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Luke 20:14

First Nations Version

“When they saw that he had sent his son, they put their heads together and came up with an evil plan. ‘This vineyard will one day belong to this son,’ they schemed. ‘If we kill him, the vineyard will be ours.’

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If we are his children, then we share with the Chosen One in all his blessings. But to be honored with him in the world to come, we must also be willing to suffer with him in this world.


But now, in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son—the one he has chosen to give all things to. It is through his Son that the Great Spirit made the world that is, the world that was, and the one that is coming.


In doing so you killed the Maker of Life! But the Giver of Breath brought him back to life from the dead! This we have seen with our own eyes.


Creator knew, before it happened, that the tribes would use the power of the People of Iron (Romans) to have him violently killed by nailing him to a tree-pole—the cross. But the Maker of Life let you have your way with him, because he had made a plan, long ago, to bring him back to life. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was released from the painful grip of death, for even death itself could not hold him captive.


The head holy men and the scroll keepers were looking for a way to capture Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and have him put to death, for they feared his influence over the people.


When the head holy men and the scroll keepers realized that this story was about them, they looked for a way to arrest him, but they could not, for they were afraid of what the people might do.


They put their heads together and talked it over. “If we say it is from the spirit-world above, he will ask us why we did not listen to him.


In the days that followed, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) came each day to the sacred lodge to teach and tell his stories. The head holy men, the scroll keepers, and the spiritual leaders took counsel together to plan new ways to have him killed.


The purification ceremony performed by Gift of Goodwill (John), was it from the spirit-world above, or did it come from human beings?” They put their heads together and talked it over. “If we say it is from the spirit-world above, he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’


His followers tried to understand why he said this. They said to each other, “Is it because we forgot to bring more frybread?”


“When harvest time came, the tribal member who owned the vineyard sent trusted messengers to gather his share of the grapes,


“‘What can I do?’ he wondered. ‘I know,’ he said to himself, ‘I will send my much-loved son. They will have to respect him.’


“So they dragged him out to the edge of the vineyard, murdered him, and left his dead body there.” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) turned to the spiritual leaders. “What will the owner of the vineyard do?” he asked. He waited for an answer, but no one said a word.





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