Luke 2:44

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Thinking he was in their traveling group, they went a day's journey. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.

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  • Ps 42:4 : 4 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'
  • Ps 122:1-4 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD.' 2 Our feet were standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem, built as a city that is tightly joined together. 4 There the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
  • Isa 2:3 : 3 Many peoples will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.' For instruction will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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    45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

    46After three days, they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

    47Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.

    48When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us this way? Look, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you!"

    49He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"

    50But they did not understand the statement he made to them.

    51Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

    52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

  • Luke 2:39-43
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    39When they had completed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

    40And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

    41Every year, Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.

    42When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.

    43When the festival was over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of it.

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    12After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

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    33The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

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    8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too may go and worship Him.'

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    10But when His brothers had gone up to the festival, He also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

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    24So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

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    36Simon and his companions went to look for him,

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