International Children’s Bible

Luke 2:43-46 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

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.

46. After three days they found him. Jesus was sitting in the Temple with the religious teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.