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Overview
This is a story of family and love during the
holidays...
This is the story about a very special family of five
caring people. They lived in a cottage in the woods
not far from a quaint village with a gigantic castle
nestled in the mountains above. The family members
are Papa Coleman, Mama Marie, littlest sister
EloiseMarie, middle sister Laurel , and Virginia the
big sister.
 Carriage and Sleighs at Local Church

The horses are gathered together

In Brilliant array of cheerful colors

Waiting for their people to come

Hitched in front of the local church

These horses want to be warm in their

stalls
Where hay and apples await them at home
 A Busy Day
This is the story about a very special family of five caring
people. They lived in a cottage in the woods not far from a
quaint village with a gigantic castle nestled in the mountains
above. The family members are Papa Coleman, Mama
Marie, littlest sister Laura, middle sister Sophia , and big
sister Vivian.
The family all loved each other dearly. Papa and Mama
loved their children dearly and the children loved their Papa
and Mama dearly too. The circle of love in this family is very
great as are the adventures they come across as they make
little things in their lives add up to a grand adventure of
hope, happiness, and hardship more of a learning
experience and reason to pray more often.
The cottage was lovely with white wooden shutters on the
inside of every window. The house had a creamy white
interior with hardy wooden furniture throughout. The
cottage had two stories with the living room, family room,
kitchen and dining rooms downstairs. Mama and Papa kept
the cottage nice and clean with the help of their three lovely
children. Papa and Mama and the girls loved how nice the
house was kept and took pride in keeping the house in
order. Papa loved
his big brown leather covered rocking chair and enjoyed
looking over the news and chatting with his family as he
rocked or reclined in his chair by the fireplace.
The upstairs of the cottage had the bedrooms and laundry
room as well. Every day the family would get up and start
their day with morning prayers with God in their hearts.
Usually Papa was up earliest and he often made fresh whole
bean coffee to sip from his cup as he reclined in his big chair
catching up on the weather and news from the TV and
internet.
The family was a nice friendly one with lots of humor and
good times found in almost any situation. Mama was sweet,
kind and gentle, and she loved her family with all her heart
just like Papa. Papa and Mama together did their very best to
raise their kids in the best ways they knew how to. The girls
were all smart and pretty and good to each other and their
parents. The family would face hard times time and again, but
their love for God and each other kept them strong and
loving.
Today was a holiday in the village and the family was excited
to go to it because in the village there was a special bakery
that made special cakes and
cocoa to drink. The kids got ready first because they were so
excited. They had their sweaters and tennis shoes on along with
their spending purses held tightly in their hands.
Their purses also had ipods with earphones already attached. It
was going to be a great day! Papa and Mama were ready before
long and they all got into the carriage with the two beautiful black
ponies ready to lead them to town. Papa took the reins and said,
"Giddy-up Zorro and Rosie!" The ponies lifted up their heads and
held them up high as they started to prance off towards town.
Excited faces looked out of the carriage windows as they went
along. Littlest sister, Middle sister and Bigger sister put on their
ipods and let the wind blow through their hair.
Papa began to sing a holiday song for everyone to hear, "Dashing
through the snow in a two horse open sleigh laughing all the way!
Bells on bobtails ring making spirits bright, oh what fun it is to ride
a singing sleigh tonight! Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way..."
All the family joined in the singing as the carriage went on and
rounded a bend down the lane. The village was about a mile from
their cottage and it took Papa about twenty minutes to get there.
Papa slowed the ponies
down to cool them off before they got to the stable as he neared the
village and town center. From the carriage the whole family could feel
the holiday spirit all around town. Beautiful angel decorations lined
the village streets and holiday red and green banners hung from the
store fronts.
Giant evergreen wreaths with bells and red velvet ribbons hung from
every lamp post down Main Street. Small groups of caroler’s walked
up and down the sidewalk singing holiday tunes. We could hear them
singing, "Oh come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, oh come ye
oh come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold him, born the king of
angles. Oh come let us adore him, oh come let us adore him, oh come
let us adore him, Christ the Lord!" They carolers sang so beautifully
that everyone was awed and completely in the holiday spirit.
The air was cold and crisp and a wintery fog permeated throughout
the village. It was looking a lot like Christmas everywhere they went.
Papa hitched up the horses at a horse boarding house and let them
feed from little baskets hanging from their heads. They would be
warm and comfortable in the stable while the family went
about their holiday celebrations in town. The family was excited
with the holiday season in full swing. Mama began to sing a
Christmas carol and everyone joined in, "Hark the harold angels
sing, glory to the new born king. Peace on Earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled. Joyful all ye nations sing, glory to the
new born king! Christ is born in Bethlehem!" Ma sang when she
was happy most of all. She sang in alto, soprano, and even tenor.
Mama would sing in soprano more often if she didn't get a
migraine headache when she did. Mama rejoiced in song again as
her voice lifted up into the heavens, "Joy to the world the King is
born. Let Earth receive her King, let heaven and nature sing, let
heaven and nature sing, let heaven and heaven and nature sing!"
