But they did not understand what he was saying to them — the non-understanding of the parents at Jesus' first self-disclosure is the initial instance of a pattern that will recur throughout the Gospel: those closest to Jesus do not fully understand what he is communicating about his identity and mission. The non-understanding is not culpable — it is the genuine incomprehension of those who have received remarkable revelation but cannot yet hold its full implications.

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