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15) Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, prostrate yourselves on your faces and worship him for that one is your Father."
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16) Jesus said, "Men perchance think it is peace that I have come to cast upon the world for they do not know that I have come to cast dissension on the earth: fire, sword, and war. There will be five in a house: three will be against two, and two against three, the parent against the child, and the child against the parent and they will stand alone."
17.
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17) Jesus said, "I will give to you what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no hand has touched and what has never occurred to the mind of man."
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18) The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us what our end will be."
Jesus said to them, "Have you discovered the beginning, that you look for the end? The end will be where the beginning is and blessed is the man who will take his place in the beginning, for he will know the end and will not experience death."
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19) Jesus said, "Blessed is the man who came into being before that one came into being for 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 uninterrupted summer and winter and whose leaves do not fall and the man who becomes acquainted with them will not experience death."
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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 upon tilled soil, it becomes a mighty plant and becomes a shelter for the birds of the sky."
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21) Mary said to Jesus, "Who are your disciples like?"
He said to her, "They are like children who have settled in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say to them, 'us our field back to us.' They will undress in their sight in order to let them have their field back and they will give it back to them. For I say to you, if the owner of a house knows that the thief is coming, he will start watch before the thief comes and will not allow him into his house or his realm to steal his goods. So are you too to be on your guard against the world. Arm yourselves with strongly and greatly, lest the robbers find a way to come to you, and the trouble which you expect will certainly come to pass. Let there be among you a man with understanding. When the grain ripened, he hastened with his sickle in his hand and reaped it. If you have ears you shall hear!”
22.
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22) Jesus saw babes being nursed and he said to his disciples, "These babes being nursed are like those who enter the Kingdom."
They said to him, "Thus do we enter the Kingdom like babes?"
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 the one, so that the male is not male and the female is not female, and when you make 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, that is why you will enter the Kingdom."
23.
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23) Jesus said, "I will choose you, one out of a thousand, and two out of ten thousand, and they will stand as one."
24.
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24) His disciples said to him, "Show us the place where you are, since it is essential for us to find it."
He said to them, "If you have ears you shall hear. There is light within a man of light, and it lights up the whole world for if it does not shine, it is darkness."
25.
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25) Jesus said, "Love your brother like your own soul, and guard him like the pupil of your eye."
26.
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26) Jesus said, "You see the beam in your brother's eye, but you do not see the beam in your own eye. When you remove the beam from your own eye, then you will see plainly to remove the beam from your brother's eye."
Greek
26) ". .. and then you will see plainly to remove the speck in your brother’s eye."
27.
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27) Jesus said, "If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the Kingdom and if you do not observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath, you will not see the Father."
Greek
27) Jesus said, "Unless you fast from the world, you will not find the Kingdom of God, and if you do not keep the Sabbath a Sabbath, you will not see the Father."
28.
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28) Jesus said, "I took my place amongst the world, and I appeared to them in the flesh. I found all of them drunken; I found none of them thirsty. My soul mourned for men, because their hearts are blind and they do not see. They came into the world empty, and they will leave the world empty yet at this time they are drunken. When they shake off their wine, then they will repent."
Greek
28) Jesus said: "I stood in the midst of the world, and I appeared to them in the flesh. I found all intoxicated and none thirsty. My soul grieved over the souls of men, as their hearts are blind and they do not see."
29.
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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 surprised at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty."
30, 30/77.
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30) Jesus said, "Where there are three gods, they are gods and where there are two or one, I am with him."
Greek
30/77) Jesus said: "Where there are three, they are not without God, and when there is one alone, I am with them. Raise the stone, and there you will find me. Split the wood, and I am there I."
31.
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31) Jesus said, "No prophet is accepted in his own home town and no physician heals any man who knows him."
Greek
31) Jesus said, "A prophet is not adequate in his own home town and nor does a physician perform cures on those that know him."
32.
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32) Jesus said, "A city built on a high mountain and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden."
Greek
32) Jesus said: "A city built and fortified on the top of a high mountain cannot fall or be hidden."
33.
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33) Jesus said, "Preach from your housetops what your ears hear. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a pail, nor do they put it in a hidden place for they place it on a lamp stand so everyone who comes in and goes out shall see its light."
Greek
Jesus said, "What you hear with one ear...
34.
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34) Jesus said, "If a blind man leads a blind man, they will both fall into a pit."
35.