Sometimes Mama or her kids sang off tune, but nobody seemed
to care about that. Singing was what mattered, so sing they did.
The kids got thirsty from all the singing and Papa and Mama both
suggested, "How about getting some hot steamy cocoa to warm
us up out here on this fine day, which seems to be cooling off
rapidly?"
"Oh yes, please lets get some hot cocoa, yummy!" said all three
girls at once. So they
headed to the café where cocoa was served up and Papa
ordered five drinks of cocoa covered with whip cream,
bittersweet chocolate pieces and candy cane bits too.
They all took their sweet time about drinking the cocoa as
it warmed them up inside. The air was getting colder and
colder by the minute now and the sun was fading into the
cold mist of early afternoon. They peeked into various
curiosity shops and gift stores filled with toys and things
before they made their way back to Zorro and Rosie who
were waiting for them in the stable. Papa asked, "Well
family have you all enjoyed yourselves in town today? Are
you all ready for our country ride home? Mama, will you
help me get the cloaks and wraps from the trundle box in
the back of the carriage before we go so that we all keep
cozy and warm on the way home?" Mama sweetly
replied, "Let's go now and get them honey. Let's get some
extra woolen blankets too so we can all bundle up in them
to be sure nobody gets a cold!" Papa and Mama went to
get the warm coats and blankets and Mama helped
spread them around the children and then for herself and
Papa. Papa had paid the stable attendant and hopped
onto the carriage and away they went as Papa guided the
prancing horses
carefully through the still busy streets filled
with people passing by.
The crisp air felt nice on them all since they
were bundled so well in coats and blankets
and the ride home was quite comfortable and
cheerful. Papa began to sing and everyone
joined in, "Oh holy night, the stars are shining
brightly, a new son is born in Bethlehem!
Silent night, holy night..." Their voices trailed
behind them like sparkles of sun lit snow in
the wind. Then they were out of sight around
the last bend toward home. As they got home
the horses sniffed the wind, shook their
heads, tails and manes and happily stomped
their hooves on the soft grass beneath their
feet. They loved to get out for an outing just
as much as they loved getting back to their
warm heated stalls filled with fresh clean hay.
Chapter Two
Papa had just come inside the cottage and washed up after he
had unhitched Zorro and Rosie from the carriage. He said, "Good
ponies, you did a nice job bringing us to the village and back to
our cottage again." He cleaned them with a curry brush, gave
them room temperature water that wasn't too cold because he
didn't want them to get colic. Then he brushed them until they
were gleaming from head to toe. He took a few sweet apples
from the apple bin and gave each pony an apple as he patted
their noses and rubbed their shiny velvety necks. Then he got
their grains and hay ready so they would have all they needed to
eat before he returned to feed them the next morning. He
carefully closed the stable doors and went into the cottage and
his nose danced with delight as the odors from the kitchen
wafted by him. He peeked his head into the kitchen to see what
was for dinner and gave a nice smile of approval. Mama caught
him peeking into the pot and said, "Papa dinner is almost done
so please go and wash up before you come to the table to eat."
Papa looked at her and
gave her a kiss before he went to wash up. He went to the
living room, sat in his recliner by the fire, and patiently waited
for dinner to be ready. A peaceful expression spread across his
face as he settled comfortably in his recliner drinking in the
warmth of his home and the wonderful cooking odors wafting
out from the kitchen to his nose. Papa could easily have taken
a snooze if dinner wasn't going to be done so soon.
In the kitchen Mama, Laura, Sophia and Vivian were busy
preparing dinner and putting finishing touches on the salad.
Mama was ladling the chicken, carrots with onions and spiced
with Rosemary, onto the plates one by one and handed the
plates to Vivian for her to put on the table. Mama tended to
serve the first plate to the youngest child, and went in order of
age till she got to Papa. Mama always served herself last and
never ever minded if the food cooled because she could always
heat it up in the microwave oven that was located above the
cooking stove. Mama said, "Sophia please call Papa and tell
him dinner is done." Sophia called, "Papa, dinner is ready
now!" Papa was in the kitchen in no time at all. He looked
around the table at his loving family and settled into his chair
eager to begin eating.
Mama said, "Papa would you like to say the prayer tonight?"
Papa replied with a prayer, "Thank you God for this food we are
about to eat and bless us all!" The food was steamy hot on the
table and everyone began to eat. The food was as nutritious as
Mama could make it, the chicken gave protein, the onions
fought off disease, and the carrots were high in fiber and vitamin
C.
After dinner the kids each helped to clear the table, clean the
table, sweep the kitchen and dining room floor, and wash the
dishes. Mama rinsed most of the dishes and helped the children
here and there with their chores. She loaded up the dishwasher
and put the cleaning sponge in it too, then she started the
dishwasher and made sure it had an extra rice to make sure the
chemicals were all washed off the dishes and silverware. Vivian
always did the best job at sweeping, and Mama depended on
her help to mop the floors on the weekend, usually on Saturday.
