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Chapter V.—How the Citizens Were Enraged Against Joseph on Account of the Doings of Jesus.

And a few days after, as Jesus was walking through the

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town

with

Joseph

,

one

of

the

children

ran

up

and

struck

Jesus

on

the

arm

.

And

Jesus

said

to

him

:

So

shalt

thou

not

finish

thy

journey

.

And

immediately

he

fell

to

the

ground

,

and

died

.

And

those

who

saw

these

wonderful

things

cried

out

,

saying

:

Whence

is

that

boy

?

And

they

said

to

Joseph

:

It

is

not

right

for

such

a

boy

to

be

among

us

.

And

Joseph

went

and

brought

Him

.

And

they

said

to

him

:

Go

away

from

this

place

;

but

if

thou

must

live

with

us

,

teach

him

to

pray

,

and

not

to

blaspheme

:

but

our

children

have

been

killed

.

Joseph

called

Jesus

,

and

reproved

Him

,

saying

:

Why

dost

thou

blaspheme

?

For

these

people

who

live

here

hate

us

.

And

Jesus

said

:

I

know

that

these

words

are

not

mine

,

but

thine

;

but

I

will

hold

my

tongue

for

thy

sake

:

and

let

them

see

to

it

in

their

wisdom

.

And

immediately

those

who

were

speaking

against

Jesus

became

blind

.

And

they

walked

up

and

down

,

and

said

:

All

the

words

which

proceed

from

his

mouth

are

accomplished

.

And

Joseph

seeing

what

Jesus

had

done

,

in

a

fury

seized

Him

by

the

ear

;

and

Jesus

said

to

Joseph

in

anger

:

It

is

enough

for

thee

to

see

me

,

not

to

touch

me

.

For

thou

knowest

not

who

I

am

;

but

if

thou

didst

know

,

thou

wouldst

not

make

me

angry

.

And

although

just

now

I

am

with

thee

,

I

was

made

before

thee

.