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Section 11

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11. And when Jesus had come to the eighth year of

His

age

,

Joseph

was

ordered

by

a

certain

rich

man

to

make

him

a

couch

.

For

he

was

a

carpenter

.

And

he

went

out

into

the

field

to

get

wood

;

and

Jesus

went

with

him

.

And

having

cut

two

pieces

of

wood

,

and

smoothed

them

with

the

axe

,

he

put

the

one

beside

the

other

;

and

in

measuring

he

found

it

too

short

.

And

when

he

saw

this

he

was

grieved

,

and

sought

to

find

another

piece

.

And

seeing

this

,

Jesus

says

to

him

:

Put

these

two

pieces

together

,

so

as

to

make

both

ends

even

.

And

Joseph

,

in

doubt

as

to

what

the

child

should

mean

,

did

as

he

was

told

.

And

He

says

to

him

again

:

Take

a

firm

hold

of

the

short

piece

.

And

Joseph

,

in

astonishment

,

took

hold

of

it

.

Then

Jesus

also

,

taking

hold

of

the

other

end

,

drew

it

towards

Himself

,

and

make

it

equal

to

the

other

piece

of

wood

.

And

He

says

to

Joseph

:

Grieve

no

more

,

but

do

thy

work

without

hindrance

.

And

seeing

this

,

he

wondered

greatly

,

and

says

to

himself

:

Blessed

am

I

,

because

God

has

given

me

such

a

boy

.

And

when

they

came

back

to

the

city

,

Joseph

gave

an

account

of

the

matter

to

Mary

.

And

when

she

heard

and

saw

the

strange

miracles

of

her

son

,

she

rejoiced

and

glorified

Him

,

with

the

Father

and

the

Holy

Spirit

,

now

and

ever

,

and

for

evermore

.

Amen

.