Saturday 8 June 2024

9Their offspring will be known among the nations,and their offspring among the peoples.All who see them will acknowledge them,that they are the offspring which the Lord has blessed.”10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord!My soul will be joyful in my God,for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation.He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,as a bridegroom decks himself with a garlandand as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.11For as the earth produces its bud,and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up,so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

1Hannah prayed, and said,

“My heart exults in the Lord!My horn is exalted in the Lord.My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,because I rejoice in your salvation.

4“The bows of the mighty men are broken.Those who stumbled are armed with strength.5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.Those who were hungry are satisfied.Yes, the barren has borne seven.She who has many children languishes.

6“The Lord kills and makes alive.He brings down to Sheol and brings up.7The Lord makes poor and makes rich.He brings low, he also lifts up.

8He raises up the poor out of the dust.He lifts up the needy from the dunghillto make them sit with princesand inherit the throne of glory.For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s.He has set the world on them.

41His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.42When he was twelve years old,they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast;43and when they had fulfilled the days,as they were returning,the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,44but supposing him to be in the company,they went a day’s journey;and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.45When they didn’t find him,they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.46After three days they found him in the temple,sitting in the middle of the teachers,both listening to them and asking them questions.47All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.48When they saw him, they were astonished;and his mother said to him,“Son, why have you treated us this way?Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.”

49He said to them, “Why were you looking for me?Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”50They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth.He was subject to them,and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.