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The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XXVIII. His Mother and Brethren Would Speak with Jesus—from Ship Talks to Hearers on the Shore: Three Parables on Seeds, One on the Candle (34)
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (33)
Jesus said, "Preach from your housetops that which you will hear in your ear {(and) in the other ear}. For no one lights a lamp and puts it under a...
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (24)
His disciples said to Him, "Show us the place where You are, since it is necessary for us to seek it." He said to them, "Whoever has ears, let him...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (14)
As when a Man kindles a Wax Candle, it gives Light, but when it is put out, then is the Snuff or Candle Darkness: Thus also the Light shines from all...
Gospel of Philip
Eternal Light (Eternal Light)
Everyone who [enters] the bedchamber will kindle the [light. This is] like marriages that occur [in secret and] take place at night.…
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter III: The Objects of Faith and Hope Perceived By the Mind Alone. (5)
"Then you don't think that I have sought?" "Yes, if you think you do not know." So with the lamps of the wise virgins, lighted at night in the great...
Mundaka Upanishad
Second Mundaka, Second Khanda (10)
The sun does not thine there, nor the moon and the stars, nor these lightnings, and much less this fire. When he shines, everything shines after him;...
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (5)
Jesus said, "Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you. For there is nothing hidden which will not...
Chapter 26: Of the Planet Saturnus (24)
For he can no more see in the Light of the Sun, but in the Darkness; for he is not become a Creature in this Light, and therefore it is not profitable...
Katha Upanishad
Fifth Vallī (15)
When he shines, everything shines after him; by his light all this is lighted.'...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (132)
For when thy Light is extinguished, then thou standest in the Darkness, and in the Darkness the Wrath of God is hidden, and if thou awakenest it, then...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter X: The Opinion of the Apostles on Veiling the Mysteries of the Faith. (6)
Wherefore instruction, which reveals hidden things, is called illumination, as it is the teacher only who uncovers the lid of the ark, contrary to...