Sophia and Laura often traded chores most and liked to sweep
the floor most of all. Mama said, "Girls, thank you for your help
in the kitchen today, teamwork gets the job done. You've all
done a very nice job." After the kitchen was nice, clean and tidy,
the lady folk
went into the family room to sit by the fire with Papa.
There in the family room everyone loved to read books
and enjoy each other's company. Mama made sure that
all and any homework was completed and checked
before all the girls drifted to their various hobbies and
interests like playing together. Mama liked to gather the
family together after an hour or so and say, "We're
having story time now so let's be still and listen to it,
shall we?"
Everyone loved a good story, and there was no
shortage of good reading material in the library located
in the living room. Mama sat back in her recliner with
her lamp light on beside her, the girls made themselves
comfortable on the couches and stools about the
fireplace, ready to hear Mama read. Papa was just as
eager to hear the story as he sat back ready to enjoy a
good story. The fire glowed softly in the fireplace as
Mama proceeded to read from the book.
As Mama read on everyone got a little sleepier and the
stage was set for a good night’s sleep filled with happy
dreams for all. Mama said, "Well that's it for tonight,
now it's time to brush
your teeth and get ready for bed." With that
everyone got up and readied themselves for a
good night of rest. Mama and Papa tucked the
kids in, kissing them goodnight a telling them,
"We love you very much dear ones all."
Mama and Papa often talked over the events
of the day as they too prepared for bed.
Though sometimes they fell straight to sleep
too because raising three busy girls was a big
job. This night Papa remembered his prayers
and drifted off to sleep thinking about the
lovely ride home from the village, he
whispered softly to God, "Thank you for this
beautiful day, and please bless us all." Mama
said, "Goodnight Papa I hope you sleep well
tonight." Mama went to sleep with prayers in
her heart for her family and the world. The
children were saying the last of their prayers
as they drifted into sweet slumber.
 Getting Ready For Christmas
The night passed swiftly as everyone slept peacefully
dreaming sweet happy dreams. Papa dreamed about a new
carriage he had a fancy to buy. Mama dreamed about the
next painting she was going to paint. Vivian dreamed about
the funny videos she had seen on her iPod that week. Sophia
dreamt about fairies and sugarplums and Laura dreamed
about Santa Clause coming down the chimney for Christmas.
Morning came with some straggling rays of winter sunlight
filtering through the windows into the cottage. The aroma of
freshly made pancakes was wafting through the cottage
from the kitchen below as Mama made a huge stack of
unbleached flour pancakes for everyone. The girls quickly
got dressed in warm clothing and ran down the stairs as fast
as they could go to get to the kitchen first. Vivian was first,
followed by Sophia, then Laura.
The girls took their place in line next to Mama standing by
the stove as they prepared to take their fresh hot pancakes
from Mama as she used her spatula to lift each pancake
carefully out of the pan onto the pastel colored ceramic
plates. Mama handed each child a fork with their plate and
everyone took their places at the kitchen table. Papa was
downstairs in a jiffy too, and he
sat down at the table to wait for Mama to bring him his plate so
he could begin to eat. Once everyone was at the table ready to eat
Papa said, "Dear God, we thank you for the food we are about to
eat, and please bless us all." After Papa said the prayer everyone
nodded their heads in agreement and plunged into their hot off
the griddle pancakes. The cakes were hot, butter melted off them
down their sides, and hot maple syrup was poured liberally over
the pancakes before they were eaten completely. Mama used to
be able to eat pancakes like everyone else in her family, but now
she could not because for some reason the wheat in the pancakes
made her allergic. It took Mama a long time to realize she could
not eat wheat and flour as she once had, thank God now, because
she was feeling much better without eating much of it. Mama
could still eat a little wheat every day, just not a lot of it. Mama
wanted everyone in her family to be as healthy as possible and as
trim as they could be by eating healthy foods.
After everyone had eaten their pancakes and washed them down
with milk and orange juice, Mama said, "Vivian please clear off
the table and Sophia you clean it. Laura, you can help your
bigger sisters with their chores. Thank you
girls." The girls all did their chores. Mama
tried to be fair and reasonable about rotating
the chores so that each child didn't have to do
the same thing day in and day out.
Today was another celebration because the
two Christmas trees were going to be put up
and hopefully decorated. Vivian was going to
get the eight foot tall tree out of the garage
and Sophia was going to get the five foot tall
tree and bring it into the cottage too. Sophia
was first into the house with her tree and she
said, "Here is the little tree!
Should I put it in the living room or upstairs?" She proceeded
to bring it into the living room where she set it up by herself.
The top would not go onto the tree, so the tree sat that way
for a long while. Then Mama figured out how to put it onto the
rest of the tree and she brushed the worry lines off her face…
Mama stood back proudly from the tree and looked at it with
pride. Sophia and Laura decorated it by themselves and carried
it upstairs into the main hall where they continued to decorate
it some more. The girls were so precious and sweet as they
took each decoration out of the decoration boxes and carefully
selected a spot for that special decoration.
