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John 9:16

First Nations Version

Then some of the Separated Ones (Pharisees) said, “This man, who does not honor the Day of Resting, cannot be from the Great Spirit.” But others were saying, “How can someone with a bad heart perform powerful signs such as these?”

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This story brought much disagreement among the Tribal Members, and they began to argue about him.


So the people could not agree about him.


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) saw what they were doing, they said to him, “Why do your followers do what is not permitted on the Day of Resting?”


Trust in me, for I am in the Father and he is in me. Or at least trust in the works my Father does through me.


They went back to the man who was blind and said to him, “Give honor to the Great Spirit for healing you, not to Creator Sets Free (Jesus), for we know he is an outcast with a bad heart.”


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?”


My words carry more weight than his and are proven by the things I do. I have done the things the Father sent me to do. That is all the proof that is needed.


But the people of Spirit Village (Iconium) were split apart. Some stood with the Tribal Members and some with the message bearers.


There he saw a man with a shriveled and useless hand. The Separated Ones (Pharisees) had been keeping a close eye on him. Then they saw him looking at the man with the useless hand. Trying to find a reason to accuse him, they asked, “Is it permitted to heal on the Day of Resting?” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew what they were scheming.


The headman of the gathering house was offended because Creator Sets Free (Jesus) had healed on the Day of Resting. He stood up and told the people, “Are there not six other days to do your work? Come on one of those days to be healed, not on the Day of Resting.” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) helped the woman back to her seat. He then turned to the headman with a look of sorrow mixed with anger on his face.


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).


The strict traditional Tribal Members saw the healed man carrying his bundle. “It is the Day of Resting,” they said to him. “Tribal law forbids you to carry your sleeping bundle.”


If this is permitted on the Day of Resting, then why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on that day?





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