Luke 2:48-52

48 When they saw Him, they were astonished; and ¹His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, ²Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You."

49 And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that ³I had to be in My Father's house?"

50 But ⁴they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.

51 And He went down with them and came to ⁵Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and ⁶His mother ⁷treasured all these things in her heart.

52 And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in ⁸favor with God and men.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 12:46
• 2. Luke 2:49; Luke 3:23; Luke 4:22
• 3. John 4:34; John 5:36
• 4. Mark 9:32; Luke 9:45; Luke 18:34
• 5. Luke 2:39
• 6. Matthew 12:46
• 7. Luke 2:19
• 8. Luke 2:40

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Child"
• [b]. Lit "are looking"
• [c]. Or "affairs;" lit "in the things of My Father"
• [d]. Lit "had spoken"
• [e]. Lit "words"
• [f]. Or "age"