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Saying 60: Don't Become a Corpse

Saying 60: Don't Become a Corpse They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb to Judea. He said to his disciples, "What do you think he's going to do with that lamb?" They said to him, "He's going to kill it and eat it." He said to them, "While it's living, he won't eat it, but only after he kills it and it becomes a corpse." They said, "He can't do it any other way." He said to them, "You, too, look for a resting place, so that you won't become a corpse and be eaten."

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Gospel of Thomas — Mark M. Mattison, author-dedicated English

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Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Ancient source language(s)

Recorded completeness: Nag Hammadi CodexII,2; complete supplied114sayings and prologue. Modern MarkM.Mattison English translation, not historical printing or original Coptic witness. Source translation text, modern section/saying headings, prologue/colophon, manuscript gaps, author editorial corrections and insertion sigla preserved unchanged. Author advertising, unrelated site material and separate Notes on Translation are excluded. No missing manuscript text is invented.. Available reading sections are listed below.

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