Luke 2:51

‘And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.'

Responding immediately to His parents Jesus went down with them to Nazareth (going from Jerusalem is always ‘down', even for those who go up). And there He continued to be subject to them. There had been no intention of rebellion. He had merely been doing what He saw to be right. And His mother kept in her heart all the things that were said, (and when she was asked by Luke, unburdened them to him. And by then she had gained a little more understanding). But Mary was still only a teenager herself. While she pondered she did not fully understand. And later, when she felt that she must save her boy from Himself, possibly egged on by His brothers (Mark 3:21; Mark 3:25), she was only doing what was natural for a mother. But it is a reminder to us that she too was human and so very much like us.