The Sayings of the Teacher
Logion 1
He said:
“Those who hear these words and understand them
will not taste death.”
Logion 2
He said:
“The smallest spark
can burn a forest.”
Logion 3
The disciples said to him,
“Master, what will happen in the days to come?”
He said to them,
“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars.
Do not be troubled,
for these things must come to pass.”
Logion 4
He said:
“The kingdom is like yeast
that a woman mixed with flour
until the whole loaf was changed.”
Logion 5
He said:
“Many search for what is visible
and pass by what is hidden.”
Logion 6
He said:
“Foxes have holes and birds have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Logion 7
He said:
“The one who awakens
will become greater than the world.”
Logion 8
He said:
“What you bring forth from within will save you.
If you do not bring it forth,
what remains within you will destroy you.”
Logion 9
He said:
“Blessed are those who awaken
while others sleep.”
Logion 10
He said:
“The rulers of this age
set guards upon the gates,
yet the breath of the Father
passes where it wills.”
Logion 11
The disciples said to him,
“Who are we?”
He said to them,
“You are children of the living Father.
But you have forgotten your origin.”
Logion 12
He said:
“The kingdom is like a mustard seed.
Though it is the smallest of seeds,
when it grows
it becomes a great tree.”
Logion 13
He said:
“Those who know themselves
know the Father.”
Logion 14
He said:
“Blessed are those who suffer for the truth,
for they will stand in the kingdom.”
Logion 15
He said:
“The world is a field
in which strangers dwell.”
Logion 16
He said:
“The heavens and the earth will pass away
before you understand them.”
Logion 17
He said:
“The kingdom is like treasure hidden in a field.
A man found it and hid it again.
In his joy he sold all he had
and bought that field.”
Logion 18
He said:
“Many who are first will become last,
and the last will become first.”
Logion 19
He said:
“Become passersby.”
Logion 20
He said:
“The one who loses his life for the truth
will find it again.”
Logion 21
He said:
“There is nothing hidden
that will not be revealed.”
Logion 22
He said:
“Do not fear those who kill the body
but cannot kill the soul.”
Logion 23
He said:
“Blessed are the solitary and the chosen,
for they will find the kingdom.”
Logion 24
He said:
“Many lamps burn in the house of the Father,
but few recognize the flame.”
Logion 25
He said:
“The harvest is great
but the laborers are few.”
Logion 26
He said:
“The day will come like lightning
from one end of heaven to the other.”
Logion 27
He said:
“Watch therefore,
for you do not know the hour.”
Logion 28
He said:
“When the light within you shines,
then the world will know you.”
Logion 29
He said:
“The kingdom is within you and it is outside you.
When you know yourselves,
then you will known the world.”
Logion 30
He said:
“Wisdom walked among them,
but they did not recognize her.”
Logion 31
The disciples said to him,
“Master, who is greatest among us?”
He said to them:
“The one who serves
without seeking to rule.”
Logion 32
He said:
“Those who speak the truth
will be hated by many.”
Logion 33
He said:
“The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep.
One wandered away.
He left the ninety-nine
until he found the one.”
Logion 34
He said:
“The one who understands the world
will find a corpse.”
Logion 35
He said:
“Whoever clings to life will lose it.
Whoever loses it
will discover it.”
Logion 36
He said:
“Do not despise the small beginning.
From the least thing
the greatest change may arise.”
Logion 37
He said:
“When the inner light is uncovered,
the rulers lose their power.”
Logion 38
He said:
“Where there are two, they are divided.
But where there is one alone,
I am with him.”
Logion 39
He said:
“The kingdom is like a hidden spring.
Those who drink from it
will never thirst again.”
Logion 40
He said:
“The kingdom of the Father is spread upon the earth,
but people do not see it.”
Logion 41
Peter said to the disciples,
“Mary should leave us,
for women are not worthy of life.”
The Teacher said:
“Do not drive away the one
whom the Father has chosen.”
Logion 42
The Teacher said:
“Mary has understood
what many have not seen.”
Logion 43
He said:
“All of you who serve me will betray me,
and one who betrays me
will serve me.”
Logion 44
He said:
“The one who betrays
opens the gate.
The one who understands
walks through it.”
Logion 45
He said:
“The shepherd is with the flock for a little while.
When he leaves them,
the sheep will dispute over the path.”
Logion 46
He said:
“Many will stumble and fall away,
but the one who endures to the end
will live.”
Logion 47
He said:
“Some of you will give your lives for the truth.
Do not mourn them,
for their names are written in the heavens.”
Logion 48
He said:
“When they bring you to judgment,
do not prepare your defense.
The word will speak through you.”
Logion 49
He said:
“The servant is not greater than the master.
If they persecute me,
they will persecute you also.”
Logion 50
He said:
“They will cast you out of their houses
and call you deceivers.”
Logion 51
He said:
“Nation will rise against nation
and kingdom against kingdom.”
Logion 52
He said:
“Brother will deliver brother to death,
and father his child.”
Logion 53
He said:
“The world will tremble
when the hidden is revealed.”
Logion 54
He said:
“The harvest will come suddenly.
Blessed is the one found ready.”
Logion 55
He said:
“Those who are faithful in the darkness
will rejoice when the light appears.”
