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It details his upbringing in Nazareth with Mary and Joseph, highlighting his growth in health, strength, and wisdom, and noting that he was blessed by God. The story focuses on the annual Passover festival in Jerusalem, where a twelve-year-old Jesus accompanied his parents. After the festival, during the journey home, Jesus remained in Jerusalem, unknown to his parents who assumed he was with other travelers. Upon realizing his absence, Mary and Joseph, after a day's travel, returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three days, they found Jesus in the temple, engaged in conversation with the Jewish teachers, listening to them, and asking insightful questions. This event marks a pivotal moment in demonstrating Jesus's early spiritual awareness and intellectual curiosity, foreshadowing his divine mission. The narrative is accompanied by illustrations that visually represent these key moments. The work is copyrighted by SIL Global and illustrated by Jim Padgett, distributed under Creative Commons licenses, allowing for adaptation and sharing while requiring attribution and similar licensing for derivative works.","204 Young Jesus Visits the Temple  \nLuke 2  \nEnglish Bible  \n204 Young Jesus Visits the Temple  \nEnglish  \nUnited States  \nCopyright © 2026, SIL Global  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages by Jim Padgett, © 1984 Sweet Publishing under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. Images adapted by SIL Global.  \nStory and Music © 2026 SIL Global under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  \nWhen Jesus was young, he lived with his mother Mary and her husband Joseph in the town called Nazareth in the province of Galilee. There Jesus grew healthy and strong and very wise. And God blessed him as he grew.  \nLuke 2:39-40  \nEvery year Jesus’s parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. When Jesus was twelve years old, they all went to the festival, as was their custom.  \nLuke 2:41-42  \nAfter the festival, Jesus’s parents began to travel home. They did not realize that Jesus had stayed in Jerusalem. They thought that he was with other relatives and friends who were traveling with them.  \nLuke 2:43-44  \nThe group traveled for a whole day. Then Mary and Joseph began to look for Jesus among their relatives and friends.  \nLuke 2:44  \nWhen they did not find him, Mary and Joseph went back to Jerusalem to look for him.  \nLuke 2:45  \nAfter three days, they found Jesus in the temple. 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