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Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Section 12

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12. And again in seed-time the child went out

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with

His

father

to

sow

corn

in

their

land

.

And

while

His

father

was

sowing

,

the

child

Jesus

also

sowed

one

grain

of

corn

.

And

when

He

had

reaped

it

,

and

threshed

it

,

He

made

a

hundred

kors

;

and

calling

all

the

poor

of

the

village

to

the

threshing

-

floor

,

He

gave

them

the

corn

,

and

Joseph

took

away

what

was

left

of

the

corn

.

And

He

was

eight

years

old

when

He

did

this

miracle

.

Notes

13
The kor or chomer was, according to Jahn, 32 pecks 1 pint.
14
Pseudo-Matt. 34.