Luke 2:40

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And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

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  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
  • Luke 1:80 : 80 And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.
  • John 1:14 : 14 Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory– the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.
  • Ps 22:9 : 9 Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother’s breasts.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.
  • Isa 11:1-5 : 1 An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots. 2 The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him– a Spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a Spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a Spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the LORD. 3 He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay. 4 He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed. 5 Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him? 2 He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
  • Judg 13:24 : 24 Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the LORD empowered him.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.
  • 1 Sam 3:19 : 19 Samuel continued to grow, and the LORD was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.
  • Acts 4:33 : 33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
  • Luke 2:47 : 47 And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Exhortations for Spiritual Warfare Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 Serving Faithfully Despite Hardship So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 2:41-52
    12 verses
    86%

    41Jesus in the Temple Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover.

    42When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

    43But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

    44but(because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

    45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

    46After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

    47And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

    48When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him,“Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

    49But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

    50Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

    51Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

    52And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

  • Luke 1:79-80
    2 verses
    82%

    79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

    80And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

  • Luke 2:39
    77%

    39So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

  • Luke 2:25-28
    4 verses
    77%

    25The Prophecy of Simeon Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

    27So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

    28Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

  • Luke 1:65-67
    3 verses
    76%

    65All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

    66All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying,“What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

    67Zechariah’s Praise and Prediction Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

  • Luke 1:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

    15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

  • Luke 2:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

    33So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

  • Luke 4:22
    71%

    22All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said,“Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

  • Luke 4:14-17
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    70%

    14The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry in Galilee Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.

    15He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

    16Rejection at Nazareth Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

    17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

  • 1 Sam 2:26
    70%

    26However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.

  • Luke 1:32
    69%

    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

  • Luke 2:20-23
    4 verses
    69%

    20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

    21At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

    22Jesus’ Presentation at the Temple Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

    23(just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

  • John 1:14
    69%

    14Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory– the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

  • Luke 1:41
    69%

    41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 2:17
    68%

    17When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

  • Matt 2:21
    67%

    21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

  • Luke 1:57-59
    3 verses
    67%

    57The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

    58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

    59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

  • Luke 1:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

    8Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

  • Luke 1:76
    67%

    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

  • Luke 2:6
    66%

    6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

  • Luke 1:26
    66%

    26Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

  • Luke 2:12
    66%

    12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”