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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.2.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.2.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Boy Jesus at the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.2.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.2.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Every year Jesus&#8217; parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.2.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.2.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.2.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.2.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.2.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.2.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.2.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, &#8220;Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.2.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.2.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why were you searching for me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Didn&#8217;t you know I had to be in my Father&#8217;s house?&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:49 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">be about my Father&#8217;s business</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.2.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">But they did not understand what he was saying to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.2.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.2.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.2.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar&#8212;when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be filled in,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">The crooked roads shall become straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">the rough ways smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And all people will see God&#8217;s salvation.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.40.3+ISA.40.4+ISA.40.5">Isaiah 40:3-5</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, &#8220;You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, &#8216;We have Abraham as our father.&#8217; For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"></span></div>
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