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35) Jesus said, "It is not possible for any man to enter the house of a strong man and take it by force unless he binds him, and then he will be able to plunder his house."
36.
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36) Jesus said, "Do not be concerned from morning until evening and from evening until morning about what you will wear."
Greek
36) Jesus said, "Do not be concerned from dawn to dusk and from dusk to dawn about what food you will eat, or what you will wear for you are more important than the lilies, which do not card or spin. What will you wear when you have no clothes? Who would add to your height? For it is he who will give you your clothing.
37.
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37) His disciples said to him, "When will you be revealed to us? When will we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you take off your garments without being ashamed and place them under your feet like little children and tread upon them, then you will see the Living One, and you will not fear."
Greek
37) His disciples asked him, "When will you appear to us? When will we see you?"
He said to them, "When you strip naked without being ashamed, and take your garments and put them under your feet like little children and tread on them for then you will see the Living One, and you will not fear."
38.
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38) Jesus said, "Many times you wanted to hear what I am saying to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them from. There will be times when you see me and will not find me."
39.
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39) Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the scribes have taken the keys of knowledge and have hidden them. They have not entered, nor have they permitted those who wish to enter do so. You, however, are to be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves."
Greek
Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the scribes took the keys of knowledge and hid them. They did not enter, nor did they permit those trying to enter to do so. You are to be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves."
40.
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40) Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted outside the Father, but as it is unsound, it will be pulled up by the roots and destroyed."
41.
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41) Jesus said, "Whoever has something in their hand will receive more, and whoever has nothing will be bereft of even the little they have."
42.
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42) Jesus said, "Become passers-by."
43.
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43) His disciples said to him, "Who are you to say these things to us?"
Jesus said to them, "You do not know 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.
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44) Jesus said, "Whoever blasphemes the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes the Son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven either on earth or in heaven."
45.
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45) Jesus said, "Grapes are not reaped from thorns, nor are figs gathered from thistles, as they do not produce fruit. A good man brings good out of his storehouse, but an evil man brings out evil from his evil storehouse which is in his heart, and says evil things. An evil man brings bad out of the abundance of the heart."
46.
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46) Jesus said, "Among those born of women, from Adam to John the Baptist, there is no one better than John the Baptist that his eyes should not be lowered before him. I have said whichever one of you becomes a child will be acquainted with the Kingdom and will become superior to John."
47.
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47) Jesus said, "It is impossible for a man to mount two horses or to stretch two bows. It is impossible for a servant to serve two masters, as he will honor one and treat the other insolently. No man drinks old wine and then at once wishes to drink new wine. New wine is not put into old wineskins, for they would they burst. Old wine is not put into a new wineskin, for it would spoil. An old patch is not sewn onto a new piece of clothing, because it would tear."
48.
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48) Jesus said, "If two men make peace with each other in the one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Be removed,' and it will be removed."
49.
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49) Jesus said, "Blessed are the lonely and chosen, for you will find the Kingdom. From it you are, and to it you will return."
50.
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50) Jesus said, "If they ask you, 'Where did you come from?', say to them, 'We came from the light, the place where the light came into being by itself and established itself and became manifest through their image.' If they ask you, 'Is it you?', say to them, 'We are its children; we are the chosen of the Living Father.' If they ask you, 'What is the sign of your father in you?', say, 'It is movement and rest.'"
51.
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51) His disciples said to him, "When will the rest of the dead happen, and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you look forward to what has come, but you know it not it."
52.
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52) His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and all of them spoke through you."
He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your sight and have spoken only of the dead."
53.
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53) His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision useful?"
He said to them, "If it were useful, their father would sire them already circumcised from their mother. Yet it is true spiritual circumcision that has become entirely useful."
54.
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54) Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor, for yours is The Kingdom of Heaven."
55.
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55) Jesus said, "Whoever puts their father and mother first cannot become a disciple to me. Whoever puts their brothers and sisters first and does not take up their cross will not be worthy of me."
56.
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56) Jesus said, "Whoever understands the world has found a dead body, and whoever has found a dead body is superior to the world."
57.
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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 permit them to pull out the weeds, but said, 'I am afraid lest you pull up the weeds but pull up the grain along with them.' For on the day of the harvest, the weeds will be manifest, and they will be pulled up and burned."
58.
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58) Jesus said, "Blessed is the man who has suffered and found life."
59.
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59) Jesus said, "Pay attention to the Living One while you are alive, in case you die and wish to see him but are unable."
60.
