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Section 5

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5. And Joseph called the child apart, and admonished Him

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,

saying

:

Why

doest

thou

such

things

,

and

these

people

suffer

,

and

hate

us

,

and

persecute

us

?

And

Jesus

said

:

I

know

that

these

words

of

thine

are

not

thine

own

;

nevertheless

for

thy

sake

I

will

be

silent

;

but

they

shall

bear

their

punishment

.

And

straightway

those

that

accused

Him

were

struck

blind

.

And

those

who

saw

it

were

much

afraid

and

in

great

perplexity

,

and

said

about

Him

:

Every

word

which

he

spoke

,

whether

good

or

bad

,

was

an

act

,

and

became

a

wonder

.

And

when

they

saw

that

Jesus

had

done

such

a

thing

,

Joseph

rose

and

took

hold

of

His

ear

,

and

pulled

it

hard

.

And

the

child

was

very

angry

,

and

said

to

him

:

It

is

enough

for

thee

to

seek

,

and

not

to

find

;

and

most

certainly

thou

hast

not

done

wisely

.

Knowest

thou

not

that

I

am

thine

?

Do

not

trouble

me

.

Notes

5
Or, are not mine, but thine.
6
Pseudo-Matt. 29. [The numerous references to the latter part of Pseudo-Matthæi, see pp. 378–383, shows the close relationship. But it is generally agreed that this narrative is the older, and one of the sources of Pseudo-Matthæi.—R.]