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The Gospel of Thomas

Mark M. Mattison · Translated text

Saying 91: Reading the Signs

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They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may trust you."

He said to them, "You read the face of the sky and the earth, but you don't know the one right in front of you, and you don't know how to read the present moment."