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ON another day the Lord Jesus going out into the street, and seeing some boys who were met to play, joined himself to their company:
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But when they saw him, they hid themselves, and left him to seek for them:
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The Lord Jesus came to the gate of a certain house, and asked some women who were standing there, Where the boys were gone?
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And when they answered, That there was no one there; the Lord Jesus said, Who are those whom ye see in the furnace?
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They answered, They were kids of three years old.
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Then Jesus cried out aloud, and said, Come out hither, O ye kids, to your shepherd;
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And presently the boys came forth like kids, and leaped about him; which when the women saw, they were exceedingly amazed, and trembled.
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Then they immediately worshipped the Lord Jesus, and beseeched him, saying, O our Lord Jesus, son of Mary, thou art truly that good shepherd of Israel! have mercy on thy handmaids, who stand before thee, who do not doubt, but that thou, O Lord, art come to save, and not to destroy.
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After that, when the Lord Jesus said, the children of Israel are like Ethiopians among the people; the women said, Thou, Lord, knowest all things, nor is any thing concealed from thee; but now we entreat thee, and beseech of thy mercy that thou wouldst restore those boys to their former state.
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Then Jesus said, Come hither O boys, that we may go and play; and immediately, in the presence of these women, the kids were changed and returned into the shape of boys.
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