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THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS.
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cleave the wood, and remember me. And the crowd who saw what was done, worshipped the Child, saying,—Truly the Spirit of God dwelleth in this Child.

CHAPTER XI.

And when he was six years old, his mother sent him to draw water and bring it home, having given him a water-pot. And being thronged by the crowd, the water-pot was broken. But Jesus spreading out the garment with which he was clothed, filled it with water, and carried it to his mother. And when his mother saw the miracle which was done, she kissed him, and kept to herself the wonders which she saw him do.[1]

CHAPTER Xll.

And again, at the time for sowing, the Child went out with his father to sow corn in their field, and when his father sowed, the child Jesus also sowed one grain of corn. And having reaped and threshed it, he made a hundred quarters of it. And having called all the poor of the village to the threshing floor, he bestowed the corn on them; and Joseph took away what was left of the corn. Now Jesus was eight years old when he wrought this miracle.[2]

  1. Pseudo-Matt, xxxiii.
  2. Pseudo-Matt, xxxiv.