Mark 12:15

First Nations Version

Yes or no?” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) could see right through their false faces! “Why are you putting me to the test?” he said to them. “Bring to me one of their silver coins and I will look at it.”

Cross References

Revelation 2:23

I will turn her spiritual children over to death. Then all the sacred families will know that I am the one who looks into the thoughts and sees the hearts of all people. I will make sure each person is given what is deserved for all that he has done.

Hebrews 4:13

Not one thing in all creation is hidden from his sight. All things are stripped bare before the eyes of the one to whom we must give an answer for how we have walked on this earth.

1 Corinthians 10:9

We should not put our Honored Chief to the test, as some of our ancestors did, and were killed by poisonous snakes.

Acts 5:9

Stands on the Rock (Peter) then said to her, “How could both of you agree to put Creator’s Spirit to the test? Look! The ones who buried your husband are coming to do the same for you.”

John 21:17

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) asked him a third time, “One Who Hears (Simon), Son of Gift of Kindness (John), do you love me as a friend?” Stands on the Rock (Peter) felt his heart sink because he asked the third time, “Do you love me as a friend?” “Wisdomkeeper!” he said, “you know all things, you must know how deeply I care for you. I am your friend!” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said to him again, “Feed my sheep.”

Luke 20:23

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) could see right through them.

Mark 10:2

Like hungry wolves the Separated Ones (Pharisees) came to test and accuse him. “Does our tribal law permit a man to send his wife away?” they asked.

Matthew 22:18

He could see right through them and knew what they were up to! “Why are you putting me to the test? I can see behind your false faces!” he answered.

Matthew 20:2

After they agreed with him on the amount for a full day’s pay, he sent them to work.

Mark 12:14

“Wisdomkeeper,” they came and said to him, “we know you always speak the truth about the Great Spirit and represent him well, no matter what others may think or say. Tell us what is right,” they asked. “Does our tribal law permit our people to pay taxes to the government of the People of Iron (Romans)?

Mark 12:16

So they brought one to him. He took a good long look at it, holding it up to the sky to see it clearly. Then he turned the face of the coin for them to see. “Whose image and words are carved into this coin?” he asked. “The Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar),” they replied.

John 8:6

They were putting him to a test, so they could have a way to accuse him. The crowd was silent and waited to see what he would say, but he said nothing. He bent over and with his finger wrote something in the dirt. When he did not answer right away, the Separated Ones (Pharisees) became angry and kept questioning him.