Translated by Mark M. Mattison
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These are the hidden sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
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Saying 60: Don't Become a Corpse
They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb to Judea. He said to his disciples, "What do you think he's going to do with that lamb?"
They said to him, "He's going to kill it and eat it."
He said to them, "While it's living, he won't eat it, but only after he kills it and it becomes a corpse."
They said, "He can't do it any other way."
He said to them, "You, too, look for a resting place, so that you won't become a corpse and be eaten."
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