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The Gospel of Thomas

Mark M. Mattison · Translated text

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Saying 11: Those Who Are Living Won't Die (1)

Jesus said,

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"This heaven will disappear, and the one above it will disappear too. Those who are dead aren't alive, and those who are living won't die. In the days when you ate what was dead, you made it alive. When you're in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became divided. But when you become divided, what will you do?"

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