114 Parables Spoken By Jesus A Heretic Christian Text
Brief History
It was on a December day in the year of 1945, near the town of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt, that the course of Gnostic studies was radically renewed and forever changed. An Arab peasant, digging around a boulder in search of fertilizer for his fields, happened that day upon an old, rather large red earthenware jar. Hoping to have found buried treasure, and with due hesitation and apprehension about the jinn, the genie or spirit who might attend such a hoard, he smashed the jar open with his pick. Inside he discovered no treasure and no genie, but books: more than a dozen old papyrus books, bound in golden brown leather. Little did he realize that he had found an extraordinary collection of ancient texts, manuscripts hidden up a millennium and a half before (probably deposited in the jar around the year 390 by monks from the nearby monastery of St. Pachomius) to escape destruction under order of the emerging orthodox Church in its violent expunging of all heterodoxy and heresy.
How the Nag Hammadi manuscripts eventually passed into scholarly hands, is a fascinating even if too lengthy story to here relate. But today, now fifty years since being unearthed and more than two decades after final translation and publication in English as The Nag Hammadi Library7, their importance has become astoundingly clear: These thirteen beautiful papyrus codices containing fifty-two sacred texts are the long lost "Gnostic Gospels", a last extant testament of what orthodox Christianity perceived to be its most dangerous and insidious challenge, the feared opponent that the Patristic heresiologists had reviled under many different names, but most commonly as Gnosticism. The discovery of these documents has radically revised our understanding of Gnosticism and the early Christian church. Perhaps the most important of these manuscripts is the The Gospel According To Thomas, 114 parables spoken by Jesus. In all accords his words are directing the search for spiritual englightenment inward, contrasting to the dogma of the Christian texts of the bible. Strikingly, his words are more attuned to Buddhism rather than the myth of Christianity. Words of Jesus the Savior untouched by human hands for nearly 200 years.
Link to Comparable Texts Found In The Bible Follows Parable - Includes Psychological Translation
These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down
(1)And he said, "Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death".
(2)Jesus said, "Let who seeks continuing seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled,
he will be astonished, and he will rule over all". Compare to Matt:7:7, Luke 11:9
(3)Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky shall proceed you. If
they say to you, 'It is in the sea', then the fish will proceed you. Rather, the KINGDOM IS INSIDE YOU, and it is OUTSIDE you. When you come to know yourselves,
(psychologically) then you will become known and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty
and it is you who are that poverty". Compare to Luke 17:21
(4)Jesus said, "The man old in days will not hestitate to ask a small child seven days old about the place of life, and he will live. For many who are first will become last,
and they will become one and the same". Compare to Matt:11:25, Luke 10:21
(5)Jesus said, "Recognize what is in your (sg.) sight, and that which is hidden from you (sg.)will become plain to you. For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest."
(6)His disciples questioned him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How shall we pray? Shall we give alms? What diet shall we observe?
Jesus said, "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of heaven. For nothing hidden will become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being
uncovered".
(7)Jesus said, "Blessed is the lion which becomes man when consumed by man; and cursed is the man whom the lion consumes, and the lion becomes man.
(8)And he said, "The man is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of small fish. (In Jungian psychology water represents
the unconscious. The fish would symbolize unconscious urges) Among them the wise fisherman found a large fine fish. (the large fine fish symbolizes the word of Jesus, truth)
He threw all the small fish back into the sea and chose the large fish without difficulty. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
(9)Jesus said, "Now the sower went out and took a handful (of seeds), and scattered them. Some fell on the road; the birds came and gathered them up. Others fell on rock, did not take root in the soil,
and did not produce ears. And others fell on thorns; they choked the seeds and the worma ate them. And others fell on good soil and it produced good fruit: it bore sixty per measure and a hundred twenty per measure."
Good thoughts and deeds produce good results in life.
(10)Jesus said, "I cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until blazes". Compare to Luke 12:49
(11)Jeus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away. The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. In the days when you consumed what is dead, you made it what is alive.
When you come to dwell in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were on you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?
(12)The desciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader? Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."
(13)Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to someone and tell me whom am I like.
Simon Peter said to him, "you are like a righteous angel."
Matthew said to him, "You are like a wise philosopher."
Thomas said to him, "Master, my mouth is wholly incapable of saying whom you are like."
Jesus said, "I am not your (sg.) master. Because you (sg.) have drunk, you (sg.) have become intoxicated from the bubbling spring which I have measured out."
