Luke 2:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

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Referenced Verses

Deut 12:18 : 18 but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
Deut 16:1-8 : 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Jehovah shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacrificest the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee; 6 but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work [therein].
1 Sam 1:3 : 3 And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.
John 2:13 : 13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4 : 4 Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
John 11:55 : 55 Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.
John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the passover, {G3588} Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
1 Sam 1:21 : 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:
Exod 12:14 : 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Exod 23:14-17 : 14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 15 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty: 16 and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
Exod 34:23 : 23 Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Lev 23:5 : 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah's passover.
Num 28:16 : 16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Jehovah's passover.
Deut 12:5-7 : 5 But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come; 6 and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock: 7 and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
Deut 12:11 : 11 then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.

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Luke 2:42-52
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89%
42And when he was twelve years old, they went up {G1519} {G2414} after the custom of the feast;
43and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his {G2501} parents knew it not;
44but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey; and they sought for him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance:
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46And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
47and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
48And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing.
49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?
50And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
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John 2:12-13
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12After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and [his] brethren, and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.
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Luke 2:27-28
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Luke 2:21-24
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John 6:4
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4Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
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1 Sam 2:19
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1 Sam 1:21
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