41 Every year his parents went up to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.

42 And when he was twelve years old, they also came to Jerusalem for a feast according to custom.

43 And when they were returning, at the end of the days of the feast, the lad Jesus remained in Jerusalem; And Joseph and his mother did not perceive it;

44 but they thought that He was going with others. And when they had traveled the day, they began to look for Him among their relatives and acquaintances

45 and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.

46 And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them, and asking them;

47 all those who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

48 And when they saw him, they were amazed; And His Mother said to Him, "Child! What have You done to us? Behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee with great sorrow.

49 And he said unto them, Why did ye seek me? or did you not know that I must be in the things that belong to My Father?

50 But they did not understand the words He spoke.

51 And he went with them, and came to Nazareth; and was in subjection to them. And His Mother kept all these words in Her heart.

52 But Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

Chapter 3

1 And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch in Galilee, and Philip his brother was tetrarch in Ituraea and the province of Trachonite, and Lysanias tetrarch in Abilene,

2 In the time of the chief priests Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

3 And he went through all the country round about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,

4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, who says, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight;

5 Let every valley be filled, and every mountain and hill be made low, and the crookedness straightened, and the rough paths made smooth.

6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

7 And John said to the people who came to be baptized by him, 'Offspring of vipers! Who inspired you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore worthy fruits of repentance, and think not within yourselves, 'Our father is Abraham,' for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.