The great feast of the pasch was ended and the Nazarenes were journeying toward their homes.
2 And they were in Samaria, and Mary said, Where is my son? No one had seen the boy.
3 And Joseph sought among their kindred who were on their way to Galilee; but they had seen him not.
4 Then Joseph, Mary, and a son of Zebedee, returned and sought through all Jerusalem, but they could find him not.
5 And then they went up to the temple courts and asked the guards, Have you seen Jesus, a fair-haired boy, with deep blue eyes, twelve years of age, about these courts?
6 The guards replied, Yes, he is in the temple now disputing with the doctors of the law.
7 And they went in, and found him as the guards had said.
8 And Mary said, Why Jesus, why do you treat your parents thus? Lo, we have sought two days for you. We feared that some great harm had overtaken you.
9 And Jesus said, Do you not know that I must be about my Father’s work?
10 But he went round and pressed the hand of every doctor of the law and said, I trust that we may meet again.