Upon You was I cast from birth; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
Listen to me, O coastlands, and pay attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He named me.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you were born I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was upon Him.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and men.
Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ”
But when it pleased God, who set me apart since I was in my mother’s womb and called me by His grace,