Jesus as a Boy

Luke 2:40-51 (NIV)

Jesus "grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him." Luke 2:40

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Jesus and his family went to Jerusalem every year for a Jewish celebration called the Feast of Tabernacles.  When Jesus was twelve years they went once again. After they started to go back home Joseph and Mary discovered that Jesus was not with them, so they turned around and went back to Jerusalem to find him. 

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Read Luke 2:46 and fill in the blanks to see what he was doing when they found him.

"sitting among the teachers and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to them and asking them _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Everyone who heard him was _ _ _ _ _ _ at
his understanding and his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

copyright 1999 Sharon Whittaker
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