Luke 2:44-52
2:44 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.
2:45 When
they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem
to look for him.
2:46 After
three days
they found him in the temple courts,
sitting among the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions.
2:47 And all who heard Jesus
were astonished
at his understanding and his answers.
2:48 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.”
2:49 But
he replied,
“Why were you looking for me?
Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
2:50 Yet
his parents
did not understand
the remark
he made
to them.
2:51 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.
2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.