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John 6:2

First Nations Version

A great crowd of people followed him because they saw the powerful signs he performed, healing the sick.

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But he knew what they were doing, so he left that place. A large number of people went with him, and he healed all who were sick,


This was the first of the signs through which Creator Sets Free (Jesus) displayed his power. When his new followers saw this, their trust in him grew stronger. All of this happened in the territory of Circle of Nations (Galilee) at Village of Reeds (Cana).


But the people saw where they were going and ran ahead of them. They came from all the surrounding villages and were waiting for them when they arrived.


And when he came to shore, they were waiting for him. He felt deeply for them, so he healed the ones who were sick.


A great crowd of people followed Creator Sets Free (Jesus) as he walked down from the mountainside.


Once again, people began to gather around him. The number of people was so great that he sat down in a canoe and pushed out a little ways from the shore. The people gathered at the shoreline on the water’s edge and sat down to listen to him. The Great Storyteller began to tell his stories, teaching people about Creator’s good road.


Instead, he spread the news about his healing far and wide. Soon Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was unable to show his face in the local villages, so he stayed away from them. But the people continued to come to him from all directions.


During the Passover festival many people began to believe in him because they saw the powerful miracles he was performing.


The people began to realize what had happened. This was a powerful sign that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) had just performed. They began to wonder who this man was who could do such amazing things. Like wildfire, the hopes and dreams of many generations began to rise in their hearts and minds. They were saying to one another, “This must be the Prophet, spoken of long ago, who would come into the world!”


It was now morning, and the crowd of people on the other side of Lake of Circle of Nations (Sea of Galilee) began to look for Creator Sets Free (Jesus), for they knew there was only one canoe and that he did not go with his followers.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) ignored their question and said to them, “Listen closely to my words, you are not looking for me because of the powerful sign you saw, but only because you filled your bellies with food.


“What powerful sign will you show us, that we should trust in you?” they asked. “What sign will you perform?


When the Separated Ones (Pharisees) and the head holy men heard about this great miracle, they called the Grand Council together. “What are we going to do?” they asked each other. “This man has powerful medicine and performs many signs and wonders.


Even though Creator Sets Free (Jesus) had healed the sick, brought the dead back to life, and shown the people powerful medicine from the Great Spirit, his own tribal nation still did not believe in him or trust him.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) did many more powerful signs before the eyes of his followers that have not been written down in this book.





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