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1 These are the hidden sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. And he said, "Whoever discovers the meaning of these sayings won't taste death." (THO) 2 Jesus said, "Whoever seeks shouldn't stop until they find. When they find, they'll be disturbed. When they're disturbed, they'll be […] amazed, and reign over the All." (THO) 3 Jesus said, "If your leaders tell you, 'Look, the kingdom is in heaven,' then the birds of heaven will precede you. If they tell you, 'It's in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is within you and outside of you. "When you know yourselves, then you'll be known, and you'll realize that you're the children of the living Father. But if you don't know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty." (THO) 4 Jesus said, "The older person won't hesitate to ask a little seven-day-old child about the place of life, and they'll live, because many who are first will be last, and they'll become one." (THO) 5 Jesus said, "Know what's in front of your face, and what's hidden from you will be revealed to you, because there's nothing hidden that won't be revealed." (THO) 6 His disciples said to him, "Do you want us to fast? And how should we pray? Should we make donations? And what food should we avoid?" Jesus said, "Don't lie, and don't do what you hate, because everything is revealed in the sight of heaven; for there's nothing hidden that w… (THO)
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1 Not so he who has applied his soul and meditates in the law of the Most High. He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients and will be occupied with prophecies. (WEB) 2 He will keep the sayings of the men of renown and will enter in amidst the subtleties of parables. (WEB) 3 He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs and be conversant in the dark sayings of parables. (WEB)
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2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out. 3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.
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91 They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may trust you." He said to them, "You read the face of the sky and the earth, but you don't know the one right in front of you, and you don't know how to read the present moment." (THO) 92 Jesus said, "Look and you'll find. I didn't answer your questions before. Now I want to give you answers, but you aren't looking for them." (THO) 93 "Don't give what's holy to the dogs, or else it might be thrown on the manure pile. Don't throw pearls to the pigs, or else they might […]" (THO) 94 Jesus [said], "Whoever looks will find, [and whoever knocks], it will be opened for them." (THO)
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80 Jesus said, "Whoever has known the world has found the body; but whoever has found the body, of them the world isn't worthy." (THO) 81 Jesus said, "Whoever has become rich should become a ruler, and whoever has power should renounce it." (THO) 82 Jesus said, "Whoever is near me is near the fire, and whoever is far from me is far from the kingdom." (THO) 83 Jesus said, "Images are revealed to people, but the light within them is hidden in the image of the Father's light. He'll be revealed, but his image will be hidden by his light." (THO) 84 Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images that came into being before you did – which don't die, and aren't revealed – how much you'll have to bear!" (THO)
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28 Every man of understanding knows wisdom. He will give thanks to him who found her. (WEB) 29 They who were of understanding in sayings also became wise themselves, and poured out apt proverbs. (WEB)
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2 But he answered and said unto me; "Thou art exceedingly importunate in enquiries. Thou oughtest not," [saith he,] "to make any enquiry at all; for if it be right that a thing be explained unto thee, it shall be explained." I say to him; "Sir, whatsoever things thou showest unto me and dost not explain, I shall have seen them in vain, and without understanding what they are. In like manner also, if thou speak parables to me and interpret them not, I shall have heard a thing in vain from thee." (HER) 3 But he again answered, and said unto me; "Whosoever," saith he, "is a servant of God, and hath his own Lord in his heart, asketh understanding of Him, and receiveth it, and interpreteth every parable, and the words of the Lord which are spoken in parables are made known unto him. But as many as are sluggish and idle in intercession, these hesitate to ask of the Lord. (HER)
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6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
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1 In your hearing I have finished everything for your sake, but I have said everything to you so that you may write them down and distribute them in secret to your companion spirits, because this is the mystery of the unmoving race.” (APJ) 2 The savior also entrusted these sayings to him so that he would write them down and keep them locked away, and he said to him: “Cursed be any who will trade these sayings for a gift, either of food, or of drink, or of garments, or of any other thing like these.” «32» (APJ)
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4 And he said to me: ‘The Lord of Spirits hath showed thee their parabolic meaning (lit. 'their parable'): these are the names of the holy who dwell on the earth and believe in the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.’ (ENO)