Cross References

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Matthew 15:26

First Nations Version

“The children’s food should not be given to the dogs,” he said to her.

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“Take care not to give what is sacred to the ones who will turn on you and treat you with disrespect. For who would toss an eagle feather into the dirt to be trampled on?


Be on the lookout for those wild-dog men—the flesh cutters and troublemakers who require others to participate in the cutting of the flesh ceremony.


You Outside Nations did not share in the promises or the peace treaty that the Great Spirit made with those tribes. You were out from under their special care and protection—unaware of and apart from the Chosen One. You shared no common hope and were outside the help Creator gave to them in this world.


“We who are Tribal Members by birth are not like those ‘outcasts’ from the Outside Nations who do not keep our law.


Outside the gates are wild-dog people, bad-medicine people, the sexually impure, those who murder, the ones who pray to spirit-images, and all who love to speak lies.


They are members of the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel) and my flesh-and-blood relatives. They were chosen by the Great Spirit and taken into his family. They were given honor, sacred treaties and promises, laws to live by, and a sacred lodge in which to perform ceremonies.


She came close and humbled herself before him. “Honored One,” she begged him, “help me.”


“That is true, Honored One,” she answered, “but even the dogs can feed on the crumbs from the table of their Honored One.”





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