Luke 2:44-52 ▼

44 and having supposed Him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey, and were seeking Him among the relatives and among the acquaintances,

45 and having not found Him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking Him.

46 And it came to pass, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,

47 and all those hearing Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.

48 And having seen Him, they were amazed, and His mother said to Him, “Child, why did You do this to us? Behold, Your father and I, sorrowing, were seeking You.”

49 And He said to them, “Why [is it] that you were seeking Me? Did you not know that it is necessary for Me to be in the things of My Father?”

50 And they did not understand the saying that He spoke to them,

51 and He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and He was subject to them, and His mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

52 and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favor with God and men.