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from the Gospel of Thomas (see also The Mustard Seed and Song of Solomon):
3.  Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (God's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea', then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is within you and it is outside you. If you do not know yourselves, then you are in poverty, and you are poverty. When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will know that you are the children of the living God."
29.  Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a marvel, but if spirit came into being because of the body, that is a marvel of marvels. Yet I marvel at how this great wealth has come to dwell in this poverty."
32, 33.  Jesus said, "A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden. What you will hear in your ear, in the other ear proclaim from your rooftops. After all, no one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket nor in any hidden place. Rather, one puts it on a lampstand so that all who come and go will see its light."
51.  His disciples said to him, "When will the rest for the dead take place, and when will the new world come?" He said to them, "What you expect has come, but you know it not.”
76,77.  Jesus said, "God's kingdom is like a merchant who had a supply of merchandise and found a pearl. That merchant was prudent; he sold the merchandise and bought the one pearl for himself. So also with you, seek the treasure that is unfailing, that is enduring, where no moth comes near to devour and where no worm destroys. I am the light that is above them all. I am all, and the all came from me and the all attained to me. Cleave a piece of wood; I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."
100.  They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "The Roman emperor's people demand taxes from us." He said to them, "Give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, give God what belongs to God, and give me what is mine."