Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Apocrypha of the New Testament/The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew/Chapter 42

Chapter 42.

And Joseph having come to a feast with his sons, James, Joseph, and Judah, and Simeon and his two daughters, Jesus met them, with Mary His mother, along with her sister Mary of Cleophas, whom the Lord God had given to her father Cleophas and her mother Anna, because they had offered Mary the mother of Jesus to the Lord.&#160; And she was called by the same name, Mary, for the consolation of her parents. &#160; And when they had come together, Jesus sanctified and blessed them, and He was the first to begin to eat and drink; for none of them dared to eat or drink, or to sit at table, or to break bread, until He had sanctified them, and first done so.&#160; And if He happened to be absent, they used to wait until He should do this.&#160; And when He did not wish to come for refreshment, neither Joseph nor Mary, nor the sons of Joseph, His brothers, came.&#160; And, indeed, these brothers, keeping His life as a lamp before their eyes, observed Him, and feared Him.&#160; And when Jesus slept, whether by day or by night, the brightness of God shone upon Him.&#160; To whom be all praise and glory for ever and ever.&#160; Amen, amen.