Chapter
1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17

Book of 1 Infancy of Jesus Christ - Chapter 17

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:1

ON another day the Lord Jesus going out into the street, and seeing some boys who were met to play, joined himself to their company.

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:2

But when they saw him, they hid themselves, and left him to seek for them;

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:3

The Lord Jesus came to the gate of a certain house, and asked some women who were standing there, Where the boys were gone?

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:4

And when they answered, That there was no one there; the Lord Jesus said, Who are those whom ye see in the furnace?

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:5

They answered, They were kids of three years old.

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Then Jesus cried out aloud, and said, Come out hither, O ye kids, to your shepherd;

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:7

And presently the boys came forth like kids, and leaped about him; which when the women saw, they were exceedingly amazed, and trembled,

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:8

Then they immediately worshipped, the Lord Jesus, and beseeched him, saying, O our Lord Jesus, son of Mary, thou art truly that good shepherd of Israel! have mercy on thy handmaids, who stand before thee, who do not doubt, but that thou, O Lord, art come to save, and not to destroy.

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:9

After that, when the Lord Jesus said, the children of Israel are like Ethiopians among the people; the women said, Thou, Lord, knowest all things, nor is any thing concealed from thee: but now we entreat thee, and beseech of thy mercy, that thou wouldest restore those boys to their former state.

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 17:10

Then Jesus said, Come hither, O boys, that we may go and play; and immediately, in the presence of these women, the kids were changed, and returned into the shape of boys.

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