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Passage referenceInfancy Gospel of Thomas first-greek-3:1
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Infancy Gospel of Thomas (First and Second Greek Forms, Latin Form) — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)

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3. And the son of Annas the scribe was standing there with Joseph; and he took a willow branch, and let out the waters which Jesus had collected. And Jesus, seeing what was done, was angry, and said to him: O wicked, impious, and foolish! what harm did the pools and the waters do to thee? Behold, even now thou shalt be dried up like a tree, and thou shalt not bring forth either leaves, or root, or fruit. And straightway that boy was quite dried up. And Jesus departed, and went to Joseph’s house. But the parents of the boy that had been dried up took him up, bewailing his youth, and brought him…
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Infancy Gospel of Thomas (First and Second Greek Forms, Latin Form) — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)
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grc
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