Luke 2:42 - Plain English Version

⁴² When Jesus was 12 years old, they went to Jerusalem, like they always did, and they took Jesus with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² And when He was twelve years [old], they went up, as was their custom.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;

Common English Bible

⁴² When he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to their custom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And when he had become twelve years old, they ascended to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast day.

Luke 2:42 Cross References

Luke 2:41

The Jewish people have a ceremony every year called Passover. Every year Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem for that ceremony.

Luke 2:43

After that ceremony finished, they started to go north, back to their home in Nazareth. They were with a lot of other people going north, and they thought Jesus was somewhere in that mob. They thought, “He will come to us when we stop to camp tonight.” But Jesus didn’t come to them when they stopped to camp. You see, he was still back in Jerusalem. Mary and Joseph looked for him among their relatives and all that mob that was camping on that road,

Luke 4:16

Then Jesus went to his own town, called Nazareth. That was the town he grew up in. He went to the Jewish meeting house there on Saturday, like he always did, and he stood up to read to the people from God’s book.