Did he not say that our darling should be treated like the children of the nobles ?" In the end she decided to do what was best for the child.

He was past ten years old, and if he wished to go from the mud hut to the palace, well, she would not forbid it.
Jesus heard her words.

"Mother," he said, and stood in front of her, "I do not wish to go from the mud hut to the palace, but I want to see the world and men and how they live.

I am not abandoning my parents to go to Pharaoh--although I go, I remain here with you." "You remain with us," said his mother, "and yet I see that even now you are no longer here." But she would not let him know how it was with her.

He should not see her weep.