[Excerpts from the Essene Gospel of John, a direct translation from the Aramaic of the pure
original words of Jesus....]
"What are the sins that we must shun, that we may nevermore see disease?"
And Jesus Answered...
"It was said to them of old time, Honor thy Heavenly Father and thy Earthly Mother, and do their
commandments, that thy days may be long upon the Earth." And next afterward was given this
commandment, "Thou shalt not kill", for life is given to all by God, and that which God has
given, let not man take away. For I tell you truly, from, from one Mother proceeds all that lives
upon the Earth. Therefore he who kills, kills his brother. And from him will the Earth Mother
turn away, and will pluck from him her quickening breasts. And he will be shunned by her angels
and Satan will have his dwelling in his body. And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will
become his own tomb. For I tell you truly he who kills, kills himself, and whosoever eats the
flesh of slain beasts, eats the body of death. And their death will become his death. For the
wages of sin is death. Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, lest you become
the slaves of Satan. For that is the path of sufferings, and it leads unto death. But do the will
of God, that His angels may serve you on the way of life. Obey therefore, the words of God:"Behold,
I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the Earth, and every tree,
in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of
the Earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the Earth, wherein
is the breath of life, I give every green herb for meat. Also the milk of everything that moveth
and liveth upon each shall be meat for you; even as the green herb I have given unto them, so I
give their milk unto you. But flesh, and the blood which quickens it, shall ye not eat." And
Jesus continued: "God commanded your forefathers: "Thou shalt not kill". But their heart was
hardened and they killed. Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he
suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and
they killed men and beasts likewise. But I say to you: "Kill neither men nor beasts, nor yet the
food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if
you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from
death comes always death. For everything which kills your food will kill your bodies also....And
your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, like-wise become what your thoughts
are."