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John 10:6

First Nations Version

Because he was using a story to teach them, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) could see that they did not understand,

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“I have told you truths from the spirit-world above, using earthly stories. The time is coming when I will not have to use stories but will tell you plainly about the Father. When that time comes, you will not need me to ask the Father for you, because you will ask him yourself.


Then Creator Sets Free (Jesus) asked his followers, “Now do you understand the things I am saying to you?” “Wisdomkeeper,” they said, “we do understand.”


We also know that the Son of the Great Spirit has come. He has given us a way to know the True One. It is through his Son, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, that we are in harmony with the True One. This is the one true Great Spirit and the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.


Humans without the Spirit are not able to see the things revealed by Creator’s Spirit. These things sound foolish and are beyond their understanding, for they must be interpreted in a spiritual manner.


“Why can you not hear what I am saying to you? Are my words not clear? Then I will speak more clearly.


But no one could see that he was talking about the Father, who is the Great Spirit.


Will he teach them there? What does he mean by saying, ‘You will look for me, but will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am going you cannot follow’?”


When the ones who walked the road with Creator Sets Free (Jesus) heard this, many of them said, “These words are too hard to hear. Who can even listen to them?”


His words caused a great division among the Tribal Members, and they began to argue with one another. “How can this be?” they asked. “Will he give us his flesh to eat?”


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) would use only stories like these when he spoke to the crowds. He taught nothing to the crowds without using a story.


He would only use stories to teach the crowds, but then in private he would tell the full meaning to the ones who walked the road with him.


His followers said to him, “Now you are speaking plainly to us instead of using stories!


They have proved the truth of these wise sayings: “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A pig after being washed goes back to wallowing in the mud.”





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