The 114 sayings, indexed

A numbered index of the complete Gospel of Thomas as preserved in Nag Hammadi Codex II: the prologue plus all 114 sayings, each listed with the theme it carries in The Gospel of Thomas Daily. Entries marked with the Coptic note (the prologue and sayings 1, 2 and 77 today) carry the app's word-by-word Coptic interlinear, a growing set. The full text of every saying is free at The Gnostic Library in Mark M. Mattison's public-domain translation. Every entry below links straight to that saying there. The app carries its own new modern-English translation: one saying is open free each day, and a single one-time purchase opens all 114.

• All 115 texts of the Gospel of Thomas, the prologue plus sayings 1 through 114, indexed by number and theme.
• The word-by-word Coptic interlinear entries are marked: the prologue and sayings 1, 2 and 77 today, growing with updates.
• Standard scholarly numbering, so any saying can be cited and found.
• Every entry links to that saying's full text, free, at The Gnostic Library (thegnosticlibrary.com).
• In the app, one saying is open free each day; a single one-time purchase opens all 114.

Frequently asked questions

How many sayings are in the Gospel of Thomas?

114 numbered sayings plus a prologue, as preserved in Coptic in Nag Hammadi Codex II: 115 texts in all, under the standard scholarly numbering used by every modern edition.

Which sayings have the word-by-word Coptic interlinear?

In The Gospel of Thomas Daily, a growing set carries the word-by-word Coptic with tap-a-word glosses: the prologue and sayings 1, 2 and 77 today, with more added in updates. Those four are open to every reader.

Where can I read each saying in full for free?

At The Gnostic Library (thegnosticlibrary.com), free: every entry in this index links straight to that saying there, in Mark M. Mattison's public-domain translation. The Gospel of Thomas Daily on Google Play carries its own new modern-English translation, made from the public-domain Coptic, with no ads, no account and fully offline: one saying is open free each day, and a single one-time purchase opens all 114.

The Prologue and Sayings 1–19

• Prologue: The Hidden Words · with word-by-word Coptic
• Saying 1: Beyond Death · with word-by-word Coptic
• Saying 2: Seek Until You Find · with word-by-word Coptic
• Saying 3: The Kingdom Is Within You
• Saying 4: The Old and the Newborn
• Saying 5: What Is Before Your Face
• Saying 6: Do Not Do What You Hate
• Saying 7: The Lion and the Man
• Saying 8: The Wise Fisherman
• Saying 9: The Sower
• Saying 10: Fire Upon the World
• Saying 11: When You Were One
• Saying 12: The Reason Heaven and Earth Exist
• Saying 13: The Unsayable Name
• Saying 14: What Comes Out of Your Mouth
• Saying 15: Not Born of Woman
• Saying 16: Fire, Sword, and Standing Alone
• Saying 17: What No Eye Has Seen
• Saying 18: The End Is in the Beginning
• Saying 19: Before You Came to Be

Sayings 20–39

• Saying 20: The Mustard Seed
• Saying 21: Children in a Borrowed Field
• Saying 22: Making the Two One
• Saying 23: One in a Thousand
• Saying 24: A Person of Light
• Saying 25: Guard Them Like Your Eye
• Saying 26: The Beam in Your Own Eye
• Saying 27: Fasting from the World
• Saying 28: Drunk and Thirsty for Nothing
• Saying 29: Treasure in Poverty
• Saying 30: Where One Is
• Saying 31: No Prophet at Home
• Saying 32: The City on the Mountain
• Saying 33: Preach It from the Rooftops
• Saying 34: The Blind Leading the Blind
• Saying 35: Binding the Strong Man
• Saying 36: Do Not Worry About Your Clothes
• Saying 37: Naked Without Shame
• Saying 38: The Days You Will Seek Me
• Saying 39: The Stolen Keys

Sayings 40–59

• Saying 40: The Vine Outside the Father
• Saying 41: To the One Who Has
• Saying 42: Become Passersby
• Saying 43: The Tree and the Fruit
• Saying 44: The Unforgivable Denial
• Saying 45: Grapes from Thorns
• Saying 46: Greater than John
• Saying 47: Two Horses, Two Masters
• Saying 48: Peace That Moves Mountains
• Saying 49: The Solitary and Elect
• Saying 50: Children of the Light
• Saying 51: It Has Already Come
• Saying 52: The Living One Before You
• Saying 53: The True Circumcision
• Saying 54: Blessed Are the Poor
• Saying 55: Carrying Your Cross
• Saying 56: The World Is a Corpse
• Saying 57: The Weeds and the Wheat
• Saying 58: Blessed Is the One Who Has Toiled
• Saying 59: Look at the Living One Now

Sayings 60–79

• Saying 60: Do Not Become a Corpse
• Saying 61: From What Is Whole
• Saying 62: Mysteries for the Worthy
• Saying 63: The Rich Fool
• Saying 64: The Declined Invitation
• Saying 65: The Vineyard and the Son
• Saying 66: The Rejected Cornerstone
• Saying 67: Knowing Everything but Yourself
• Saying 68: Blessed When They Hate You
• Saying 69: Persecuted in the Heart
• Saying 70: Bring Forth What Is Within You
• Saying 71: The House That Cannot Be Rebuilt
• Saying 72: Not a Divider
• Saying 73: The Harvest Is Great
• Saying 74: Around the Well, Not In It
• Saying 75: The Bridal Chamber
• Saying 76: The Pearl
• Saying 77: The Light Over All · with word-by-word Coptic
• Saying 78: Not a Reed in the Wind
• Saying 79: Blessed Are Those Who Hear and Keep

Sayings 80–99

• Saying 80: The World and the Body
• Saying 81: Rich, Reign; Powerful, Renounce
• Saying 82: Near the Fire
• Saying 83: The Light Hidden in Images
• Saying 84: Your Image Before You Existed
• Saying 85: Worth More than Adam
• Saying 86: Nowhere to Lay His Head
• Saying 87: A Body Leaning on a Body
• Saying 88: The Messengers and What Is Yours
• Saying 89: Inside and Outside the Cup
• Saying 90: My Yoke Is Easy
• Saying 91: Reading the Sky, Missing the Moment
• Saying 92: Ask Me Now
• Saying 93: Pearls and Swine
• Saying 94: The One Who Knocks
• Saying 95: Give Without Return
• Saying 96: The Leaven
• Saying 97: The Jar of Meal
• Saying 98: The Sword in the Wall
• Saying 99: My True Family

Sayings 100–114

• Saying 100: What Belongs to Whom
• Saying 101: My True Mother
• Saying 102: The Dog in the Manger
• Saying 103: Know Where the Robbers Enter
• Saying 104: When the Bridegroom Leaves
• Saying 105: Beyond the Names They Call You
• Saying 106: Children of Humanity
• Saying 107: The Largest Sheep
• Saying 108: Drinking from the Same Mouth
• Saying 109: The Treasure in the Field
• Saying 110: Rich and Renounced
• Saying 111: The Heavens Will Roll Up
• Saying 112: Flesh and Soul at Peace
• Saying 113: Spread Out Upon the Earth
• Saying 114: The Living Spirit

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Keep reading

• What is the Gospel of Thomas?: The Gospel of Thomas: 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, buried near Nag Hammadi around the 4th century and found in 1945. What it says and where to read it free.
• The Gospel of Thomas Daily: the lost gospel in your hands: All 114 secret sayings of Jesus from Nag Hammadi: freshly translated, offline, no ads. One saying a day free on Android and iPhone; one purchase opens them all.