⁵² Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.

⁴⁰ There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.

¹⁸ If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too.

⁸⁰ John grew up and became strong in spirit. And he lived in the wilderness until he began his public ministry to Israel.

²⁶ Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the Lord and with the people.

⁹ “These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him ¹⁰ and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed him governor over all of Egypt and put him in charge of the palace.