Luke 2:41-43

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

⁴¹ Now _w his parents went _x to Jerusalem every year at _y the Feast of the Passover. ⁴² And when he was twelve years old, _z they went up according to custom. ⁴³ And when the feast _a was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. _w His parents did not know it,

1. Cross References
   Luke 2:27
   And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Samuel 1:3
   Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 23:15
   You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
   Deuteronomy 16:1
   Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
   John 2:13
   The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
   
4. Cross References
   John 11:55
   Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 12:15
   Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
   Leviticus 23:8
   But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
   Deuteronomy 16:3
   You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction - for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste - that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
   
6. Cross References
   Luke 2:41
   Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.