And he took him and withdrew and told him three things. When Thomas returned to his companions, they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?"
Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the things which he told me, you will pick up stones and throw them at me; a fire will come out of the stones and burn you up."
(14)Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will give rise to sin for yourselves;and if you pray, you will be condemned; and if you give alms, you will do harm to your spirits. When you go into any land and walk about in the districts, if they receive you, eat what they will
set before you, and heal the sick among them. For what goes into your mouth will not defile you, but that which issues from your mouth - it is that which will defile you. Compare to Matt:15:11
(15)Jesus said, "When you see one that was not born of woman, prostate yourselves on your faces and worship him. That one is your father.
(16)Jesus said, "Men think, perhaps, that it is peace I have come to cast upon the world. They do not know that it is dissension which I have come to cast upon the earth: Fire, sword, and war. For there will be five in a house: three will be against two, and two against three,
the father against the son, the son against the father. And they will stand solitary. Compare to Luke 12:51-53
(17)Jesus said, "I shall give you what no eye has seen and what no ear has heard and what no hand has touched and what has never occurred to the human mind. (God is provided to each individual and each individual has a unique relationship with God).
(18)The desciples said to Jesus, "Tell us how our end will be." Jesus said, "Have you discovered, then, the beginning, that you look for the end? For where the beginning is, there will the end be. Blessed is he who will take his place in the beginning; he will
know the end and will not experience death." (the circle - no beginning, no end - the end is the beginning, the beginning the end.)
(19)Jesus said, "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being. If you become my desciples and listen to my words, these stones will minister to you. For there are five trees for you in Paradise which remain undisturbed summer and winter and whose leaves do not fall.
Whoever becomes aquainted with them will not experience death." (In Paradise one transcends conflict. The seasons do not CHANGE. One does not die - spiritually.)
(20)The desciples said to Jesus, "Tellus what the kingdom of heaven is like."
He said to them, "it is like a mustard seed. It is the smallest of all seeds. But when it falls on tilled soil, it produces a great plant and becomes a shelter for the birds of the sky." Compare to Matt:13:31-32
(21)Mary said to Jesus, "What are your desciples like?"
He said, "They are like children who have settled in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say, 'Let us have our field back.' They (will)undress in their presence in order to let them have their field and to give itback to them.
Therefore I say, if the owner of a house knows that the thief is coming, he will begin his vigil before he comes and will not let him dig through into his house of his domain to carry away his goods. You (pl.), then, be on your guard against the world. Arm yourselves with great
strength lest the robbers find a way to come to you, for the difficulty which you expect will (surely) materialize. Let there be among you a man of understanding. When the grain ripened, he came quickly with his sickle in his hand and reaped it. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
(22)Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, "These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom."
They said to him, "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and te female the one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female be female; and when you fashion
eyes in place of an eye,and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in a place of a likeness; then you will enter (the kingdom)." Compare to Matt: 19:12
(23)Jesus said,'I shall choose you, one out of a thousand, and two out of ten thousand, and they shall stand as a single one. Compare to Matt: 22:14
(24)His disciples said to him, "Show us the place where you are, since it is necessary for us to seek it.">br>
He said to them, "Whoever has ears, let him hear. There is light within a man of light, and he lights up the whole world. If he does not shine, he is darkness. (again Jesus directs one inward)
(25)Jesus said, "Love your (sg.) brother like your soul, guard him like the pupil of your eye." Matt: 22:39 Compare to Luke 10:27
(26)Jesus said, "You (sg.) see the mote in your brother's eye, but you do not see the beam in your own eye. When you cast the beam out of your own eye. then you will see clearly to cast the mote from your
brother's eye."
(27)Jesus said, "If you do not fast as regards the world, you will not find the kingdom. If you do not observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath, you will not see the father. (It is not in the material world in which the kingdom lies.)
(28)Jesus said, "I took my place in the midst of the world, and I appeared to them in flesh. I found all of them inoxicated; I found none of them thirsty. And my soul became afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their hearts
and do not have sight; for empty they came into this world, and empty too they seek to leave the world. But for the moment they are intoxicated. When they shake off their wine, then they will repent."
(29)Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, it is a wonder. But is spirit came into being because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty." (the spirit -soul - is within the body)
(30)Jesus said, "Where there are three gods, they are gods. Where there are two or one, I am with them." Matt: Compare to 18:20
(31)Jesus said, "No prophet is accepted in his own village; no physician heals those who know him." Compare to Matt: 13:51, Luke 4:24
(32)Jesus said, "A city built on a high mountain and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden." Compare to Matt: 5:14
(33)Jesus said, "Preach from your (pl.) housetops that which you (sg.) will hear in your (sg.) ear. For no one lights a camp and puts it under a bushel, nor does he put it in a hidden place, but rather he sets it on a lampstand so that everyone who enters and leaves will see its light."
