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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 21

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21. And when the girl heard these things,

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Be

of

good

courage

,

said

she

,

and

weep

not

:

for

the

cure

of

your

calamity

is

near

;

yea

,

it

is

beside

you

,

and

in

the

middle

of

your

own

house

.

For

I

also

was

a

leper

;

but

when

I

saw

that

woman

,

and

along

with

her

that

young

child

,

whose

name

is

Jesus

,

I

sprinkled

my

body

with

the

water

with

which

His

mother

had

washed

Him

,

and

I

was

cured

.

And

I

know

that

He

can

cure

your

affliction

also

.

But

rise

,

go

to

Mary

my

mistress

;

bring

her

into

your

house

,

and

tell

her

your

secret

;

and

entreat

and

supplicate

her

to

have

pity

upon

you

.

After

the

woman

had

heard

the

girl’s

words

,

they

went

in

haste

to

the

Lady

Mary

,

and

brought

her

into

their

chamber

,

and

sat

down

before

her

weeping

,

and

saying

:

O

our

mistress

,

Lady

Mary

,

have

pity

on

thy

hand

-

maidens

;

for

no

one

older

than

ourselves

,

and

no

head

of

the

family

,

is

left

—

neither

father

nor

brother

—

to

live

with

us

;

but

this

mule

which

thou

seest

was

our

brother

,

and

women

have

made

him

such

as

thou

seest

by

witchcraft

.

We

beseech

thee

,

therefore

,

to

have

pity

upon

us

.

Then

,

grieving

at

their

lot

,

the

Lady

Mary

took

up

the

Lord

Jesus

,

and

put

Him

on

the

mule’s

back

;

and

she

wept

as

well

as

the

women

,

and

said

to

Jesus

Christ

:

Alas

!

my

son

,

heal

this

mule

by

Thy

mighty

power

,

and

make

him

a

man

endowed

with

reason

as

he

was

before

.

And

when

these

words

were

uttered

by

the

Lady

Mary

,

his

form

was

changed

,

and

the

mule

became

a

young

man

,

free

from

every

defect

.

Then

he

and

his

mother

and

his

sisters

adored

the

Lady

Mary

,

and

lifted

the

boy

above

their

heads

,

and

began

to

kiss

Him

,

saying

:

Blessed

is

she

that

bore

Thee

,

O

Jesus

,

O

Saviour

of

the

world

;

blessed

are

the

eyes

which

enjoy

the

felicity

of

seeing

Thee

.