And seeing Him they were astonished, and His mother said to Him; Child, why did you thus do unto us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee, sorrowful.

And they did thus, and made all sit down.

At the same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: yea, Father, because it was thus pleasing in thy sight.

Happy is that servant, whom his lord having come shall thus find watching.

Thus then every one of you who does not consecrate all his possessions, is not able to be my disciple.

And if any one may ask you, Why do you loose him? thus say to him, that the Lord hath need of him:

But you are not thus: but let the greater among you be as the younger; and the leader as the waiter.