Matthew 5:22

First Nations Version

But I tell you, everyone who is angry toward a fellow human being will have to give an answer to the tribal council. If they speak with disrespect to someone, saying, ‘You hollow head!’ they will also face the tribal council. If they curse someone by saying ‘You damn fool!’ they may end up in the Valley of Smoldering Fire.

Cross References

1 John 2:9

Anyone who says, “I walk in the light,” but hates another is still walking in darkness.

James 3:6

and the tongue is itself a flame of fire. The tongue is a world full of evil and spreads its poison throughout the body. The words spoken by the tongue have the power to set on fire the very circle of life itself, and its flames come from the Valley of Smoldering Fire.

Titus 3:2

Make sure they do not speak evil of anyone. Instead, they should be peacemakers who are gentle and humble toward all people.

Matthew 10:28

“Have no fear of your opponents, for they can only kill the body, but not your inner being. Instead, fear the one who can bring an end to your entire being in the Valley of Smoldering Fire.

Matthew 18:35

“My Father from above is warning you that the same thing will happen to you unless, from your heart, you each forgive your fellow human beings.”

1 Peter 3:9

Never return evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, speak words of blessing over each other, for you were chosen to share together in Creator’s blessings.

Romans 12:10

Love like family and honor others by putting them first.

1 Peter 2:23

He did not return insult for insult. When he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he kept looking to the one who is always right when he decides who has done right or who has done wrong.

Matthew 18:21

Stands on the Rock (Peter) came close to Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Wisdomkeeper,” he asked, “how many times must I forgive a brother or sister who does wrong to me? Is seven times enough?”

Jude 1:9

Not even Who Is Like Creator (Michael), who is himself a very powerful spirit-messenger, dared to speak in this way against the evil trickster when they both argued over the body of Drawn from the Water (Moses). Instead he said, “May the Great Spirit Chief rebuke you!”

1 John 3:10

There is a clear difference between Creator’s children and the children of the evil trickster. The ones who do not walk in a good way do not belong to Creator, nor do those who do not love the sacred family.

Acts 17:18

Some traditional wisdom seekers also argued with him. Others wondered, “What is this talking head saying?” while others said, “He seems to be talking about strange and powerful spirits.” They said this because he was telling them the good story about Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and his rising from the dead.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

No one should abuse a sacred family member in this manner, for our Honored Chief will punish those who do, just as we have already solemnly warned you.

Mark 14:55

The head holy men and the Grand Council kept trying to find someone who would speak against Creator Sets Free (Jesus) so they could put him to death,

Matthew 26:59

The head holy men and the Grand Council kept trying to find someone who would speak against Creator Sets Free (Jesus) falsely so they could put him to death,

John 11:47

When the Separated Ones (Pharisees) and the head holy men heard about this great miracle, they called the Grand Council together. “What are we going to do?” they asked each other. “This man has powerful medicine and performs many signs and wonders.

Revelation 20:14

Then death itself and the Dark Underworld of Death (Hades) were thrown into the fiery lake. The fiery lake is the second death.

Acts 7:37

“Drawn from the Water (Moses) was the same one who said to the descendants of Wrestles with Creator (Israel), ‘The Great Spirit will raise up a prophet like me from among your own people.’

Luke 12:5

You should fear the one who, after you have been killed, has the right to throw you into the Valley of Smoldering Fire. This is what should make you tremble.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, treat your enemies with love and respect, and send up good prayers for the ones who make trouble for you and bring you pain. This will show that you are mature children of your Father from above, who sends his blessing of rain on the ones who do right and the ones who do wrong.

Matthew 5:34

But I say this to you, do not make any solemn promises. Do not say, ‘I promise by the spirit-world above,’ for it is Creator’s seat of honor,

Matthew 3:17

A voice from the sky spoke like distant thunder, “This is my much-loved Son, who makes my heart glad!”

1 John 5:16

You might see a sacred family member walking in a broken way that does not end in death. You should pray and that person will be given life, as long as the broken way does not end in death. There is a broken way that ends with death. If that is so, prayer will not help.

