I learnt there's a book called "The book of Judas". Some say it could be called "The book for Judas", or even, "The Gospel of Judas".
Note: What am about to quote or say next is a part of so called, "Book of Judas". Which entails a conversation between Jesus and His disciples (Judas especially), when they sat together a certain time.
It says, "One day he was with his disciples in Judea. He found them sitting together practicing their piety. When he [came up to] his disciples
34. sitting together praying over the bread, [he] laughed.
The disciples said to him, "Master, why are you laughing at [our] prayer? What have we done? [This] is what's right."
He answered and said to them, "I'm not laughing at you. You're not doing this because you want to, but because through this your God [will be] praised."
They said, "Master, you […] are the Son of our God!"
Jesus said to them, "How do [you] know me? Truly [I] say to you, no generation of the people among you will know me."
When his disciples heard this, [they] started to get angry and furious and started to curse him in their hearts.
But when Jesus noticed their ignorance, [he said] to them, "Why are you letting your anger trouble you? Has your God within you and [his stars]
35. become angry with your souls? If any of you is [strong enough] among humans to bring out the perfect Humanity, stand up and face me."
All of them said, "We're strong enough." But their spirits weren't brave enough to stand before [him] – except Judas Iscariot. He was able to stand before him, but he couldn't look him in the eye, so he looked away.
Judas [said] to him, "I know who you are and where you've come from. You've come from the immortal realm of Barbelo, and I'm not worthy to utter the name of the one who's sent you."
Then Jesus, knowing that he was thinking about what's exalted, said to him, "Come away from the others and I'll tell you the mysteries of the kingdom. Not so that you'll go there, but you'll grieve much
36. because someone else will replace you to complete the twelve [elements] before their God."
Judas said to him, "When will you tell me these things, and when will the great day of light dawn for the generation […]?"
But when he said these things, Jesus left him."
Now, maybe you should read the above twice or thrice for you to really understand what happened (according to this book of Judas).
But then, you would never be able to actually understand the genuine contrast between these passages and that of the Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke with John, if you haven't thoroughly read through them deliberately and dedicatedly.
I would be carefully considering this part of Judas' book in comparison with the Holy Bible you already know.
1. Jesus Laughed at His disciples' Prayers.
"...He found them sitting together practicing their piety. When he [came up to] his disciples sitting together praying over the bread, [he] laughed...I'm not laughing at you. You're not doing this because you want to, but because through this your God [will be] praised."
Now, Jesus laughed at the piety (prayer) of His disciples, why? Because through their kind of prayers, their "God" would be praised. Wow!
So, Jesus referred to the God the disciples prayed to as 'your God'. It means the book of Judas is simply saying that their God was different from His (Christ's) God. In order words, the God of the Old Testament, which of course was the God that the disciples believed on even before Jesus came, was not the same God that sent Him (Christ) in the New Testament (According to Judas' book). Isn't this contradictory to the Bible you know?
Let's look at a couple of passages from the Holy Bible:
A. Luke 11:1, "And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil."
B. Matthew 6:28, "And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?"
From the two passages above, it is clear that Jesus was talking about the same God who created the earth, right? He clearly mentioned lilies of the field, and grass of the field, which were all created by the same so-called 'God' that the disciples prayed to which Jesus laughed them for (in Judas' book). How come also, He thought the disciples how to pray (of course to the same God)?
Furthermore, He thought them how to pray, "...Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth..." Why would Jesus (in Judas' book) allow the disciples to keep praying to a "lesser so-called Old Testament Creator God?" And He even laughed and ignored their ignorance, saying they did it so their own God (Old Testament God) would be praised. Then, now, in Luke's Gospel, He taught them how to pray. To which of the "Gods, if I may ask"? The one they were praying to (according to Judas' book) or the one He (Jesus) prayed to?
Listen carefully, the God in the Old Testament was the God who called Abraham out of his idol-worshipping land, then gave him a purpose, a pursuit and a promise to make him a great nation and a father of many more. He then gave him Isaac, and Isaac, Jacob, who became the Israel we always talk about.