Dialogue of the Savior 12

1The disciples asked him: “What is the fullness, and what is the deficiency?”

2He answered them: “You came from the fullness, and you dwell in the place of the deficiency.

3And behold, his light has poured down on me.”

4Matthew asked: “Lord, tell me how those who are dead die, and how those who are living live.”

5[] The Lord said: “[You have] asked me concerning a [true] saying that eye has not seen, and you are the only ones from whom I have heard it. I, however, say to you that when what animates a person is removed, he will be called dead, and when what is alive <enters into> what is dead, it will be called alive.”

6Judas asked: “To speak truly, why do some <die> and some live?”

7The Lord said: “Whatever comes from the truth will not die. Whatever comes from woman will die.”

8Mary asked: “Tell me, Lord, why have I come to this place to profit, or to lose?”

9The Lord answered: “You reveal the wealth of the revealer.”

10Mary asked him: “Lord, is there consequently a place that is forsaken (by) or that lacks the truth?”

11The Lord said: “The place where I do not dwell.”

12Mary said: “Lord, you inspire fear and wonder, [] even [like a consuming fire] to those who know [you] not.”

13Matthew asked: “Why do we not rest at once?”

14The Lord said: “By leaving behind what you cannot take with you, you will then rest.”

15Matthew asked: “How does the small harmonize with the great?”

16The Lord said: “By leaving behind these burdens.”