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Matthew 18:23

First Nations Version

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

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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.


So then, each of us must give an answer to the Great Spirit for how we have walked on this earth.


“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.


“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.”


So do not keep deciding these kinds of things ahead of time. Instead, wait until the coming of our Honored Chief. On that day he will shine his light on the things hidden in darkness and make known the plans of all human hearts. The Knower of Hearts will then give to each person whatever honor is due.


“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.


He smiled and said to them, “Every scroll keeper who has learned to walk in the ways of Creator’s good road is like the head of a family, an elder who opens the medicine pouch of his heart, sharing wisdom that is both new and old, bringing new understanding to the old ways.”


“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.”


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,


“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.


“The ones who listen to me and walk in my ways are like a wise man who built a grand lodge on solid ground.


The first one brought to him owed ten thousand horses.





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