The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.17/Th36 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said “Do not be anxious from morning to evening and from evening to morning about what you shall put on. (Th 36 Coptic version) You are far better than the lilies of the valley that neither card nor spin. When you have no garments what will you put on? Who can add to your life? He will give you you...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.16R/Th22 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus saw some little infants at the breast. He said to his disciples “These little ones at the breast are like those who will enter into the Kingdom.” They said to him, “Then if we become like little ones, shall we enter the Kingdom?” Jesus said to them “When you make the two one and when you make the...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.15/Th34 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “If a blind person leads a blind person, they both fall into a pit.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.14/Th33 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “What you hear whispered in your ear, preach from your roof tops. For no one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel, nor do they put it in a hidden place but rather they put it on a lamp stand, so that everyone who comes and goes may see its light.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.13R/Th25 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Love your brother as your soul, guard him like the pupil of your own eye.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.12/Th31 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “No prophet is accepted in their own village and a physician does not heal those who know them.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.11/Th30 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Where there are three Gods, they are Gods, where there are two I am there, where there is one, I say I am with him.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.10/Th29 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “If the flesh came into being because of the spirit, it is a marvel but if spirit came into being because of the body, it is the marvel of marvels. I marvel at how this great wealth has settled in this poverty.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.9/Th28 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “I stood in the middle of the world, and I appeared to them in the flesh. I found them all drunk and none among them was thirsty. My soul grieved for the sons of men, for they are blind in their hearts and do not see, for they came into the world empty, and they are destined to depart from the...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.8/Th27 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said “If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the Kingdom. if you do not keep the Sabbath as Sabbath, you will not see the Father.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.7/Th26 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said “You see the speck which is in your brother’s eye, but you do not see the log in your own eye. When you cast out the log from your own eye, then you will see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother’s eye.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.6R/TH32 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “A city that is built on a high mountain and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.5/Th24 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. His disciples said, “Show us the place where you are, for it is necessary for us to seek after it.” He said to them, “Those that have ears, let them hear. There is light within a person of light, and they become light to the whole world. If they do not shine, they are darkness (there is darkness).”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.4/Th23 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “I will choose you, one out of a thousand, and two out of ten thousand, and they shall stand as a single-one (united).”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.3R/Th35 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “No one can go into a strong person’s house and take it (him) by force, unless they bind their hands, then rob their house.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.2/Th21 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Mary said to Jesus, “Who are your disciples like?” He said, “They are like little children living in a field which is not theirs. When the Lords of the field come, they say, ‘Give us our field back.’ They (the children) remove their garments in front of them to give those back, and they give the field bac...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.1/Th20 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. The disciples said to Jesus “Tell us what the Kingdom of heaven is like.” He said to them, “It is like a Mustard seed, smaller than all other seeds, yet when it falls onto tilled earth, it produces a great plant and becomes shelter for the birds of the sky.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.18/Th19 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “Blessed is the one who came into being before they came into being. If you should be my disciple and listen to my words, these stones will minister to you. For there are five trees in Paradise which are undisturbed summer and winter, and their leaves do not fall. Those who know them will not taste death...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.17/Th18 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “Tell us how our end will be.” Jesus said, “Have you discovered the beginning, that you seek after the end? For where the beginning is, the end will also be. Blessed is the one who will take their place in the beginning, for they will know the end and not taste death.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.16R/Th4 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “The old man aged in days will not hesitate to ask a small child of seven days about the place of life, and he will live again. For many who are first shall become last and they will become a single one."

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.15/Th16 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “Perhaps people think that I have come to cast peace upon the world, 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 the...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.14/Th15 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “When you see the one who was not born of woman, throw yourselves down upon your face and worship them. For It is your father.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.13R/Th7 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “Blessed is the lion which a person will eat, and the lion becomes person. And cursed is the person whom the lion will eat, and the lion becomes person."

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.12/Th13 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “Compare me to others and tell me whom I am like.” Simon Peter said to him, “You are like a righteous angel (messenger).” Matthew said to him, “You are like a wise philosopher.” Thomas said to him, “Master, my mouth is not capable of saying who you are like.” Jesus said, “I am not your master, because yo...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 1.11/Th12 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. “We know you will go away from us. Who shall be our teacher?” Jesus said to them, “Wherever you are, you are to go to James the Righteous for whom the heaven and earth came into being.”