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The Gospel of Thomas

Mark M. Mattison · Translated text

Saying 114: Peter and Mary

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Simon Peter said to them, "Mary should leave us, because women aren't worthy of life."

Jesus said, "Look, am I to make her a man? So that she may become a living spirit too, she's equal to you men, because every woman who makes herself manly will enter the kingdom of heaven."

The Gospel According to Thomas