The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete - William Wake

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spot or blemish, and they shall

       be for the Lord my God.

      6 And bring me twelve calves

       without blemish, and the twelve

       calves shall be for the priests and

       the elders.

      7 Bring me also a hundred

       goats, and the hundred goats shall

       be for the whole people.

      8 And Joachim went down with

       the shepherds, and Anna stood

       by the gate and saw Joachim

       coming with the shepherds.

      9 And she ran, and hanging

       about his neck, said, Now I know

       that the Lord hath greatly blessed

       me:

      10 For behold, I who was as a

       widow am no longer as a widow, and

       I who was barren shall conceive.

      CHAPTER V.

      1 Joachim abides the first day in his house but

       sacrifices on the morrow.

       2 Consults the plate on the priests forehead,

       3 and is without sin.

       6 Anna brings forth a daughter,

       9 whom she calls Mary.

      AND Joachim abode the first

       day in his house, but on the

       morrow he brought his offerings,

       and said,

      2 If the Lord be propitious to

       me let the plate which is on the

       priests forehead make it manifest.

      3 And he consulted the plate

       which the priest wore, and saw it,

       and behold sin was not found in

       him.

      4 And Joachim said, Now I know

       that the Lord is propitious

       to me, and hath taken away all

       my sins.

      5 And he went down from the

       temple of the Lord justified,

       and he went to his own house.

      6 And when nine months were

       fulfilled to Anna, she brought

       forth, and said to the midwife,

       What have I brought forth?

      7 And she told her, A girl.

      8 Then Anna said, The Lord

       hath this day magnified my soul;

       and she laid her in bed.

      9 And when the days of her

       purification were accomplished,

       she gave suck to the child; and

       called her name Mary.

      CHAPTER VI.

      1 Mary at nine months old, walks nine steps.

       3 Anna keeps her holy.

       4 When she is a year old, Joachim makes a great feast.

       7 Anna gives her the breast, and sings a song to the Lord.

      AND the child increased in

       strength every day, so that

       when she was nine months old, her

       mother put her upon the ground,

       to try if she could stand; and

       when she had walked nine steps,

       she came again to her mother's

       lap.

      2 Then her mother caught her

       up, and said, As the Lord my God

       liveth, thou shalt not walk again

       on this earth, till I bring thee

       into the temple of the Lord.

      3 Accordingly she made her

       chamber a holy place, and suffered

       nothing uncommon or unclean to

       come near her, but invited certain

       undefiled daughters of Israel, and

       they drew her aside.

      4 But when the child was a year

       old, Joachim made a great feast,

       and invited the priests, scribes,

       elders, and all the people of

       Israel;

      5 And Joachim then made an

       offering of the girl to the chief-

       priests, and they blessed her,

       saying, The God of our fathers bless

       this girl, and give her a name

       famous and lasting through all

       generations. And all the people

       replied, So be it, Amen:

      6 Then Joachim a second time

       offered her to the priests, and they

       blessed her, saying, O most high

       God, regard this girl, and bless

       her with an everlasting blessing.

      7 Upon this her mother took

       her up, and gave her the breast,

       and sung the following song to the

       Lord.

      8 I will sing a song unto the

       Lord my God, for he hath visited

       me, and taken away from me the

       reproach of mine enemies, and

       hath given me the fruit of his

       righteousness, that it may now be

       told the sons of Reuben, that Anna

       gives suck.

      9 Then she put the child to rest

       in the room which she had consecrated,

       and she went out and ministered unto

       them.

      10 And when the feast was

       ended, they went away rejoicing,

       and praising the God of Israel.

      CHAPTER VII.

      3 Mary being three years old, Joachim causes certain virgins to

       light each a lamp, and goes with her to the temple.

       5 The high-priest places her on the third step of the altar, and

       sits dances with her feet.

      BUT the girl grew, and when

       she was two years old, Joachim

       said to Anna, Let us lead her

       to the temple of the Lord,

       that we may perform our vow,

       which we have

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