Sentence:  I also could have done without the scene illustrating the difficulties that an ignorant savage—or anyone whose brain is in full, working order—might have with certain passages of the Bible. Sitting in the prayer tent while Wes Studhi is conducting business, the Indians look at their copies of the <WSD>good word</WSD> with the same look of uncomprehending bafflement that Sid Vicious used to sometimes look at his bass, and then fall out of their chairs laughing when one smarty-pants among them allows as how she'd love to have been a fly on the wall when Mary was explaining to Joseph about how she'd gotten pregnant. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The Bible, especially the New Testament.