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Unity and Mountain

Data

(1a) Thom 48
(1b) Thom 106
See also: 1 Cor 13:2
See also: Mark 11:22-23 = Matt 21:21
See also: Matt 17:19-21 = (!) Luke 17:6

 

Texts

(1a) Thom 48

/48/ Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in a single house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move from here!' and it will move." [Complete Gospels]

 

(1b) Thom 106

/106/ Jesus said, "when you make the two one, you will become the sons of man, and when you say, 'Mountain, move away,' it will move away. [Complete Gospels]

 

See also: 1 Cor 13:2

/13:2/ And if I have the gift of prophesy, and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

 

See also: Mark 11:22-23 = Matt 21:21

/11:22/ Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. /11:23/ Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you.

/21:21/ Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will be done.

 

See also: Matt 17:19-21 = (!) Luke 17:6

/17:19/ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" /17:20/ He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting."

/17:6/ The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

 

 

Notes

John Dominic Crossan

Item: 298
Stratum: II (60-80 CE)
Attestation: Single
Historicity: -
Common Sayings Tradition: No

 
 
 

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