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60) They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb on his way to Judea. He said to his disciples, "Why does the man carry the lamb?"
They said to him, "In order that he can kill it and eat it."
He said to them, "While it is alive, he will not eat it, but only after he has killed it and it has become a corpse."
They said to him, "He can do nothing else."
He said to them, "You too, are to look for a place for yourself in the rest, lest you become a corpse and are eaten."
61.
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61) Jesus said, "Two men will rest on a bed. One will die, and other will live."
Salome said to him, "Who are you, that you, as though from the One, have come to 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."
Salome said to him, "I am your disciple."
Jesus said to her, "Then I say, if he is undivided, he will be filled with light, but if he is divided, he will be filled with darkness."
62.
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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.
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63) Jesus said, "There was a rich man who had great wealth. He said, 'I will put my money to use. I will sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouse with fruit, and then I will lack nothing.' These were his intentions, but that same night he died. If you have ears you shall hear!”
64.
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64) Jesus said, "A man received guests. 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.'
He replied, 'I have claims against some traders and they are coming to me this evening. I must go and give them my orders. I wish to be exempt from the dinner.' He went to another and said, 'My master has invited you.' He replied, 'I have bought a house and am required for the day. I do not have time.' He went to another and said to him, 'My master invites you.' He replied, 'My friend is about to be married, and I have to prepare the feast. I will not be able to come. I wish to be exempt from the dinner.' He went to another and said to him, 'My master invites you.' He replied, 'I have just bought a farm. I am going there to collect the rent. I won't be able to come. I wish to be exempt from the dinner.' The servant returned and said to his master, 'Those whom you invited to the dinner have asked to be exempt.'
The master said to his servant, 'Go outside to the streets and bring hither anyone you meet. Invite them to dine.' Business men and merchants shall not enter the places of my Father."
65.
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65) He said, "There was a good man who owned a vineyard. He leased it to tenant farmers to work it and he would collect the fruit from them. He sent his servant to collect the fruit of the vineyard from the tenants. They laid hold of his servant and beat him, and nearly killed him. The servant went and told his master. The master said, 'Perchance they did not recognize him.' He sent another servant. The tenants beat this one also. Then the owner sent his son and said, 'Perchance they will respect my son.' The tenants knew he was the heir to the vineyard, so they seized him and killed him. If you have ears you shall hear!”
66.
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66) Jesus said, "Show me the stone which the builders have rejected for that is the cornerstone."
67.
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67) Jesus said, "Whoever believes that the All itself is lacking is completely lacking."
68.
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68) Jesus said, "You are blessed when you are hated and persecuted. Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no place."
69.
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69) Jesus said, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted in themselves for it is they who have in truth come to know the Father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of the one who hungers will be satisfied."
70.
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70) Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is in you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is in you, that which you do not bring forth will destroy you."
71.
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71) Jesus said, "I will destroy this house, and no one will be able to rebuild it."
72.
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72) A man said to him, "Tell my brothers to divide the possessions of my father with me."
He said to him, "Who has made me a divider?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I am not a divider, am I?"
73.
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73) Jesus said, "The harvest is great but the workers are few. Ask the master to send laborers to the harvest."
74.
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74) He said, "Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the cistern."
75.
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75) Jesus said, "Many are standing at the door, but it is the lone who will enter the bridal chamber."
76.
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76) Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the Father is like a merchant who had merchandise and discovered a pearl. The merchant was shrewd for he sold the merchandise and bought only the pearl for himself. You likewise seek his steadfast and continuing treasure where no moth comes to devour and no worm destroys."
77, 30/77.
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77) Jesus said, "I who am the light which is above them all. I who am the All. From me the All came forth, and the All extended to me. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me."
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30/77) Jesus said: "Where there are two, they are not without God, and when there is one alone, I am with him. Raise the stone, and you will find me. Split the wood, and I am there."
78.
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78) Jesus said, "Why have you come out into the desert? To see a thin reed blowing in the wind? To see a man clothed in fine garments like your kings and your important people? They are wearing fine garments, but they do not know the truth."
79.
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79) A woman from within the crowd said to him, "Blessed is the womb which bore you and the breasts which gave you nourishment."
He said to her, "Rather, blessed are those who have heard the word of the Father and have adhered to it in truth. There will be times when you will say, 'Blessed is the womb which has not conceived and the breasts which have not given milk.'"
80.
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80) Jesus said, "The one who has known the world has found the body, but the one who has found the body is greater to the world."
