Simplify the following text for a Grade 3 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Coptic language text , the second of seven contained in what modern-day scholars have designated as Codex II , is composed of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus . Almost half of these sayings resemble those found in the Canonical Gospels , while the other sayings were previously unknown .
Simplified: There are 114 sayings in the text .