Chapter 11

1Said Tom§s : O my son, him who spoke to thee the word of God which became to thee the cause of life, and gave to thee the signet-ring of honour, love as the apple of thine eye ; and be mindful of him by day and night, and honour him as God most high. For the place where they remember the name of God, God is there ; as and visit those other holy ones every day, that thou mayest rest on their word : and he who approaches to the holy will become holy like them. And honour them as much as thou canst : both with thy toil and the work of thy hands sustain them : since God has made thee )o worthy to find from them sustenance spiritual and that of the body, and eternal life, it is proper for thee to give them the perishable food of this world ; because * the labourer is worthy of his hire ' : ' thou shalt not muzzle the ox in the threshing-floor ' : * who planteth a vine and eateth not of its fruit?'