The Gospel Of
Truth And Salvation
The TeachingsOfJesus Christ ByApostle Judas Didymos Thomas
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Half-Brother Of Jesus Christ
1.
And He said, "Whoever finds the
interpretation of these sayings will not experience death."
2.
Jesus said, "Let him who seeks continue
seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes
troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All.”
3.
Jesus said, "If those who lead you say,
'See, the Kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you.
If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather,
the Kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know
yourselves, 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."
4.
Jesus said, "The man old in days will not
hesitate 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.
5.
Jesus said, "Recognize what is in your
sight, and that which is hidden from you 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 not 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 Kingdom is like a wise
fisherman who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of
small fish. Among them the wise fisherman found a fine large fish. 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, took
a handful (of seeds), and scattered them. Some fell on the road; the birds came
and gathered them up. Others fell on the rock, did not take root in the soil,
and did not produce ears. And others fell on thorns; they choked the seed(s)
and worms ate them. And others fell on the good soil and produced good fruit:
it bore sixty per measure and a hundred and twenty per measure."
10.
Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the
world, and see, I am guarding it until it blazes."
11.
Jesus 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. On the day when you were one you became two. But when you become two,
what will you do?"
12.
The disciples 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 I am 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 master. Because you
have drunk, you have become intoxicated by 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 as word - it is that
which will defile you."
15.
Jesus said, "When you see one who was not
born of woman, prostrate yourselves on your faces and worship him. That one is
your Father."
16.
Jesus said, "Men think, perhaps, that it
is peace which 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, and the son against the father. And they
will stand solitary."
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."
18.
The disciples 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
19.
Jesus said, "Blessed is he who came into
being before he came into being. If you become My
disciples 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 acquainted with them will not
experience death."
20.
The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us
what the Kingdom of Heaven is like."
He said to them, "It is like a
mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds. But when it falls on tilled soil, it
produces a great plant and becomes a shelter for birds of the sky."
21.
Mary said to Jesus, "Whom are Your disciples 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 back our field.' They (will)
undress in their presence in order to let them have back their field and give
it back to them. Therefore I say to you, 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
into his house of his domain to carry away his goods. You, 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." 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 the female one and the same, so that the
male not be male nor the female female; and when you
fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot
in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter (the Kingdom)."
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."
24.
His disciples said to Him, "Show us the
place where You are, since it is necessary for us to
seek it."
He said to them, "Whoever has ears,
let him hear. There is light within a man of light, and he (or "it")
lights up the whole world. If he (or "it") does not shine, he (or
"it") is darkness."
25.
Jesus said, "Love your brother like your
soul, guard him like the pupil of your eye."
26.
Jesus said, "You see the mote in your
brothers 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.
28.
Jesus said, "I took my place in the midst
of the world, and I appeared to them in the flesh. I found all of them
intoxicated; 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 the 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 if 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."
30.
Jesus said, "Where there are three gods,
they are gods. Where there are two or one, I am with him."
31.
Jesus said, "No prophet is accepted in his
own village; no physician heals those who know him."
32.
Jesus said, "A city being built on a high
mountain and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden.
33.
Jesus said, "Preach from your housetops
that which you will hear in your ear {(and) in the other ear}. For no one
lights a lamp 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 will both 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 until evening and from evening until morning about what you will
wear."
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 up 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"
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 look for Me and
will not find Me."
39.
Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the
scribes have taken the keys of Knowledge and hidden them. They themselves have
not entered, nor have they allowed to enter those who wish to. You, however, be
as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves."
40.
Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted
outside of the Father, but being unsound, it will be pulled up by its roots and
destroyed."
41.
Jesus said, "Whoever has something in his
hand will receive more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the
little he has."
42.
Jesus said, "Become passers-by."
43.
His disciples said to him, "Who are You, that You should say these things to us?"
"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 said, "Whoever blasphemes against
the Father will be forgiven, and 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."
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 things from his evil storehouse, which is in his heart, and says
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 so 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 become superior to John."
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 old wineskins, lest they burst; nor is old
wine put into a new wineskin, lest it spoil it. An old patch is not sewn onto a
new garment, because a tear would result."
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."
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."
50.
Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where
did you come from?', say to them, '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 your father in you?', say to them, 'It is movement and repose.'"
51.
His disciples said to Him, "When will the
repose of the dead come about, and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you look
forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it."
52.
His disciples said to Him, "Twenty-four
prophets spoke in Israel, and all of them spoke in You."
He said to them, "You have omitted
the one living in your presence and have spoken (only) of the dead."
53.
His disciples said to Him, "Is
circumcision beneficial or not?"
He said to them, "If it were
beneficial, their father would beget them already circumcised from their
mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become completely profitable."
54.
Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor, for
yours is the Kingdom of Heaven."
55.
Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate his
father and his mother cannot become a disciple to Me.
And whoever does not hate his brothers and sisters and take up his cross in My way will not be worthy of Me."
56.
Jesus said, "Whoever has come to
understand the world has found (only) a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse
is superior to the world."
