Apocrypha · Chapter 37 of 43
Infancy of Jesus
After these things Jesus crossed the Jordan, in the sight of them all, with the lions; and the water of the Jordan was divided on the right hand and on the left.
2Then He said to the lions, in the hearing of all: Go in peace, and hurt no one; but neither let man injure you, until you return to the place whence you have come forth.
3And they, bidding Him farewell, not only with their gestures but with their voices, went to their own place.
4But Jesus returned to His mother.
About Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 8 (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886), Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Alexander Walker, 1886 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 8 (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886), Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Alexander Walker (1886) · public domain