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Canonical Comparisons of Thomas Sayings

I have grouped the sayings in the Gospel of Thomas into 5 categories. Sayings that are variants of or close parallels to canonical passages (22 of these), sayings that appear more remotely parallel or similar in some way (28), sayings which contain parts parallel to several unconnected passages (13), sayings parallel to non-canonical traditions of Jesus (only 1 of these), and those with no apparent parallels (50!!).

All given text parallels were quoted from the electronic King James bible. I haven't attempted to make any comparisons to the various Apocryphal or other Christian and Gnostic texts.

C: Multiple Parallels (not yet linked)

14a: no parallels

14b: Lk10:8-9

14c: Mt15:11, Mk7:15

21a: no parallels

21b: Mt24:43, Lk12:39

21c: Mk4:26-29

22a: Mt18:3, Lk18:17

22b: Mt5:29-30, Mk9:43-48

24a: Jn13:36

24b: Mt6:22-23, Lk11:34-36

33a: Mt10:27

33b: Mt5:15, Mk4:21, Lk8:16, Lk11:33

39a: Lk11:52

39b: Mt10:16

43a: Jn8:25

43b: Mt7:16-20, Lk6:43-46(?)

55a: Lk14:26

55b: Mt10:37

62a: Mt13:11, Mk4:11, Lk8:10

62b: Mt6:3

69a: Mt5:8 (cf. Thomas saying 68)

69b: Mt5:6, Lk6:21

76a: Mt13:45-46

76b: Mt6:20, Lk12:33

79a: Lk11:27-28

79b: Lk23:29

91a: Jn9:36

91b: Lk12:54-56

D: Non-Canonical Parallels

42: Some stands of Islamic tradition attribute this saying to Jesus.

E: No Parallels

All the following sayings have no parallels in the Bible or other non-Gnostic traditions:

2     23    51    77    98    
4     25    52    80    102   
6     27    53    81    104   
7     28    56    82    105   
11    29    60    84    106   
12    37    61    85    108   
13    38    67    87    110   
15    47    70    88    111   
18    49    73    92    112   
19    50    74    97    114