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These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded.  
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These are secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas recorded.  
1. And he said, "Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death." [Logion 1]


2. Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) 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 (Father's) kingdom is within you and it is outside you." [Logion 3]
1. And he said, "Whoever understands these sayings will not taste death." [Logion 1]


3. Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing babies are like those who enter the (Father's) kingdom."
2. Jesus said,
:They said to him, "Then shall we enter the (Father's) kingdom as babies?"
<blockquote><poem>If your leaders tell you, look! the Kingdom in the sky!
— then the birds of the sky will precede you.
If they say, look! it is in the sea!
— then the fish will precede you.


:Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]." [Logion 22]
The Kingdom is both
&nbsp;within you / without you.</poem>[Logion 3]</blockquote>


4. Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females don't deserve life."
3. Jesus saw some babes nursing, and to his disciples</br>
:Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven." [Logion 114]
He said, "These babes are like those who enter the Kingdom."</br>
They asked, "Then shall we enter the Kingdom as babes?"</br>
Jesus said,  
<blockquote><poem>When the two become one,
inner mirroring outer,
outer mirroring inner,
upper and lower each other,
uniting male and female
so that both disappear:


5. His disciples said, "Show us the place where you are, for we must seek it."
eye to eye,
hand to hand,
foot to foot,
mirror to mirror —
Thus shall ye enter. </poem>[Logion 22]</blockquote>


:He said to them, "Anyone here with two ears had better listen! There is light within a person of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it does not shine, it is dark." [Logion 24]
<span id="thomas4">4.</span> Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females do not deserve life."</br>
Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>Look, I will guide her to make herself male,
&nbsp;so that she may become a man in spirit.
For every woman who makes herself male
&nbsp;shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven.</poem>[Logion 114]</blockquote>


6. Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If you do not have that within you, what you do not have within you [will] kill you."  [Logion 70]
5. Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>If you bring forth what is within you,
&nbsp;what is within you will save you.
If you do not bring it forth,
&nbsp;what you hold back will destroy you.</poem>[Logion 70]</blockquote>


7. Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained.
6. His disciples said, "Show us the place where you are, for we must seek it."</br>
Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>Everyone with both ears should listen!
There is light within a person of the Light,
&nbsp;and it fills the [[Desert|whole world]].
Where it does not shine
&nbsp;remains in shadow.</poem>[Logion 24]</blockquote>


:Split a piece of wood; I am there.
7. Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>I am the light that fills all things.
I am all: from me all came forth,
&nbsp;unto me all are gathered.


:Lift up the stone, and you will find me there." [Logion 77]
Split a piece of wood
</blockquote>
— I am there.
Lift up the stone
— there am I.</poem>[Logion 77]</blockquote>
 
8. Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>What I give no eye has seen,
&nbsp;nor ear has ever heard,
where no hand was there to touch,
&nbsp;nor heart to stir.</poem>[Logion 42]</blockquote>
 
9. Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>Whoever is near me is near the fire,
and whoever is far from me
is far from the Kingdom.</poem>[Logion 82]</blockquote>
 
10. Then his disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"</br>
Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>It comes unobserved,
neither here nor there.
 
Already the Kingdom
spreads o’er the earth,
yet nobody sees.</poem>[Logion 113]</blockquote>
 
11. Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>The Kingdom is like meal
spilling from a woman’s sack
along the road, unseen.</poem>[cf. Logion 97]</blockquote>
 
12. Jesus said,
<blockquote><poem>Be passersby.</poem>[Logion 42]</blockquote>
 
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''Twelve verses on not taking towering visions seriously.'' —Origin

Latest revision as of 22:52, 19 June 2026

These are secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas recorded.

1. And he said, "Whoever understands these sayings will not taste death." [Logion 1]

2. Jesus said,

If your leaders tell you, look! the Kingdom in the sky!
— then the birds of the sky will precede you.
If they say, look! it is in the sea!
— then the fish will precede you.

The Kingdom is both
 within you / without you.

[Logion 3]

3. Jesus saw some babes nursing, and to his disciples
He said, "These babes are like those who enter the Kingdom."
They asked, "Then shall we enter the Kingdom as babes?"
Jesus said,

When the two become one,
inner mirroring outer,
outer mirroring inner,
upper and lower each other,
uniting male and female
so that both disappear:

eye to eye,
hand to hand,
foot to foot,
mirror to mirror —
Thus shall ye enter.

[Logion 22]

4. Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females do not deserve life."
Jesus said,

Look, I will guide her to make herself male,
 so that she may become a man in spirit.
For every woman who makes herself male
 shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

[Logion 114]

5. Jesus said,

If you bring forth what is within you,
 what is within you will save you.
If you do not bring it forth,
 what you hold back will destroy you.

[Logion 70]

6. His disciples said, "Show us the place where you are, for we must seek it."
Jesus said,

Everyone with both ears should listen!
There is light within a person of the Light,
 and it fills the whole world.
Where it does not shine
 remains in shadow.

[Logion 24]

7. Jesus said,

I am the light that fills all things.
I am all: from me all came forth,
 unto me all are gathered.

Split a piece of wood
— I am there.
Lift up the stone
— there am I.

[Logion 77]

8. Jesus said,

What I give no eye has seen,
 nor ear has ever heard,
where no hand was there to touch,
 nor heart to stir.

[Logion 42]

9. Jesus said,

Whoever is near me is near the fire,
and whoever is far from me
is far from the Kingdom.

[Logion 82]

10. Then his disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
Jesus said,

It comes unobserved,
neither here nor there.

Already the Kingdom
spreads o’er the earth,
yet nobody sees.

[Logion 113]

11. Jesus said,

The Kingdom is like meal
spilling from a woman’s sack
along the road, unseen.

[cf. Logion 97]

12. Jesus said,

Be passersby.

[Logion 42]

Twelve verses on not taking towering visions seriously. —Origin

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