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Luke 2:43

American Standard Version

and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;

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Luke 2:43 in other translations

and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,

Luke 2:43 · World English Bible

Luke 2:43 in context

  1. 41And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.
  2. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;
  3. 43and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;
  4. 44but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey; and they sought for him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance:
  5. 45and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.