Luke 2:40 - Plain English Version

⁴⁰ And the baby started to grow big and strong, and he got wise too. And God was good to him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him. [Judg. 13:24; I Sam. 2:26.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ The child grew up and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Now the child grew, and he was strengthened with the fullness of wisdom. And the grace of God was in him.

Luke 2:40 Cross References

Luke 1:80

After that, baby John grew up to be a man, and God made his spirit strong. He went and lived out in the bush for years, until he started to tell the Israel people God’s messages.

Luke 2:47

The people there listened to Jesus too, and they were very surprised at the things he said. He understood lots of things, and he knew the answers to all of their questions.

Luke 2:52

Jesus grew up to be a man, and as he got bigger, he became very wise too. God was really happy with him, and so was everyone that knew him. (We have not yet translated 3:1—4:13. You can read those stories and messages in Mark 1:1-34, 40-45; 2:1—3:6; 3:13-19; Matthew 3:1—5:12; 5:38-48; 7:1-5, 12, 17-20, 24-27; 8:5-13. They are about some things that happened before Jesus started going around telling people God’s good news.)

John 1:14

You see, the Word became a human being. He came and lived in a body, with us here on the earth. We saw that he was really powerful, just like God. Then we knew that he was God’s only special son, and he showed us what his father is like. He was a really good man, and everything he said was true.

Acts 4:33

At the same time, Jesus’s special workers talked in a powerful way and told everyone, “Our leader Jesus is alive again.” And God was good to his followers, and he gave them everything they needed.

Ephesians 6:10

The last thing that I want to say to you is this. You are joined to our leader, Jesus, and he is very strong, so you have to use his strong power to fight against the devil, the boss over the bad spirits.

2 Timothy 2:1

So Timothy, you are like my own son now. I want you to be strong. And if you always stay joined up to Jesus Christ, you can do that. You see, he is always good to you, and he will help you.

1 Samuel 2:18

The boy Samuel worked for God. He wore special clothes like those of a man that looked after God’s ceremonies.

1 Samuel 2:21

And God was really good to Hannah. After that, she had some other kids. She had 3 boys and 2 girls. All this time Samuel grew up in God’s house, still working for him.

1 Samuel 2:26

But the boy Samuel was growing up the right way. God loved him and so did everybody else. (We have not yet translated 2:27-36.)

1 Samuel 3:19

After that, Samuel grew up to become a man. And God was with him, so the words he said were really true.