The Witness of Thomas

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 babies nursing.
He said to his disciples, "These babies are like those who enter the Kingdom."
They said to him, "Then shall we enter the Kingdom as babies?"
Jesus said to them,

When the two become one,
inner reflecting outer,
outer reflecting 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 too may become male in spirit.
For every female who makes herself male
 will 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 hide within will destroy you.

[Logion 70]

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

Everyone with both ears should listen!
There is light within a person of the Light,
 and it shines on the whole world.
If one does not shine, one is dark.

[Logion 24]

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

[Logion 77]

8. Jesus said,

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

[Logion 82]

9. His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"

It will not come by watching for it.
It will not be said, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!'

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

[Logion 113]

10. Jesus said,

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

[cf. Logion 97]