(34)Jesus said, " If a blind man leads a blind man, they both will fall into a pit."
(35)Jesus said, "It is not possible for anyone to enter the house of a strong man and take it by force unless he binds his hands; then he (will be able to)ransack his house."
(36)Jesus said, "Do not be concerned from morning to evening and from evening to morning about what you will wear." (the ego)
(37)His disciples said, "When will you become revealed to us and when shall we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you disrobe without being ashamed and take yp your garments and place them under your feet like little children and tread on them, then (will you see the son of the living one, and you will not be afraid." (again speaking to the ego self)
(38)Jesus said, "many times have you desired to hear these words which I am saying to you, and you have no one else to hear them from. There will be days when you will look for me and will not find me."
(39)Jesus said, "The pharisees and thye scribes nave taken the keys of knowledge (gnosis)and hidden them. They themselves have not entered, nor have they allowed to enter those who wish to. You, however, be as wsie as serpents and innocent as doves." Compare to Matt: 10:16 & 23:13, Luke 11:51
(40)Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted outside the father, but being unsound, it will be pulled up by its roots and destroyed." (only by experiencing the 'father' within shall it grow)
(41)Jesus said, "Whoever has something in his hand will receive more, whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little he has." Compare to Matt: 13:12 & Matt: 25:29, Luke 19:16
(42)Jesus said, " Become passers-by."
(43)His disciples said to him, "Who are you, that you should say these things to us?"
(Jesus said to them), "You do not realize who I am from what I say to you, but you have become like the Jews, for they (either) love the tree and hate its fruit (or) love the fruit and hate the tree."
(44)Jesus aid, "Whoever blasphemes against the son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven either on earth or in heaven." Compare to Luke 12:10
(45)Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorns, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they do not produce fruit. A good man brings forth good from his storehouse; an evil man brings forth evil from his evil storehouse, which is in his heart, and syas evil things.
For out of the abundance of the heart he brings forth evil things."
(46)Jesus said, "Among those born of women, from Adam until John the Baptist, there is no one superior to John the Baptist that his eyes should not be lowered (before him). Yet I have said, whichever one of you comes to be a child will be acquainted with the kingdom and will be superior to John." Compare to Matt: 11:11, Luke 7:28
(47)Jesus said, "It is impossible for a man to mount two horses or to stretch two bows. And it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters; otherwise he will honor the one and treat the other contemptuously. No man drinks old wine and immediately desires to drink new wine. And new wine is not put into new wineskins, lest they burst;
nor is old wine put into new wineskin, lest it spoil it. An old patch is not sewn into new garment, because a tear will result." Compare to Luke 5:39
(48)Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move away,' and it will move away." Compare to Matt: 21:21
(49)Jesus said, "Blessed are the solitary and elect, for you will find the kingdom. For you are from it, and to it you will return." (you are that kingdom)
(50)Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where did you come from?'say to tehm, 'We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord and established [itself] and became manifest through their image.' If they say to you, 'Is it you?', say, We are its children, we are the elect of the living father.' If they ask you,
'What is the sign of the father in you?', say to them, 'It is movement and repose.'"
51. His disciples said to him, "When will the rest for the dead take place, and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you are looking forward to has come, but you don't know it."
52. His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel, and they all spoke of you."
He said to them, "You have disregarded the living one who is in your presence, and have spoken of the dead."
53. His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision useful or not?"
He said to them, "If it were useful, their father would produce children already circumcised from their mother.
Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become profitable in every respect."
54. Jesus said, "Congratulations to the poor, for to you belongs Heaven's kingdom.
55. Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple, and whoever does not hate
brothers and sisters, and carry the cross as I do, will not be worthy of me."
56. Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered a carcass, and whoever has discovered a
carcass, of that person the world is not worthy."
57 Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a person who has [good] seed. His enemy came during the night and
sowed weeds among the good seed. The person did not let the workers pull up the weeds, but said to them, 'No,
otherwise you might go to pull up the weeds and pull up the wheat along with them.' For on the day of the harvest
the weeds will be conspicuous, and will be pulled up and burned."