81.
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81) Jesus said, "Let the man who has grown rich be king, and let the one who possesses power relinquish it."
82.
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82) Jesus said, "The one who is near to me is near to the fire, and the one who is far from me is far from the Kingdom."
83.
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83) Jesus said, "The images are manifest to men, but the light in them continues hidden in the image of the light of the Father. He will become visible, but his image will continue hidden by his light."
84.
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84) Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you are joyful, but when you see your images which came into being before you, and which do not die or become manifest, how much you will have to bear."
85.
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85) Jesus said, "Adam came into being from a mighty power and a mighty wealth, but he did not become worthy of you. For had he been worthy, he would not have experienced death."
86.
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86) Jesus said, "The foxes have their holes and the birds have their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head and rest."
87.
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87) Jesus said, "The body that is dependant on a body is sad, and the soul that is dependent on these two is sad."
88.
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88) Jesus said, "The angels and the prophets will come to you and give to you that which you already have. You likewise are to give them the things which you have, and say in your hearts, 'When will they come and take what is theirs?'"
89.
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89) Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Do you not know that the one who made the inside is the one and the same who made the outside?"
90.
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90) Jesus said, "Come to me for my yoke is easy and my lordship is light, and you will find rest for yourselves."
91.
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91) They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe you."
He replied, "You read the signs of the heaven and the earth, but you have not known the one who is before you, and you do not know how to read this moment."
92.
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92) Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. That which you asked me in former times and which I did not tell you, I now wish to tell you, but you do not ask about it."
93.
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93) Jesus said, "Do not give what is holy to dogs, because they will throw them onto dung. Do not throw the pearls to swine, or they will grind them into pieces."
94.
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94) Jesus said, "The man who seeks shall find, and the man who knocks shall be let in."
95.
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95) Jesus said, "If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but give it to a man from whom you will not get it back."
96.
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96) Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the Father is like a certain woman who took a little leaven, hid it in some dough, and made it into large loaves. If you have ears you shall hear!”
97.
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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 down a road, a distance from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal fell out behind her on the road. She did not know it as she had not seen the mishap. When she reached her house, she put the jar down and found it was empty."
98.
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98) Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the Father is like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man. He drew his sword in his own house and struck it through the wall to ascertain whether his hand could carry through, and then he killed the powerful man."
99.
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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 for it is they who shall enter the Kingdom of my Father.
100.
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100) They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "Caesar's men demand taxes from us."
He said to them, "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give to God what belongs to God, and give to me what belongs to me."
101.
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101) Jesus said, "Whoever does puts his father and his mother first, which I do not, cannot become my disciple. Whoever does not love his father and his mother, as I do, cannot become my disciple. My mother gave birth to me, but my true Mother gave me life."
102.
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102) Jesus said, "Woe to the Pharisees, for they are like a dog sleeping in the manger of oxen. The dog does not eat nor does he allow the oxen to eat."
103.
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103) Jesus said, "Blessed is the man who knows where the robbers will enter, so that he can get up, gather his domain, and arm himself before they assail."
104.
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104) They said to Jesus, "Let us pray and fast today."
Jesus said, "What is the sin that I have committed, or by what means have I been defeated? When the bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber, then let them fast and pray."
105.
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105) Jesus said, "He who knows the father and the mother will be called the consort of a harlot."
106.
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106) Jesus said, "When you make the two one, you will become men, and when you say, 'Mountain, be removed,' it will be removed."
107.
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107) Jesus said, "The Kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. The largest one of them wandered off and so the shepherd left the ninety-nine sheep and searched for that one until he found it. After he had gone to such trouble, he said to the sheep, 'I cared more for you than the ninety-nine.'"
108.
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108) Jesus said, "The man who drinks from my mouth will become like me. I myself will become he, and that which is hidden will become manifest to him."
109.
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109) Jesus said, "The Kingdom is like a man who had a hidden treasure in his field and did not know. After he died, his son inherited it. The son did not know about it and he inherited the field then sold it. The one who bought it plowed it and found the treasure. He began to lend money at interest to whomever he wished."
110.
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110) Jesus said, "Whoever finds the world and becomes wealthy is to renounce the world."
111.
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111) Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will be rolled up in your presence. The one who lives from the Living One will not see death."
Does not Jesus say, "Whoever finds himself is superior to the world?"
112.
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112) Jesus said, "Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul. Woe to the soul that depends on the flesh."
113.
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113) His disciples asked him, "When will the Kingdom come?"
Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not come in saying 'Here it is' or 'There it is.' Instead, the Kingdom of the Father is spread over the earth, but men do not see it."
114.
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114) Simon Peter said to him, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life."
Jesus said, "I myself will lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit which resembles you males. Every woman who makes herself male shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
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Chapter 17. The Gospel of Judas
The Gospel of Judas is an apocryphal text that allegedly reports conversations between the Judas Iscariot and Jesus. It is dated to the second century ACE at the earliest, since it contains late 2nd century theology. The Church Father Irenaeus, best known for his anti-Gnostic work, Against Heresies, complained bitterly about The Gospel of Judas in 180 AD.
The Gospel of Judas
When Jesus appeared on earth, he worked miracles and great wonders for the salvation of man. As some followed the way of righteousness but others followed sin, the twelve disciples were called. He spoke with them about the mysteries beyond the world and what would happen at the end. Many times he did not appear to his disciples as himself, but he was found amongst them as a child.
One day when he was with his disciples in Judea, he found them together, sitting in devout observance. When he approached his disciples, who were sitting together and offering a prayer of thanks over the bread, he laughed. The disciples said to him, "Master, why are you laughing at our prayer of thanks? We have done what is right."
He said to them, "I am not laughing at you. You are not doing this because of your own will but because it is through this that your God will be praised."
They said, "Master, you are the son of our God."
Jesus said, "How do you know me? Truly I say to you, no generation of people who are among you will know me."
When his disciples heard this, they became angry and furious and blasphemed him in their hearts. When Jesus observed their lack of understanding, he said to them, "Why has this agitation led you to anger? Your God who is within 35 has provoked you to anger in your souls. Let any of you who is strong enough among men bring out the complete human and stand before me."
They all said to him, "We have the strength." However their spirits did not dare to stand before him, except for Judas Iscariot. He was able to stand in front of him, but he could not look him in the eyes, and he turned away his face.
Judas said to him, "I know who you are and I know where you have come from. You are from the immortal realm of Barbelo. I am not worthy to utter the name of the one who has sent you."
Jesus knew that Judas was considering something that was exalted, and said to him, "Move away from the others. I will tell you the mysteries of the kingdom. It is possible for you to reach it, but you will lament a great deal. Someone will replace you, so that the twelve disciples may again come to completion with their God."
Judas asked him, "When will you tell me these things, and when will the great day of light dawn for the generation?"
But after he said this, Jesus left him.
The next morning, after this happened, Jesus again appeared to his disciples. They asked him, "Master, where did you go? What did you do when you left us?"
Jesus said to them, "I went to another great and holy generation."
His disciples said, "Lord, what is the great generation that is superior to and holier than us, that is not now in these realms?"
When Jesus heard this, he laughed. He said, "Why are you thinking about the strong and holy generation? Truly I say to you, no one born of this age will see that generation! No army of angels of the stars will rule over that generation! No person of mortal birth can associate with it, because that generation does not come from that which has become [....]. The generation of people among you is from the generation of humanity [....] power, which [....] the other powers [....] by which you rule."
When his disciples heard this, their souls were troubled. They could not speak a word. Another day Jesus came to them. They asked him, "Master, we have seen you in a vision, for we have had great dreams in the night [....]."
He said to them, "Why have you [....] when you have gone into hiding?"
They said to him, "We have seen a great house with a large altar in it, and twelve men who we figure are priests, and a name, and a crowd of people is waiting at the altar, until the priests [....] and receive the offerings. But we kept waiting."
Jesus said to them, "What are the priests like?"
They said, "Some [....] two weeks; some sacrifice their own children, others their wives, in praise and humility with each other, while some sleep with men; some are involved in slaughter; some commit a multitude of sins and lawless acts. The men who stand before the altar call upon your name, and by all their deficient deeds, the sacrifices are brought to completion [....]. After they said this, they were quiet, as they were troubled.
Jesus said, "Why are you troubled? Truly I say to you, all the priests who stand before that altar call upon my name. Again I say to you, my name has been written on the generations of the stars for all the generations of man. They have planted trees without fruit in a shameful manner in my name. Those you have seen receiving the offerings at the altar, that is who you are. That is the God whom you serve, and you are those twelve men you have seen. The cattle you have seen brought for sacrifice are the many people you lead astray before that altar [....] will stand and make use of my name in this way, and generations of the devout will remain loyal to him. After him, another man form amongst the fornicators will stand there, and another will stand there from the slayers of children, and another from those who sleep with men, and those who abstain, and the rest of the people of defilement, lawlessness and error, and those who say, 'We are like angels' for they are the stars that bring all to its conclusion. To the generations of man it has been said, "Behold! God has received your sacrifice from the hands of a priest," that is, a minister of error. However, it is the Lord, the Lord of the universe, who commands, "On the last day they will be put to shame. Stop sacrificing, [....] which you have [....] over the altar, as they are over your stars and angels and have already come to their end there. Let them be ensnared before you, and let them go [....]
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[....] generations [....] A baker cannot feed the whole creation under heaven [....] to them [....] and [....] to us and [....]
Jesus said to them, "Stop contending with me. Each of you has his own star, and everybody
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[....] in [....] who has come [....] spring for the tree [....] of this age [....] for a time [....] but he has come to water God's Paradise, and the generation that will last, because he will not pollute the behavior of that generation, but [....] for all eternity."
Judas said, "Rabbi, what kind of fruit does this generation produce?"
Jesus said to him, "The souls of every generation of man will die. However, when these people have completed the time of the kingdom and their spirit leaves them, their bodies will die but their souls will be alive and will be taken up."
Judas asked, "What will the rest of the human generations do?"
Jesus said, "It is impossible to sow seed on rock and harvest the produce. This too is the way [....] the defiled generation [....] and corruptible Sophia [....] the hand that created mortal people, so that their souls go to the eternal realms above. Truly I say to you, [....] angel [....] power will be able to see that [....] these to whom [....] holy generations [....]" Having said this, Jesus left.
Judas said to him, "Master, as you have listened to all of them, now too listen to me. I have seen a mighty vision."
When Jesus heard this, he laughed. He said, "You thirteenth spirit, why do you try so hard? But speak, and I will bear with you."
Judas said, "In the vision I saw myself as the twelve disciples were stoning me and persecuting me harshly. I came to the place where [....] after you. I saw a house [....], and my eyes could not grasp its size. Great people were surrounding it, and that house had a roof of greenery. In the middle of the house was a crowd [....]
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[....] saying, "Master, take me in along with these people."
Jesus said to him, "Judas, your star has led you astray. No man of mortal birth is worthy to enter the house you have seen, for that place is reserved for the holy. Neither the sun nor the moon will rule there, nor the day, but the holy will remain there always, in the eternal realm with the holy angels. Behold, I have told you the mysteries of the kingdom. I have taught you the error of the stars, and [....] send it [....] upon the twelve ages."
Judas asked him, "Master, could my descendants be under the control of the rulers?"
Jesus said to him, "Come, that I [....]
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[....] but that you will be very distressed when you see the kingdom and all its generation."
When he heard this, Judas said to him, "What good is it that I have received it? You have set me apart for that generation."
Jesus said to him, "You will become the thirteenth, and you will be cursed by the other generations and will rule them. In the last days they will curse your ascent to the holy generation. Come, I will teach you about secrets that no man has seen, for there exists a mighty, boundless realm, whose extent no generation of angels has seen, in which there is a great invisible Spirit, which no eye of angel has ever seen, no thought of the heart has ever grasped, and was never called by any name."
A luminous cloud appeared there. He said, "Let an angel come into being as my attendant."
A mighty angel, the enlightened divine Self-Generated, emerged from the cloud. Because of him, four other angels came into being from another cloud. They became attendants for the angelic Self-Generated. The Self-Generated said, "Let [....] come into being [....]," and it came into being [....]. He created the first luminary to reign over him. He said, "Let angels come into being to serve him," and countless myriads came into being. He said, "Let an enlightened aeon come into being," and he came into being. He created the second luminary to reign over him, together with countless myriads of angels, to offer service. This is how he created the rest of enlightened ages. He made them reign over them, and he created for them countless myriads of angels to assist them.
Adam was in the first luminous cloud that no angel has ever seen among everyone called "God." He [....] that [....] the image [....] and after the likeness of this angel. He made the incorruptible generation of Seth appear [....] the twelve [....] the twenty-four [....]. He made seventy-two luminaries appear in the indestructible generation, in accordance with the will of the Spirit. The seventy-two luminaries made three hundred and sixty luminaries appear in the indestructible generation, in accordance with the will of the Spirit, that their number should be five for each. The twelve ages of the twelve luminaries constitute their father, with six heavens for each age, so that there are seventy-two heavens for the seventy-two luminaries, and for each 50 of them five firmaments, for a total of three hundred sixty firmaments [....].They were given authority and a great army of countless angels, for glorious adulation, and after that also virgin spirits, for glorious adulation of all the ages, the heavens and their firmaments.