57.
Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the Father is
like a man who had (good)
seed. His enemy came by night and sowed weeds among the good seed. The man did
not allow them to pull up the weeds; he said to them, 'I am afraid that you
will go intending to pull up the weeds and pull up the wheat along with them.'
For on the day of the harvest the weeds will be plainly visible, and they will
be pulled up and burned."
58.
Jesus said, "Blessed is the man who has
suffered and found life."
59.
Jesus said, "Take heed of the Living One
while you are alive, lest you die and seek to see Him and be unable to do
so."
60.
(They saw) a Samaritan carrying a lamb on his
way to Judea. He said to his disciples,
"(Why does) that man (carry) the
lamb around?"
They said to him, "So that he may
kill it and eat it."
He said to them, "While it is
alive, he will not eat it, but only when he has killed it and it has become a
corpse."
They said to him, "He cannot do so
otherwise."
He said to them, "You too, look for
a place for yourself within the Repose, lest you become a corpse and be
eaten."
61.
Jesus said, "Two will rest on a bed: the
one will die, and other will live." Salome said to him, "Who are You, man, that You, as though from the One, have come up on
my couch and eaten from my table?"
Jesus said to her, "I am He who exists from the Undivided. I was given
some of the things of my Father."
"I am Your
disciple."
"Therefore I say, if he is,
62.
Jesus said, "It is to those (who are worthy of My)
mysteries that I tell My mysteries. Do not let your left hand know what your
right hand is doing."
63.
Jesus said, "There was a rich man who had
much money. He said, 'I shall put my money to use, so that I may sow, reap,
plant, and fill my storehouse with produce, with the result that I shall lack
nothing. Such were his intentions, but that same night he died.”
64.
Jesus said, "A man had received visitors.
And when he had prepared the dinner, he sent his servant to invite guests. He
went to the first one and said to him, ‘My master invites
you.' But the first man said, 'I have claims against some merchants. They are
coming to me this evening. I must go and give them my orders. I ask to be
excused from the dinner.'
The servant went to another and
said, 'My master has invited you.' The second man said to him, 'I have just
bought a house and am required for the day. I shall not have any spare time.'
The servant went to third and said
to him, 'My master invites you.' The third man said to him, 'My friend is going
to get married, and I am to prepare the banquet. I shall not be able to come. I
ask to be excused from the dinner.'
The servant went to another, the fourth,
and said to him, 'My master invites you.' The fourth man said to him, 'I have
just bought a farm, and I am on my way to collect the rent. I shall not be able
to come. I ask to be excused.'
The servant returned, and said to
his master, 'Those whom you invited to the dinner have asked to be excused.'
The master said to his servant, 'Go outside into the streets and bring back
those whom you happen to meet, so that they may dine.' Businessmen and
merchants will not enter the places of My Father."
65.
He said, "There was a good man who owned
a vineyard. He leased it to tenant farmers so that they might work it and he
might collect the produce from them. He sent his servant so that the tenants
might give him the produce of the vineyard. They seized his servant and beat
him, all but killing him. The servant went back and told his master. The master
said, 'Perhaps
66.
Jesus said, "Show me the stone which the
builders have rejected. That one is the cornerstone."
67.
Jesus said, "Whoever believes that the
All itself is deficient is (himself) completely deficient."
68.
Jesus said, "Blessed are you when you are
hated and persecuted. Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no
Place."
69.
Jesus said, "Blessed are they who have
been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the
Father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be
filled."
70.
Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is
within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what
is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
71.
Jesus said, "I shall destroy (this) house, and no one will be
able to rebuild it."
72.
(A
man said) to Him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's
possessions with me."
He said to him, "O man, who has
made Me a divider?" He turned to His disciples
and said to them, "I am not a divider, am I?"
73.
Jesus said, "The harvest is great but the
laborers are few. Beseech the Lord, therefore, to send out laborers to the
harvest."
74.
He said, "O Lord, there are many around
the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the cistern."
75.
Jesus said, "Many are standing at the
door, but it is the solitary who will enter the bridal chamber."
76.
Jesus said, "The kingdom of the Father is
like a merchant who had a consignment of merchandise and who discovered a
pearl. That merchant was shrewd. He sold the merchandise and bought the pearl
alone for himself. You too, seek his unfailing and enduring treasure where no
moth comes near to devour and no worm destroys."
77.
Jesus said, "It is I who am the light
which is above them all. It is I who am the All. From Me
did the All come forth, and unto Me did the All extend. Split a piece of wood,
and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find Me
there."
78.
Jesus said, "Why have you come out into
the desert? To see a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a man clothed in fine
garments like your kings and your great men? Upon them are the fine (garments), and they are unable to
discern the truth."
79.
A woman from the crowd said to Him,
"Blessed are the womb which bore You and the
breasts which nourished You."
He said to her, "Blessed are those
who have heard the word of the Father and have truly kept it. For there will be
days when you will say, 'Blessed are the womb which has not conceived and the
breasts which have not given milk.'"
80.
