18. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the
festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years
old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the
festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus
stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went
a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among
their relatives and friends. When they did not find him,
they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three
days they found him in the temple, sitting among the
teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And
all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and
his answers.
19. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the
festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years
old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the
festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus
stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went
a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among
their relatives and friends. When they did not find him,
they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three
days they found him in the temple, sitting among the
teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And
all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and
his answers.
20. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the
festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years
old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the
festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus
stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went
a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among
their relatives and friends. When they did not find him,
they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three
days they found him in the temple, sitting among the
teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And
all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and
his answers.
21. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the
festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years
old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the
festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus
stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went
a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among
their relatives and friends. When they did not find him,
they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three
days they found him in the temple, sitting among the
teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And
all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and
his answers.
22. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the
festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years
old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the
festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus
stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went
a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among
their relatives and friends. When they did not find him,
they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three
days they found him in the temple, sitting among the
teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And
all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and
his answers.
23. When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his
mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like
this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you
in great anxiety.” He said to them, “Why were you
searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my
Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said
to them. Then he went down with them and came to
Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured
all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.
24. When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his
mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like
this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you
in great anxiety.” He said to them, “Why were you
searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my
Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said
to them. Then he went down with them and came to
Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured
all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.
25. When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his
mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like
this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you
in great anxiety.” He said to them, “Why were you
searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my
Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said
to them. Then he went down with them and came to
Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured
all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.
26. When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his
mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like
this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you
in great anxiety.” He said to them, “Why were you
searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my
Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said
to them. Then he went down with them and came to
Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured
all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, aka The Great Childhood Deeds of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1 When the boy Jesus was five years old, he was playing at the ford of a rushing stream. And he gathered the disturbed water into pools and made them pure and excellent, commanding them by the character of his word alone and not by means of a deed.  2 Then, taking soft clay from the mud, he formed twelve sparrows. It was the Sabbath when he did these things, and many children were with him. 3 And a certain Jew, seeing the boy Jesus with the other children doing these things, went to his father Joseph and falsely accused the boy Jesus, saying that, on the Sabbath he made clay, which is not lawful, and fashioned twelve sparrows. 4 And Joseph came and rebuked him, saying, “Why are you doing these things on the Sabbath?” But Jesus, clapping his hands, commanded the birds with a shout in front of everyone and said, “Go, take flight, and remember me, living ones.” And the sparrows, taking flight, went away squawking. 5 When the Pharisee saw this he was amazed and reported it to all his friends.
2. Lecturing a teacher
3. Brings a boy back to life who fell from a window
4. Carried water to his mother in a miraculous cloak after his jar broke
5. Miraculous grain given to orphans
6. Stretched a piece of lumbar for a bed that Joseph was making
7. With a word, strikes dead a teacher who cursed him
8. Jesus in the Temple, verbatim from Luke
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, aka The Great Childhood Deeds of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1 When the boy Jesus was five years old, he was playing at the ford of a rushing stream. And he gathered the disturbed water into pools and made them pure and excellent, commanding them by the character of his word alone and not by means of a deed.  2 Then, taking soft clay from the mud, he formed twelve sparrows. It was the Sabbath when he did these things, and many children were with him. 3 And a certain Jew, seeing the boy Jesus with the other children doing these things, went to his father Joseph and falsely accused the boy Jesus, saying that, on the Sabbath he made clay, which is not lawful, and fashioned twelve sparrows. 4 And Joseph came and rebuked him, saying, “Why are you doing these things on the Sabbath?” But Jesus, clapping his hands, commanded the birds with a shout in front of everyone and said, “Go, take flight, and remember me, living ones.” And the sparrows, taking flight, went away squawking. 5 When the Pharisee saw this he was amazed and reported it to all his friends.
2. Lecturing a teacher
3. Brings a boy back to life who fell from a window
4. Carried water to his mother in a miraculous cloak after his jar broke
5. Miraculous grain given to orphans
6. Stretched a piece of lumbar for a bed that Joseph was making
7. With a word, strikes dead a teacher who cursed him
8. Jesus in the Temple, verbatim from Luke
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, aka The Great Childhood Deeds of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1 When the boy Jesus was five years old, he was playing at the ford of a rushing stream. And he gathered the disturbed water into pools and made them pure and excellent, commanding them by the character of his word alone and not by means of a deed.  2 Then, taking soft clay from the mud, he formed twelve sparrows. It was the Sabbath when he did these things, and many children were with him. 3 And a certain Jew, seeing the boy Jesus with the other children doing these things, went to his father Joseph and falsely accused the boy Jesus, saying that, on the Sabbath he made clay, which is not lawful, and fashioned twelve sparrows. 4 And Joseph came and rebuked him, saying, “Why are you doing these things on the Sabbath?” But Jesus, clapping his hands, commanded the birds with a shout in front of everyone and said, “Go, take flight, and remember me, living ones.” And the sparrows, taking flight, went away squawking. 5 When the Pharisee saw this he was amazed and reported it to all his friends.
