His disciples said to him, "When will....the new world come ?"
He said to them, "What you look forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it."
His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
He said to them, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying , 'Here it is' or 'There it is.' Rather, the Father's kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and men don't see it."
He said to them, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying , 'Here it is' or 'There it is.' Rather, the Father's kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and men don't see it."
-The Gospel of Thomas 42.7 -51.18, in NHL 123-130
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