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Matthew 26:41

First Nations Version

“Stay awake and pray so that you will be able to face the rough trail ahead of you. Your human body is weak, but your spirit is strong.”

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“Why are you sleeping?” he asked. “Wake up and pray for strength to face this time of testing!”


Stay awake and pray so that you will be able to face the fiery trial ahead of you. The human body is weak, but the spirit is strong.”


All of this is done by prayer, sending your voice to the Great Spirit, asking him for all that is needed. As you pray with the help of the Spirit, stay alert and keep all of Creator’s holy people in your thoughts, praying for their needs.


“Guide us away from the things that tempt us to stray from your good road, and set us free from the evil one and his worthless ways. Aho! May it be so!


So stay on guard, praying that you will find a safe path through this time and stand strong before the True Human Being.”


“Behold, I am coming like a thief!” says Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Creator’s blessing will rest on the one who remains awake, wearing regalia, and not naked and ashamed for all to see.”


Keep your eyes wide open. Stand firm in the faith. Be brave and strong.


Stay alert and remain calm, for your opponent, the evil trickster, prowls about, roaring like a mountain lion, looking for someone to devour.


You are not so different from your ancestors who all faced temptation. All human beings are tempted in similar ways. So remember, the Great Spirit is faithful. He will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability to resist. For when temptation comes, he will show you how to break free from it and stand firm.


So then, all of these stories show us that the Honored One knows how to rescue his holy ones from trouble and hold the bad-hearted ones captive until the day comes when he will decide their punishment.


So be on the lookout, because you never know when your Honored Chief will arrive.


Because you have walked with firm steps and stayed true to my message, I will watch over you and keep you safe from the time of great trouble that is coming upon the world, to test the ones who walk the land.


The end of all things is near, so think good thoughts and be single-minded in your prayers.


When they arrived, he said to them, “Pray that you will have the strength to face this time of testing ahead of you.”


For the ones who belong to Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One have nailed their weak and broken humanity to his cross. This puts to death all their wrong desires and broken ways.


I am rough on my body and bring it under my power, so that after I have instructed others, I myself will not grow weary and drop out of the race.


“Here is what I am saying to you: be prepared like the wise women in this story and always be ready, for you do not know the time of day or night that the True Human Being will appear.”


“My heart is full of sorrow to the point of death,” he said to his three followers who were with him. “Stay here and watch over me.”


That law did not have the power to set us free, because of our broken humanity. But Creator found a way by sending his Son, in the likeness of broken and weak human beings, to bear the weight of our broken ways in his own human body and set us free from our guilt and shame.


“Release us from the things we have done wrong in the same way we release others for the things done wrong to us. And guide us away from the things that tempt us to stray from your good road.”


“The rocky ground represents the ones who hear and receive the teaching with glad hearts, but because they have no roots, their faith is shallow and does not last. As soon as the teaching brings them trouble or opposition, they stumble and fall away.





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