^{48 Ref} And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'

^{49 Ref} And he said unto them, `Why `is it' that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

^{50 Ref} and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,

^{51 Ref} and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

^{52 Ref} and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.