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A heavy timber and its shadow dominate a tiny splinter on a rough bench.
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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

English witness: . .

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

    Gospel of Thomas 26:1

    The Beam and the Splinter

    Story guide: The contrast in wooden scale accompanies the beam-and-splinter comparison, without depicting literal objects in anyone’s eye.

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    1Jesus said, “The splinter that is in your brother’s eye, you see it; but the beam that is in your own eye, you do not see it. When you take the beam out of your own eye, then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.”

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