⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.^(A)

⁴⁰ And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.^(A)

²⁶ And the boy Samuel continued to grow^(A) in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.^(B)

¹⁸ because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.^(A)

⁸⁰ And the child grew and became strong in spirit^[a];^(A) and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

⁹ “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,^(A) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.^(B) But God was with him^{(C) 10} and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.^(D)