The Parable of the Empty Jar

parable · parable of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas: “The kingdom […] is like a […] woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking […] the handle […] broke and the meal emptied out […] When she reached her house, she […] found it empty.”

A woman carries a jar of meal along a road; the handle breaks, the meal spills behind her, and she knows nothing until she reaches home. It is not in the four gospels — it belongs to the Gospel of Thomas, which the church did not receive, and it is kept here and marked rather than dropped.

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