Matthew 23:18

First Nations Version

“Or you say, ‘A promise made before a ceremony can be broken, but one made during a ceremony must be kept.’

Cross References

Matthew 23:16

“And to the blind guides who say, ‘A promise made outside the lodge can be broken, but one made inside must be kept,’

Matthew 23:17

you are so foolish and blind! It is not the lodge that makes the promise good, but it is the Great Spirit over the lodge who sees and hears all promises.

Matthew 23:19

Are you so blind? Can you not see that the Great Spirit sees and hears all promises and expects you to keep them?

Mark 7:11

But your tradition says, ‘If someone says to their father or mother, “I have given to the Great Spirit the things that were meant to honor and take care of you,”

Galatians 5:3

Again, I speak truth from my heart: any man who participates in the cutting of the flesh ceremony for good standing must follow all of the law given by Drawn from the Water (Moses).