Apocrypha · Chapter 82 of 114
Visions and Mandates
And the Shepherd began to examine the stones. Some he found black, others rough, others with crevices, others short, others white and round.
2And he said: 'These round stones cannot enter the building unless they are cut and made square.'
3But if they are cut, they will be very small. Put them aside, perhaps in the future they may be useful.'
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Visions, commandments and parables received by a former slave in Rome, debating whether there is a second chance after grave sin. It was read as Scripture in several ancient churches.