Gospel of Thomas Quotes

Translated by Mark M. Mattison

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These are the hidden sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.

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A Random Saying

Saying 95: Giving Money

[Jesus said], "If you have money, don't lend it at interest. Instead, give [it to] someone from whom you won't get it back."

Credits

• Text: Gospels.Net and Mark M. Mattison: "The following translation has been committed to the public domain and may be freely copied and used, changed or unchanged, for any purpose. It is based on the Coptic text of Nag Hammadi Codex II, 2." Original site has notes on the translation.
• Background image: Robinson, J.M. et al., eds. The Fascimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices: Codex II. Leiden: Brill, 1974 (via Wikipedia, whose legal position is that this is a public domain image in the United States). Visit The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity for more information.
• Code: Michel Kern's PHP Fortune extensively refactored by myself.