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the Israelite have thought it necessary to make known to all the brethren of my nation the infantine marvels which our Lord Jesus Christ wrought while he dwelt in the body in the city of Nazareth, entering on the fifth year of his age.

a certain day there was a shower, and he went out of the house where his mother was, and played on the ground where the water ran down. And having made pools, the water came down, and the pools were filled with water. Then said he, I will that ye waters be clear and bright. And immediately they became so. And a certain child of Annas the Scribe coming by and carrying a willow stick, broke down the pools with the stick, and the water was spilled. And Jesus turned and said to him. Impious and lawless one, how have the pools offended