Vivian had taken her time about getting the bigger tree out of
the garage because it was so big and ungainly. She didn't ask
for any help when she did get the tree out of the garage a few
days later than she had wanted to get it into the house. Vivian
was most helpful to her Mama and Papa and because she was
a teenager and strong she made a big difference with the least
thing she did every day.
Papa and Mama were very proud of their
children and always teaching them about everything they knew to
help them be the best people they could be. Once Vivian got the big
tree into the house, she breezed through the kitchen into the living
room and had the tree parts out of the box before Mama even
noticed. Sophia and Laura were quick to come and help her but she
didn't want them to get in her way.
Sophia and Laura begged, "Vivian please let us help you put the
Christmas tree together. We promise to do what you ask us to do
and we won't get into your way!" Vivian looked at her younger
sisters and gave in as she said, "Okay you can help me but you must
follow my directions or we'll never get this tree put together. Come
on now, you can start helping me now. Let's get going!"
Before Mama knew it the tree was up and standing at its' full height
of eight feet tall. When Mama looked into the living room again the
girls had already put all the strands of lights on it and around the
room too. Mama said, "Can you believe it Papa, the girls have
already put the big tree up in the living room! And they've decorated
it too!" Papa beamed with pride as he walked into the living room
and praised their good work,
"Girls the tree looks grand and wonderful, you've done
a great job!"
Papa and Mama gave each girl a big hearty hug and a
'high-five' along with big smiles for everyone. Papa and
Mama were so glad to have such helpful family
members that worked like a team for the best interest
of the family. "Team work got the work done," Papa
proclaimed most all the time. He was right, team work
did get the job done.
One of Mama's favorite sayings came from Charles
Ingalls and she loved to repeat it time and time again
as she never tired of it, "You can't always win all the
time, and when you lose you never lose without
something to gain." Interesting philosophy which
Mama knew to be so very true and inspiring as well.
We are now ready for Christmas everybody because
the trees are all decorated and beautiful, and the true
meaning of Christmas isn't about what you get for
Christmas or what you give. Mama always reminded
her family every year, "Christmas is to celebrate the
birth of Jesus, God's son. Let us rejoice each and every
one!"
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is finally here and the children were very
excited. The girls all rushed up to Mama asking, "Since its
Christmas Eve can we open one present each?" Rosy happy
faces looked at Mama with their eyes all glowing in
anticipation of opening a present. Mama looked at them,
just a mite sheepishly, saying, "Girls, you have each had
enough presents already! You won't have much to open on
Christmas morning if you open three today!" Mama
wanted to let them open some presents, but she had given
in a few times in Christmas's past, and she knew that the
kids would really be disappointed if she let them open the
ones they had now. The trees were all lit up with the lights
shining on the Christmas trees. The children were not
waiting for Mama's decision alone, they approached Papa
and asked him, "Papa can we please open one present
each today?" They looked at him with anticipation as they
inquired but Mama had overheard them and said, "No,
girls, you must wait until Christmas like I just told you.
Tomorrow you will be happy that you waited."
A while later while Mama was reclining in her rocking
recliner Vivian came up to Mama asking, "Mama here is a
present you must open, I insist,
and it is for Laurel too!" It did not take too much persuasion to
convince Mama to open the present. Finally she agreed to open
the gift and with a sheepish look she took the present extended
to her from Virginia. Mama looked into Vivian's face and the
warm glow shining from her heart and her eyes made Mama feel
very happy and content. Mama opened the light blue foil wrap
carefully on one end very slowly and proceeded to unwrap more
then had to stop because Vivian had got a hold of it and quickly
unwrapped the rest of the paper. She handed the gift to Mama.
Mama took the gift, a book called 'Little Town on the Prairie' and
her eyes opened wide in surprise. This was just what she had
wanted, thought she had not told anyone that she could
remember. She said to the girls, "How did you know I wanted
this very book? I am so glad to have it, thank you so much
Vivian, and both of you girls too." She tucked the book aside to
read later and she knew that everyone would want to read it
too, well the kids anyway. Sure enough a short while later Mama
noticed Vivian sitting on the loveseat reading that very book and
she said, "I see you have found my new book, reading it already?
Of course you are!" Vivian knew a good
read and often told her sisters and parents about especially
good ones. Mama loved it when Vivian, Sophia, and Laura read
to her. If there was absolutely one thing Papa and Mama loved,
it was to hear their children read to them, and read they did.
Mama made sure everyone was ready for bed before the show
started after a while. They were going to watch 'It's a
Wonderful Life' starring James Stewart. Everyone settled
comfortably in seats around the TV and the little Christmas
tree which had been brought downstairs earlier. The show
started and went on until George Bailey got married to his
wife. Mama got tired then and told her family, "I'm too tired to
watch any more of this show. Plus you kids need to get to sleep
before Santa Clause comes, or he won't come because you
didn't get to bed and he won't come unless you are in bed
sleeping! So it's bedtime now girls!" The girls said good night
to Papa and Mama followed them up the stairs to tuck them in
for the night. Christmas Eve was mellow and sweet and the
cottage smelled like the delicious sausage stuffing with red and
yellow peppers...Yes, today had been a very nice day and
Mama said many grateful prayers to God before she fell asleep
with a prayer in her heart, "God please bless everyone."
