Luke 2:51

Then he went back with them to Nazareth, and did what he was told. His mother kept a careful note of everything that happened.

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In The King James Version

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

In Context

50But they didn't understand what he meant.

52Jesus grew steadily wiser and stronger, favored both by God and by the people.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:11Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.

Matthew 3:15“Please do so, because it's good for us to do what God says is right,” Jesus told him. So John agreed to do it.

Luke 2:19But Mary was careful to remember all the things that had happened and often thought about them.

Luke 18:37They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”

Ephesians 6:1Children, do what your parents tell you, for this is the right thing to do.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:42-52

Christ Sitting with the Doctors. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not,… Read the whole commentary →

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