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Gospel of Thomas 53

Disciples Question Circumcision

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1His disciples said to him, “Does circumcision benefit or not?” He said to them, “If it were beneficial, their father would beget them circumcised from their mother. Rather, the circumcision of truth in spirit has become entirely profitable.”

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