Luke 2:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The return to Nazareth:

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Luke 2:51-52

⁵¹ And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature,g and in favour with God and man.

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