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THESE ARE THE SECRET SAYINGS THAT THE LIVING JESUS SPOKE AND JUDAS
THOMAS THE TWIN RECORDED.[1] JESUS SAID, "WHOEVER FINDS THE
INTERPRETATIONS OF THESE SAYINGS WILL NOT TASTE DEATH.
[2] "JESUS SAID, "LET ONE WHO SEEKS NOT STOP SEEKING UNTIL ONE FINDS.
WHEN ONE FINDS, ONE WILL BE DISTURBED. WHEN ONE IS DISTURBED,
ONE WILL BE AMAZED, AND REIGN OVER ALL." [3] JESUS SAID, "IF YOUR LEADERS
SAY TO YOU, "BEHOLD, THE KINGDOM IS IN THE SKY," THEN THE BIRDS IN
THE SKY WILL GET THERE BEFORE YOU. IF THEY SAY TO YOU, "IT IS IN THE
SEA," THEN THE FISH WILL GET THERE BEFORE YOU. RATHER THE KINGDOM IS
INSIDE YOU AND OUTSIDE YOU. WHEN YOU KNOW YOURSELVES, THEN YOU WILL
BE KNOWN, AND WILL UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE LIVING
FATHER. BUT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOURSELVES, THEN YOU LIVE IN POVERTY,
AND EMBODY POVERTY." [4] JESUS SAID, "THE PERSON OLD IN DAYS WON'T
HESITATE TO ASK A LITTLE CHILD SEVEN DAYS OLD ABOUT THE PLACE OF
LIFE, AND THAT PERSON WILL LIVE. FOR MANY OF THE FIRST WILL BE LAST,
AND WILL BECOME A SINGLE ONE." [5] JESUS SAID, "KNOW THAT IS WITHIN
YOUR SIGHT, AND WHAT IS HIDDEN FROM YOU WILL BECOME CLEAR TO YOU.
FOR THERE IS NOTHING HIDDEN THAT WILL NOT BE REVEALED." [6] HIS
DISCIPLES ASKED HIM AND SAID TO HIM, "DO YOU WANT US TO FAST? HOW
SHOULD WE PRAY? SHOULD WE GIVE TO CHARITY? WHAT DIET SHOULD WE
OBSERVE? JESUS SAID, "DON'T LIE, AND DON'T DO WHAT YOU HATE,
BECAUSE ALL THINGS ARE DISCLOSED BEFORE HEAVEN. AFTER ALL, THERE IS
NOTHING HIDDEN THAT WILL NOT BE REVEALED, AND THERE IS NOTHING
COVERED UP THAT WILL REMAIN UNDISCLOSED." [10] JESUS SAID,
"I HAVE THROWN FIRE ON THE WORLD AND, BEHOLD, I AM GUARDING IT
UNTIL IT IS ABLAZE." [13] JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, "COMPARE
ME WITH SOMEONE, AND TELL ME WHO I AM LIKE." SIMON PETER SAID,
"YOU ARE LIKE A JUST ANGEL." MATTHEW SAID TO HIM, " YOU ARE LIKE
A WISE PHILOSOPHER." THOMAS SAID, ""TEACHER, MY MOUTH IS UTTERLY
UNABLE TO SAY WHOM YOU ARE LIKE." JESUS SAID, "I AM NOT YOUR TEACHER.
YOU HAVE BECOME INTOXICATED BECAUSE YOU HAVE DRUNK FROM THE BUBBLING
SPRING THAT I HAVE TENDED." AND HE TOOK THOMAS AND WITHDREW, AND TOLD
HIM THREE THINGS. WHEN THOMAS CAME BACK TO HIS FRIENDS, THEY ASKED
HIM, "WHAT DID JESUS TELL YOU?" THOMAS SAID TO THEM, "IF I TELL YOU
EVEN ONE OF THE THINGS HE TOLD ME YOU WILL PICK UP ROCKS AND STONE
ME. THEN FIRE WILL COME FORTH FROM THE ROCKS AND DEVOUR YOU. [21]
MARY ASKED JESUS, "WHAT ARE YOUR DISCIPLES LIKE? HE SAID, "THEY ARE
LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN LIVING IN A FIELD THAT IS NOT THEIRS. WHEN THE
OWNERS OF THE FIELD COME, THEY TAKE OFF THEIR CLOTHES IN FRONT OF
THEM IN ORDER TO GIVE IT BACK TO THEM, AND THEY RETURN THEIR FIELD
TO THEM. FOR THIS REASON I SAY, IF THE OWNERS OF A HOUSE KNOW THAT
A THIEF IS COMING, THEY WILL BE ON GUARD BEFORE THE THIEF ARRIVES,
[22] "JESUS SAW SOME NURSING BABIES. HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, "THESE
NURSING BABIES ARE LIKE THOSE WHO ENTER THE KINGDOM." THEY SAID TO
HIM, "THEN SHALL WE ENTER THE KINGDOM AS BABIES? JESUS SAID TO THEM,
