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And Judas Tomas wrote down.
He said that whoever hears these words
—and understands them—won't taste death!
Until they find,
When they find,
They'll be troubled,
When they're troubled
They'll be amazed,
When they're amazed
They'll rule over everything,
And when they've ruled
Then they'll rest.
"Look! The Kingdom's in the sky,"
Then the birds will get there before you do.
If they tell you:
"It's in the sea,"
Then the fish will get there first!
But I'm telling you,
The Kingdom's inside you.
Whoever knows themselves will be known,
And they'll know they're the children of the Living Father.
But, if you don't know yourselves,
Your lives will be impoverished.
Where to find life,
And he'll live.
Many that are on top now will end up on the bottom.
And the ones at the bottom will be on top.
But, in the end, They'll be one.
And what's hidden from you will be revealed,
There's nothing hidden that won't be revealed.
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"Do you want us to fast?"
"How should we pray?"
"Should we give alms?"
"What rules should we follow when eating?"
And Jesus answered:
If you fast, you'll make yourselves do wrong,
If you pray, you'll be condemned,
If you give alms, you'll do harm to your spirits.
Wherever you go, wherever people welcome you,
Eat whatever they give you, and heal their sick.
It's not what goes into your mouth that corrupts you,
It's what comes out of it!
Don't lie, don't do things you really hate doing,
Because nothing's hidden from Heaven.
There's nothing hidden that won't be revealed.
There's nothing covered that won't be uncovered.
Because the beast becomes human.
But cursed is the person that a lion eats,
Because the human becomes beast.
Who threw his net into the sea,
And pulled it up full of small fish.
Among them he found a good, large fish.
So he threw all the little fish back into the sea,
And kept the large fish without hesitation.
Whoever has ears to hear with—listen!
Who went out to plant seeds.
He picked up a handful of seeds and scattered them.
Some fell on the road and birds came and ate them.
Some fell on rocky soil, and couldn't put down roots.
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns choked them.
But others fell on good soil, and a good crop grew up there.
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And I'll keep watch till it blazes.
Whoever's near me,
Is near the fire,
Whoever's far from me,
Is far from the Kingdom.
The one above it will pass away.
The dead aren't alive.
The living won't die.
Back when you were eating dead things;
You were making them alive.
When you come in the light,
What will you do?
Back when you were united,
You became divided.
But when you've become divided,
What'll you do?
"We know you'll leave us."
"Who'll be our teacher then?"
And Jesus answered:
Wherever you end up, turn to Jacob the Just,
For whose sake heaven and earth came into being.
Compare me to someone—tell me who I'm like.
Simon Cepha said: "You're like a righteous angel."
And Mathias said: "You're like a great philosopher."
But Tomas said: "Rabbi, my mouth won't let me say who you're like."
And Jesus said: "I'm not your teacher.
You've drunk from the bubbling spring That I've measured out,
And become intoxicated."
And Jesus took him aside and spoke three words to him.
When Tomas came back to the others, they asked him:
"What did he say to you?"
And Tomas answered:
"If I tell you even one word that he said to me,
You'll pick up rocks and throw them at me.
Then a fire will come out of the rocks and incinerate you."
Throw yourselves face down and worship Him.
He is your Father.
To bring peace on earth.
They don't know that I've come
To divide the world with conflict.
There'll be five people in a house,
And they'll fight.
Three against two
Two against three.
Father against son
Son against father.
Mother against daughter
Daughter against mother.
But, in the end,
They'll be one.
What no ear has heard,
What no hand has touched,
What has never entered the human heart.
"Tell us how we'll end up."
He said:
You've discovered the beginning then,
That you wonder about the end?
Wherever the beginning is,
That's where the end is.
Blessed is the one who stands in the beginning.
That one will know the end, and not taste death.
Whoever follows me,
Whoever heeds my words,
Even the stones will tend to them.
There are five trees in Paradise that don't change,
In summer or winter, their leaves don't fall.
Whoever knows them will not taste death.
"Tell us what the Kingdom's like."
And he answered: The Kingdom's like a mustard-seed
That a man took and tossed into his garden.
It's the smallest of all seeds,
But when it fell on the tilled earth, it grew into a tree,
And the birds came and rested in its branches.
"What are your followers like?"
And he answered: They're like little children
In a field that's not theirs.
When the owners of the field return,
They'll say: "Give us back our land."
And they'll strip naked in front of the owners,
To give them back the land.
He'll keep watch before the thief comes.
He won't let the thief in to steal his things.
You then, arm yourselves,
Be on guard against the world,
So the thieves can't find a way in,
Because, if you give them a chance—they'll take it.
