After Passover his parents left, but they did not know that Jesus had stayed on in the city.
King Amaziah of Judah talked with his officials, then sent a message to King Jehoash of Israel: “Come out and face me in battle!”
For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. And on the first of these seven days, you must remove all yeast from your homes. If you eat anything made with yeast during this festival, you will no longer be part of Israel.
And when Jesus was twelve years old, they all went there as usual for the celebration.
They thought he was travelling with some other people, and they went a whole day before they started looking for him.