Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor

⁵¹ Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was ^[a]subject to them, but His mother ^(A)kept all these things in her heart.

^19 (A)But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

²⁸ “This is the end of the ^[a]account. As for me, Daniel, ^(A)my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed; but I ^(B)kept the matter in my heart.”

¹¹ And ^(A)his brothers envied him, but his father ^(B)kept the matter in mind.

³ Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and ^(A)brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they ^(B)were offended at Him.

²¹ For ^(A)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for ^[a]us, ^(B)leaving ^[b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:

Children and Parents^(A)

6 Children, ^(B)obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ^2 (C)“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise:

^21 (A)submitting to one another in the fear of ^[a]God.

The Family Returns to Nazareth

³⁹ So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

¹⁵ But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.