May at least one of you understand!
Who threw seed on the ground.
He went to sleep at night,
And when he woke up,
The seed had sprouted and grown,
He had no idea how the earth produces—seemingly all by itself
—First a stalk, then a bud, and then a head of grain.
But when the crop was ripe, he came quickly
—Sickle in hand
—And cut it down.
Whoever has ears to hear with—listen!
"It's people like these children who'll get into the Kingdom."
And they asked him:
"So, if we're like children—we'll get into the Kingdom?"
And Jesus said:
When you make two into One,
When you make the inside like the outside
When you make the male and the female One,
Neither male nor female.
When you make new eyes in the place of an old eye,
A new hand in place of an old hand,
A new foot in place of an old foot,
A new form in place of an old form.
When you do these things,
Then you'll enter the kingdom.
One out of a thousand,
Two out of ten thousand,
And you'll all stand as one.
"Teach us about the place you've arrived at, because we need to get there."
And he told them:
There's a light in a person of light.
It gives light to the whole world.
But if that light fails,
There's only darkness.
Whoever has ears to hear with—listen!
Watch over them like the apple of your eye.
If you've seen your brother, or your sister,
You've seen your God.
But not the plank in your own eye.
When you take the plank out of your own eye,
You'll be able to see to take the splinters from your brothers' and sisters' eyes.
You won't find the Kingdom;
If you don't observe the Sabbath day as Sabbath,
You won't see the Father.
Appearing to them in the flesh.
I found them all drunk.
None of them thirsty.
And I grieved for humanity,
They're hearts are blind and don't see.
How they came into the world empty,
Planning to leave it the same way.
But now they're drunk.
Maybe when they sober up,
They'll change their minds.
If the flesh grew
out of the spirit,
It's a wonder.
But if the spirit's grown out of the flesh,
It's the wonder of wonders.
As for me, I wonder how this great wealth Settled in this poverty.
Where there are
two or three,
They're far from God.
Where there's only one,
I'm with that one.
I'm always with you,
Until the end of the world.
Chop a piece of wood,
—I'm there.
Pick up a rock,
—You'll find me there too.
A doctor can't cure those who know him.
— It can't be hidden either.
Shout from the rooftops!
No one lights a lamp,
Then hides it under a basket.
You put it on the table,
So everyone can see the light.
They'll both end up in a ditch.
Unless they tie the strong person up first.
Then they can rob the house.
Or from evening to morning.
About the food you'll need to eat,
Or the clothes you'll need to wear.
When you have no clothes,
What'll you wear then?
"When will you be revealed to us?"
"When will we see you?"
And he answered:
When you take off your clothes of shame,
When, child-like, you drop them and step over them,
You'll see the Son of the Living One,
And not be afraid.
Jesus answered: "As long as they're born."
Salomé said: "So I did well not to have children."
And Jesus answered:
"Eat any food, except the one with the bitter taste."
(And there's no one else you'll hear it from!)
The day will come when you'll look for me,
But you won't find me!
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But they've hidden them.
They don't enter, and they won't let anyone else in either.
They're like a dog sleeping in the cattle's feeding trough.
He doesn't eat, and he won't let the cattle eat.
Damn them!
As for you; be wiser than serpents, more innocent than doves.
Therefore it's unsound.
It'll be uprooted and destroyed.
More will be given,
To someone who has only a little,
Even that little will be taken away.
Walk over it.
Don't make it your home,
Be visitors, passing through.
"Who are you, to tell us such things?"
And he answered:
From all I've told you, you don't understand who I am?
Have you become like the Judeans?
Who love the tree
But hate the fruit,
Who love the fruit
But hate the tree.
Will be forgiven,
Whoever speaks against the 'Son'
Will also be forgiven,
But whoever speaks against the Spirit,
Will never be forgiven, Not on Earth, or in Heaven.
No one plucks figs from thistles,
They don't give fruit.
Good things come from a good heart.
Bad things come from a bad heart.
A bad man says bad things because
He's filled his heart with bad things.
What's in his heart Pours out of his mouth.
No one is greater than Johanan.
All should bow before him.
But—like I've told you—any one of you
Who becomes like a child
Will know the Kingdom
And be greater than Johanan.
You can't draw two bows.
No servant can serve two masters.
He'll honor the one and insult the other.
You don't drink old wine,
Then want new wine.
You'll say: 'The old wine is better.'
You don't pour new wine into old skins
—They'll burst.
You don't pour old wine into new skins
—It'll spoil.
You don't sew an old patch on a new garment
— It'll tear.
They'll say to a mountain: 'Move!'
And it'll move.