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Luke 8:44

First Nations Version

She came up close behind him, reached out her hand, and touched the fringe of his outfit, and right away the blood stopped flowing. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) stopped, turned, and looked around the crowd.

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Face cloths and sashes that had touched his body were taken to heal the sick and force out evil spirits.


But the man who was healed did not know who he was. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) had left because too many people were there.


He put his hands on her, and right away she stood up straight and gave thanks to the Great Spirit.


She came up behind Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and began to weep at his feet. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet and rubbed the ointment on them.


Wherever he would go—into villages, camps, or in the countryside—they would take the sick, lay them in front of the trading posts, and beg him to let them touch the fringes of his clothes. And all who touched him were healed.


He felt pity for them, so he touched their eyes, and right then their eyes were opened and they could see! So they went with him down the road.


“I want to!” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said as he reached out and touched the man. Tribal law says that anyone who touches anything unclean would also be unclean and in need of cleansing. But Creator Sets Free (Jesus), instead of becoming unclean himself, cleansed the man with his touch. “Be clean!” he said, and right away the disease left the man and he was healed.


The people carried the sick into the village pathways and laid them on their sleeping bundles and mats so that when Stands on the Rock (Peter) walked by, his shadow might fall on them.


There was a woman following with the crowd who had been bleeding in an unusual way for more than twelve winters. This would have made her ceremonially unclean and untouchable according to tribal law. She came up close behind Creator Sets Free (Jesus), reached out her hand, and touched the fringe of his outer garment.


There was a woman in the crowd who had been bleeding in an unusual way for more than twelve winters. Under tribal law this woman would be considered unclean. She was also required to warn people nearby of her condition by saying out loud, “Unclean! Unclean!” Instead, she pushed her way through the crowd to get to the Wisdomkeeper. She spent all she had on medicine men who were not able to heal her.


“Who touched me?” he asked. The ones who heard him shrugged their shoulders and began to look around also. When no one came forward, Stands on the Rock (Peter) said to him, “Wisdomkeeper, the crowds are pushing, shoving, and touching you, what do you mean?”





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