Luke 2:39-52

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The Return to Nazareth

³⁹And when they had performed everything according to ^(A)the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of ^(B)Nazareth. ⁴⁰^(C)And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

⁴¹Now ^(D)his parents went ^(E)to Jerusalem every year at ^(F)the Feast of the Passover. ⁴²And when he was twelve years old, ^(G)they went up according to custom. ⁴³And when the feast ^(H)was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. ^(I)His parents did not know it, ⁴⁴but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, ⁴⁵and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. ⁴⁶After three days they found him in the temple, ^(J)sitting among ^(K)the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸And when his parents^[a] saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, ^(L)your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” ⁴⁹And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that ^(M)I must be in ^(N)my Father's house?”^[b] ⁵⁰And ^(O)they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. ⁵¹And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And ^(P)his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

⁵²And Jesus ^(Q)increased in wisdom and in stature^[c] and in ^(R)favor with God and man.

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Footnotes

Luke 2:48 Greek they
Luke 2:49 Or about my Father's business
Luke 2:52 Or years

Psalm 104

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O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

104 ^(A)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    O Lord my God, you are ^(B)very great!
^(C)You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
²    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    ^(D)stretching out the heavens ^(E)like a tent.
³He ^(F)lays the beams of his ^(G)chambers on the waters;
he makes ^(H)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on ^(I)the wings of the wind;
⁴he ^(J)makes his messengers winds,
    his ^(K)ministers ^(L)a flaming fire.

⁵He ^(M)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶You ^(N)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷At ^(O)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(P)the sound of your thunder they ^(Q)took to flight.
⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(R)appointed for them.
⁹You set ^(S)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(T)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹they ^(U)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
¹³^(V)From your lofty abode you ^(W)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴You cause ^(X)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(Y)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(Z)food from the earth
¹⁵    and ^(AA)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(AB)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(AC)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(AD)the cedars of Lebanon ^(AE)that he planted.
¹⁷In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸The high mountains are for ^(AF)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(AG)the rock badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the ^(AH)seasons;^[a]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
²⁰^(AI)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
²¹^(AJ)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²²When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(AK)dens.
²³^(AL)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(AM)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(AN)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶There go the ships,
    and ^(AO)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(AP)play in it.^[b]

²⁷These ^(AQ)all look to you,
    to ^(AR)give them their food in due season.
²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(AS)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹When you ^(AT)hide your face, they are ^(AU)dismayed;
    when you ^(AV)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(AW)return to their dust.
³⁰When you ^(AX)send forth your Spirit,^[c] they are created,
    and you ^(AY)renew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the Lord ^(AZ)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(BA)rejoice in his works,
³²who looks on the earth and it ^(BB)trembles,
    who ^(BC)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³I will sing to the Lord ^(BD)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴May my ^(BE)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵Let ^(BF)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(BG)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(BH)Praise the Lord!