Luke 2:51

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was always obedient to them; but His mother carefully treasured up all these incidents in her memory.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 did not understand the significance of these words.

52And as Jesus grew older He gained in both wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;

Luke 2:19But Mary treasured up all these things, often dwelling on them in her mind.

Luke 18:37"Jesus the Nazarene is passing by," they told him.

Ephesians 6:1Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty.

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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