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/2:41/ Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. /42/ And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. /43/ When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. /44/ Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. /45/ When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. /46/ After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. /47/ And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. /48/ When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety." /49/ He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" /50/ But they did not understand what he said to them. /51/ Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart. /52/ And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.

 

John Dominic Crossan