12 Then will the good shine forth as suns in the kingdom of the soul.
13 And Philip said, Must men and women suffer in the flames because they have not found the way of life?
14 And Jesus said, The fire purifies. The chemist throws into the fire the ores that hold all kinds of dross.
15 The useless metal seems to be consumed; but not a grain of gold is lost.
16 There is no man that has not in him gold that cannot be destroyed. The evil things of men are all consumed in fire; the gold survives.
17 The inner kingdom of the soul I may explain in parables:
18 The son of man goes forth and scatters seeds of truth; God waters well the soil; the seeds show life and grow; first comes the blade, and then the stalk, and then the ear, and then the full wheat in the ear.
19 The harvest comes and, lo, the reapers bear the ripened sheaves into the garner of the Lord.
20 Again, this kingdom of the soul is like a little seed that men may plant in fertile soil.
21 (A thousand of these seeds would scarcely be a shekel’s weight.)