Jesus said, "He who has recognized the
world has found the body, but he who has found the body is superior to the
world."
81.
Jesus said, "Let him who has grown rich
be king, and let him who possesses power renounce it."
82.
Jesus said, "He who is near Me is near the fire, and he who is far from Me is far from
the Kingdom."
83.
Jesus said, "The images are manifest to
man, but the light in them remains concealed in the image of the light of the
Father. He will become manifest, but his image will remain concealed by his
light."
84.
Jesus said, "When you see your likeness,
you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and
which neither die nor become manifest, how much you will have to bear!"
85.
Jesus said, "Adam came into being from a
great power and a great wealth, but he did not become worthy of you. For had he
been worthy, (he would)
not (have experienced)
death."
86.
Jesus said, "(The foxes have their holes) and the birds have (their) nests, but the Son of Man
has no place to lay his head and rest."
87.
Jesus said, "Wretched is the body that is
dependent upon a body, and wretched is the soul that is dependent on these
two."
88.
Jesus said, "The angels and the prophets
will come to you and give you those things you (already) have. And you too,
give them those things which you have, and say to yourselves, 'When will they
come and take what is theirs?'"
89.
Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside
of the cup? Do you not realize that he who made the inside is the same one who
made the outside?"
90.
Jesus said, "Come unto me, for My yoke is easy and My lordship is mild, and you will find
repose for yourselves."
91.
They said to Him, "Tell us who You are so that we may believe in You."
He said to them, "You read the face
of the sky and of the earth, but you have not recognized the one who is before
you, and you do not know how to read this moment."
92.
Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. Yet,
what you asked Me about in former times and which I
did not tell you then, now I do desire to tell, but you do not enquire after
it."
93.
94.
Jesus (said), "He who seeks will find, and (he who knocks) will be let
in."
95.
(Jesus
said,) "If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but give
(it) to one from whom you
will not get it back."
96.
Jesus (said), "The Kingdom of the Father is like a certain
woman. She took a little leaven, (concealed)
it in some dough, and made it into large loaves. Let him who has ears
hear."
97.
Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the (Father) is like a certain woman
who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking (on) a road, still some distance
from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal emptied out behind her on
the road. She did not realize it; she had noticed no accident. When she reached
her house, she set the jar down and found it empty."
98.
Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the Father is
like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man. In his own house he drew
his sword and stuck it into the wall in order to find out whether his hand
could carry through. Then he slew the powerful man."
99.
The disciples said to Him, "Your brothers
and Your mother are standing outside."
He said to them, "Those here who do
the will of My Father are My brothers and My mother.
It is they who will enter the Kingdom of My Father."
100.
They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to Him,
"Caesar's men demand taxes from us."
He said to them, "Give Caesar what
belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God, and give Me
what is Mine."
101.
102.
Jesus said, "Woe to the Pharisees, for
they are like a dog sleeping in the manger of oxen, for neither does he eat nor
does he let the oxen eat."
103.
Jesus said, "Fortunate is the man who
knows where the brigands will enter, so that he may get up, muster his domain,
and arm himself before they invade."
104.
They said (to Jesus), "Come, let us pray today and let us
fast." Jesus said, "What is the sin that I have committed, or wherein
have I been defeated? But when the bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber, then
let them fast and pray."
105.
Jesus said, "He who knows the father and
the mother will be called the son of a harlot."
106.
Jesus said, "When you make the two one,
you will become the sons of man, and when you say, 'Mountain, move away,' it
will move away."
107.
Jesus said, "The Kingdom is like a
shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He
left the ninety-nine sheep and looked for that one until he found it. When he
had gone to such trouble, he said to the sheep, 'I care for you more than the
ninety-nine.'"
108.
Jesus said, "He who will drink from my
mouth will become like Me. I myself shall become he,
and the things that are hidden will become revealed to him."
109.
Jesus said, "The Kingdom is like a man
who had a (hidden)
treasure in his field without knowing it. And (after) he died, he left it to his son. The son did not know
(about the treasure). He inherited the field and sold (it). And the one who bought it
went plowing and found the treasure. He began to lend money at interest to
whomever he wished."
110.
Jesus said, "Whoever finds the world and
becomes rich, let him renounce the world."
111.
Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth
will be rolled up in your presence. And one who lives from the Living One will
not see death." Does not Jesus say, "Whoever finds himself is
superior to the world?"
112.
Jesus said, "Woe to the flesh that
depends on the soul; woe to the soul that depends on the flesh."
113.
) His disciples said to Him,
"When will the Kingdom come?"
Simon Peter said to Him,
"Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of Life."
Jesus said, "I myself shall lead
her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit
resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the
Kingdom of Heaven."
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Extras
1.
(Jesus
said): "Let him who seeks not cease until he finds, and when he
finds he shall wonder; wondering he shall reign, and reigning shall rest."
2.
Jesus said: "Let the old man who is full
of days not hesitate to ask the child of seven days about the place of life;
then he will live. For many that are first will be last, and last, first, and
they will become a single one."
