“... (5) This hypothesis becomes all the more likely when we notice that, while the Gospel of Thomas regularly censors out elements of Synoptic redaction, now and then a trace of the order or theological tendencies of the Synoptic Gospels survives. The survival of the Synoptic order in a few places is especially striking since—as we have seen—Thomas reorders the Synoptic sayings around clusters of similar motifs and catchwords. For example, the order of Luke 10:8–9 peeks through in part of saying 14: “If you fast you will acquire sin. . . . And when you go into any land, when they receive you, eat whatever they will set before you (= Luke 10:8). Heal those among them who are sick (= Luke 10:9). For nothing that enters your mouth will defile you . . . .” Thomas has gathered these diverse sayings around the leitmotif of eating (fasting, eating what is set before you, what enters your mouth). The reference to healing is completely intrusive in Thomas' context; it plays no function, comes from nowhere, and goes nowhere. Or rather, it comes clearly from Luke 10:9, where it makes sense within Luke's missionary discourse, following Luke 10:8 and introducing the proclamation of the coming of the kingdom in Luke 10:9b. Indeed, so closely does Luke 10:9 follow upon Luke 10:8 that it has followed it straight into the Gospel of Thomas, even though it makes no sense there, given the leitmotif Thomas has chosen for his cluster. ...”