they said, “No! His power over evil spirits comes from the Worthless Ruler (Beelzebul), the one who rules over all evil spirits.”


The True Human Being comes feasting and drinking and they say, ‘He eats too much and is a drunk, a friend of tribal tax collectors and outcasts!’ But wisdom is like a mother who knows what her children are doing and can see right through them.”


Some of the Separated Ones (Pharisees) overheard what he said to the man. “Are you saying that we are blind?” they asked.


Many were saying, “He has lost his mind and has an evil spirit. Why do we even listen to him?”


He did not return insult for insult. When he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he kept looking to the one who is always right when he decides who has done right or who has done wrong.





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