The Gospel of Mary

BG 7, 1-19, 5

[...] (pp. 1-6 missing) will matter then ^| be [destroyed] or not?" The Savior said, ^| "All natures, all formations, all creatures ^| exist in and with one another, ⁵ and they will be resolved again into ^| their own roots. For the ^| nature of matter is resolved into the (roots) of ^| its nature alone. He who has ^| ears to hear, let him hear." ¹⁰

Peter said to him, "Since you have ^| explained everything to us, tell us this also: ^| What is the sin of the world?" ^| The Savior said, "There is no sin, ^| but it is you who make sin when ¹⁵ you do the things that are like the nature of ^| adultery, which is called 'sin'. ^| That is why the Good came ^| into your midst, to the (essence) of every nature, ^| in order to restore it ²⁰ to its root." Then he continued and ^| said, "That is why you ^| [become sick] and die, for [...] 8 of the one who [... He who] ^| understands, let him understand. [Matter gave birth to] a ^| passion that has no equal, ^| which proceeded from (something) contrary to nature. ⁵ Then there arise a disturbance in ^| the whole body. That is why I said to ^| you, 'Be of good courage,' ^| and if you are discouraged ^| (be) encouraged in the presence of the different forms ¹⁰ of nature. He who has ears ^| to hear, let him hear." ^|

When the blessed one had said this, he ^| greeted them all, saying, ^| "Peace be with you. Receive ¹⁵ my peace to yourselves. Beware that no one ^| lead you astray, saying, ^| 'Lo here!' or 'Lo ^| there!' For the Son of Man ^| is within you. Follow ²⁰ after him! Those who seek him will ^| find him. Go then and preach ^| the gospel of the kingdom. Do not 9 lay down any rules beyond what ^| I appointed for you, and do not give ^| a law like the lawgiver lest ^| you be constrained by it." ⁵ When he had said this, he departed.

But they ^| were grieved. They wept greatly, ^| saying, "How shall we go ^| the gentiles and preach ^| the gospel of the kingdom of the Son ¹⁰ of Man? If they did ^| not spare him, how will ^| they spare us?" Then Mary ^| stood up, greeted them all, ^| and said to her brethren, "Do not weep ¹⁵ and do not grieve nor be ^| irresolute, for his grace will be ^| entirely with you and will protect ^| you. But rather let us ^| praise his greatness, for he has ²⁰ prepared us and made us into men." When ^| Mary said this, she turned their hearts ^| to the Good, and they began ^| to discuss the words ^| of the [Savior]. 10

Peter said to Mary, "Sister, ^| we know that the Savior loved you ^| more than the rest of women. ^| Tell us the words of the Savior which you ⁵ remember -- which you know ^| (but) we do not, nor have we heard them." ^| Mary answered and said, ^| "What is hidden from you I will proclaim to you." ^| And she began to speak to them ¹⁰ these words: "I," she said, "I ^| saw the Lord in a vision and I ^| said to him, 'Lord, I saw you ^| today in a vision.' He answered and ^| said to me, 'Blessed are you, that you did not waver ¹⁵ at the sight of me. For where the mind ^| is, there is treasure.' I said ^| to him, 'Lord, now does he who sees the ^| vision see it <through> the soul <or> through ^| the spirit?' The Savior answered and ²⁰ said. 'He does not see through the soul ^| nor through the spirit, but the mind which [is] ^| between the two -- that is [what] ^| sees the vision and it is [...].' (pp. 11-14 missing)

"[...] 15 it. And desire that, ^| 'I did not see you descending, ^| but now I see you ascending. ^| Why do you lie, since you belong to ⁵ me?' The soul answered and ^| said, 'I saw you. You did not see me ^| nor recognize me. I served ^| you as a garment, and you did not know me.' ^| When it had said this, it went away rejoicing ¹⁰ greatly.

"Again it came to the ^| third power, which is ^| called ignorance. [It (the power)] ^| questioned the soul saying, ^| 'Where are you going? In ¹⁵ wickedness are you bound. ^| But you are bound; do not judge!' And ^| the soul said, 'why do you judge ^| me although I have not judged? I was bound ^| though I have not bound. I was not ²⁰ recognized. But I have recognized that ^| the All is being dissolved, both the ^| earthly (things) 16 and the heavenly.'

When the soul ^| had overcome the third power, ^| it went upwards and saw ^| the fourth power, (which) took ⁵ seven forms. The first form ^| is darkness, the second ^| desire, the third ^| ignorance, the fourth is the excitement of ^| death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, ¹⁰ the sixth is the foolish wisdom ^| of flesh, the seventh is the ^| wrathful wisdom. These are the seven ^| [powers] of wrath. They ask ^| the soul, 'Whence do you come, ¹⁵ slayer of men, or where are you going, ^| conqueror of space?' The soul answered ^| and said, 'What binds ^| me has been slain, and what surrounds ^| me has been overcome, and my desire ²⁰ has been ended, and ignorance ^| has died. In a [world] I was released 17 from a world, [and] in a ^| type from a heavenly type, ^| and (from) the fetter of oblivion which ^| is transient. From this time on ⁵ will I attain to the rest of the ^| time, of the season, of the aeon, in ^| silence.'"

When Mary had said ^| this, she fell silent, since it was to this point that the Savior ^| had spoken with her. ¹⁰ But Andrew answered and said ^| to the brethren, "Say what you (wish to) say ^| about what she has said. ^| I at least do not believe that ^| the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings ^| are strange ideas." ^| Peter answered and spoke concerning ^| these same things. He ^| questioned them about the Savior: "Did he really ^| speak with a woman without our ²⁰ knowledge (and) not openly? Are we to ^| turn about and all listen ^| to her? Did he prefer her to us?" 18

Then Mary wept and said to ^| Peter, "My brother Peter, what do you ^| think? Do you think that I ^| thought this up myself in my ⁵ heart, or that I am lying about the Savior?" ^| Levi answered and said to Peter, ^| "Peter, you have always been ^| hot-tempered. Now I see you ^| contending against the woman like ¹⁰ the adversaries. But if the ^| Savior made her worthy, who are you ^| indeed to reject her? Surely ^| the Savior knows her ^| very well. That is why he loved her more ¹⁵ than us. Rather let us be ashamed and ^| put on the perfect man ^| and acquire him for ourselves ^| as he ^| commanded us, and preach ^| the gospel, not laying down ²⁰ any other rule or other law ^| beyond what the Savior said." When 19 [...] and they began to ^| go forth [to] proclaim and to preach.

[The] Gospel ^|
according to ⁵
Mary

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