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43 After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.
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43 After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.
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44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.
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44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.
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45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
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45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
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46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
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46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
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47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you."
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48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you."
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49 "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"
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49 "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"
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50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
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50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
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51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.
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51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.
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52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
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52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