Papa said goodnight to everyone as the girls and Mama went
upstairs to tuck the children in their beds for the night.
 Christmas Day

Laurel loved the holidays and Christmas was extra special to

her and her family. Christmas morning was a miracle as long as
Laurel’s family was together. She loved her family. Christmas
was a changing thing in Laurel’s heart and she tried to
communicate this change with her family. Christmas was no
longer the feeling of getting special things for Christmas, which
it had been a part of for so long, no Christmas was something
much deeper, it was the celebration of a young new baby boy
named Jesus, the son of God. When Laurel kept her focus on
the reason for the season everything seemed to get better, the
rush to get things done and have the perfect Christmas
dissipated.
 It was now more of how Laurel felt about life, about
God, and the gift God gave to bring his son to earth such
as he did. Whenever anyone asked Laurel what she
wanted for Christmas, the answer hardly changed after
that, “I want my family here and perhaps a little
chocolate and fruits in my Christmas stocking. I also want
a fresh cup of organic café.”
Laurel loved Christmas morning, and finding her
stocking with organic candy canes, organic oranges, and
organic chocolate. This together with her organic coffee
spending the day with her children and husband thinking
about the blessings of God, and especially of one
amazing and miraculous son named Jesus and the birth
of this miracle man.
Gifts come and go, years come and go, but the feeling of
joy and goodness inside to feel just right is the most
lovely gift of all. Knowing that you are living your life like
God wants you to live, giving of yourself abundantly so
that others can love God more is a most precious gift
too…
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Gospel
Of Thomas
Gospel of Saint Thomas

By L. Sobol
These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded.
1 And he said, "Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death." 2
Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will
be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will rule over all."
Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the Father's imperial rule is in the sky,' then the
birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede
you. Rather, the
Father's imperial rule is inside you and outside you.

When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are
children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and
you are the poverty."
Jesus said, "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the
place of life, and that person will live. For many of the first will be last, and will become a
single one." 5 Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will
be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that won't be revealed."
His disciples asked him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How should we pray? Should
we give to charity? What diet should we observe?" Jesus said, "Don't lie, and don't do what
you hate, because all things are disclosed before heaven. After all, there is nothing hidden that
won't be revealed, and there is nothing covered up that will remain undisclosed."
Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat, so that the lion becomes human. And
foul
is the human that the lion will eat, and the lion still will become human."
And he said, "The human one is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea and
drew it up from the sea full of little fish. Among them the wise fisherman discovered a
fine large fish. He threw all the little fish back into the sea, and easily chose the large
fish. 4Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!" 9 Jesus said, Look, the sower
went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered them. Some fell on the road, and the
birds came and gathered them. 0thers fell on rock, and they didn't take root in the soil
and didn't produce heads of grain. Others fell on thorns, and they choked the seeds and
worms ate them. And others fell on good soil, and it produced a good crop: it yielded
sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure.
Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it until it blazes."
Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away. The dead
are not alive, and the living will not die. 3During the days when you ate what is dead,
you made it come alive. When you are in the light, what will you do? 0n the day when
you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"
The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you are going to leave us. Who will be our
leader?" Jesus said to them, "No matter where you are, you are to go to James the just,
for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."
Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to something and tell me what I am like."
Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a just angel." Matthew said to him, "You are like a
wise philosopher."
Thomas said to him, "Teacher, my mouth is utterly unable to say what you are
like."
 Jesus said, "I am not your teacher. Because you have drunk, you have become
intoxicated from the bubbling spring that I have tended."
And he took him, and withdrew, and spoke three sayings to him.
When Thomas came back to his friends, they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?"
Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the sayings he spoke to me, you will pick up
rocks and stone me, and fire will come from the rocks and devour you."
Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will bring sin upon yourselves, and if
you pray, you will be condemned, and if you give to charity, you will harm your spirits.
When you go into any region and walk about in the countryside, when people take you
in, eat what they serve you and heal the sick among them. After all, what goes into your
mouth won't defile you; what comes out of your mouth will."
Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, fall on your faces and
worship. That one is your Father."
Jesus said, "Perhaps people think that I have come to cast peace upon the world. They
do not know that I have come to cast conflicts upon the earth: fire, sword, war. For there
will be five in a house: there'll be three against two and two against three, father against
son and son against father, 4and they will stand alone."
Jesus said, "I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand
has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart."
The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You
see, the end will be where the beginning is. Congratulations to the one
who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."
Jesus said, "Congratulations to the one who came into being before coming into
being. If you become my disciples and pay attention to my sayings, these stones
will serve you. For there are five trees in Paradise for you; they do not change,
summer or winter, and their leaves do not fall.
Whoever knows them will not taste death."

The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us what

Heaven's imperial rule is like."
He said to them, It's like a mustard seed. (It's) the smallest of all seeds, but when it
falls on prepared soil, it produces a large branch and becomes a shelter for birds of
the sky.
