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Matthew 20:30

First Nations Version

Not far from the village there were two blind men sitting on the side of the road. When the blind men heard that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was passing by, they cried out to him, “Honored One! Descendant of Much Loved One (David), have pity on us!”

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Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and his followers walked through Moon Village (Jericho), and a large crowd followed behind them as they left the village. As the crowd passed, a blind beggar, whose name was Son of Honored One (Bartimaeus), was sitting on the side of the road.


“How do you see the Chosen One? Who is he descended from?” “He is the son who is descended from Much Loved One (David),” they answered.


After that, people who could not see or walk came to him at the lodge, and he healed them.


The crowd circled around him, front and back, and began to shout: “Hosanna! To the descendant of Much Loved One (David)! “Blessed is the one who comes representing the Great Spirit! “Hosanna to the highest one!” This humble Chief did not fit the image of a conquering ruler. Instead of a warhorse, he rode on a donkey colt. No mighty warriors rode next to him. No dignitaries came out to meet him. It was mostly the common people who welcomed him that day.


The Great Spirit gave him a sacred promise that one of his descendants would be a Great Chief to rule over all the tribes. Much Loved One (David) was a prophet and saw, ahead of time, that the Chosen One would rise from the dead and that he would not be left alone in the Dark Underworld of Death (Hades), nor would his body return to the dust of the earth.


The messengers watched as he healed many who were sick and tormented by evil spirits, and gave sight to the ones who were blind.


“The Spirit of Creator has come to rest on me. He has chosen me to tell the good story to the ones who are poor. He has sent me to mend broken hearts, to tell prisoners they have been set free, to make the blind see again, and to lift up the ones who have been pushed down—


A Lowlander (Canaanite) woman from that territory came to Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Honored One! Descendant of Much Loved One (David),” she cried out to him. “Have pity on me, for my daughter is tormented by an evil spirit.”


“Some seeds fell on the village pathway, and the winged ones pecked at the seeds and ate them all.


The people in the crowd scolded them and said, “Be quiet!” That only made them cry out louder, “Honored One! Descendant of Much Loved One (David), have pity on us!”





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