Chapter 5: Joseph Confronts Jesus

1Joseph said to Jesus, “Why do you say such things, so that they suffer and hate us?”

2The child said to Joseph, “Since you know wise words, you are not ignorant of where they came from; /they were spoken about a five-year-old.\ And they will not be raised, and these will receive their punishment.”

3Immediately, those accusing him became blind.

4Joseph took his (Jesus’) ear and pulled hard.

5Jesus said to him, “It is enough for you to seek and find me, and not, beyond that, to scourge me by taking on a natural ignorance. You have not clearly seen me—why I am yours. Look! I have been subdued before you.”