People’s Open Bible
Infancy Gospel of Thomas 3
Jesus Curses Annas Son
Open in the reader →1(1) Annas the high priest’s son said to him, Jesus, “Why are you doing such a thing on the Sabbath?” Then he took a willow twig, destroyed the pools, drained the water Jesus had gathered, and dried up their gatherings. (2) But when Jesus saw what had happened, he said to him, “Your fruit will have no root, and your shoot will be withered like a scorched branch in a violent wind!” (3) Immediately, that child withered away.
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