49 And he said to them, “Why were you ^ylooking for me? Did you not know that I must be in ^zmy Father’s house?”¹ 50 And they did ^anot understand the saying that he spoke to them. 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature² and in favor with God and man.