The Return to Nazareth
39 And when they had performed everything according to
1the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of
2Nazareth.
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3And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
The Boy Jesus in the Temple
41 Now
4his parents went
5to Jerusalem every year at
6the Feast of the Passover.
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And when he was twelve years old,
7they went up according to custom.
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And when the feast
8was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.
9His parents did not know it,
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but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
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and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him.
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After three days they found him in the temple,
10sitting among
11the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
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And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us so? Behold,
12your father and I have been searching for you in great distress."
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And he said to them,
"Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that 13I must be in 14my Father's house?"
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And
15they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.
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And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And
16his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
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And Jesus
17increased in wisdom and in stature and in
18favor with God and man.