Saying 105: Whoever Knows the Father and the Mother
Whoever knows the father and the mother will be called the child of a prostitute.
Commentary
Deliberately provocative and much argued over. The likeliest reading is that those who know their true, spiritual parentage will be slandered by people who only recognise the physical kind — an insult John records being thrown at Jesus himself.
Parallels
John 8:41
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