Luke 2:43
But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,
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- Exod 12:15 : 15 For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. Surely on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel.
- 2 Chr 25:17 : 17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu,“Come, face me on the battlefield.”
- 2 Chr 30:21-23 : 21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the LORD every day with all their might. 22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, who demonstrated great skill in serving the LORD. They feasted for the seven days of the festival, and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their ancestors. 23 The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.
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44 but(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.
45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
47 And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.
48 When 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.”
49 But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
- Luke 2:39-424 verses83%
39 So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
41 Jesus in the Temple Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover.
42 When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.
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33 So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.
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- Matt 2:11-155 verses73%
11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.
13 The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”
14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.
15 He 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.”
- Luke 2:19-224 verses73%
19 But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.
20 So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.
21 At 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.
22 Jesus’ 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
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20 saying,“Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”
21 So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.
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25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
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12 Cleansing the Temple After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
13 Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
17 When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,
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8 He 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.”
9 After 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.
- Luke 2:4-63 verses70%
4 So 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.
5 He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
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14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
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21 Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.
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8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
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56 Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.
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42 and they said,“Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”
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23 When his time of service was over, he went to his home.
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36 After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.
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9 When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.
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3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him,“They have no wine left.”
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32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
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23 (Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)