Luke 2:47

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

When all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’ ”

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,

and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.

I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—

Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like a stick.

“Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You were the seal of full measure, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.

He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled;

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”

They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.

All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.