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
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