"WHEN YOU MAKE THE TWO INTO ONE, WHEN YOU MAKE THE INNER LIKE THE
OUTER AND THE OUTER LIKE THE INNER, AND THE UPPER LIKE THE LOWER,
WHEN YOU MAKE MALE AND FEMALE INTO ONE, SO THAT THE MALE WILL NOT
BE MALE AND THE FEMALE WILL NOT BE FEMALE, WHEN YOU MAKE EYES REPLACE
AN EYE, A HAND REPLACE A HAND, A FOOT REPLACE A FOOT, AND AN IMAGE
REPLACE AN IMAGE, THEN YOU WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM. [27] IF YOU DO
NOT FAST FROM THE WORLD, YOU WILL NOT FIND THE KINGDOM. "IF YOU DO NOT
OBSERVE THE SABBATH AS A SABBATH YOU WILL NOT SEE THE FATHER." [28]
JESUS SAID, "I TOOK MY STAND IN THE MIDST OF THE WORLD, AND IN THE
FLESH I APPEARED TO THEM. I FOUND THEM ALL DRUNK, AND I DID NOT FIND
ANY THIRSTY. MY SOUL ACHED FOR THE CHILDREN OF HUMANITY, BECAUSE THEY
CAME INTO THE WORLD EMPTY, AND THEY SEEK TO DEPART FROM THE WORLD
EMPTY. BUT MEANWHILE THEY ARE DRUNK. WHEN THEY SHAKE OFF THEIR WINE,
THEN THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR WAYS." [29] JESUS SAID, "IF THE FLESH
CAME INTO BEING BECAUSE OF THE SPIRIT, THAT IS A MARVEL, BUT
IF THE SPIRIT CAME INTO BEING BECAUSE OF THE BODY, THAT IS A MARVEL OF
MARVELS. YET I MARVEL AT HOW THIS GREAT WEALTH HAS COME TO DWELL
IN POVERTY" [49] JESUS SAID, "BLESSED ARE THOSE
WHO ARE ALONE AND CHOSEN: YOU WILL FINDS THE KINGDOM. FOR YOU
HAVE COME FROM IT, AND YOU WILL RETURN THERE AGAIN.
[51] HIS DISCIPLES SAID TO HIM, "WHEN WILL THE FINAL REST FOR THE
DEAD TAKE PLACE, AND WHEN WILL THE NEW WORLD COME?" HE SAID TO THEM,
"WHAT YOU LOOK FOR HAS ALREADY COME, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW IT."
[62] JESUS SAID, "I DISCLOSE MY MYSTERIES TO THOSE WHO ARE WORTHY OF
MY MYSTERIES.[67] JESUS SAID, WHOEVER KNOWS EVERYTHING BUT LACKS
WITHIN, LACKS EVERYTHING." [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." [70]
JESUS SAID, "I AM THE LIGHT THAT IS OVER ALL THINGS. I AM ALL: ALL CAME
FORTH FROM ME. SPLIT A PIECE OF WOOD,AND I AM THERE. PICK UP A STONE,
AND YOU WILL FIND ME THERE." [82] JESUS SAID, "WHOEVER IS CLOSE TO ME
IS CLOSE TO THE FIRE, AND WHOEVER IS FAR FROM ME IS FAR FROM THE
KINGDOM. [83] JESUS SAID,"IMAGES ARE VISIBLE TO PEOPLE,
BUT THE LIGHT WITHIN IS HIDDEN IN THE FATHER'S IMAGE OF LIGHT. HE WILL
REVEAL HIMSELF, BUT HIS IMAGE IS HIDDEN BY HIS LIGHT." [84] JESUS SAID,
"WHEN YOU SEE A LIKENESS OF YOURSELF, YOU ARE HAPPY. BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE
IMAGES THAT CAME INTO BEING BEFORE YOU, AND THAT NEITHER DIE NOR
BECOME VISIBLE, HOW MUCH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TOLERATE." [97] JESUS
SAID, "THE FATHER'S KINGDOM IS LIKE A WOMAN CARRYING A JAR FULL OF
MEAL. WHILE SHE WAS WALKING ALONG A DISTANT ROAD, THE HANDLE OF THE
JAR BROKE AND THE MEAL SPILLED OUT 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 IT WAS EMPTY. [98] JESUS SAID,
"THE FATHER'S KINGDOM IS LIKE THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO KILL SOMEONE
POWERFUL. WHILE STILL AT HOME HE DRAWS HIS SWORD AND THRUSTS IT INTO THE
WALL TO FIND OUT WHETHER HIS HAND WOULD GO IN. THEN HE KILLED THE
POWERFUL ONE." [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?"
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