Logion 56
He said:
“Many prophets and righteous ones
longed to see these days
and did not see them.”
Logion 57
He said:
“The one who knows the beginning
will know the end
and will not fear.”
Logion 58
He said:
“The one who finds the beginning of wisdom
will discover the end of sorrow.”
Logion 59
He said:
“The world came forth from the hidden fullness,
yet those who dwell in it
do not know their source.”
Logion 60
He said:
“This world is like a shadow
cast by a greater light.”
Logion 61
He said:
“The builders of this world
labored with blind hands.
But the wind of the Father
passes through their walls.”
Logion 62
He said:
“The heavens were made,
and the earth was shaped,
but the one who made them
did not know the fullness.”
Logion 63
He said:
“There are two within every person.
One is awake,
and the other sleeps.”
Logion 64
He said:
“The one who remembers the dream
will awaken from the night.”
Logion 65
He said:
“Blessed is the one who remembers
from where he came
before he entered the world.”
Logion 66
He said:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Logion 67
“Whoever seeks should not stop seeking until he finds.
When he finds, he will be astonished.”
Logion 68
The disciples were gathered and questioned one another about the Teacher.
And he said to them:
“While I am with you, you walk as one.
But when I depart,
each will walk his own road.”
Logion 69
He said:
“The one who strikes the shepherd
will think he has scattered the flock.
Yet the scattered ones
will gather again.”
Logion 70
The disciples said to him,
“Who among us will lead when you are gone?”
He said to them,
“The one who listens
will lead the one who speaks.”
Logion 71
Peter said to him,
“Master, the others speak with boldness,
but who understands your words?”
The Teacher said,
“The one who hears with the heart
understands before speaking.”
Logion 72
Mary asked him,
“Master, will they remember what you have taught?”
He said to her,
“Some will remember the word
but many forget it’s meaning.”
Logion 73
And he said:
“Many will speak in my name.
Few will understand my word.”
Logion 74
And he said to them:
“Where there is jealousy,
truth departs.”
Logion 75
He said to the disciples:
“The one whom I have taught in secret
will speak when you fall silent.”
Logion 76
He said:
“Some of you will guard the word.
Others will hide it.
But the truth will rise again.”
Logion 77
The Teacher said:
“Do not divide the house
that was built with one stone.”
Logion 78
He said:
“The day will come like a thief in the night,
and those who are ready will not be troubled.”
Logion 79
He entered the courts and saw merchants buying and selling.
And he said:
“You have made the house of prayer a marketplace.”
Logion 80
He overturned their tables and said:
“The kingdom is not bought with silver.”
Logion 81
Mary said to the disciples,
“Do not weep nor be afraid,
for the Teacher has prepared us.”
Logion 82
And Mary said:
“Do not cling to the world,
for the world passes away.”
Logion 83
The disciples said to him,
“Master, what is the kingdom like?”
He said to them,
“It is like light hidden within a lamp.
When the lamp is uncovered,
the whole house is filled.”
Logion 84
The disciples said,
“When will the kingdom appear?”
He said,
“It will not come by watching for it.”
Logion 85
He said:
“The Father’s kingdom is like a great house
whose door is hidden.
Many pass before it
but few recognize it.”
Logion 86
He said:
“The one who knows the Father
will be known by the angels.”
Logion 87
He said:
“Those who are divided within themselves
build houses that cannot stand.”
Logion 88
He said:
“Where there are two, they are divided.
But where there is one alone,
I am with him.”
Logion 89
He said:
“Blessed are the poor,
for the kingdom belongs to them.”
Logion 90
He said:
“The one who seeks truth
will be opposed by his own household.”
Logion 91
He said:
“I came not to bring peace but a sword.
For a household will be divided
three against two
and two against three.”
Logion 92
He said:
“Do not think that I came to bring peace to the world.
I came to cast fire upon the earth.”
Logion 93
He said:
“If the blind lead the blind
both will fall into the pit.”
Logion 94
He said:
“Whoever leaves house or brother or field
for the sake of the kingdom
will discover what was hidden from the beginning.”
Logion 95
He said:
“The one who understands the dream
will awaken from the night.”
Logion 96
He said:
“Those who know themselves
know the Father.”
Logion 97
He said:
“Many lamps burn in the house of the Father,
but few recognize the flame.”
Logion 98
He said:
“You see the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but you do not see the beam in your own.”
Logion 99
He said:
“The harvest is great
but the laborers are few.”
Logion 100
He said:
“Watch therefore,
for you do not know the hour.”
Logion 101
He said:
“Blessed are those who suffer for the truth,
for they will stand in the kingdom.”
Logion 102
He said:“The path leads to truth,
and truth leads to life.”
Logion 103
Mary said,
“The Teacher told us:
Where there is blindness,
the powers rule.
Where there is understanding,
they have no authority.”
Logion 104
Two men said to him, “Teacher, judge between us.”
He said,
“Who appointed me judge over you?”
Logion 105
He told the chief priests and the elders::
“Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes
are entering the kingdom of God before you.
For they heard the call and turned their hearts,
while you guard the gates and do not enter.”
Logion 106
He said:
“When you make the two one,
and when you make the inside like the outside
and the outside like the inside,
and the above like the below,
and when you make the male and the female into a single one…
then you will enter the kingdom.”