Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.
And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.
His parents did not know it
but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey
but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances
and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him.
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers
listening to them and asking them questions.
And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
And when his parents saw him, they were astonished.
And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so?
"Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.”
And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them.
And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
Chapter three.
The word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
And he went into all the region around the Jordan
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord
'make his paths straight.
'Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low
'and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways
'and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”
He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him
“You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
"Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves
"‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
"Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees.
"Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?”
And he answered them
“Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”
Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
And he said to them, “Collect no more than you are authorized to do.”
Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?”
And he said to them
“Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”
As the people were in expectation
and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ
John answered them all, saying
“I baptize you with water
"but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.
"He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
"His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn
"but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
So with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.
But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife
and for all the evil things that Herod had done
added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison.
Now when all the people were baptized
and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove
and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.
And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”
And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time
and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory
"for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
"If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”
And Jesus answered him, “It is written
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him
“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written
“‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’
"and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee
and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.
And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.
And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.
And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him.
He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
"He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind
"to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down.
And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth.
And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?”
And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.
'What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”
And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
"But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah
"when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land
"and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon
"to a woman who was a widow.
"And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha
"and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.
And they rose up and drove him out of the town
and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built
so that they could throw him down the cliff.
But passing through their midst, he went away.
And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath