Jesus lived with His mother Mary and her husband Joseph, remaining obedient to them at Nazareth in Palestine.

Though we do not know much about Jesus’ first thirty years, we can safely conclude that He kept doing His Father’s will all along, even during the silent years. We read that at the age of twelve, He was among the learned men (doctors!) in the temple at Jerusalem listening to, asking (and answering!) questions. He was about His Father’s business (though He still took over Joseph’s trade as a carpenter).

All that He did during His next eighteen years were so very pleasing to His Father that He expressed His approval of that life at the river Jordan: “This is my beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased” – Matt 3:17.

It certainly should have been a practical life of unmatched humility exhibiting obedience to parents, expressing love to His siblings (Is not this the carpenter's son? is not His mother called Mary? and His brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? – Matt 13:55, 56). taking responsible care of His family (probably in the absence of Joseph, who is supposed to have died by then), exercising forbearance towards the unbelieving loved ones (While he yet talked to the people, behold, His mother and His brethren stood without, desiring to speak with Him. – Matt 12:46), showing compassion to the poor, downtrodden and diseased, displaying long-suffering towards the corrupt authorities and demonstrating uncompromising defiance to the temptations of the subtly-pursuing devil.