James 2:20

Are you the kind of shallow person who needs to be shown over and over again that faith without good deeds has no worth?

Hebrews 12:25

Make sure you do not turn away from the voice of the one who now speaks! For if the ones who turned away from him who warned them on earth did not escape, how will we escape if we turn away the one who speaks from the spirit-world above?

Hebrews 5:9

When he was fully prepared, he became the one through whom all people who listen and do what he says will be set free and made whole, to the time beyond the end of all days.

1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor those filled with greed, or drunks, or big-mouth troublemakers, or those who behave like tricksters—none of these will share in the blessings of Creator’s good road.

1 Corinthians 6:6

Instead, one sacred family member takes another to be judged by those who know nothing of our spiritual ways.

Acts 5:27

So they took the message bearers to stand before the Grand Council to be questioned by the chief holy man.

John 15:25

The full meaning of their own Sacred Teachings have become clear, ‘They hated me for no reason.’

John 8:48

“Now we have the right to call you a mixed blood from High Place (Samaria) and one who has an evil spirit,” they said to him in anger.

John 7:20

“You must have an evil spirit!” they answered back. “Why else would you think we are trying to kill you?”

Mark 15:1

As the sun began to rise, the head holy men counseled together with the tribal elders, the scroll keepers, and the Grand Council. Then with ropes they bound Creator Sets Free (Jesus) once again and took him to Spear of the Great Waters (Pilate). Spear of the Great Waters (Pilate) was the local governor representing the People of Iron (Romans). He had the power to decide who would live and who would die.

Matthew 25:41

“Then the Chief will say to the goats on his left, ‘Go away from me, you who have bad hearts, into the fire that burns everything up, made for the evil trickster snake and his messengers.

Matthew 23:33

You nest of poisonous snakes! How will you escape the bad end of the Valley of Smoldering Fire?

Matthew 23:15

“Sorrow and trouble await you blind guides with false faces, for you journey far and wide, across the great waters, to find one person who will change to your ways. When you have won him over, he becomes twice as bad as you are, a true son of the Valley of Smoldering Fire.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my much-loved Son, the one who makes my heart glad. Listen to him!”

Matthew 12:24

When the Separated Ones (Pharisees) heard what the people were saying, they said, “No! His power over evil spirits comes from the Worthless Ruler (Beelzebul), the one who rules over all evil spirits.”

Matthew 10:17

Look out for men with bad hearts, for they will bring you before their councils and whip you with leather straps in their gathering houses.

Luke 22:66

As the sun began to rise, the Grand Council of elders, along with the head holy men and the scroll keepers, all came together. They brought Creator Sets Free (Jesus) into the council house.

Acts 4:15

They ordered them to wait outside of the council house while they decided what to do with them. As the men were taken outside, the council lowered their voices and looked around at each other with troubled faces.

Acts 5:21

They did what they were told and went to the sacred lodge, and just as the sun was rising, they began to teach the people. When the chief holy man arrived, along with the spiritual leaders, they called together the Grand Council and the elders of the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel). They sent some lodge soldiers to the local jail to have the message bearers brought before the council.

Acts 6:12

This turned them against Many Feathers (Stephen), so they took hold of him and brought him before the Grand Council.

Acts 6:15

But all who were sitting in the council were staring at the face of Many Feathers (Stephen) because his face was shining like the face of a spirit-messenger.

Acts 22:30

But the head officer wanted to know what Small Man (Paul) was being accused of by the Tribal Members, so, before releasing him, he instructed the head holy men and the Grand Council to meet. He then brought in Small Man (Paul) and stood him before them.

Acts 23:1

Small Man (Paul) looked deeply into the eyes of the members of the Grand Council. “My fellow Tribal Members,” he said to the council, “All my life I have walked in a good way, with a pure heart before the Great Spirit.”

Acts 24:20

“Let these men who are here tell you what I did wrong when I stood before the council.