Mark 12:1

First Nations Version

Once again Creator Sets Free (Jesus) began to speak to them using stories:

Cross References

Mark 13:34

Be ready, like a chief who goes away on a long journey. He appoints the young men to watch over the village while he is gone, giving each of them responsibilities. Then he sets his warriors to guard the village gate.

Mark 4:2

He then began to tell them stories to teach them about the ways of Creator’s good road.

Matthew 25:14

“Here is another way to see how the Creator’s good road from above will come: It is like a tribal headman preparing for a long journey. He gathered three trusted tribal members together to give them charge of his goods during his journey.

Acts 7:38

When our ancestors were gathered together in the desert wilderness, Drawn from the Water (Moses) was there with them. On the Mountain of Small Trees (Sinai) a spirit-messenger from Creator spoke to him. It was there that he and our ancestors were given the words of life, which have been handed down to us.

Luke 19:12

“There was a man who was born to be chief of a large tribal nation. The time had come for him to take his place as chief. But first he had to take a long journey to another land, to meet with a council of many nations, to be approved.

Luke 15:13

“Not many days later, the younger son took his share and went far away to another land. He began to spend it all on wild living and soon had nothing left.

Luke 8:10

He answered them, “To you the honor has been given to understand the mysterious ways of Creator’s good road. This honor is not given to those who are not ready for it. I speak to them in stories because ‘even though they have eyes to see, they do not see, and even though they have ears to hear, they fail to understand.’

Matthew 21:28

“How do you see it?” he asked them. “A man with two sons came to one of his sons and said, ‘Son, will you work in my vineyard today?’

Luke 22:9

“Where should we go?” they asked him.

Matthew 13:3

Here is one of the many stories he told them: “Listen!” he said. “A seed planter went to plant some seeds and began to scatter them about on the ground.

Matthew 21:33

“Hear me,” he said to them, “and I will tell you another story. “There was a tribal member who planted a vineyard. He put a hedge around it, dug a pit to crush the grapes, and built a treehouse from which to watch over all the vines. He then rented the vineyard out to other tribal members for a share of the grapes. Then he traveled far away to another land.

Matthew 21:34

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

Mark 3:23

So Creator Sets Free (Jesus) gathered them around himself and spoke to them with wise sayings such as these: “How can Accuser (Satan), that evil trickster, force out evil spirits? Can he defeat himself?

Mark 11:33

They feared the people, so they said, “We do not know.” “So then, I will not answer your question,” he said to them, “and tell you by what right I do these things.”