Luke 2:44

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

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  • Ps 42:4 : 4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
  • Ps 122:1-4 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem. 3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together; 4 To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.
  • Isa 2:3 : 3 And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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  • Luke 2:45-52
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    45 And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

    46 And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

    47 And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

    48 And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

    49 And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

    50 And his words seemed strange to them.

    51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

    52 And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

  • Luke 2:39-43
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    39 And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.

    40 And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

    41 And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

    42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

    43 And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

  • 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

  • 33 And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    16 And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

    17 And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

  • Matt 2:8-9
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    8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

    9 And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

  • John 7:10-11
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    10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.

    11 At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

  • 14 So he took the young child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt;

  • 28 And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

  • Matt 2:20-21
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    20 Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

    21 And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • 12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

  • 27 And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

  • 24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

  • Mark 1:36-37
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    36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

    37 And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.

  • 56 They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?

  • 42 And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

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    14 And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.

    15 And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.

  • 22 And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

  • 32 And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

  • 39 Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

  • 43 And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.

  • 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

  • 22 And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord

  • 33 And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

  • 33 And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

  • 30 But he came through them and went on his way.

  • 4 And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

  • 1 And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

  • 12 And they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town:

  • 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

  • 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

  • 12 And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

  • 46 While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.