The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 1 (1898) - Page 26

THEOLOGICAL

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AND THEN SHALT THOU SEE CLEARLY
TO CAST OUT THE MOTE
THAT IS IN THE EYE
OF THY BROTHER. JESUS SAITH,
5 EXCEPT YE FAST FROM
THE WORLD, YE SHALL NOT
FIND THE KINGDOM
OF GOD; AND EXCEPT YE
KEEP THE SABBATH AS A REAL SAB
10 BATH, YE SHALL NOT SEE THE FA
THER. JESUS SAITH, I STOOD
IN THE MIDST OF THE WORLD
AND IN THE FLESH WAS I SEEN
OF THEM, AND I FOUND ALL
15 MEN DRUNKEN, AND
NONE FOUND I ATHIRST
AMONG THEM, AND MY SOUL
GRIEVETH OVER
THE SONS OF MEN,
20 BECAUSE THEY ARE BLIND IN THEIR
HEART, AND SEE
NOT . . . . . . .

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[. . .]. . [. THE] POVERTY.
[JESUS SA]ITH, [WHER]EVER THERE ARE
[TWO, THEY ARE NOT] WITHOUT GOD; AND
[WHER]EVER THERE IS ONE ALONE,
5 [I SAY], I AM WITH
HIM. RAISE THE STONE,
AND THERE THOU SHALT FIND ME,
CLEAVE THE WOOD AND THERE
AM I. JESUS SAITH, A
10 PROPHET IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
IN HIS OWN COUNTRY,
NEITHER DOTH A PHYSICIAN WORK
CURES UPON THEM THAT
KNOW HIM.
15 JESUS SAITH, A CITY
BUILT UPON THE TOP
OF A HIGH HILL AND
STABLISHED, CAN NEITHER
FALL NOR BE HID.
20 JESUS SAITH, THOU HEAREST
[WITH ONE EAR, BUT THE]
[OTHER THOU HAST CLOSED].

Logion I, verso 1-4. ‘. . . and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.’
Logion II, 4-11. ‘Jesus saith, Except ye fast to the world, ye shall in no wise find the kingdom of God; and except ye make the sabbath a real sabbath, ye shall not see the Father.’
Logion III, 11-21. ‘Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieveth over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart, and see not . . .’
Logion IV, recto 1. ‘. . . poverty.’
Logion V, 2-9. ‘Jesus saith, Wherever there are two, they are not without God, and wherever there is one alone, I say, I am with him. Raise the stone, and there thou shalt find Me, cleave the wood and there I.’
Logion VI, 9-14. ‘Jesus saith, A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither doth a physician work cures upon them that know him.’
Logion VII, 15-20. ‘Jesus saith, A city built upon the top of a high hill and established, can neither fall nor be hid.’
Logion VIII, 20-22. ‘Jesus saith, Thou hearest with one ear (but the other ear thou hast closed).’