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Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Section 17

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17. And after this the infant of one of Joseph’s neighbours

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fell

sick

and

died

,

and

its

mother

wept

sore

.

And

Jesus

heard

that

there

was

great

lamentation

and

commotion

,

and

ran

in

haste

,

and

found

the

child

dead

,

and

touched

his

breast

,

and

said

:

I

say

to

thee

,

child

,

be

not

dead

,

but

live

,

and

be

with

thy

mother

.

And

directly

it

looked

up

and

laughed

.

And

He

said

to

the

woman

:

Take

it

,

and

give

it

milk

,

and

remember

me

.

And

seeing

this

,

the

crowd

that

was

standing

by

wondered

,

and

said

:

Truly

this

child

was

either

God

or

an

angel

of

God

,

for

every

word

of

his

is

a

certain

fact

.

And

Jesus

went

out

thence

,

playing

with

the

other

children

.

Notes

20
Pseudo-Matt. 40.