Luke 2:51 - Plain English Version

⁵¹ Then Jesus went with them back to Nazareth, and he always did what his mother and father told him to do. And his mother always remembered all those things that happened, and she always thought about them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵¹ And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was [habitually] obedient to them; and his mother kept and closely and persistently guarded all these things in her heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁵¹ Jesus went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. His mother cherished every word in her heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵¹ And he descended with them and went to Nazareth. And he was subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

Luke 2:51 Cross References

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers were really angry with him about those dreams, and they hated him even more. But Joseph’s father kept on thinking about those things that Joseph said.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus said, “We have to do it the way God wants. So now, while you are baptising people, you can baptise me too.” Then John agreed with him.

Mark 1:9

At that time, Jesus was living in a town called Nazareth, in Galilee country. Then Jesus left his home, and he walked all the way south to a place on the Jordan River. John was baptising people there.

Luke 2:19

And Mary remembered their words, and she thought about them a lot.

Luke 2:39

After that, Joseph and Mary finished doing everything that their law said they had to do. Then they went back home, to Nazareth, in Galilee country.

Luke 4:16

Then Jesus went to his own town, called Nazareth. That was the town he grew up in. He went to the Jewish meeting house there on Saturday, like he always did, and he stood up to read to the people from God’s book.

Luke 4:23

So Jesus said, “I know what you are going to say next. You are going to use the picture talk that some people use. They say, ‘Doctor, make yourself better, to show us that you know how to make people better.’ And you mob will say to me, ‘Show us that you know how to do powerful things. Do them here, in your own home town, like you did in Capernium.’

Ephesians 5:21

Each of you has to think about what other Christians want, and agree with them, because you really respect Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:21

Jesus Christ did nothing wrong, but people hurt him and killed him. And God wants you to be like Jesus, and to live the same way that he lived.