Logion 21

LG21 The thieves in the night

Mary said to Jesus:
Who do your disciples look like?
He said:
They are like children who live in a country that is not theirs.
When the owners of the land come, they will say:
give us back our country.
They will undress in their presence
to leave the land to them and give it back.
That is why I say:
If the owner of a house knows that the thief is coming,
will he stay awake until he comes,
and do not allow him to break into his house,
to carry his belongings away from it.
As far as you are concerned
heed the beginning of the world.
Protect yourself with great power,
lest the robbers find a way to you,
because the danger that you expect will certainly show up.
May there be someone among you who understands this well:
When the grain became ripe,
rushed the thief with his sickle and reaped it.
He who has ears, let him hear!