Luke 2:52

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • Luke 2:40 : 40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.
  • Prov 3:3-4 : 3 Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and 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.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him, 10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

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  • Luke 2:39-51
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    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.

    40And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 2:26
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    26However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.

  • Luke 1:80
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    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 2:27-28
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    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 2:32-33
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    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 1:65-66
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    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.

  • Luke 4:21-22
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    21Then he began to tell them,“Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.”

    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 1:32
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    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 4:14-16
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    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,

  • Luke 24:52
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    52So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

  • Matt 2:21
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    21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

  • Matt 18:2
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    2He called a child, had him stand among them,

  • Luke 2:20-22
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    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

  • John 2:12
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    12Cleansing the Temple After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

  • Matt 13:54
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    54Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said,“Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

  • Prov 3:4
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    4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

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

  • Gen 26:13
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    13The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.

  • Luke 2:4
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    4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David.

  • John 1:14
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    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.

  • Acts 2:47
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    47praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

  • Luke 4:32
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    32They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.

  • Mark 6:2
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    2When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying,“Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

  • Luke 1:39
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    39Mary and Elizabeth In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

  • 2 Pet 3:18
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    18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

  • Matt 2:14
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    14Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

  • Luke 3:23
    64%

    23The Genealogy of Jesus So Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son(as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

  • Luke 1:56
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    56So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home.