The multitude of those immortals is called the cosmos, that is, perdition, by the Father and the seventy-two luminaries who are with the Self-Generated and his seventy two ages. By him the first man appeared with his indestructible powers. The age that appeared with his generation, the age in which are the cloud of knowledge and the angel, is called El [....] age [....] after that [....] said, "Let twelve angels come into being to rule over void and the underworld." Behold, from the cloud appeared an angel whose face flashed with fire and whose appearance was defiled by blood. His name was Nebro, which means "rebel." Others call him Yaldabaoth. Another angel, Saklas, also came from the cloud. Nebro created six angels as well as Saklas as assistants, and these produced twelve angels in the heavens, each one receiving a portion in the heavens. The twelve rulers spoke with the twelve angels, "Let each of you [....] and let them [....] generation [....]
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[....] angels [....] The first is Seth, who is called Christ. The second is Harmathoth, who is [....].The third is Galila. The fourth is Yobel. The fifth is Adonaios. These are the five who ruled over the underworld, and first of all over void. Then Saklas said to his angels, "Let us create a human being after the likeness and after the image." They fashioned Adam and his wife Eve, who is called, in the cloud, Zoe. For by this name all the generations seek the man, and each of them calls the woman by these names. Sakla did not command [....] except [....] the generations [....] this [....].The ruler said to Adam, "You will live a long time, with your children.""
Judas asked Jesus, "What is the length of time that man will live?"
Jesus said to him, "Why are you wondering about this, that Adam, with his generation, has lived his life in the place where he has received his kingdom, with long life with his ruler?"
Judas asked, "Does the spirit of man die?"
Jesus said, "This is why God ordered Michael to give the spirits of people to them as a loan, so that they might offer service, but the Great One ordered Gabriel to grant spirits to the great generation with no ruler over it, the spirit and the life. So then, the rest of the lives [....]
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[....] light [....]
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[....] around [....] let [....] spirit that is within you lives in this flesh among the generations of angels, but God caused knowledge to be given to Adam and those with him, so that the kings of void and the underworld would not lord it over them."
Judas asked Jesus, "What will those generations do?"
Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, for all of them the stars bring matters to completion. When Saklas completes the span of time assigned to him, their first star will appear with the generations, and they will finish what they said they would do. Then they will commit fornication in my name and they will kill their children and they will [....] and
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[....] my name, and he will [....] your star over the thirteenth age." Then Jesus laughed.
Judas said to him, "Master, why are you laughing at us?"
Jesus said, "I am not laughing at you but at the error of the stars, because the six stars wander around with the five combatants, and they all will be destroyed along with their creatures."
Judas said, "What will those who have been baptized in your name do?"
Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you, the baptism [....] my name [....]
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[....] to me. Truly I say to you, Judas, those who offer sacrifices to Saklas [....]
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[....] everything that is evil, but you will exceed all of them. You will sacrifice the man that clothes me. Already your horn has been raised, your anger has been kindled, your star has shone brightly, and your heart has [....]. Truly [....] your last [....]
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[....] become
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[....] grieve
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[....] the ruler, since he will be destroyed. Then the image of the great generation of Adam will be exalted, for prior to heaven, earth, and the angels, that generation, which is from the eternal realms, existed. Behold, you have been told everything. Lift up your eyes and see the cloud and the light within it and the stars around it. The star that leads the way is your star."
Judas lifted up his eyes and saw the luminous cloud, and he entered it. Those standing on the ground heard a voice coming out of the cloud, and it said, " [....] great generation [....] image [....]
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The high priests complained because he had gone into the guest room to pray. Some scribes were watching carefully in order to arrest him during the prayer, for they were afraid of the people, since he was considered by all to be a prophet. They came to Judas and said, "What are you doing here? You are a disciple of Jesus."
Judas answered them as they wished. He received some money and handed him over to them.
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Acts 29 is also known as Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, and the Sonnini Manuscript. The text first materialized in 1871 in London as a six page pamphlet by Geo. J. Stevenson. The title was "The long lost chapter of the Acts of the Apostles: containing an account of the Apostle Paul's journey into Spain and Britain, and other interesting events." No evidence for the purported Greek original has been found.
