Saying 80: Whoever Has Found the Body
Whoever has come to know the world has found the body, and whoever has found the body is worth more than the world.
Commentary
A near-duplicate of saying 56 with “body” for “corpse”. Doublets like this one are the strongest internal evidence that Thomas grew by accretion from more than one collection.
Parallels
Gospel of Thomas 56
Sayings on the same themes
- Saying 110 Saying 110: Finding the World and Renouncing It Whoever has found the world and become rich should renounce the world.
- Saying 36 Saying 36: Do Not Worry About Clothing Do not fret from morning to evening and evening to morning about what you will wear.
- Saying 104 Saying 104: When the Bridegroom Leaves Invited to pray and fast, Jesus asks what sin he has committed or how he has been defeated; rather, when the bridegroom…
- Saying 21 Saying 21: Children in a Field Not Theirs Mary asks what the disciples are like; they are like children living in a field that is not theirs, who give it…
- 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 112 Saying 112: Woe to the Flesh and the Soul How wretched is the flesh that depends on the soul; how wretched is the soul that depends on the flesh.