Luke 2:42

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

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  • Luke 2:39-41
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    89%

    39So when Joseph and Mary had performed 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, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

    41Jesus in the Temple Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover.

  • Luke 2:43-52
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    83%

    43But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

    44but(because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

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

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

    47And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

    48When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him,“Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

    49But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

    50Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

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

    52And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

    28Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

  • Luke 2:21-22
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    21At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

    22Jesus’ Presentation at the Temple Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

  • John 2:12-13
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    12Cleansing the Temple After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

    13Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 4:16
    71%

    16Rejection at Nazareth Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

  • John 5:1
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    1Healing a Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Matt 2:21
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    21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

  • John 7:10-11
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    10But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

    11So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

  • Matt 2:14-15
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    14Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

    15He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled:“I called my Son out of Egypt.”

  • John 4:45
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    45So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast(for they themselves had gone to the feast).

  • Luke 2:33
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    33So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

  • John 7:14
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    14Teaching in the Temple When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

  • John 12:12
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    12The Triumphal Entry The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 2:3-4
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    3Everyone went to his own town to be registered.

    4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David.

  • Matt 2:8-9
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    8He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

    9After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

  • John 11:55-56
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    55Now the Jewish Feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

    56Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,“What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

  • Luke 22:13
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    13So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

  • Luke 2:17
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    17When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

  • Acts 1:12
    67%

    12A Replacement for Judas is Chosen Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Mount of Olives(which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away).

  • Mark 5:42
    67%

    42The girl got up at once and began to walk around(she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.

  • Luke 2:24
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    24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.

  • Mark 11:11
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    11Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

  • Luke 24:52
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    52So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

  • Luke 22:39
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    39On the Mount of Olives Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

  • John 7:2
    66%

    2Now the Jewish Feast of Shelters was near.

  • Luke 1:39
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    39Mary and Elizabeth In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

  • Luke 2:6
    66%

    6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

  • John 7:8
    66%

    8You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived.”

  • Luke 19:28
    66%

    28The Triumphal Entry After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 2:19
    66%

    19His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him from time to time when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.