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Luke 2
⁴⁶ Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions.
⁴⁷ All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
⁴⁸ His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”
⁴⁹ “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
⁵⁰ But they didn’t understand what he meant.
⁵¹ Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart.
⁵² Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.
Luke 3
¹ It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene.
² Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time a message from God came to John son of Zechariah, who was living in the wilderness.
³ Then John went from place to place on both sides of the Jordan River, preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.
⁴ Isaiah had spoken of John when he said, “He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming! Clear the road for him!