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Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Section 2

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2. This child Jesus, when five years old, was

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playing

in

the

ford

of

a

mountain

stream

;

and

He

collected

the

flowing

waters

into

pools

,

and

made

them

clear

immediately

,

and

by

a

word

alone

He

made

them

obey

Him

.

And

having

made

some

soft

clay

,

He

fashioned

out

of

it

twelve

sparrows

.

And

it

was

the

Sabbath

when

He

did

these

things

.

And

there

were

also

many

other

children

playing

with

Him

.

And

a

certain

Jew

,

seeing

what

Jesus

was

doing

,

playing

on

the

Sabbath

,

went

off

immediately

,

and

said

to

his

father

Joseph

:

Behold

,

thy

son

is

at

the

stream

,

and

has

taken

clay

,

and

made

of

it

twelve

birds

,

and

has

profaned

the

Sabbath

.

And

Joseph

,

coming

to

the

place

and

seeing

,

cried

out

to

Him

,

saying

:

Wherefore

doest

thou

on

the

Sabbath

what

it

is

not

lawful

to

do

?

And

Jesus

clapped

His

hands

,

and

cried

out

to

the

sparrows

,

and

said

to

them

:

Off

you

go

!

And

the

sparrows

flew

,

and

went

off

crying

.

And

the

Jews

seeing

this

were

amazed

,

and

went

away

and

reported

to

their

chief

men

what

they

had

seen

Jesus

doing

.

Notes

1
Pseudo-Matt. 26, etc.