Acts 29.
1. Paul, full of the blessings of Christ, and full of the spirit, left Rome for Spain, as he had for a long time proposed to journey there, and intended to go from there to Britain.
2. He had heard in Phoenicia that certain of the children of Israel, around the time of the Assyrian captivity, had escaped by sea to the islands which were far away as spoken of by the Prophet, and called by the Romans "Britain."
3. The Lord commanded that the gospel be preached far and wide, to the pagans and to the lost sheep of Israel.
4. No one prevented Paul for he testified freely and boldly about Jesus before the tribunes and the people. He took certain of the brethren who lived with him in Rome with him. They boarded a ship at Ostrium. As the winds were favorable, they were brought safely into a harbour in Spain.
5. Many people from the towns and villages and the hill country were gathered. They had heard about the conversion of the apostles, and the many miracles which he had done.
6. Paul preached mightily in Spain. A great crowd believed and were converted, for they perceived that he was an apostle of God.
7. They left Spain. Paul and his company boarded a ship in Armorica and sailed to Britain. They sailed along the south coast, and reached a port called Raphinus. This is the Roman name for Sandwhich in Kent. In Saxon times, still standing in Sandwhich, there was an old house called the "House of the Apostles." Tradition holds that Paul was one of the Apostles.
8. When it was voiced abroad that the apostle had landed on their coast, great multitudes of the inhabitants went to meet him. They treated Paul courteously. He entered the east gate of their city, and lodged in the house of a Hebrew of his own tribe.
9. The following day he stood on Mount Lud Ludgate Hill and Broadway where St. Paul's Cathedral stands in London, England. The people crowded at the gate, and they believed the word and the testimony of Jesus.
10. The Holy Spirit fell on Paul, and he prophesied, "In the last days the God of Peace will live in the cities, and the inhabitants will be numbered. In the seventh numbering of the people, their eyes will be opened, and the glory of their inheritance will shine before them. The nations will come to worship on the mount that testifies of the patience and persistence of a servant of the Lord.
11. In the latter days new tidings of the gospel will proceed out of Jerusalem, and the people will rejoice. Fountains will be opened, and there will be no more plague.
12. In those times there will be wars and rumors of war. A king will leave, and his sword will be for healing of the nations. His peace will remain, and the glory of his kingdom will be a wonder among princes.
13. It will come to pass that certain of the Druids went to Paul privately, and showed by their rites and ceremonies that they were descended from Jews who had escaped from bondage in Egypt. The apostle believed this, and he gave them the kiss of peace.
14. Paul stayed in his lodgings three months confirming them in the faith and preaching Christ continually.
15. After this Paul and his brethren left Raphinus and sailed to Atium in Gaul.
16. Paul preached in the Roman garrison and among the people, exhorting all men to repent and confess all their sins.
17. There came to him certain of the Belgae to ask him about the new doctrine of the man Jesus. Paul opened his heart to them and told them everything that had happened to him, and how Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. They left wondering on the things which they had heard.
18. After much preaching and labor, Paul and his fellow workers went to Helvetia, and went to Mount Pontius Pilate, where he who condemned the Lord Jesus dashed himself down headlong, and miserably perished.
19. Immediately a flood gushed out of the mountain and washed his body, broken in pieces, into a lake.
20. Paul stretched out his hands over the water, and prayed to the Lord, "Lord God, give a sign to all nations that here Pontius Pilate who condemned your only-begotten Son, plunged headlong into the pit."
21. While Paul was speaking, there came a great earthquake, and the face of the waters was changed, and the form of the lake looked like to the Son of Man hanging in agony on the Cross.
22. A voice came out of heaven saying, "Pilate has escaped the wrath to come as he washed his hands before the multitude at the blood shedding of the Lord Jesus."
23. When Paul and those with him saw the earthquake, and heard the voice of the angel, they glorified God, and their spirits were mightily strengthened.
24. They traveled to Mount Julius where two pillars stood, one on the right hand One on the left hand, erected by Caesar Augustus.
25. Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stood up between the two pillars, saying, "Men and brethren, these stones you see today will testify of my journey here. Truly I say, they will remain until the outpouring of the spirit on all the nations of Israel, and the way will not be hindered throughout all generations.
26. They left and went to Illitricum, intending to go by Macedonia into Asia, and grace was found in all the churches. They prospered and had peace. Amen.
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