Saying 44: Blasphemy Against the Spirit
Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the Son will be forgiven; whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, on earth or in heaven.
Commentary
The only place in Thomas with anything resembling a trinitarian formula, which many take as a sign of a later editorial hand at work on older material.
Parallels
Mark 3:28–29; Matthew 12:31–32; Luke 12:10
Sayings on the same themes
- Saying 31 Saying 31: No Prophet in His Own Village No prophet is welcome in his own village; no doctor heals the people who know him.
- Saying 39 Saying 39: The Keys of Knowledge The Pharisees and scholars have taken the keys of knowledge and hidden them; they did not go in themselves and did not…
- Saying 40 Saying 40: The Vine Planted Apart A grapevine has been planted away from the Father; it has no strength, and it will be pulled up by the root…
- Saying 74 Saying 74: Many Around the Well Lord, there are many gathered around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the well.
- Saying 53 Saying 53: Is Circumcision Useful? If circumcision were useful, fathers would produce sons already circumcised; the true circumcision, in spirit, is what profits.
- Saying 89 Saying 89: Washing the Outside of the Cup Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Do you not understand that whoever made the inside also made the outside?