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John 2:4

First Nations Version

“Honored woman,” he said to her. “Why are you telling me? Is this our concern? It is not yet my time to show who I am.”

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Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered them, “You are free to go anytime you want, for the people there do not hate you. But they do hate me, because I show them their bent and crooked ways.


The Passover festival was drawing near. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew it was time to leave this world and go back to his Father. His love for the ones who walked the road with him had always been great, and now, at the end, his love for them remained strong.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said these things at the sacred lodge, where he was teaching, near the storehouse where they keep the ceremonial gifts. No one laid a hand on him, for his time had not yet come. The people began to argue among themselves about him.


The tribal leaders were looking for a way to arrest him, but no one could even lay a hand on him, for it was not yet his time.


He answered them, “It is time for the True Human Being to be lifted up to his place of honor.


“Son of the Great Spirit!” they shrieked. “What do you want from us? Are you here to torment us before Creator’s chosen time?”


“Honored woman, why the tears?” he said to her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the keeper of the garden, so she said, “If you have carried him away, tell me where, and I will find him.”


They looked at her and said, “Honored woman, why do you weep?” “My Wisdomkeeper is gone,” she answered, “and I do not know where they have taken him.”


“Why were you looking everywhere for me?” he asked. “I thought you would know to look for me here, in my Father’s lodge, doing what he sent me to do.”


“Dear woman,” he answered back, “your answer shows how great your faith is! What you have asked for will be yours.” Her daughter was healed from that time forward.


So from now on we will no longer look at others through weak human eyes. Even though we used to see the Chosen One in this way, that is not how we see him now.


During the celebration, they ran out of wine. This would have been a great embarrassment to the groom and his family. So the mother of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said to him, “Son, they have no more wine.”


You can go to the festival, but I am not going now—it is not my time yet.”





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