Gospel of Thomas Saying 9

[Gnostic Ken]

Gospel of Thomas Saying # 9

9 Jesus said,
Look, the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered
(them).
Some fell on the road, and the birds came and gathered them.
Others fell on rock, and they didn't take root in the soil and didn't
produce
heads of grain.
Others fell on thorns, and they choked the seeds and worms ate them.
And others fell on good soil, and it produced a good crop:
it yielded sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure.
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(9) Jesus said,
"Now the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered
them.
Some fell on the road; the birds came and gathered them up.
Others fell on the rock, did not take root in the soil, and did not
produce
ears.
And others fell on thorns; they choked the seed(s) and worms ate them.
And others fell on the good soil and it produced good fruit:
it bore sixty per measure and a hundred and twenty per measure."
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9.)
Jesus said:
A sower came forth,
Filled his hands, and cast.
A few seeds fell upon the road, where
Birds came down and devoured them.
Others fell among thorns,
Where they choked, or were eaten by worms.
Still others fell upon good ground,
Where they could bring forth good fruit.
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9. Y'shua says:
Behold, the sower came forth--he filled his hand, he threw.
Some indeed fell upon the road--the birds came, they gathered them.
Others fell on the bedrock--and they did not take root down into the
soil,
and did not sprout grain skyward. And others fell among the thorns--
they choked the seed, and the worm ate them.
And others fell upon the good earth--
and it produced good fruit up toward the sky, it bore 60-fold and 120-
fold.
(multiple asyndeta; Mt 13:18-23, =Mk 4:3-9)
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(09) Jesus says:
(1) "Look, a sower went out. He filled his hands (with seeds),
(and) he scattered (them).
(2) Some fell on the path, and the birds came and pecked them up.
(3) Others fell on the rock, and did not take root in the soil,
and they did not put forth ears.
(4) And others fell among the thorns, they choked the seeds,
and worms ate them.
(5) And others fell on good soil, and it produced good fruit.
It yielded sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure."

[Gnostic Ken]

10 Jesus said,
"I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it until it
blazes."
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(10) Jesus said,
"I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it
blazes."
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10.)
Jesus said:
I have cast a fire upon the world,
and i rekindle it until it burns.
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10. Y'shua says:
I have cast fire upon the worldº--and behold, I guard it until it is
ablaze.
(Lk 12:49)
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(10) Jesus says:
"I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it
blazes."

[Gnostic Ken]

11 Jesus said,
"This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away.

The dead are not alive, and the living will not die.
During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive.
When you are in the light, what will you do?
On the day when you were one, you became two.
But when you become two, what will you do?"
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(11) Jesus said,
"This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away.
The dead are not alive, and the living will not die.
In the days when you consumed what is dead, you made it what is alive.
When you come to dwell in the light, what will you do?
On the day when you were one you became two.
But when you become two, what will you do?"
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11.)
This Heaven shall pass away
and that above shall pass away.
The dead no longer live.
The living no longer die.
When you ate good things
It was you who gave them life.
But what are you going to do in the Light?
When you were one
You were made two, but when you are two,
what are you going to do?
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11. Y'shua says:
This sky shall pass away, and the one above it shall pass away.
And the dead are not alive, and the living shall not die.
In the days when you consumed the dead,
you transformed it to life--when you come into the Light, what will
you do?
On the day when you were together, you became separated--
yet when you have become separated, what will you do?
(Mt 24:35)
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(11) Jesus says:
(1) "This heaven will pass away, and the (heaven) above it will pass
away.
(2) And the dead are not alive, and the living will not died.
(3) In the days when you consumed what was dead, you made it alive.
When you are in the light, what will you do?
(4) On the day when you were one, you became two.
But when you become two, what will you do?

[Gnostic Ken]

12 The disciples said to Jesus,
"We know that you are going to leave us. Who will be our leader?"

Jesus said to them,
"No matter where you are you are to go to James the Just,
for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."
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(12) The disciples said to Jesus,
"We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?"
Jesus said to them,
"Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous,
for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."
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12.)
The disciples said to Jesus:
We know that you are to leave us.
Which of us is to be leader?
Whenever you have gone
Jesus replied:
You will go to James the Just
For whom Heaven and Earth came into being.
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12. The Disciples say to Y'shua:
We know that thou shall go away from us.
Who is it that shall be Rabbiº over us?
Y'shua says to them:
In the place that you have come, you shall go to Jacob the
Righteousº,
for whose sake the sky and earth come to be.
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(12)
(1) The disciples said to Jesus: "We know that you will depart from
us.
Who (then) will rule [lit., ‘be great’] over us?"
(2) Jesus said to them: "No matter where you came from, you should go
to
James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."