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A hand holds a tiny mustard seed above worked soil.
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Historical Library · Nag Hammadi

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Anonymous. The prologue attributes the sayings to Didymos Judas Thomas; this is not proof of historical authorship.

Nag Hammadi Codex II (NHAM 02), pp. 32–51 · Sahidic Coptic with Lycopolitan features

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Prologue 0 and sayings 1-114 are retained. Numbered paragraphs within a saying are modern reader units, not ancient verse numbering.

    Gospel of Thomas 20:1

    A Small Seed

    From Seed to Shelter · Gospel of Thomas 20

    Story guide: The small seed supplies the parable’s starting scale before the image sequence turns to sheltering branches.

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    1The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us what the kingdom of the heavens is like.” He said to them, “It is like a mustard seed—the smallest of all seeds; but when it falls upon worked soil, it produces a great branch and becomes a shelter for the birds of the sky.”

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