6 His disciples questioned him and said:
Do you want that we fast?
And how shall we pray?
Shall we give alms?
And from what foods shall we obstain?
Jesus said: Do not tell lies; and that what you hate, do not do. For all of these things are revealed before heaven. For there is nothing hidden that will not be manifested, and there is nothing covered that will remain uncovered.
7 Jesus said: Blessed is the lion that the man will eat, and the lion becomes man; and cursed is the man whom the lion will eat, and the lion becomes man.
8 And he said: Man is like a wise fisherman, who cast his net into the sea. He drew it up from the sea full of small fish. Among them the wise fisherman fell upon a large good fish. He threw down all the small fish back into the sea; and he chose the large fish without trouble. He who has an ear to listen, let him listen.
9 Jesus said: Look! The sower went out, he filled his hand, and he cast. Some fell on the road; the birds came and gathered them. Others fell on the rock, and did not send roots down to the earth and did not send ears rising to the sky. And some others fell on the thorns; they choked the seed, and the worm ate them. And some others fell on earth that was good, and gave good fruit up to the sky, some sixty per measure and some hundred and twenty per measure.
10 Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world. And behold, I guard it until it blazes.
11 Jesus said: This heaven and the heaven above it will pass away. And those who are dead are not alive and those who live will not die. In the days when you were eating what is dead, you were making it alive. When you should come in the light, what is it you will do? On the day when you were one, you made the two. But when you should become two, what is it you will do?
12 The disciples said to Jesus: We know that you will go from us. Who is he who will be great over us? Jesus said to them: There where you have come, you will go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth have come into being.
13 Jesus said to his disciples: Compare me, and tell me who am I like?
Simon Peter said to him: You are like a righteous angel.
Matthew said to him: You are like a wise philosopher.
Thomas said to him: Master, my mouth will not allow me to say whom you are like. Jesus said: I am not your master. Because you drank, you have become drunk from the bubbling spring which I have measured out.
And he took him, went aside, and spoke to him three words.
Now when Thomas returned to his companions, they asked him: What did Jesus say to you? Thomas said to them: If I should speak to you one of the words which he said to me, you will take up stones and throw them at me; and a fire will come out of the stones and burn you.
Do you want that we fast?
And how shall we pray?
Shall we give alms?
And from what foods shall we obstain?
Jesus said: Do not tell lies; and that what you hate, do not do. For all of these things are revealed before heaven. For there is nothing hidden that will not be manifested, and there is nothing covered that will remain uncovered.
7 Jesus said: Blessed is the lion that the man will eat, and the lion becomes man; and cursed is the man whom the lion will eat, and the lion becomes man.
8 And he said: Man is like a wise fisherman, who cast his net into the sea. He drew it up from the sea full of small fish. Among them the wise fisherman fell upon a large good fish. He threw down all the small fish back into the sea; and he chose the large fish without trouble. He who has an ear to listen, let him listen.
9 Jesus said: Look! The sower went out, he filled his hand, and he cast. Some fell on the road; the birds came and gathered them. Others fell on the rock, and did not send roots down to the earth and did not send ears rising to the sky. And some others fell on the thorns; they choked the seed, and the worm ate them. And some others fell on earth that was good, and gave good fruit up to the sky, some sixty per measure and some hundred and twenty per measure.
10 Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world. And behold, I guard it until it blazes.
11 Jesus said: This heaven and the heaven above it will pass away. And those who are dead are not alive and those who live will not die. In the days when you were eating what is dead, you were making it alive. When you should come in the light, what is it you will do? On the day when you were one, you made the two. But when you should become two, what is it you will do?
12 The disciples said to Jesus: We know that you will go from us. Who is he who will be great over us? Jesus said to them: There where you have come, you will go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth have come into being.
13 Jesus said to his disciples: Compare me, and tell me who am I like?
Simon Peter said to him: You are like a righteous angel.
Matthew said to him: You are like a wise philosopher.
Thomas said to him: Master, my mouth will not allow me to say whom you are like. Jesus said: I am not your master. Because you drank, you have become drunk from the bubbling spring which I have measured out.
And he took him, went aside, and spoke to him three words.
