reincarnation

²⁷And in the same manner as it has been appointed for men to die one time, and after this, to be judged,

⁷and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.

¹⁰Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he? ¹¹It is as if the waters had receded from the sea and an emptied river had dried up; ¹²just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.

³⁹And he remembered that they are flesh: with a spirit that goes forth and does not return.

¹⁹A certain man was wealthy, and he was clothed in purple and in fine linen. And he feasted splendidly every day. ²⁰And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, covered with sores, ²¹wanting to be filled with the crumbs which were falling from the wealthy man’s table. But no one gave it to him. And even the dogs came and licked his sores. ²²Then it happened that the beggar died, and he was carried by the Angels into the bosom of Abraham. Now the wealthy man also died, and he was entombed in Hell. ²³Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴And crying out, he said: ‘Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to refresh my tongue. For I am tortured in this fire.’

¹⁴Do you suppose that a dead man will live again? On each of the days in which I now battle, I wait until my transformation occurs.

⁴⁶And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the just shall go into eternal life.”

²³But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Would I be able to bring him back anymore? Instead, I will go to him. Yet truly, he will not return to me.”

²²And I wish that a man might be so judged before God, just as the son of man is judged with his assistant!

⁹Just as a cloud is consumed and passes away, so he who descends to hell will not ascend. ¹⁰He will not return again to his house, nor will his own place know him any longer.

⁴³And Jesus said to him, “Amen I say to you, this day you shall be with me in Paradise.”

⁸So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.

¹⁴We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.

¹Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. ²He went to Jesus at night, and he said to him: “Rabbi, we know that you have arrived as a teacher from God. For no one would be able to accomplish these signs, which you accomplish, unless God were with him.” ³Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.” ⁴Nicodemus said to him: “How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be reborn?” ⁵Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

²⁸Do not be amazed at this. For the hour is coming in which all who are in the grave shall hear the voice of the Son of God. ²⁹And those who have done good shall go forth to the resurrection of life. Yet truly, those who have done evil shall go to the resurrection of judgment.

¹⁷And he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah, so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the incredulous to the prudence of the just, so as to prepare for the Lord a completed people.”

¹And Jesus, while passing by, saw a man blind from birth. ²And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” ³Jesus responded: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God would be made manifest in him. ⁴I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no one is able to work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ⁶When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and he made clay from the spittle, and he smeared the clay over his eyes.

²¹before I depart and return no more to a land that is dark and covered with the fog of death,