Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

pearl for himself. You yourselves, seek
for [the treasure of his face], which
perishes not, which endures— the place
where no moth comes near to devour
nor worm ravages. (multiple asyndeta; Ps
11:7, 17:15, =Mt 6:19-20 =13:44-46, =Lk 12:33)
77. Yeshua says: I-Am the Light who is
above them all, I-Am the All°. All came
forth from me and all return to me.
Cleave wood,¹ there am I. Lift up the
stone and there you shall find me.
(¹asyndeton; Jn 8:12, Th 30 note; Lao Tzu, Tao
Teh Ching 16: ‘All things flourish, but each one
returns to its root,... the eternal Tao’; and Victor
Hugo, Les Misérables: ‘All comes from light, and
all returns to it.’)
78. Yeshua says: Why did you come
out to the wilderness— to see a reed
shaken by the wind? And to see a
person dressed in plush garments?
[Behold, your] rulers and your
dignitaries are those who are clad in
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