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<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
  <book number='42' name='' abbreviation='Lk' testament='new'>
    <chapter number='2'>
      <verse number='1'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="1565">those</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>, that there went <strongs number="1831">out</strongs>a <strongs number="1378">decree</strongs><strongs number="3844">from</strongs><strongs number="2541">Caesar</strongs><strongs number="828">Augustus</strongs>, that <strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3625">world</strongs>should be <strongs number="583">taxed</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>( <em> And </em><strongs number="3778">this</strongs><strongs number="582">taxing</strongs>was <strongs number="4413">first</strongs><strongs number="1096">made</strongs>when <strongs number="2958">Cyrenius</strongs>was <strongs number="2230">governor</strongs>of <strongs number="4947">Syria</strongs>.) </verse>
      <verse number='3'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="4198">went</strongs>to be <strongs number="583">taxed</strongs>, every <strongs number="1538">one</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs>his <strongs number="2398">own</strongs><strongs number="4172">city</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="2501">Joseph</strongs><strongs number="2532">also</strongs>went <strongs number="305">up</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="1056">Galilee</strongs>, out <strongs number="1537">of</strongs>the <strongs number="4172">city</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Nazareth</strongs>, <strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="2449">Judea</strongs>, <strongs number="1519">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4172">city</strongs>of <strongs number="1138">David</strongs>, <strongs number="3748">which</strongs>is <strongs number="2564">called</strongs><strongs number="965">Bethlehem</strongs>; <strongs number="1223">because</strongs>( <strongs number="846">he</strongs><strongs number="1511">was</strongs><strongs number="1537">of</strongs>the <strongs number="3624">house</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3965">lineage</strongs>of <strongs number="1138">David</strongs>:) </verse>
      <verse number='5'>To be <strongs number="583">taxed</strongs><strongs number="4862">with</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3423">espoused</strongs><strongs number="1135">wife</strongs>, <strongs number="5607">being</strongs>great with <strongs number="1471">child</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>so it <strongs number="1096">was</strongs>, that, while <strongs number="846">they</strongs><strongs number="1511">were</strongs><strongs number="1563">there</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>were <strongs number="4130">accomplished</strongs>that <strongs number="846">she</strongs>should be <strongs number="5088">delivered</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>she brought <strongs number="5088">forth</strongs><strongs number="848">her</strongs><strongs number="4416">firstborn</strongs><strongs number="5207">son</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>wrapped him in swaddling <strongs number="4683 846">clothes</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="347">laid</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>a <strongs number="5336">manger</strongs>; <strongs number="1360">because</strongs>there <strongs number="2258">was</strongs><strongs number="3756">no</strongs><strongs number="5117">room</strongs>for <strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2646">inn</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>there <strongs number="2258">were</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="846">same</strongs><strongs number="5561">country</strongs><strongs number="4166">shepherds</strongs>abiding <strongs number="63">in</strongs>the <strongs number="*2532">field</strongs>, <strongs number="5442">keeping</strongs><strongs number="5438">watch</strongs><strongs number="1909">over</strongs><strongs number="848">their</strongs><strongs number="4167">flock</strongs>by <strongs number="3571">night</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">lo</strongs>, the <strongs number="32">angel</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>came <strongs number="2186">upon</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="1391">glory</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>shone round <strongs number="4034">about</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>they were sore <strongs number="5399 3173 5401">afraid</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="5399">Fear</strongs><strongs number="3361">not</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">behold</strongs>, I bring you good <strongs number="2097 5213">tidings</strongs>of <strongs number="3173">great</strongs><strongs number="5479">joy</strongs>, <strongs number="3748">which</strongs>shall <strongs number="2071">be</strongs>to <strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="2992">people</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'><strongs number="3754">For</strongs>unto <strongs number="5213">you</strongs>is <strongs number="5088">born</strongs>this <strongs number="4594">day</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="4172">city</strongs>of <strongs number="1138">David</strongs>a <strongs number="4990">Savior</strongs>, <strongs number="3739">which</strongs><strongs number="2076">is</strongs><strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs>the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="5124">this</strongs><em> shall </em><em> be </em>a <strongs number="4592">sign</strongs>unto <strongs number="5213">you</strongs>; Ye shall <strongs number="2147">find</strongs>the <strongs number="1025">babe</strongs>wrapped in swaddling <strongs number="4683">clothes</strongs>, <strongs number="2749">lying</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>a <strongs number="5336">manger</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="1810">suddenly</strongs>there <strongs number="1096">was</strongs><strongs number="4862">with</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs>a <strongs number="4128">multitude</strongs>of the <strongs number="3770">heavenly</strongs><strongs number="4756">host</strongs><strongs number="134">praising</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="1391">Glory</strongs>to <strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="5310">highest</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1909">on</strongs><strongs number="1093">earth</strongs><strongs number="1515">peace</strongs>, good <strongs number="2107">will</strongs><strongs number="1722">toward</strongs><strongs number="444">men</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, <strongs number="5613">as</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angels</strongs>were gone <strongs number="565">away</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3772 *444">heaven</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4166">shepherds</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>one