
MS. Gr. th. e. 7 (P) recto
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MS. Gr. th. e. 7 (P) verso
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The Gospel of St Thomas
1-4: (26) and then you will see
in order to cast out the splinter
which (is) in the eye
of your brother."
4-11: (27) Said
Jesus: "If you do not fast
to the world, you will not
find the kingdom
of God; and if you do not
make the sabbath a sab-
bath, you will not see the
Father."
11-21: (28) Jesus said: "I s[t]ood
in the midst of the world,
and I appeared to them in flesh,
and I found them all
drunken, and
I found not one thirst-
ing among them, and pain-
ed is my soul over
the sons of men,
for they are blind in their heart
and do [not] se[e ..]
22: (29) ["... th]is poverty."
23-30: (30) [Jesus sa]ys, "[Wh]ere there are
[three g]o[ds, they ar]e gods. And
when one is all alone [to hims]
elf, I am with hi[m].
Ta[k]e up the ston[e],
and there you will find me;
split the wood, and
I am there."
30-35: (31) Jesus says, "It
is not acceptable for a pro-
phet (to be) in his own homeland,
nor does a physician work
cures on those
who know him."
36-41: (32) Jesus said: "A city built
on the top of a high
[m]ountain and made fast
can neither fa[l]l nor be
hi[dd]en."
41-42: (33a) J(esu)s says, "[What] you will hear
[w]ith your one ear, tha[t ..] "
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