Young Jesus in the Temple 

Jesus lived with his parents  and His brothers and sisters in Nazareth. When he was twelve years old his parents to Jerusalem for the celebration of Passover. Every year the Jews celebrated Passover to remember the time when Moses had led the Israelites out of Egypt where they had been slaves. After the Celebration in Jerusalem Mary and Joseph left the city to back home. They thought that Jesus was going back with some people. But when they looked for him the next day they could not find him anywhere. Mary and Joseph turned around and went back to Jerusalem. For three days they looked Jesus Finally they found him. Jesus was in the Temple with some teachers. He was listening to them and asking  questions. The teachers were surprised at how much the boy knew. When his parents saw Jesus they ran  up to him. Why have you done this to us. Mary asked we have been so worried We looked for you everywhere. Jesus answered Why did you have to look for me. Didn’t you know that I would be in my Father’s house. Jesus was talking about his Father God but his parents didn’t understand. Jesus went back with them to Nazareth. He became wise and grew strong God was pleased with him.