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  • How Jesus Made a Short Piece of Wood of the Same Length as a Longer One.
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    Chapter XI.—How Jesus Made a Short Piece of Wood of the Same Length as a Longer One.

    And Jesus reached the age of eight years.  Joseph was a master builder,1770

    1770 But probably architector here is equal to τέκτων, a carpenter.

    and used to make ploughs and ox-yokes.  And one day a rich man said to Joseph:  Master, make me a couch, both useful and beautiful.  And Joseph was in distress, because the wood which he had brought1771

    1771 Perhaps sectum, cut, is the true reading, and not actum.

    for the work was too short.  And Jesus said to him:  Do not be annoyed.  Take hold of this piece of wood by one end, and I by the other; I and let us draw it out.  And they did so; and immediately he found it useful for that which he wished.  And He said to Joseph:  Behold, do the work which thou wishest.  And Joseph, seeing what He had done, embraced Him, and said:  Blessed am I, because God hath given me such a son.

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