The Gospel of Thomas 31 Yeshua said, "A prophet is not popular in a prophet's home town, and a doctor does not heal family or friends." 32 Yeshua said, "A city set and fortified upon a high hill cannot fall nor be hidden." 33 Yeshua said, "Preach from your roofs what you hear in your ear. For no one lights a lamp only to put it under a basket, nor does anyone keep it hidden in a corner. Rather, one puts it on a stand so everyone who comes in will see its light." 34 Yeshua said, "If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into the pit." 35 Yeshua said, "One cannot enter the house of a strong person and storm it by force without first tying the owner's hands. Then the house can be looted." 36 Yeshua said, "Do not worry, from morning to evening about what you will wear." 37 His disciples said, "When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?" Yeshua said, "When you strip and are not embarrassed, and you take your clothes and trample them under your feet like little children, then you will see the Child of the Living God and you will not be afraid." 38 Yeshua said, "You have often longed to hear these things that I am telling you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. The days are coming when you will seek me but will not find me." 39 Yeshua said, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken the keys of knowledge and have hidden them. They have not gone in themselves, and have they prevented those who want to enter from doing so. So you must be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves." 40 Yeshua said, "A vine has been planted away from the Living One. Because it is unhealthy, it will be pulled up by its roots and destroyed." 41 Yeshua said, "Anyone who already has something in their hand will be given more, and anyone who has nothing will lose even the little that they have." 42 Yeshua said, "Be wanderers." 43 His disciples said to him, "Who are you that you say these things to us?" "You do not know who I because of what I say to you. Rather you have become like the Jews, who either love the tree but hate its fruit, or who love the fruit but hate the tree." 44 Yeshua said, "Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the Child will be forgiven. But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either on earth or in heaven." 45 Yeshua said, "Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, and figs are not gathered from thistles, for these plants yield no fruit. A good person brings forth good from their storehouse, while a bad person brings forth evil from the corrupt storehouse in their hearts, and speaks evil.. For from the abundance of the heart a person brings forth evil." 46 Yeshua said, "From the time of Adam to the time of John the Baptist, among those born of women, no one is greater than John the Baptist so that one need not bow their head before John. However, whoever becomes like a little child will know the kingdom, and will be greater than John." 47 Yeshua said, "No one can ride two horses or bend two bows, and a servant cannot serve two masters. That servant would respect one and offend the other. No one who drinks aged wine then wants to drink new wine. New wine is not poured into old wineskins, for the skins may burst, and old wine is not poured into new wineskins, for the wine may spoil. An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment, for it would tear." 48 Yeshua said, "If two people make peace with each other in a single house, they will speak to a mountain, 'Move!' and it will move." 49 Yeshua said, "Blessed are those who are alone and who are chosen: you will find the kingdom. For you have come from the kingdom, and you will return there again." 50 Yeshua said, "If someone says to you, 'Where have you come from?' answer them, 'We have come from the light, where the light came into being of its own accord, established itself, and was seen as an image of light. If they say to you, 'Are you the light?' reply, 'We are the children of the light, and we are the chosen ones of the living One. If they ask you, 'What is the proof of your God in you?' tell them, 'It is motion and rest.'" 51 His disciples said to him, "When will the final rest of the dead occur, and when will the new world come into being?" He said to them, 'What you look for has already appeared, but you do not know it." 52 His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets have prophesied in Israel, and they all told of you." He said to them, "You have not recognized the Living One who is among you, and have spoken only of the dead." 53 His disciples said to him, "Is it useful to be circumcised or not?" He said to them, 'If it was useful children would be born already circumcised from their birth. However the spiritual circumcision is true and is useful in every way." 54 Yeshua said, "Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of heaven." 55 Yeshua said, "Whoever does not hate their father and mother cannot be my disciple, and whoever does not hate their brothers and sisters, and carry their cross as I do, will not be worthy of me." 56 Yeshua said, 'Anyone who has discovered the world has discovered a carcass, and anyone who has discovered a carcass is worth more than the world." 57 Yeshua said, "The kingdom of the Living One is like someone who has good seed. An enemy came during the night and sowed weeds among the good seed. The farmer did not let the workers uproot the weeds, but told them, 'I am afraid that when you pull out the weeds you will pull up the wheat at the same time.' For at the time of the harvest the weeds will be easily seen, and will be pulled up and burned." 58 Yeshua said, "Blessed is anyone who has suffered for that person has found life." 59 Yeshua said, "Keep your eyes on the Living One as long as you live, so that you may not die and then look to see the Living One but be unable to see." 60 They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and heading to Judea. He said to his disciples, "Why is he carrying the lamb?" They said to him, "He will kill it and eat it " He said to them, "He will not eat it while it is still alive, but only after it has been killed and become a carcass." They said, "It is the only way it can happen." He said to them, "So also it is with you: seek a place of rest for yourselves, so that you will not become a carcass and be eaten." 61 Yeshua said, "Two will be reclining on a couch: one will die, one will live." Salome said, "Who are you, for you sat on my couch and ate from my table as though you were somebody." Yeshua said to her, "I am have come from the One who is whole, and I was given the estate of the Living One." Salome said, "I am your disciple." Yeshua said, "That is why I say that the one who is whole will be filled with light, but one who is broken will be filled with darkness." 62 Yeshua said, "I reveal my mysteries to those who are worthy to know my mysteries. Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." 63 Yeshua said, "There once was a wealthy farmer who had much money. The farmer said, 'I will invest my income and I will sow and reap, and fill my storehouses with grain. I will have everything I need.' These were the farmer's plans, but that very night the farmer died. Whoever has ears should listen." 64 Yeshua said, "A certain person was preparing a party for guests, and when the meal was ready, the host sent a servant to those who were invited.. "The servant went to the first and said, 'My master has invited you.' "The guest replied, 'Some merchants owe me money, and they are coming tonight. I must go to meet them and give them instructions. Please excuse me.' The servant went to another guest and said, 'My master has invited you.' The guest said, 'I have just purchased a house, and I am busy all day. I do not have the time.' The servant went to another guest and said, 'My master has invited you.' The guest replied, 'My friend is getting married, and I am responsible for dinner, so I cannot come. Please excuse me.' The servant went to still another guest and said, 'My master has invited you.' The guest said, 'I have just purchased a farm, and I must collect the rent, so I cannot come. Please excuse me.' The servant returned and said to the master, 'Those whom you have invited to the banquet have asked to be excused.' The master replied to the servant, 'Go out into the streets, and bring back whomever you find to my banquet. Business people and merchants will not enter the realm of the Living One." 65 He said, "Once there was a good person who was the keeper of a vineyard. The vineyard was rented to some farmers, so that the farmers could work on it and the owner could collect the rent from them. The owner sent a servant, so that the farmers might pay the rent from the vineyard, but instead they fell upon and beat, and almost killed the servant. The servant returned and told the master. The master said, 'Perhaps the servant did not know the tenants.' The owner sent another servant, and the farmers beat that servant as well. Then the master sent his child and said, 'Perhaps they will respect my child.' However, because the farmers knew that the child the one who would inherit the vineyard, they fell upon the child and the child was killed. Whoever has ears should listen." 66 Yeshua said, "Show me the stone the builders rejected for that is the cornerstone."

