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LG47 Jesus breaks with the Old Testament

Jesus said:
One cannot ride two horses,
neither stretch two arches.
And a servant cannot serve two masters,
otherwise he honors one and despises the other.
Nobody drinks old wine and immediately craves for new wine.
And they don’t pour new wine into old bags,
because then they burst.
Nor do you pour old wine into a new bag,
because that will spoil the bag.
People don’t sew an old piece of cloth on a new rug,
because then a crack will arise.

Thomas, July 7, 1050July 7, 2020, [Logia], a[GofThomas], gothomas, JT, lg46, 0

LG46 The child in you is the most important

Jesus said:
Among those born of a woman,
from Adam to John the Baptist,
there is nobody against whom John the Baptist
should look up.
But I said
who of you will become like a child,
will know the kingdom,
and he will be higher than John.

Thomas, July 7, 1050July 7, 2020, [Logia], a[GofThomas], gothomas, JT, lg45, 0

LG45 keeping up appearances hurts

Jesus said:
They do not harvest grapes from thorns
and figs not from thistles,
for they bear no fruit.
A good person brings out of his treasure room
the good.
A bad man brings out of his bad treasure room,
who is his thinking,
the evil forth,
and he says evil things.
Because what his thinking is full of
from it he produces evil.

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LG44 The painful retrospect

Jesus said:
Who blasphemes the father,
he will be forgiven.
Who blasphemes the son,
he will be forgiven.
But whoever blasphemes the holy spirit
he will not be forgiven,
not on earth, not in heaven.

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LG43 Not faith, but deeds

His students asked him:
Who are you to tell us all these things?
Jesus told them:
You don’t realize who I am because of the things I say,
because you have become like the Jews:
for they love the tree and hate the fruits,
or they love the fruits and hate the tree.

Thomas, July 7, 1050July 7, 2020, [Logia], a[GofThomas], gothomas, JT, lg42, 0

LG42 Become passers-by

Jesus said:
Become passers-by.

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LG41 Then you rise above yourself

Jesus said:
He who has something in his hand will be given to him.
but whoever does not have the little he has
be taken out of his hand.

Thomas, July 7, 1050July 7, 2020, [Logia], a[GofThomas], gothomas, JT, lg40, 0

LG40 The error has no root in reality

Jesus said:
A vine was planted outside the father
but because he is not certain,
he will be pulled out and destroyed with root.

Thomas, July 7, 1050July 7, 2020, [Logia], a[GofThomas], gothomas, JT, lg39, 0

LG39 The keys of knowledge

The Pharisees and the scribes took names
the keys of knowledge and they have hidden them.
They did not go inside themselves
and they did not admit those who wanted to enter.
You, however, be vigilant like the snakes
and pure as the pigeons.

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LG38 Emptiness and desire

Jesus said:
Many times you have longed to hear these words that I tell you,
and you have no one else from whom you can hear them.
There will be days when you will search for me
and not find me.