Wycliffe(i)
40 And the child wexe, and was coumfortid, ful of wisdom; and the grace of God was in hym.
41 And his fadir and modir wenten ech yeer in to Jerusalem, in the solempne dai of pask.
42 And whanne Jhesus was twelue yeer oold, thei wenten vp to Jerusalem, aftir the custom of the feeste dai.
43 And whanne the daies weren don, thei turneden ayen; and the child abood in Jerusalem, and his fadir and modir knewen it not.
44 For thei gessynge that he hadde be in the felowschip, camen a daies iourney, and souyten hym among hise cosyns and hise knouleche.
45 And whanne thei founden hym not, thei turneden ayen in to Jerusalem, and souyten hym.
46 And it bifelle, that aftir the thridde dai thei founden hym in the temple, sittynge in the myddil of the doctours, herynge hem and axynge hem.
47 And alle men that herden hym, wondriden on the prudence and the answeris of hym.
48 And thei seyn, and wondriden. And his modir seide to hym, Sone, what hast thou do to vs thus? Lo! thi fadir and Y sorewynge han souyte thee.
49 And he seide to hem, What is it that ye souyten me? wisten ye not that in tho thingis that ben of my fadir, it behoueth me to be?
50 And thei vndurstoden not the word, which he spak to hem.
51 And he cam doun with hem, and cam to Nazareth, and was suget to hem. And his moder kepte togidir alle these wordis, and bare hem in hir herte.
52 And Jhesus profitide in wisdom, age, and grace, anentis God and men.