Mary said to Jesus, "What are your disciples like?"
He said, They are like little children living in a field that is not theirs. When the
owners of the field come, they will say, "Give us back our field." They
take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to them, and they
return their field to them. For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that
a thief is coming, they will be on guard before the thief arrives, and will not let the
thief break into their house their domain) and steal their possessions. As for you,
then, be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with great strength, so
the robbers can't find a way to get to you, for the trouble you expect will come.
Let there be among you a person who understands. When the crop ripened, he
came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it.
Anyone here with two good ears had better listen! 22 Jesus saw some babies
nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing babies are like those who enter the
Father's domain."
They said to him, "Then shall we enter the (Father's) domain as babies?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the
inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and
when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be
male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in
place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in
place of an image, then you will enter the Father's domain."
23 Jesus said, "I shall choose you, one from a thousand and two from ten thousand,
and they will stand as a single one." 24 His disciples said, "Show us the place where
you are, for we must seek it."
He said to them, "Anyone here with two ears had better listen! There is light within
a person of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it does not shine, it is dark."
25 Jesus said, "Love your friends like your own soul, protect them like the pupil of
your eye." 26 Jesus said, "You see the sliver in your friend's eye, but you don't see
the timber in your own eye. When you take the timber out of your own eye, then
you will see well enough to remove the sliver from your friend's eye.
"If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the Father's domain If you do
not observe the
Sabbath day as a Sabbath day, you will not see the
Father"
Jesus said, "I took my stand in the midst of the world, and in flesh I appeared to
them. I found them all drunk, and I did not find any of them thirsty. My soul ached
for the children of humanity, because they are blind in their hearts and do not see,
for they came into the world empty, and they also seek to depart from the world
empty. 'But meanwhile they are drunk. When they shake off their wine, then they
will change their ways."
Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a marvel,
but if spirit came into being because of the body, that is a marvel of marvels.
Yet I marvel at how this great wealth has come to dwell in this poverty."
Jesus said, "Where there are three deities, they are divine. Where there are two or
one, I am with that one."
Jesus said, "No prophet is welcome on his home turf; doctors don't cure those who
know them." 32 Jesus said, "A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, nor can
it be hidden."
Jesus said, "What you will hear in your ear, in the other ear proclaim from your
rooftops. After all, no one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, nor does one put it
in a hidden place. 'Rather, one puts it on a lampstand so that all who come and go will
see
its light."
Jesus said, "If a blind person leads a blind person, both of them will fall into a hole."
Jesus said, "One can't enter a strong man's house and take it by force without tying his
hands. Then one can loot his house."
Jesus said, "Don't fret, from morning to evening and from evening to morning, about
what you're going to wear."
His disciples said, "When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you strip without being ashamed, and you take your clothes and put
them under your feet like little children and trample them, then you will see the son of
the living one and you will not be afraid."
Jesus said, "Often you have desired to hear these sayings that I am speaking to you,
and you have no one else from whom to hear them. 2There
will be days when you will seek me and you will not find me."
Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the scholars have taken the keys of knowledge
and have hidden them. They have not entered, nor have they allowed those
who want to enter to do so. As for you, be as sly as snakes and as simple as
doves." 40 Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted apart from the Father.
Since it is not strong, it will be pulled up by its root and will perish."
Jesus said, "Those who have something in hand will be given more, and those
who have nothing will be deprived of even the little they have."
Jesus said, "Be passersby." become like the Judeans, for they love the tree but
hate its fruit, or they love the fruit but hate the tree." 44 Jesus said, "Whoever
blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven and whoever blasphemes against
the son will be forgiven, abut whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will
not be forgiven, either on earth or in heaven."
Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs gathered
from thistles, for they yield no fruit. Good persons produce good from what
they've stored up; bad persons produce evil from the wickedness they've stored
up in their hearts, and say evil things. 'For from the overflow of the heart they
produce evil."
Jesus said, "From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women, no
one is so much greater than John the Baptist that his eyes should not be averted.
But I have said that whoever among you becomes a child will recognize the
Father's imperial rule and will become greater than John."
Jesus said, "A person cannot mount two horses or bend two bows. And a slave
cannot serve two masters, otherwise that slave will honor the one and offend
the other.
 "Nobody drinks aged wine and immediately wants to drink young wine.
Young wine is not poured into old wineskins, or they might break, and aged wine is
not poured into a new wineskin, or it might spoil. An old patch is not sewn onto a
new garment, since it would create a tear."
Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in a single house, they will say to
the mountain, 'Move from here!' and it will move."
Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who are alone and chosen, for you will find
the Father's domain. For you have come from it, and you will return there again."
Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where have you come from?' say to them, 'We
have come from the light, from the place where the light came into being by itself,
established itself, and appeared in their image.' If they say to you, 'Is it you?' say,
'We are its children, and we are the chosen of the living
Father.' If they ask you, 'What is the evidence of your Father in you?' say to them,
'It is motion and rest.'"
His disciples said to him, "When will the rest for the dead take place, and when
will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you are looking forward to has come, but you don't know
it."