Now when Thomas returned to his companions, they asked him: What did Jesus say to you? Thomas said to them: If I should speak to you one of the words which he said to me, you will take up stones and throw them at me; and a fire will come out of the stones and burn you.
14 Jesus said to them:
If you should fast, you will beget a sin for yourselves.
And if you should pray, you will be condemned.
And if you should give alms, you will do an evil to yourselves.
And if you should go into any land and travel in its regions, if they receive you, eat what they set before you. Heal the sick among them. For what goes into your mouth will not defile you. But what comes out of your mouth, is what will defile you.
15 Jesus said: When you should look upon him who was not born of woman, throw yourselves down on your face and worship him. It is he who is your Father.
16 Jesus said: Perhaps men think that I have come to cast peace upon the world. And they do not know that I have come to cast divisions upon the earth: fire, sword, war. For there will be five in a house; three will be against two, and two against three, the father against the son and the son against the father. And they will stand being single ones.
17 Jesus said: I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, and what did not come up in the mind of man.
18 The disciples said to Jesus: Tell us, how will our end come? Jesus said: Have you discovered the beginning, so that you seek after the end? For where the beginning is, there will be the end. Blessed is the one who will stand in the beginning, and he will know the end and he will not taste death.
19 Jesus said: Blessed is he who was before he came into being. If you should become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will become servants to you. For you have five trees in Paradise which do not move in summer or in winter, and their leaves do not fall. He who will know them will not taste death.
20 The disciples said to Jesus: Tell us, what is the kingdom of heaven like? He said to them: It is like a grain of mustard, smaller than all the seeds; but when it falls on the earth which is cultivated, it sends out a great branch, and becomes shelter for the birds of the sky.
21 Mary said to Jesus: Whom are your disciples like?
He said: They are like little children dwelling in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say: Give our field back to us. They strip naked in their presence, in order to give them back their field.
Therefore I say: If the owner of the house should realize that the thief is coming, he will keep watch before he comes, and will not let him dig into his house of his kingdom to take away his goods.
You, then, be watchful against the world. Bind up your loins with great strength, that the robbers may not find a way to come at you, since the help you look for they will find. Let there be among you a man of understanding! When the fruit was ripe, he came quickly, his sickle in his hand, and he reaped it. He who has an ear to listen, let him listen.
If you should fast, you will beget a sin for yourselves.
And if you should pray, you will be condemned.
And if you should give alms, you will do an evil to yourselves.
And if you should go into any land and travel in its regions, if they receive you, eat what they set before you. Heal the sick among them. For what goes into your mouth will not defile you. But what comes out of your mouth, is what will defile you.
15 Jesus said: When you should look upon him who was not born of woman, throw yourselves down on your face and worship him. It is he who is your Father.
16 Jesus said: Perhaps men think that I have come to cast peace upon the world. And they do not know that I have come to cast divisions upon the earth: fire, sword, war. For there will be five in a house; three will be against two, and two against three, the father against the son and the son against the father. And they will stand being single ones.
17 Jesus said: I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, and what did not come up in the mind of man.
18 The disciples said to Jesus: Tell us, how will our end come? Jesus said: Have you discovered the beginning, so that you seek after the end? For where the beginning is, there will be the end. Blessed is the one who will stand in the beginning, and he will know the end and he will not taste death.
19 Jesus said: Blessed is he who was before he came into being. If you should become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will become servants to you. For you have five trees in Paradise which do not move in summer or in winter, and their leaves do not fall. He who will know them will not taste death.
20 The disciples said to Jesus: Tell us, what is the kingdom of heaven like? He said to them: It is like a grain of mustard, smaller than all the seeds; but when it falls on the earth which is cultivated, it sends out a great branch, and becomes shelter for the birds of the sky.
21 Mary said to Jesus: Whom are your disciples like?
He said: They are like little children dwelling in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say: Give our field back to us. They strip naked in their presence, in order to give them back their field.
Therefore I say: If the owner of the house should realize that the thief is coming, he will keep watch before he comes, and will not let him dig into his house of his kingdom to take away his goods.
You, then, be watchful against the world. Bind up your loins with great strength, that the robbers may not find a way to come at you, since the help you look for they will find. Let there be among you a man of understanding! When the fruit was ripe, he came quickly, his sickle in his hand, and he reaped it. He who has an ear to listen, let him listen.
