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The Gospel of Thomas

Mark M. Mattison · Translated text

Saying 43: The Tree and the Fruit

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His disciples said to him, "Who are you to say these things to us?"

"You don't realize who I am from what I say to you, but you've become like those Judeans who either love the tree but hate its fruit, or love the fruit but hate the tree."