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Matthew 13:24

First Nations Version

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) told the people another story. He said, “Creator’s good road from above is like a man who scattered good seed in his garden.

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“When that time comes, the ones who are walking Creator’s good road from above will be like ten young, unmarried women who took their ceremonial torches and went out to welcome the groom.


“Creator’s good road from above is like this tribal member who managed a large vineyard. He went out early in the morning to find people to harvest the grapes.


“Here is another way to see the good road from above: A large fishing net is let down into the great waters. Many different kinds of fish are caught in it.


“Creator’s good road from above is like a chief who prepared a wedding feast for his son.


“The True Human Being is the one who plants the good seeds,” he answered.


“Again, think of Creator’s good road


“What is Creator’s good road like? What can I compare it to?” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) asked.


“Again, think of the good road from above to be like the yeast a grandmother uses when she makes frybread dough. She mixes a little yeast into three big batches of flour. Then the yeast spreads throughout the dough, causing it to rise.”


You have been given new birth through the living word of the Great Spirit. This living Word is like a seed planted within you that will never decay and will remain to the time beyond the end of all days.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) then told them more stories about the good road: “The good road from above is also like a man who plants a single grain of mustard seed,


“So then, Creator’s good road is like a ruler who wanted to collect the debt owed to him by his hired servants.


“The seed in this story is the message from the Great Spirit about his good road. “The seed planted on the village pathway represents the ones who hear but do not understand the message. The evil trickster sneaks up and snatches it from their hearts.


“It is time to return to the right ways of thinking. Creator’s good road from above is close. It is time to begin walking it.”


“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.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) traveled throughout Circle of Nations (Galilee). He was teaching in their gathering houses and telling everyone the good story of Creator’s good road. He was healing the people of every kind of sickness and disease.


This love and trust come from the hope you have in Creator’s promises kept safe for you in the spirit-world above. It is the same hope you heard about when you were told the words of truth found in Creator’s good story.


But during the night, while his family slept, an enemy sneaked in and scattered bad seeds in with the good ones.





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