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John 9:34

First Nations Version

They puffed up their chests and said, “You were born an outcast, and you think you can teach us?” Then they threw him out and banned him from his gathering house.

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the ones who walked the road with him asked, “Wisdomkeeper, why was this man born blind? Was it his wrongdoings or his parents’ that caused this?”


I speak from my heart, unless you welcome Creator’s good road in the way a little child does, you will never walk it.”


so that no one could buy or sell without this mark, which represents the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.


I wrote to the sacred family that gathers with you, but Raised by the Sky Spirit (Diotrephes), who loves to be the headman, will not listen to us.


In the same way, those who are young should listen to their elders. All of you must wear the regalia of humility as you walk together. “The Great Spirit stands against the proud and arrogant, but he shows great kindness to the humble of heart.”


This is how all of us once lived when we followed our uncontrolled emotions fed by bodily desires and dark thoughts. These broken ways became our natural condition, and, like the rest of humankind, we were children deserving of Creator’s anger.


“We who are Tribal Members by birth are not like those ‘outcasts’ from the Outside Nations who do not keep our law.


It is up to the Great Spirit to judge the ones on the outside. So then, you must remove the one who has done this evil from among you.


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


When Creator Sets Free (Jesus) heard that they had put the man out of the gathering house, he went to him and said, “Will you put your trust in the True Human Being?”


You are doing the same things your father does.” “We were not born from an unmarried woman,” they said. “We have but one Father—the Great Spirit.”


The ones my Father has given to me will come to me. They are a gift from my Father that I will always keep.


He said to them, “The ones who put themselves above others will be brought down, but all who humble themselves will be lifted up.”


A scroll keeper, one who was an expert in tribal law, spoke up. “Wisdomkeeper,” he complained, “when you say these things, you insult us also.”


“Creator’s blessing rests on you when you are hated and rejected, looked down on and treated as worthless, all because you have chosen to walk the good road with the True Human Being.


So if I come, I will give him a stern talking-to, for he has spoken foolishly, accusing us with evil words. As if this were not enough, he also refuses to welcome traveling members of the sacred family. He puts a stop to those who want to welcome them and forces them out of the sacred family gathering.





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