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

After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

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.

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.