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Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus (Greek Gospel of Thomas fragments)

tr. Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt (1897) · published 1897, before 1930 · source

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1

P.Oxy. 1 logion 2 (Thomas 27)

Jesus saith. Except ye fast to the world, ye shall in no wise find the kingdom of God; and except ye keep the sabbath, ye shall not see the Father.

P.Oxy. 1 logion 3 (Thomas 28)

Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieveth over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart . . .

P.Oxy. 1 logion 5 (Thomas 30 + 77b)

Jesus saith. Wherever there are .... and there is one .... alone, I am with him. Raise the stone and there thou shalt find me, cleave the wood and there am I.

P.Oxy. 1 logion 6 (Thomas 31)

Jesus saith, A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither doth a physician work cures upon them that know him.