to <strongs number="240 4314">another</strongs>, Let us now <strongs number="1330">go</strongs><strongs number="1211">even</strongs><strongs number="2193">unto</strongs><strongs number="965">Bethlehem</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1492">see</strongs><strongs number="5124">this</strongs><strongs number="4487">thing</strongs>which is come to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, <strongs number="3739">which</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>hath made <strongs number="1107">known</strongs>unto <strongs number="2254">us</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>they <strongs number="2064">came</strongs>with <strongs number="4692">haste</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="429">found</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2501">Joseph</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1025">babe</strongs><strongs number="2749">lying</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>a <strongs number="5336">manger</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>when they had <strongs number="1492">seen</strongs><em> it, </em>they made <strongs number="1232">known</strongs><strongs number="*4012">abroad</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4487">saying</strongs>which was <strongs number="2980">told</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="4012">concerning</strongs><strongs number="5127">this</strongs><strongs number="3813">child</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>they that <strongs number="191">heard</strongs><em> it </em><strongs number="2296">wondered</strongs><strongs number="4012">at</strongs>those things which were <strongs number="2980">told</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="5259">by</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4166">shepherds</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'><strongs number="1161">But</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="4933">kept</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="5023">these</strongs><strongs number="4487">things</strongs>, and <strongs number="4820">pondered</strongs><em> them </em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="848">her</strongs><strongs number="2588">heart</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4166">shepherds</strongs><strongs number="1994">returned</strongs>, <strongs number="1392">glorifying</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="134">praising</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="1909">for</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>the things <strongs number="3739">that</strongs>they had <strongs number="191">heard</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1492">seen</strongs>, <strongs number="2531">as</strongs>it was <strongs number="2980">told</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3753">when</strongs><strongs number="3638">eight</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>were <strongs number="4130">accomplished</strongs>for the <strongs number="4059">circumcising</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3813">child</strongs>, <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs>was <strongs number="2564">called</strongs><strongs number="2424">JESUS</strongs>, which was so <strongs number="2564">named</strongs><strongs number="5259">of</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="4253">before</strongs><strongs number="846">he</strongs>was <strongs number="4815">conceived</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2836">womb</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3753">when</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>of <strongs number="846">her</strongs><strongs number="2512">purification</strongs><strongs number="2596">according</strongs>to <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3551">law</strongs>of <strongs number="3475">Moses</strongs>were <strongs number="4130">accomplished</strongs>, they <strongs number="321">brought</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="2414">Jerusalem</strongs>, to <strongs number="3936">present</strongs><em> him </em>to <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='23'>( <strongs number="2531">As</strongs>it is <strongs number="1125">written</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="3551">law</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>, <strongs number="3956">Every</strongs><strongs number="730">male</strongs>that <strongs number="1272">openeth</strongs>the <strongs number="3388">womb</strongs>shall be <strongs number="2564">called</strongs><strongs number="40">holy</strongs>to <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>;) </verse>
      <verse number='24'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>to <strongs number="1325">offer</strongs>a <strongs number="2378">sacrifice</strongs><strongs number="2596">according</strongs>to that which is <strongs number="2046">said</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="3551">law</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>, A <strongs number="2201">pair</strongs>of <strongs number="5167">turtledoves</strongs>, <strongs number="2228">or</strongs><strongs number="1417">two</strongs><strongs number="3502">young</strongs><strongs number="4058">pigeons</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='25'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">behold</strongs>, there <strongs number="2258">was</strongs>a <strongs number="444">man</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="2419">Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs number="3739">whose</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="4826">Simeon</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="3778">same</strongs><strongs number="444">man</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="1342">just</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2126">devout</strongs>, waiting <strongs number="4327">for</strongs>the <strongs number="3874">consolation</strongs>of <strongs number="2474">Israel</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="40">Holy</strongs><strongs number="4151">Ghost</strongs><strongs number="2258">was</strongs><strongs number="1909">upon</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>it <strongs number="2258">was</strongs><strongs number="5537">revealed</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="5259">by</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="40">Holy</strongs><strongs number="4151">Ghost</strongs>, that he should <strongs number="3361">not</strongs><strongs number="1492">see</strongs><strongs number="2288">death</strongs>, <strongs number="4250">before</strongs>he had <strongs number="1492">seen</strongs>the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>'s <strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he <strongs number="2064">came</strongs><strongs number="1722">by</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4151">Spirit</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2411">temple</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>when <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1118">parents</strongs>brought <strongs number="1521">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3813">child</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>, to <strongs number="4160">do</strongs><strongs number="4012">for</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="2596">after</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1480">custom</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3551">law</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='28'><strongs number="2532">Then</strongs>took he him <strongs number="1209 846 846">up</strongs><strongs number="1519">in</strongs><strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="43">arms</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2127">blessed</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='29'><strongs number="1203">Lord</strongs>, <strongs number="3568">now</strongs>lettest thou <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="1401">servant</strongs><strongs number="630">depart</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="1515">peace</strongs>, <strongs number="2596">according</strongs>to <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="4487">word</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='30'><strongs number="3754">For</strongs><strongs number="3450">mine</strongs><strongs number="3778">eyes</strongs>have <strongs number="1492">seen</strongs><strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="4992">salvation</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='31'><strongs number="3739">Which</strongs>thou hast <strongs number="2090">prepared</strongs><strongs number="2596">before</strongs>the <strongs number="4383">face</strongs>of <strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="2992">people</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='32'>A <strongs number="5457">light</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="602">lighten</strongs>the <strongs number="1484">Gentiles</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="1391">glory</strongs>of <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="2992">people</strongs><strongs number="2474">Israel</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='33'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="2501">Joseph</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs><strongs number="2258 2296">marveled</strongs><strongs number="1909">at</strongs>those things which were <strongs number="2980">spoken</strongs><strongs number="4012">of</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='34'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="4826">Simeon</strongs><strongs number="2127">blessed</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">Behold</strongs>, <strongs number="3778">this</strongs><em> child </em>is <strongs number="2749">set</strongs><strongs number="1519">for</strongs>the <strongs number="4431">fall</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs>rising <strongs number="386">again</strongs>of <strongs number="4183">many</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="2474">Israel</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1519">for</strongs>a <strongs number="4592">sign</strongs>which shall be spoken <strongs number="483">against</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='35'>( <strongs number="1161">Yea</strongs>, <strongs number="*846">a</strongs><strongs number="4501">sword</strongs>shall pierce <strongs number="1330">through</strongs>thy <strongs number="846">own</strongs><strongs number="5590">soul</strongs><strongs number="2532">also</strongs>,) <strongs number="3704">that</strongs>the <strongs number="1261">thoughts</strongs><strongs number="1537">of</strongs><strongs number="4183">many</strongs><strongs number="2588">hearts</strongs>may be <strongs number="601 302">revealed</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='36'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>there <strongs number="2258">was</strongs>one <strongs number="451">Anna</strongs>, a <strongs number="4398">prophetess</strongs>, the <strongs number="2364">daughter</strongs>of <strongs number="5323">Phanuel</strongs>, <strongs number="1537">of</strongs>the <strongs number="5443">tribe</strongs>of <strongs number="768">Asher</strongs>: <strongs number="3778">she</strongs>was of a great <strongs number="4260 1722 4183 2250">age</strongs>, and had <strongs number="2198">lived</strongs><strongs number="3326">with</strongs>a <strongs number="435">husband</strongs><strongs number="2033">seven</strongs><strongs number="2094">years</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="848">her</strongs><strongs number="3932">virginity</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='37'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3778">she</strongs><em> was </em>a <strongs number="5503">widow</strongs>of <strongs number="5613">about</strongs>fourscore and and <strongs number="3589 5064">four</strongs><strongs number="2094">years</strongs>, <strongs number="3739">which</strongs><strongs number="868">departed</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2411">temple</strongs>, but <strongs number="3000">served</strongs><em> God </em>with <strongs number="3521">fastings</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1162">prayers</strongs><strongs number="3571">night</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2250">day</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='38'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3778">she</strongs><strongs number="2186">coming</strongs>in that <strongs number="846 5610">instant</strongs>gave <strongs number="437">thanks</strongs>likewise unto <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2980">spake</strongs><strongs number="4012">of</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>to <strongs number="3956">all</strongs>them that looked <strongs number="4327">for</strongs><strongs number="3085">redemption</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="2419">Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='39'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="5613">when</strongs>they had <strongs number="5055">performed</strongs>all <strongs number="537">things</strongs><strongs number="2596">according</strongs>to <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3551">law</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>, they <strongs number="5290">returned</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="1056">Galilee</strongs>, <strongs number="1519">to</strongs>their <strongs number="848">own</strongs><strongs number="4172">city</strongs><strongs number="3478">Nazareth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='40'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3813">child</strongs><strongs number="837">grew</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>waxed <strongs number="2901">strong</strongs>in <strongs number="4151">spirit</strongs>, <strongs number="4137">filled</strongs>with <strongs number="4678">wisdom</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="5485">grace</strongs>of <strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="2258">was</strongs><strongs number="1909">upon</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='41'><strongs number="2532">Now</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="1118">parents</strongs><strongs number="4198">went</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="2419">Jerusalem</strongs>every <strongs number="2596 2094">year</strongs>at <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1859">feast</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3957">passover</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='42'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3753">when</strongs>he <strongs number="1096">was</strongs>twelve years <strongs number="1427 2094">old</strongs>, <strongs number="846">they</strongs>went <strongs number="305">up</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="2414">Jerusalem</strongs><strongs number="2596">after</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1485">custom</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1859">feast</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='43'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>when they had <strongs number="5048">fulfilled</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>, as <strongs number="846">they</strongs><strongs number="5290">returned</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3816">child</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>tarried <strongs number="5278">behind</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="2419">Jerusalem</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2501">Joseph</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs><strongs number="1097">knew</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><em> of </em><em> it. </em></verse>
      <verse number='44'><strongs number="1161">But</strongs>they, <strongs number="3543">supposing</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>to have <strongs number="1511">been</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4923">company</strongs>, <strongs number="2064">went</strongs>a <strongs number="2250">day</strongs>'s <strongs number="3598">journey</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>they <strongs number="327">sought</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="1722">among</strongs><em> their </em><strongs number="4773">kinsfolk</strongs><strongs number="2532 *1722">and</strongs><strongs number="1110">acquaintance</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='45'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>when they <strongs number="2147">found</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="3361">not</strongs>, they turned back <strongs number="5290">again</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="2419">Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs number="2212">seeking</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='46'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, that <strongs number="3326">after</strongs><strongs number="5140">three</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>they <strongs number="2147">found</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2411">temple</strongs>, <strongs number="2516">sitting</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="3319">midst</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1320">doctors</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">both</strongs><strongs number="191">hearing</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>asking them <strongs number="1905 846">questions</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='47'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>that <strongs number="191">heard</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>were <strongs number="1839">astonished</strongs><strongs number="1909">at</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="4907">understanding</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="612">answers</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='48'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>when they <strongs number="1492">saw</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, they were <strongs number="1605">amazed</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="5043">Son</strongs>, <strongs number="5101">why</strongs>hast thou <strongs number="3779">thus</strongs><strongs number="4160">dealt</strongs>with <strongs number="2254">us</strongs>? <strongs number="2400">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="3962">father</strongs>and <strongs number="2504">I</strongs>have <strongs number="2212">sought</strongs><strongs number="4571">thee</strongs><strongs number="3600">sorrowing</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='49'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he <strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <em><strongs number="5101">How</strongs></em><em> is </em><em> it </em><em><strongs number="3754">that</strongs></em><em> ye </em><em><strongs number="2212">sought</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3165">me</strongs>? </em><em><strongs number="1492">wist</strongs></em><em> ye </em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3754">that</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3165">I</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1163">must</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1511">be</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">about</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3450">my</strongs></em><em> Father's <strongs number="3588 3962">business</strongs>? </em></verse>
      <verse number='50'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="846">they</strongs><strongs number="4920">understood</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4487">saying</strongs><strongs number="3739">which</strongs>he <strongs number="2980">spake</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='51'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he went <strongs number="2597">down</strongs><strongs number="3326">with</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2064">came</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="3478">Nazareth</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2258">was</strongs>subject <strongs number="5293">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">but</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs><strongs number="1301">kept</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="5023">these</strongs><strongs number="4487">sayings</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="848">her</strongs><strongs number="2588">heart</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='52'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs><strongs number="4298">increased</strongs>in <strongs number="4678">wisdom</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2244">stature</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>in <strongs number="5485">favor</strongs><strongs number="3844">with</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="444">man</strongs>. </verse>
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