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Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Section 13

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13. And His father was a carpenter, and at that

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time

made

ploughs

and

yokes

.

And

a

certain

rich

man

ordered

him

to

make

him

a

couch

.

And

one

of

what

is

called

the

cross

pieces

being

too

short

,

they

did

not

know

what

to

do

.

The

child

Jesus

said

to

His

father

Joseph

:

Put

down

the

two

pieces

of

wood

,

and

make

them

even

in

the

middle

.

And

Joseph

did

as

the

child

said

to

him

.

And

Jesus

stood

at

the

other

end

,

and

took

hold

of

the

shorter

piece

of

wood

,

and

stretched

it

,

and

made

it

equal

to

the

other

.

And

His

father

Joseph

saw

it

,

and

wondered

,

and

embraced

the

child

,

and

blessed

Him

,

saying

:

Blessed

am

I

,

because

God

has

given

me

this

child

.

Notes

15
Pseudo-Matt. 37.