Sayings attributed to Jesus,
from the Gospel of Thomas,
translation by Marvin W. Meyer (1984)
02
Jesus said, “Let one who seeks not stop seeking until one finds.
When one finds, one will be disturbed.
When one is disturbed, one will be amazed, and will reign over all.”
22
Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples,
“Those nursing 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 you make the two into one,
when you make the inner like the outer
and the outer like the inner,
and the upper like the lower,
when you make male and female into a single one,
so that the male will not be male
and the female will not be female,
when you make eyes replacing an eye,
a hand replacing a hand,
a foot replacing a foot,
and an image replacing an image,
then you will enter the kingdom.”
29
Jesus said, “If the flesh came into being
because of spirit, it is amazing,
but if spirit came into being because of the body,
it is even more amazing.
I am amazed, though,
at how such great wealth has settled into such poverty.”
37
His disciples said, ”When will you appear to us,
and when shall we see you?”
Jesus said,
“When you strip
and are not embarrassed,
and you take your clothes
and throw them down under your feet
like little children
and trample them,
then you will see the Child of the Living One
and you will not be afraid.”
78
Jesus said,
“Whoever has come to know the world
has discovered the body,
and whoever has discovered the body
is worth more than the world.”