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CHAPTER 113
1. When then the Saviour had said this unto his disciples he said unto them: "Understand
ye in what manner I discourse with you?"
2. And Mary again started forward and said: "Yea, my Lord, I understand in what manner
thou dost discourse with me, and I will comprehend them all [sc. thy words]. Now,

therefore, concerning these words which thou sayest, my mind hath brought forward
four thoughts in me and my light-man hath led me and exulted and seethed, desiring to
come forth out of me and enter into thee. Now, therefore, my Lord, hearken that I may
tell thee the four thoughts which have arisen in me.
3. "The first thought hath arisen in me concerning the word which thou hast spoken: 'Now,

therefore, the soul giveth the apology and seal unto all the rulers who are in the region
of the king, the Adamas, and giveth the apology and the honour and the glory of all their
seals and the songs of praise to the region of the Light,'--concerning this word then thou
hast spoken unto us aforetime, when they brought thee the piece of money and thou
didst see that it was of silver and copper and didst ask: 'Whose is this image?' They said:
'The king's.' And when thou sawest that it was of silver and copper mixed, thou saidst:

'Give therefore the king's unto the king and God's unto God,'--that is: If the soul
receiveth mysteries, it giveth the apology to all the rulers and to the region of the king,
the Adamas; and the soul giveth the honour and the glory to all those of the region of
the Light. And the word: 'It hath glistened, when thou didst see that it is made up of

silver and copper,'--it is the type thereof, that in it [sc. the soul] is the power of the
Light, which is the refined silver, and that in it is the counterfeiting spirit, which is the
material copper. This, my Lord, is the first thought.

4. "The second thought is on the other hand that which thou hast just said unto us
concerning the soul which receiveth the mysteries: 'If it cometh into the region of the

rulers of the way of the midst, they come forth to meet it in exceedingly great fear and
they are afraid of it. And the soul giveth the mystery of the fear unto them and they are
afraid before it. And it giveth the destiny to its region, and it giveth the counterfeiting
spirit to its own region, and it giveth the apology and the seals to every one of the rulers

who are on the ways, and it giveth the honour and the glory and the laud of the seals
and the songs of praise to all those of the region of the Light,'--concerning this word, my
Lord, thou hast spoken aforetime through the mouth of our brother Paul: 'Give tax to
whom tax is due, give fear to whom fear is due, give tribute to whom tribute is due, give
honour to whom honour is due, and give laud to whom laud is due, and owe not any
other anything,'--that is, my Lord: The soul which receiveth mysteries, giveth apology to

all regions. This, my Lord, is the second thought.