Gospel of thomas translation

These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. The kingdom is like a shepherd who
had hundred sheep. If you become my students and hear my sayings, these stones will serve you. Where there are two or one, I am with that one.
The author develops a complete analysis of the origin and meaning of Gospel of Thomas as it developed through various oral and literary
compositional 'stages,' from the earliest apocalyptic Kernel Gospel from Jerusalem C. And whoever does not hate his brothers and sisters and
take up his cross in my way will not be worthy of me. The presence of inner-Coptic errors in the sole surviving translation, moreover, suggests that
our present Gos. For my mother [ He said to them, You examine the face of heaven and earth but you have not come to know the one who is in
your presence, and you do not know how to examine this moment. For you have five trees in Paradise which do not move in summer or in winter,
and their leaves do not fall. Blessed is the man who knows in what part the robbers are coming, that he may rise and gather his [domain] and gird
up his loins before they come in. It is I who am the all. The Coptic text was written shortly before the year CE. Patterson compares the wording of
each saying in Thomas to its synoptic counterpart with the conclusion that Thomas represents an autonomous stream of tradition The Gospel of
Thomas and Jesus , p. Split a piece of wood. And they will stand solitary. He threw all the small fish back into the sea and chose the large fish
without difficulty. Whoever has ears to hear should hear. The Gospel of Thomas is extant in three Greek fragments and one Coptic manuscript.
And others fell on thorns; they choked the seed s and worms ate them. Others fell on the rock, and sent no root down to the earth nor did they
sprout any ear up to heaven. I ask to be excused from the dinner. The son did not know about the treasure. And in that night he died. I myself shall
become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to that one. On what day will the kingdom come? They said to him, Then he may kill it
and eat it. I shall choose you, one out of a thousand, and two out of ten thousand, and they shall stand as a single one. But as for me, I marvel at
this, how this great wealth has settled in this poverty. Yeshua said, I am not your rabbi. Whoever has ears should hear. Blessed are the hungry, for
the belly of him who desires will be filled. That one is the cornerstone. He who is near to me is near the fire, and he who is far from me is far from
the kingdom. Who will be our leader? Beg the master to send out workers to the harvest. Thy brethren and thy mother are standing outside. I am
not thy master, because thou hast drunk, thou hast become drunk from the bubbling spring which I have measured out. My friend is about to be
married, and I am to hold a dinner. Behold, the Kingdom is in heaven, then the birds of the heaven will be before you. Beseech the Lord,
therefore, to send out laborers to the harvest.

The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation

I pray to be excused. Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas. He left the ninety-nine and sought after the one till he found it. Then he killed the
powerful person. The kingdom of the [Father] is like a woman; carrying a jar full of meal and walking a long way. They yield no fruit. He who shall
find the interpretation of the words shall not taste of death. She was unaware, she knew not her loss. What then is the sin that I have done, or
wherein have I been vanquished? Accordingly, the naming of Judas Thomas as the ostensible author of Gos. Woe to the flesh which depends upon
the soul; woe to the soul which depends upon the flesh. When you make the two one, you shall become sons of man, and when you say: Others
fell on thorns and they choked the seeds and worms devoured them. This means, of course, that these sayings are not dependent upon their
synoptic counterparts, but rather derive from a parallel and separate tradition. Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Tell us
who thou art, that we may believe in thee. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven. He threw all the little fish
back into the sea and easily chose the large fish. 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 there will be days when you will say, 'Blessed are the womb which has not conceived and the
breasts which have not given milk. Where the beginning is, the end will be. On what day will the rest of the dead come into being? Shall we give
alms? Make a comparison to me, and tell me whom I am like. Speak to my brethren, that they may divide my father's possessions with me. I was
given from the things of my father. And whoever does not love his father and his mother as I do cannot become a disciple to me. Cleave a piece of
wood: He said to them, If it were useful, fathers would produce their children already circumcised from their mothers. When he finds, he will
become troubled. I will go and give them orders. Days will come when you will seek after me, and you will not find me. Two shall rest upon a bed;
one shall die, the other live. When will the new world come?

Gospel of Thomas (Lambdin Translation) -- The Nag Hammadi Library

Cleave a piece of wood: To see a reed shaken by the wind? But when you see your images that came into being before you and that neither die
nor become visible, how much you will bear! Yeshua said, When you strip naked without being ashamed and take your clothes and put them
under your feet like small children and trample them, then you will see the child of the living one and you will not be afraid. Arm yourselves with
great strength, or the robbers will find a way to reach you, for the trouble you expect will come. Teach me concerning this stone which the builders
rejected; it is the corner -stone. When they shake off their wine, they will gospel of thomas translation. She did not realize it; she had noticed no
gospel of thomas translation. What is the sign of your Father in you? The heavens shall be rolled up and the earth before your face, and he who
lives in the living One shall neither see death nor fear ; because Jesus says: In Statistical Correlation Analysis of Thomas and the SynopticsStevan
Davies argues that the Gospel of Thomas is independent of the canonical gospels on account of differences in order of the sayings. Salome said,
Who are you, mister? These little ones at the breast are like those who enter into the kingdom. Rather than reflecting the same tradition-historical
development that stands gospel of thomas translation their synoptic counterparts, these Gospel of thomas translation sayings seem to be the
product of a tradition-history which, though exhibiting the same tendencies operative within the synoptic tradition, is in its own specific details quite
unique. My soul ached for the human children because they are blind in their hearts and do not see. The angels come to you, and the gospel of
thomas translationand they shall give you what belongs to you; and you also, give the what is in your hands, and say to yourselves: Possible
references to this gospel by its title alone abound in early Christianity e. 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. But I have gospel of thomas
translation, He who shall be among you as a little one shall know the kingdom, and shall be higher than John. For that which goes into your mouth
will not defile you, but that which comes forth from your mouth, that is what will defile you. And how shall we pray? Heal the sick among them.
Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no place.