Luke 2:40-52

⁴⁰And the child waxed, and was comforted, full of wisdom, (or And the child grew, and was strengthened, and was full of wisdom); and the grace of God was in him.

⁴¹And his father and mother went each year into Jerusalem, in the solemn day of pask. (And his father and mother went each year to Jerusalem, for the Feast Day, or the Festival, of Passover.)

⁴²And when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the custom of the feast day.

⁴³And when the days were done, they turned again (or they returned home); and the child abode in Jerusalem, and his father and mother knew it not.

⁴⁴For they guessing that he had been in the fellowship, came a day’s journey, and sought him among his cousins and his acknowledged or and (his) known.

⁴⁵And when they found him not, they turned again into Jerusalem, and sought him. (And when they could not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, and searched for him.)

⁴⁶And it befell, that after the third day they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the doctors, (or the teachers of the Law), hearing them and asking them.

⁴⁷And all men that heard him, wondered on the prudence and the answers of him.

⁴⁸And they saw (him), and wondered. And his mother said to him, Son, what hast thou done to us thus? (or Son, why hast thou done this to us?) Lo! thy father and I sorrowing have sought thee.

⁴⁹And he said to them, What is it that ye sought me? (or Why is it that ye have searched for me?) knew ye not, that in those things that be of my Father, or knew ye not, that in those things that be my Father’s, it behooveth me to be?

⁵⁰And they understood not the word, which he spake to them.

⁵¹And he came down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept together all these words, and bare them in her heart.

⁵²And Jesus profited in wisdom, age, and grace, with God and men. (And Jesus grew in wisdom, age, and grace, with God and men.)