His disciples said to him, "Twenty four prophets have spoken in Israel, and they all
spoke of you." He said to them, "You have disregarded the living one who is in
your presence, and have spoken of the dead."
His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision useful or not?"
He said to them, "If it were useful, their father would produce children already
circumcised from their mother. 3Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become
profitable in every respect." 54 Jesus
said, "Congratulations to the poor, for to you belongs Heaven's domain."
Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple,
and whoever does not hate brothers and sisters, and carry the cross as I do,
will not be worthy of me."
Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered a carcass,
and whoever has discovered a carcass, of that person the world is not worthy."
Jesus said, The Father's imperial rule is like a person who had good seed. His
enemy came during the night and sowed weeds among the good seed. The
person did not let the workers pull up the weeds, but said to them, "No,
otherwise you might go to pull up the weeds and pull up the
wheat along with them." For on the day of the harvest the weeds will be
conspicuous, and will be pulled up and burned.
Jesus said, "Congratulations to the person who has toiled and has found
life."
Jesus said, "Look to the living one as long as you live, otherwise you might die
and then try to see the living one, and you will be unable to see."
He saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to
Judea. He said to his disciples, ". . . that person. . .
around the lamb."
They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it." He said to them, "He will
not eat it while it is alive, but only after he has killed it and it has become a
carcass."
They said, "Otherwise he can't do it." He said to them, "So also with you, seek
for yourselves a place for rest, or you might become a carcass and be eaten."
61 Jesus said, "Two will recline on a couch; one will die, one will live."
 Salome said, "Who are you, mister? You have climbed onto my couch
and
eaten from my table as if you are from someone." Jesus said to her, "I
am the one who comes from what is whole. I was granted from the
things of my Father."
I am your disciple."
For this reason I say, if one is whole, one will be filled with light, but if
one is divided, one will be filled with darkness."
Jesus said, "I disclose my mysteries to those who are worthy of my
mysteries. Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is
doing."
Jesus said, There was a rich man who had a great deal of money. He said,
"I shall invest my money so that I may sow, reap, plant, and fill my
storehouses with produce, that I may lack nothing." These were the
things he was thinking in his heart, but that very night he died. Anyone
here with two ears had better listen!
Jesus said, Someone was receiving guests. When he had prepared the
dinner, he sent his slave to invite the guests. The slave went to the first
and said, "My master invites you." The first replied, "Some merchants
owe me money; they are coming to me tonight. I have to go and give
them instructions. Please excuse me from dinner." The slave went to
another and said, "My master has invited you." The second said to the
slave, "I have bought a house, and I have been called away for a day. I
shall have no time." The slave went to another and said, "My master
invites you." The third said to the slave, "My friend is to be married, and
I am to arrange the banquet. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse
me from dinner." The slave went to another and
said, "My master invites you." The fourth said to the slave, "I have bought an
estate, and I am going to collect the rent. I shall not be able to come.
Please excuse me." The slave returned and said to his master, "Those whom you
invited to dinner have asked to be excused." The master said to his slave, "Go
out on the streets and bring back whomever you find to have dinner."
Buyers and merchants will not enter the places of my Father.
He said, A person owned a vineyard and rented it to some farmers, so they
could work it and he could collect its crop from them He sent his slave so the
farmers would give him the vineyard's crop. They grabbed him, beat him, and
almost killed him, and the slave returned and told his master. His master said,
"Perhaps he didn't know them." He sent another slave, and the farmers beat
that one as well. Then the master sent his son and said, "Perhaps they'll show
my son some respect."
Because the farmers knew that he was the heir to the vineyard, they grabbed
him and killed him. 8 Anyone here with two ears had better listen!
Jesus said, "Show me the stone that the builders rejected: that is the keystone."
Jesus said, "Those who know all, but are lacking in themselves, are utterly
lacking."
Jesus said, "Congratulations to you when you are hated and persecuted; and no
place will be found, wherever you have been persecuted."
Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who have been persecuted in their hearts:
they are the ones who have truly come to know the Father. Congratulations to
those who go hungry, so the stomach of the one in want may be filled."
Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If
you do not
have that within you, what you do not have within you will kill you."
Jesus said, "I will destroy [this] house, and no one will be able to build it . .."
A person said to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's possessions with
me."
He said to the person, "Mister, who made me a divider?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I'm not a divider, am I?"
Jesus said, "The crop is huge but the workers are few, so beg the harvest boss
to dispatch workers to the fields."
He said, "Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing
in the well." 75 Jesus said, "There are many standing at the door, but those
who are alone will enter the bridal suite." 76 Jesus said, The Father's imperial
rule is like a merchant who had a supply of merchandise and then found a
pearl. That merchant was prudent; he sold the merchandise and bought the
single pearl for himself.
So also with you, seek his treasure that is unfailing, that is enduring, where no
moth comes to eat and no worm destroys."
77 Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came
forth, and to me all attained. Split a piece of wood; I am there. Lift up the
stone, and you will find me there." 78 Jesus said, "Why have you come out to
the countryside? To see a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a person
dressed in soft clothes, like your rulers and your powerful ones? They are
dressed in soft clothes, and they cannot understand truth."