The Canonical Gospels Mark 6:4 And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house." Luke 4:23 And he said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here also in your own country.'" Luke 4:24 And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. John 4:44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. Matthew 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. Matthew 5:15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Mark 4:21 And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on a stand? Luke 8:16 "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. Luke 11:33 "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel, but on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. Matthew 15:14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." Luke 6:39 He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? Matthew 12:29 Or how can one enter a strong person's house and plunder the goods, unless first they bind the strong? Then indeed they may plunder the house. Mark 3:27 But no one can enter a strong person's house and plunder the goods, unless they first binds the strong; then indeed they may plunder the house. Luke 11:21 When a strong person, fully armed, guards a palace, the goods are in peace; Luke 11:22 but when anyone stronger assails and overcomes the strong, they take away the armor in which the strong trusted, and divide the spoil. Matthew 6:25 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Luke 12:22 And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Luke 11:52 Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering. Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Matthew 15:13 He answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Matthew 25:29 For to every one who has will more be given, and they will have abundance; but from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away. Luke 19:26 'I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from the one who has not, even what they have will be taken away. John 8:25 They said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. Matthew 7:16 You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Matthew 7:17 So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. Matthew 7:18 A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Matthew 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Matthew 7:20 Thus you will know them by their fruits. Luke 6:43 "For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; Luke 6:44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. Luke 6:45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:46 "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you? Matthew 12:32 And whoever says a word against the Child of Humanity will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. Mark 3:28 Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of humanity, and whatever blasphemies they utter; Mark 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin. Luke 12:10 And every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Matthew 7:16 You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Matthew 7:17 So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. Matthew 7:18 A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Luke 6:43 "For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; Luke 6:44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. Luke 6:45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Matthew 11:11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Luke 7:28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." Matthew 9:17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if it is, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved." Mark 2:22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but new wine is for fresh skins." Luke 5:37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. Luke 5:38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. Matthew 9:16 And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. Mark 2:21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. Matthew 18:19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. Mark 11:23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart, but believe that what they say will come to pass, it will be done for them. Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." Luke 14:26 "If any one comes to me and does not hate their own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even their own life, they cannot be my disciple. Matthew 10:37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; Matthew 10:38 and the one who does not take the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Matthew 13:24  Another parable he put before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; Matthew 13:25 but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. Matthew 13:26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. Matthew 13:27 And the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?' Matthew 13:28 He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' Matthew 13:29 But he said, 'No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" John 7:34 You will seek me and you will not find me; where I am you cannot come. John 13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.' Matthew 13:11 And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given." Mark 4:11 And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables." Luke 8:10 he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand." Matthew 6:3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, Luke 12:16 And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; Luke 12:17 and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' Luke 12:18 And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' Luke 12:20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' Luke 12:21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." Matthew 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son, Matthew 22:3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come. Matthew 22:4 Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.' Matthew 22:5 But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, Matthew 22:6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. Matthew 22:7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Matthew 22:8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Matthew 22:9 Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.' Matthew 22:10 And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests. Luke 14:16 But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; Luke 14:17 and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for all is now ready.' Luke 14:18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.' Luke 14:19 And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.' Luke 14:20 And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' Luke 14:21 So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' Luke 14:22 And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' Luke 14:23 And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. Luke 14:24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'" Matthew 21:33 Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. Matthew 21:34 When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; Matthew 21:35 and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Matthew 21:36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them. Matthew 21:37 Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' Matthew 21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' Matthew 21:39 And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Mark 12:1 And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. Mark 12:2 When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. Mark 12:3 And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Mark 12:4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. Mark 12:5 And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed. Mark 12:6 He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' Mark 12:7 But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' Mark 12:8 And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. Luke 20:9 And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country for a long while. Luke 20:10 When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Luke 20:11 And he sent another servant; him also they beat and treated shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. Luke 20:12 And he sent yet a third; this one they wounded and cast out. Luke 20:13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will respect him.' Luke 20:14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' Luke 20:15 And they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Mark 12:10 Have you not read this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; Luke 20:17 But he looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner'?