Dialogue of the Savior 13

1Mary said: “I want to understand everything, [precisely as] it is.”

2The Lord said: “Whoever looks for life, this will be their wealth, because the [rest] the world (gives) is false, and its gold and silver are deceitful.”

3His disciples asked him: “What should we do so that our work will be completed?”

4The Lord [said] to them: “Be prepared in any circumstance. Blessed is the one who has known [] [fighting and who has beheld] the battle with his eyes. He has neither killed nor has [he] been killed, but has instead come forth victorious.”

5Judas asked: “Lord, tell me, what is the beginning of the path?”

6He said: “Love and goodness. If only one of these had existed among the archons, evil would never have come into being.”

7Matthew said: “Lord, you have spoken concerning the end of all things without difficulty.”

8The Lord said: “You have understood everything I told you, and you have accepted it faithfully. If you know it, it belongs to you. If you do not, it does not belong to you.”

9They asked him: “To which place are we going?”

10The Lord said: “Occupy the place that you can reach.”

11Mary asked: “Is everything set up in this way visible?”

12The Lord said: “I have told you that the one who can see (is the same one who) reveals.”

13His disciples, the twelve, asked him: “Teacher, [with] [] tranquility [. . .] teach us [. . .].”

14The Lord said: “[If you have understood] everything I have [said to you], you will [become deathless, because] you [. . .] everything.”

15Mary said: “One thing only will I [say] to the Lord, concerning the secret of truth. It is in this that we stand, and in this we are transparent to what pertains to the world.”

16Judas said to Matthew: “We want to understand with what kind of garments we are to be clothed when we depart from the destructibility of the [flesh].”

17The Lord said: “The governors and the administrators possess garments that are given only for a time and that do not endure. You, however, as the sons of truth, are not to clothe yourselves with these garments that endure only for a time. I say to you instead, you will be blessed when you remove your garments, because [] [to lay aside what is] outward is not a great thing.”

18[. . .] said: “Is it I who speak and is it I who receive [. . .]?”

19The Lord said: “Yes, [one who receives] your Father in [a logical way].”