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Matthew puts the saying about the good and evil person's treasure soon after the saying on blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. The Gospel of Thomas has the two sayings in the same order, one of the few places where its order matches the Synoptic Gospels.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Matthew 12:35
New Testament
31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. 33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart. 35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
Gospel of Thomas 1:45
Nag Hammadi
44 Jesus said, “Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the Son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither on earth nor in heaven.” 45 Jesus said, “Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs gathered from thistles; for they do not produce fruit. Good people bring forth good from their treasure; bad people bring forth evil from their evil treasure in their heart and say evil things. For out of the abundance of the heart they bring forth evil.” 46 Jesus said, “From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women, no one is greater than John the Baptist so that his eyes should not be averted. Yet I have said that whoever among you will become a child will know the kingdom and will become greater than John.”
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Notes and References
“... Those who argue that Gos. Thom. is dependent on the Synoptics not only must explain the differences in wording and order, but also give a reason for Gos. Thom.’s choice of genre and the absence of the gospels’ narrative material in the text. [...] There are only four instances in which Gos. Thom.’s order approximates that of sections of the NT: (1) saying 32 (Matt 5:14b) saying 33.2 (Matt 5:15 = Luke 11:33 = Mark 4:21 par.) (2) saying 43.3 (cf. Matt 7:16a, 17–18; 12:33 = Luke 6:43–44a) saying 44 (Matt 12:31–32 = Luke 12:10 = Mark 3:28–29) saying 45.1 (Matt 7:16b = Luke 6:44b) saying 45.2 (Matt 12:35 = Luke 6:45ab) saying 45.3 (Matt 12:34b = Luke 6:45c) (3) saying 65 (Matt 21:33–39 = Mark 12:1–8 = Luke 20:9–15) saying 66 (Matt 21:42 = Mark 12:10 = Luke 20:17) (4) saying 92.1 (Matt 7:7b = Luke 11:9b) saying 93 (Matt 7:6) saying 94 (Matt 7:8bc = Luke 11:10bc) For those who argue that Gos. Thom. is independent of the Synoptics, these parallels present a problem that cannot readily be resolved according to current assumptions about documentary relationships. [...] In Gos. Thom. these particular sequences are arranged according to similarity in form, shared theme, and catchword association. Only saying 44 disrupts the proverbial features of these four sets—and it seems to have been inserted as a judicial threat, to warn the “disciples” (mentioned in saying 43.1) of the perils of misconstruing the identity of Jesus, manifest in his words. ...”
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