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Matthew 26:18

First Nations Version

“Go into the village,” he instructed them, “and there you will meet a certain man and say to him, ‘Our Wisdomkeeper says, “My time has now come. I will eat the Passover meal with my followers here in your home.”’”

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Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered them, “You are free to go anytime you want, for the people there do not hate you. But they do hate me, because I show them their bent and crooked ways.


When Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was finished speaking to his followers, he lifted his eyes to the spirit-world above and sent his voice to the Great Spirit. “O Great Father,” he prayed, “it is time for you to bring honor to your Son, so he may bring honor to you.


The Passover festival was drawing near. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew it was time to leave this world and go back to his Father. His love for the ones who walked the road with him had always been great, and now, at the end, his love for them remained strong.


The tribal leaders were looking for a way to arrest him, but no one could even lay a hand on him, for it was not yet his time.


You can go to the festival, but I am not going now—it is not my time yet.”


He answered them, “It is time for the True Human Being to be lifted up to his place of honor.


“Did I not sit with you every day in the sacred lodge? Why did you not take me then? This is your time, and you have given the powers of darkness their day.”


After she said this, she left him and went in private to her sister Healing Tears (Mary) and said to her, “The Wisdomkeeper is nearby and wants you to come to him.”


While Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was still speaking, some messengers came from the home of the headman of the gathering house. “Your little girl has crossed over to death,” they said with sad faces. “Why trouble the Wisdomkeeper any longer?” The man’s heart fell to the ground, and grief began to creep over him.


“As you know, the Passover festival will begin after two days. It is during this time that the True Human Being will be taken captive and then killed on a tree-pole—the cross.”


“Titles such as ‘wisdomkeeper,’ ‘chief,’ and ‘spiritual guide’ are not for you. There is only one true Wisdomkeeper, Chief, and Spiritual Guide—the Chosen One—and you all belong to his family. So call no one on earth by the title ‘father,’ for only the Great Spirit is truly the Father of us all.


If anyone asks you what you are doing, say to them, ‘Our Wisdomkeeper has need of them,’ and the owner will release them to you.”


“Strong Tears (Mary),” he said to her in a soft and kind voice. She looked closer at him and her eyes grew wide. Then she hugged him close and whispered in his ear in her native language. “Rabboni!” she said, meaning Wisdomkeeper.


Speaks Well Of (Judas) walked right up to Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Greetings, Wisdomkeeper,” he said and then kissed him.


They did as he said and made everything ready for the ceremonial meal.





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