Luke 2:50-51 And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them.… I thank God for two things — yea, for a thousand; but for two among many — first, that I was born and bred in the country, of parents that gave me a sound constitution and a noble example. I never can pay back what I got from my parents. If I were to raise a monument of gold higher than heaven, it would be no expression of the debt of gratitude which I owe to them for that which they unceasingly gave, by the heritage of their body and the heritage of their souls, to me. And next to that I am thankful that I was brought up in circumstances where I never became acquainted with wickedness. (H. W. Beecher: from his last public letter.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.WEB: They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them. |
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