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New Testament gospels have Jesus saying “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is his.” The non-canonical Book of Thomas quotes Jesus adding “…and give me what’s mine.”
Could both be right?
The non-canonical Gospel of Thomas (written about the same time frame as canonical gospels) concludes by quoting St. Peter as suggesting to “make Mary (Magdalene) leave us, for females don’t deserve life.” What’s going on?
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The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all quote Jesus saying to “render unto Caesar the thing s that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”
The non-canonical Gospel of Thomas has Jesus also saying “and give me what’s mine.”