58. Jesus said, "Congratulations to the person who has toiled and has found life."
59. Jesus said, "Look to the living one as long as you live, otherwise you might die and then try to see the living one,
and you will be unable to see."
60. He saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to Judea. He said to his disciples, "that person ... around the
lamb." They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it." He said to them, "He will not eat it while it is alive, but
only after he has killed it and it has become a carcass."
They said, "Otherwise he can't do it."
He said to them, "So also with you, seek for yourselves a place for rest, or you might become a carcass and be
eaten."
61. Jesus said, "Two will recline on a couch; one will die, one will live."
Salome said, "Who are you mister? You have climbed onto my couch and eaten from my table as if you are from
someone."
Jesus said to her, "I am the one who comes from what is whole. I was granted from the things of my Father."
"I am your disciple."
"For this reason I say, if one is whole, one will be filled with light, but if one is divided, one will be filled with
darkness."
62. Jesus said, "I disclose my mysteries to those [who are worthy] of [my] mysteries.
63 Jesus said, "There was a rich person who had a great deal of money. He said, 'I shall invest my money so that I
may sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouses with produce, that I may lack nothing.' These were the things he was
thinking in his heart, but that very night he died. Anyone here with two ears had better listen!"
64. Jesus said, "A person was receiving guests. When he had prepared the dinner, he sent his slave to invite the
guests.
The slave went to the first and said to that one, 'My master invites you.' That one said, 'Some merchants owe me
money; they are coming to me tonight. I have to go and give them instructions. Please excuse me from dinner.'
The slave went to another and said to that one, 'My master has invited you.' That one said to the slave, 'I have
bought a house, and I have been called away for a day. I shall have no time.'
The slave went to another and said to that one, 'My master invites you.' That one said to the slave, 'My friend is to
be married, and I am to arrange the banquet. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me from dinner.'
The slave went to another and said to that one, 'My master invites you.' That one said to the slave, 'I have bought an
estate, and I am going to collect the rent. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me.'
The slave returned and said to his master, 'Those whom you invited to dinner have asked to be excused.' The master
said to his slave, 'Go out on the streets and bring back whomever you find to have dinner.'
Buyers and merchants [will] not enter the places of my Father."
65. He said, "A [...] person owned a vineyard and rented it to some farmers, so they could work it and he could
collect its crop from them. He sent his slave so the farmers would give him the vineyard's crop. They grabbed him,
beat him, and almost killed him, and the slave returned and told his master. His master said, 'Perhaps he didn't know
them.' He sent another slave, and the farmers beat that one as well. Then the master sent his son and said, 'Perhaps
they'll show my son some respect.' Because the farmers knew that he was the heir to the vineyard, they grabbed
him and killed him. Anyone here with two ears had better listen!"
66. Jesus said, "Show me the stone that the builders rejected: that is the keystone."
67. Jesus said, "Those who know all, but are lacking in themselves, are utterly lacking."
68. Jesus said, "Congratulations to you when you are hated and persecuted; and no place will be found, wherever
you have been persecuted."
69. Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who have been persecuted in their hearts: they are the ones who have truly
come to know the Father.
Congratulations to those who go hungry, so the stomach of the one in want may be filled."
70. Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If you do not have that within you,
what you do not have within you [will] kill you."
71. Jesus said, "I will destroy [this] house, and no one will be able to build it [...]."
72. A [person said] to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's possessions with me."
He said to the person, "Mister, who made me a divider?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I'm not a divider, am I?"
73. Jesus said, "The crop is huge but the workers are few, so beg the harvest boss to dispatch workers to the fields."
74. He said, "Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the well."
75. Jesus said, "There are many standing at the door, but those who are alone will enter the bridal suite."
76. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a merchant who had a supply of merchandise and found a pearl. That
merchant was prudent; he sold the merchandise and bought the single pearl for himself.
So also with you, seek his treasure that is unfailing, that is enduring, where no moth comes to eat and no worm
destroys."
77. Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained.
Split a piece of wood; I am there.
Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."
78. Jesus said, "Why have you come out to the countryside? To see a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a person
dressed in soft clothes, [like your] rulers and your powerful ones? They are dressed in soft clothes, and they cannot
understand truth."
79. A woman in the crowd said to him, "Lucky are the womb that bore you and the breasts that fed you."
He said to [her], "Lucky are those who have heard the word of the Father and have truly kept it. For there will be
days when you will say, 'Lucky are the womb that has not conceived and the breasts that have not given milk.'"
80. Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered the body, and whoever has discovered the
body, of that one the world is not worthy."
81. Jesus said, "Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce ."
82. Jesus said, "Whoever is near me is near the fire, and whoever is far from me is far from the (Father's) kingdom."
83. Jesus said, "Images are visible to people, but the light within them is hidden in the image of the Father's light. He
will be disclosed, but his image is hidden by his light."
84. Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you are happy. But when you see your images that came into being
before you and that neither die nor become visible, how much you will have to bear!"
85. Jesus said, "Adam came from great power and great wealth, but he was not worthy of you. For had he been
worthy, [he would] not [have tasted] death."
86. Jesus said, "[Foxes have] their dens and birds have their nests, but human beings have no place to lay down and
rest."
87. Jesus said, "How miserable is the body that depends on a body, and how miserable is the soul that depends on
these two."
88. Jesus said, "The messengers and the prophets will come to you and give you what belongs to you. You, in turn,
give them what you have, and say to yourselves, 'When will they come and take what belongs to them?'"
89. Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Don't you understand that the one who made the inside is
also the one who made the outside?"
90. Jesus said, "Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable and my lordship is gentle, and you will find rest for
yourselves."
91. They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you."
He said to them, "You examine the face of heaven and earth, but you have not come to know the one who is in your
presence, and you do not know how to examine the present moment."
92. Jesus said, "Seek and you will find.
In the past, however, I did not tell you the things about which you asked me then. Now I am willing to tell them, but
you are not seeking them."
93. "Don't give what is holy to dogs, for they might throw them upon the manure pile. Don't throw pearls [to] pigs, or
they might ... it [...]."
94. Jesus [said], "One who seeks will find, and for [one who knocks] it will be opened."
95. [Jesus said], "If you have money, don't lend it at interest. Rather, give [it] to someone from whom you won't get
it back."
96. Jesus [said], "The Father's kingdom is like [a] woman. She took a little leaven, [hid] it in dough, and made it into
large loaves of bread. Anyone here with two ears had better listen!"
97. Jesus said, "The [Father's] kingdom is like a woman who was carrying a [jar] full of meal. While she was
walking along [a] distant road, the handle of the jar broke and the meal spilled behind her [along] the road. She didn't
know it; she hadn't noticed a problem. When she reached her house, she put the jar down and discovered that it was
empty."
98. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a person who wanted to kill someone powerful. While still at home he
drew his sword and thrust it into the wall to find out whether his hand would go in. Then he killed the powerful one."
99. The disciples said to him, "Your brothers and your mother are standing outside."
He said to them, "Those here who do what my Father wants are my brothers and my mother. They are the ones
who will enter my Father's kingdom."
100. They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "The Roman emperor's people demand taxes from us."
He said to them, "Give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, give God what belongs to God, and give me what
is mine."
101. "Whoever does not hate [father] and mother as I do cannot be my [disciple], and whoever does [not] love
[father and] mother as I do cannot be my [disciple]. For my mother [...], but my true [mother] gave me life."
102. Jesus said, "Damn the Pharisees! They are like a dog sleeping in the cattle manger: the dog neither eats nor
[lets] the cattle eat."
103. Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who know where the rebels are going to attack. [They] can get going,
collect their imperial resources, and be prepared before the rebels arrive."
104. They said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today, and let us fast."
Jesus said, "What sin have I committed, or how have I been undone? Rather, when the groom leaves the bridal suite,
then let people fast and pray."
105. Jesus said, "Whoever knows the father and the mother will be called the child of a whore."
106. Jesus said, "When you make the two into one, you will become children of Adam, and when you say, 'Mountain,
move from here!' it will move."
107. Jesus said, "The (Father's) kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went
astray. He left the ninety-nine and looked for the one until he found it. After he had toiled, he said to the sheep, 'I
love you more than the ninety-nine.'"
108. Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person, and the
hidden things will be revealed to him."
109. Jesus said, "The (Father's) kingdom is like a person who had a treasure hidden in
110. Jesus said, "Let one who has found the world, and has become wealthy, renounce the world."
111. Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will roll up in your presence, and whoever is living from the living one
will not see death."
Does not Jesus say, "Those who have found themselves, of them the world is not worthy"?
112. Jesus said, "Damn the flesh that depends on the soul. Damn the soul that depends on the flesh."
113. His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
"It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Rather, the Father's kingdom
is spread out upon the earth, and people don't see it."
[Saying probably added to the original collection at a later date:]
114. Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females don't deserve life."
Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you
males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven."
