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Book Review of "The Lost Gospel, The Book of Q" by Burton L. Mack
Book Review of "The Lost Gospel,
The Book of Q and Christian Origins"
by Burton L. Mack
Review by Bill Schaeffer
copyright (c) 2013, 2018
William Schaeffer
Excerpts from
THE ORIGINAL BOOK OF Q
These are the teachings of Jesus.
Seeing the crowds, he said to his disciples,
"How fortunate are the poor; they have God's kingdom.
How fortunate the hungry; they will be fed.
How fortunate are those who are crying; they will laugh."
"I am telling you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
If someone slaps you on the cheek, offer your other cheek as well. If anyone grabs your coat, let him have our shirt as well.
Give to anyone who asks, and if someone takes away your belongings, do not ask to have them back.
As you want people to treat you, do the same to them.
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even tax collectors love those who love them, do they not? And if you embrace only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Doesn't everybody do that? If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even wrongdoers lend to their kind because they expect to be repaid.
Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting anything in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of God.
For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good; he sends rain on the just and on the unjust."
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"How can you look for the splinter in your brother's eye and not notice the stick in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the splinter in your eye,' when you do not see the stick in your own eye?
You hypocrite, first take the stick from your own eye, and then you can see to remove the splinter that is in your brother's eye."
"A good tree does not bear rotten fruit; a rotten tree does not bear good fruit. Are figs gathered from thorns, or grapes from thistles? Every tree is known by its fruit.
The good man produces good things from his store of goods and treasures; and the evil man evil things.
For the mouth speaks from a full heart."
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When someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go," Jesus answered, "Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
When another said, "Let me first go and bury my father," Jesus said, "Leave the dead to bury their dead."
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Go. Look, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
Do not carry money, or bag, or sandals, or staff; and do not greet anyone on the road.
Whatever house you enter, say 'Peace be to this house!' And if a child of peace is there, your greeting will be received [literally, "your peace will rest upon him"], But if not, let your peace return to you.
And stay in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.
And if you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Pay attention to the sick and say to them, 'God's kingdom has come near to you.'
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"I am telling you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Think of the ravens. They do not plant, harvest, or store grin in barns, and God feeds them. Aren't you worth more than the birds? Which one of you can add a single day to your life by worrying?
And why do you worry about clothing? Think of the way lilies grow. They do not work or spin. But even Solomon in all his splendor was not as magnificent. If God puts beautiful clothes on the grass that is in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into furnace, won't he put clothes on you, faint hearts?
So don't worry, thinking, 'What will we eat,' or 'What will we drink,' or 'What will we wear?' For everybody in the whole world does that, and your father knows that you need these things.
Instead, make sure of his rule over you, and all things will be yours as well."
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"Whoever does not hate his father and mother will not be able to learn from me. Whoever does not hate his son and daughter cannot belong to my school.
Whoever does not accept his cross [bear up under condemnation] and so become my follower, cannot be one of my students.
Whoever tried to protect his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life on account of me will preserve it."
"Salt is good; but if salt loses its taste, how can it be restored? It is not good for either the land or the manure pile. People just throw it out."
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