World English Bible
Luke 2:43
“and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,”
Verse in context — Luke 2
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His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
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When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,
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and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,
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but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
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When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.
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