The Gospel of Thomas

O man, who has made me a divider?

I am not a divider, am I?

⁷³ The harvest is great but the laborers are few. Beseech the Lord, therefore, to send out laborers to the harvest.

⁷⁴ O Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the cistern.

⁷⁵ Many are standing at the door, but it is the solitary who will enter the bridal chamber.

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 He who has recognized the world has found the body, but he who has found the body is superior to the world.

⁸¹ Let him who has grown rich be king, and let him who possesses power renounce it.

⁸² He who is near me is near the fire, and he who is far from me is far from the kingdom.

⁸³ 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 When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and which neither die not become manifest, how much you will have to bear!"

⁸⁵ 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 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.

⁸⁷Wretched is the body that is dependant upon a body, and wretched is the soul that is dependent on these two.

⁸⁸ The angels and the prophets will come to you and give to 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 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 Come unto me, for my yoke is easy and my lordship is mild, and you will find repose for yourselves.

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 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 inquire after it.

⁹³ Do not give what is holy to dogs, lest they throw them on the dungheap. Do not throw the pearls to swine, lest they […] it […].

⁹⁴ He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.

⁹⁵ If you have money, do not lend it at interest. Give it to one from whom you will not get it back.

⁹⁶ 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 The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking on the 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 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."

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.

Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God, and give me what is mine.

¹⁰²Woe 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 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.

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 He who knows the father and the mother will be called the son of a harlot.

¹⁰⁶ 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 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 99.’"

¹⁰⁸ He who will drink from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him.

¹⁰⁹ 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 Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let him renounce the world.

¹¹¹ The heavens and the earth will be rolled up in your presence. And 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 Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul; woe to the soul that depends on the flesh.

It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying ‘here it is’ or ’there it is.’ Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it."

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.