Luke 2:40-52

Bishops(i) 40 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was fylled with wisdome: & the grace of God was vpon hym 41 Nowe, his parentes went to Hierusale euery yere, at the feast of ye Passouer 42 And when he was twelue yere old, they ascended vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast day 43 And whe they had fulfilled the dayes, as they returned home, the chylde Iesus abode styll in Hierusalem: & Ioseph and his mother knewe not of it 44 But they, supposyng hym to haue ben in the company, came a dayes iourney, and sought hym among their kinsfolke and acquayntaunce 45 And when they founde hym not, they turned backe againe to Hierusalem, and sought hym 46 And it came to passe, that after three dayes, they founde hym in the temple, sittyng in the myddes of the doctours, hearyng them, and posyng them 47 And all that hearde hym, were astonied at his vnderstanding & aunsweres 48 And when they sawe hym, they were amased. And his mother said vnto him: Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? Beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee, sorowyng 49 And he sayde vnto them: Howe is it that ye sought me? Wyste ye not, that I must go about my fathers businesse 50 And they vnderstoode not that saying which he spake vnto them 51 And he went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, & was obedient vnto them: But his mother kepte all these sayinges in her heart 52 And Iesus increased in wisedome and stature, and in fauour with God & men