A woman in the crowd said to him, "Lucky are the womb that bore you and the
breasts that fed you."
He said to her, "Lucky are those who have heard the word of the Father and
have truly kept it. For there will be days when you will say, 'Lucky are the
womb that has not conceived and the breasts that have not given milk.'"
Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered the body,
and whoever has discovered the body, of that one the world is not worthy."
Jesus said, "The one who has become wealthy should reign, and the one who
has power should renounce it."
Jesus said, "Whoever is near me is near the fire, and whoever is far from me
is far from the (Father's) domain."
Jesus said, "Images are visible to people, but the light within them is hidden
in the image of the Father's light. He will be disclosed, but his image is
hidden by his light."
Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you are happy. But when you see
your images that came into being before you and that neither die nor
become visible, how much you will have to bear!" 85 Jesus said, "Adam came
from great power and great wealth, but he was not worthy of you. For had
he been worthy, [he would] not have tasted death." 86 Jesus said, "Foxes
have] their dens and birds have their nests, but human beings have no place
to lie down and rest."
Jesus said, "How miserable is the body that depends on a body, and how
miserable is the soul that depends on these two."
Jesus said, "The messengers and the prophets will come to you and give you
what belongs to you. You in turn, give them what you have, and say to
yourselves, 'When will they come and take what belongs to them?'"
Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Don't you understand
that the one who made the inside is also the one who made the outside?" 90
Jesus said, "Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable and my lordship is
gentle, and you will find rest for yourselves."
They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you."
He said to them, "You examine the face of heaven and earth, but you have
not come to know the one who is in your presence, and you do not know
how to examine the present moment."
Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. In the past, however, I did not tell you the
things about which you asked me then. Now I am willing to tell them, but
you are not seeking them.
"Don't give what is sacred to dogs, for they might throw them upon the
manure pile. Don't throw pearls to pigs, or they might . . . it."
Jesus said, "One who seeks will find, 2and for one who knocks it will be
opened."
Jesus said, "If you have money, don't lend it at interest. Rather, give it to
someone from whom you won't get it back."
Jesus said, The Father's imperial rule is like a woman who took a little leaven,
hid it in dough, and made it into large loaves of bread.
3Anyone here with two ears had better listen! 97 Jesus said, The Father's
imperial rule is like a woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she
was walking along a distant road, the handle of the jar broke and the meal
spilled behind her along the road. She didn't know it; she hadn't noticed a
problem. When she reached her
house, she put the jar down and discovered that it was empty.
Jesus said, The Father's imperial rule is like a person who wanted to kill someone
powerful. While still at home he drew his sword and thrust it into the wall to find
out whether his hand would go in. Then he killed the powerful one.
The disciples said to him, "Your brothers and your mother are standing outside."
He said to them, "Those here who do what my Father wants are my brothers and
my mother. They are the ones who will enter my Father's domain." 100 They
showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "The Roman emperor's people demand
taxes from
us."
He said to them, "Give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, give God what
belongs to God, and give me what is mine.
"Whoever does not hate father and mother as I do cannot be my disciple, and
whoever does not love father and mother as I do cannot be my disciple. For my
mother. . ., but my true mother gave me life."
Jesus said, "Damn the Pharisees! They are like a dog sleeping in the cattle
manger: the dog neither eats nor lets the cattle eat."
Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who know where the rebels are going to
attack. They can get going, collect their imperial resources, and be prepared
before the rebels arrive."
They said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today, and let us fast." Jesus said, "What sin
have I committed, or how have I been undone? Rather, when the groom leaves
the bridal suite, then let people fast and pray."
Jesus said, "Whoever knows the father and the mother will be called the child of
a whore." 106 Jesus said, "When you make the two into one, you will become
children of Adam, and when you say, 'Mountain, move from here!' it will move."
107 Jesus said, The Father's imperial rule is like a
shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left
the ninety nine and looked for the one until he found itAfter he had toiled, he
said to the sheep, "I love you more than the ninety-nine."
Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall
become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to him."
Jesus said, The Father's imperial rule is like a person who had a treasure in his
field but did not know it.And when he died he left it to his son. The son did not
know about it either. He took over the field and sold it.
The buyer went plowing, discovered the treasure, and began to lend money at
interest to whomever he wished.
Jesus said, "The one who has found the world, and has become wealthy, should
renounce the world."
Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will roll up in your presence, and whoever
is living from the living one will not see death." Does not Jesus say, "Those who
have found themselves, of them the world is not worthy"?
Jesus said, "Damn the flesh that depends on the soul. Damn the soul that
depends on the flesh."
His disciples said to him, "When will the
Father's imperial rule come?"
"It will not come by watching for it It will not be said, 'Look, here!' or 'Look,
there!' 'Rather, the Father's imperial rule is spread out upon the earth, and people
don't see it."
Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females don't deserve life."
Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male makes herself male will enter
the domain of Heaven.", so that she too may become a living spirit resembling
you males. For every female who
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