Luke 2:45 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And when they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for Him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when they failed to find Him, they went back to Jerusalem, looking for Him [up and down] all the way.

American Standard Version (1901)

and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.

Common English Bible

When they didn’t find Jesus, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him.

Luke 2:45 Cross References

Luke 2:44

so thinking He was in the caravan, they continued traveling for an entire day [before] they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

Luke 2:46

And it happened after three days that they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the middle of the [Jewish] teachers, listening to them and asking questions.