²⁶ Now the boy Samuel ^(A)continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.

⁵² And Jesus ^(A)increased in wisdom and in stature^[a] and in ^(B)favor with God and man.

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

¹⁸ Whoever thus serves Christ is ^(A)acceptable to God and approved by men.

⁴⁷ praising God and ^(A)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(B)added to their number ^(C)day by day those who ^(D)were being saved.

^21 (A)Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. ^(B)And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.

^80 (A)And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was ^(B)in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.