2. Lecturing a teacher
3. Brings a boy back to life who fell from a window
4. Carried water to his mother in a miraculous cloak after his jar broke
5. Miraculous grain given to orphans
6. Stretched a piece of lumbar for a bed that Joseph was making
7. With a word, strikes dead a teacher who cursed him
8. Jesus in the Temple, verbatim from Luke
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, aka The Great Childhood Deeds of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1 When the boy Jesus was five years old, he was playing at the ford of a rushing stream. And he gathered the disturbed water into pools and made them pure and excellent, commanding them by the character of his word alone and not by means of a deed.  2 Then, taking soft clay from the mud, he formed twelve sparrows. It was the Sabbath when he did these things, and many children were with him. 3 And a certain Jew, seeing the boy Jesus with the other children doing these things, went to his father Joseph and falsely accused the boy Jesus, saying that, on the Sabbath he made clay, which is not lawful, and fashioned twelve sparrows. 4 And Joseph came and rebuked him, saying, “Why are you doing these things on the Sabbath?” But Jesus, clapping his hands, commanded the birds with a shout in front of everyone and said, “Go, take flight, and remember me, living ones.” And the sparrows, taking flight, went away squawking. 5 When the Pharisee saw this he was amazed and reported it to all his friends.
2. Lecturing a teacher
3. Brings a boy back to life who fell from a window
4. Carried water to his mother in a miraculous cloak after his jar broke
5. Miraculous grain given to orphans
6. Stretched a piece of lumbar for a bed that Joseph was making
7. With a word, strikes dead a teacher who cursed him
8. Jesus in the Temple, verbatim from Luke
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, aka The Great Childhood Deeds of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1 When the boy Jesus was five years old, he was playing at the ford of a rushing stream. And he gathered the disturbed water into pools and made them pure and excellent, commanding them by the character of his word alone and not by means of a deed.  2 Then, taking soft clay from the mud, he formed twelve sparrows. It was the Sabbath when he did these things, and many children were with him. 3 And a certain Jew, seeing the boy Jesus with the other children doing these things, went to his father Joseph and falsely accused the boy Jesus, saying that, on the Sabbath he made clay, which is not lawful, and fashioned twelve sparrows. 4 And Joseph came and rebuked him, saying, “Why are you doing these things on the Sabbath?” But Jesus, clapping his hands, commanded the birds with a shout in front of everyone and said, “Go, take flight, and remember me, living ones.” And the sparrows, taking flight, went away squawking. 5 When the Pharisee saw this he was amazed and reported it to all his friends.
2. Lecturing a teacher
3. Brings a boy back to life who fell from a window
4. Carried water to his mother in a miraculous cloak after his jar broke
5. Miraculous grain given to orphans
6. Stretched a piece of lumbar for a bed that Joseph was making
7. With a word, strikes dead a teacher who cursed him
8. Jesus in the Temple, verbatim from Luke
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, aka The Great Childhood Deeds of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1 When the boy Jesus was five years old, he was playing at the ford of a rushing stream. And he gathered the disturbed water into pools and made them pure and excellent, commanding them by the character of his word alone and not by means of a deed.  2 Then, taking soft clay from the mud, he formed twelve sparrows. It was the Sabbath when he did these things, and many children were with him. 3 And a certain Jew, seeing the boy Jesus with the other children doing these things, went to his father Joseph and falsely accused the boy Jesus, saying that, on the Sabbath he made clay, which is not lawful, and fashioned twelve sparrows. 4 And Joseph came and rebuked him, saying, “Why are you doing these things on the Sabbath?” But Jesus, clapping his hands, commanded the birds with a shout in front of everyone and said, “Go, take flight, and remember me, living ones.” And the sparrows, taking flight, went away squawking. 5 When the Pharisee saw this he was amazed and reported it to all his friends.
2. Lecturing a teacher
3. Brings a boy back to life who fell from a window
4. Carried water to his mother in a miraculous cloak after his jar broke
5. Miraculous grain given to orphans
6. Stretched a piece of lumbar for a bed that Joseph was making
7. With a word, strikes dead a teacher who cursed him
8. Jesus in the Temple, verbatim from Luke
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, aka The Great Childhood Deeds of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1 When the boy Jesus was five years old, he was playing at the ford of a rushing stream. And he gathered the disturbed water into pools and made them pure and excellent, commanding them by the character of his word alone and not by means of a deed.  2 Then, taking soft clay from the mud, he formed twelve sparrows. It was the Sabbath when he did these things, and many children were with him. 3 And a certain Jew, seeing the boy Jesus with the other children doing these things, went to his father Joseph and falsely accused the boy Jesus, saying that, on the Sabbath he made clay, which is not lawful, and fashioned twelve sparrows. 4 And Joseph came and rebuked him, saying, “Why are you doing these things on the Sabbath?” But Jesus, clapping his hands, commanded the birds with a shout in front of everyone and said, “Go, take flight, and remember me, living ones.” And the sparrows, taking flight, went away squawking. 5 When the Pharisee saw this he was amazed and reported it to all his friends.
2. Lecturing a teacher
3. Brings a boy back to life who fell from a window
4. Carried water to his mother in a miraculous cloak after his jar broke
5. Miraculous grain given to orphans
6. Stretched a piece of lumbar for a bed that Joseph was making
7. With a word, strikes dead a teacher who cursed him
8. Jesus in the Temple, verbatim from Luke