And they understood not the saying, &c.] What he meant by his Father's house, or his Father's business, and the necessity of his being there, and about that:
which he spake unto them; at that time, and as above related.
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When his parents saw him, they were amazed. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been worried about you. We have been looking for you everywhere."
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"Why were you looking for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"
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But they did not understand what he meant by that.
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Then he went back to Nazareth with them, and he obeyed them. But his mother kept all these things like a secret treasure in her heart.
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Jesus became wiser and stronger. He also became more and more pleasing to God and to people.