Wher is nat this the sone of a smyth, or carpenter? Wher his modir be w nat seid Marie? and his brethren, Jamys, and Joseph, and Symount, and Judas? and his sistris? wher thei ‘alle ben nat at vs? ■Wycliffe Bible vol. 4, page 37
Is this not the son of a smith or carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, have they all not been among us?
Quoted by Thomas Paine in his Age of Reason, ■Conway vol. 4, page 153:
Mary, the supposed virgin, mother of Jesus, had several other children, sons and daughters.
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