42. When Jesus was 12 years old, they went to the feast as they always did.
43. When the feast days were over, they went home. The boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
44. Joseph and Mary traveled for a whole day. They thought that Jesus was with them in the group. Then they began to look for him among their family and friends,
45. but they did not find him. So they went back to Jerusalem to look for him there.