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3. And Jesus made of that clay twelve sparrows, and

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it

was

the

Sabbath

.

And

a

child

ran

and

told

Joseph

,

saying

:

Behold

,

thy

child

is

playing

about

the

stream

,

and

of

the

clay

he

has

made

sparrows

,

which

is

not

lawful

.

And

when

he

heard

this

,

he

went

,

and

said

to

the

child

:

Why

dost

thou

do

this

,

profaning

the

Sabbath

?

But

Jesus

gave

him

no

answer

,

but

looked

upon

the

sparrows

,

and

said

:

Go

away

,

fly

,

and

live

,

and

remember

me

.

And

at

this

word

they

flew

,

and

went

up

into

the

air

.

And

when

Joseph

saw

it

,

he

wondered

.