Luke 2:41

New International Reader's Version

Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast.

Cross References

Exodus 12:11

Eat the meat while your coat is tucked into your belt. Put your sandals on your feet. Take your walking stick in your hand. Eat the food quickly. It is the Lord’s Passover.

Exodus 12:14

“Always remember this day. You and your children after you must celebrate this day as a feast to honor the Lord. You must do this for all time to come. It is a law that will last forever.

Exodus 34:23

Three times a year all your men must come to worship me. I am your Lord and King, the God of Israel.

Leviticus 23:5

The Lord’s Passover begins when the sun goes down on the 14th day of the first month.

Numbers 28:16

“ ‘The Lord’s Passover Feast must be held on the 14th day of the first month.

Luke 2:42

When Jesus was 12 years old, they went up to the feast as usual.

John 11:55

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. Many people went up from the country to Jerusalem. They went there for the special washing that would make them pure before the Passover Feast.

John 13:1

It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world. It was time for him to go to the Father. Jesus loved his disciples who were in the world. So he now loved them to the very end.

John 2:13

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. So Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 6:4

The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

Deuteronomy 12:11

The Lord your God will choose a special place. He will put his Name there. That’s where you must bring everything I command you to bring. That includes your burnt offerings and sacrifices. It includes your special gifts and a tenth of everything you produce. It also includes all the things of value that you promised to give to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:18

Instead, you must eat all those things in the sight of the Lord your God. Do it at the place he will choose. You, your children, your male and female servants and the Levites from your towns can eat them. Be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. Be joyful in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 16:16

All your men must appear in front of the Lord your God at the holy tent. They must go to the place he will choose. They must do it three times a year. They must go there to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths. None of your men should appear in front of the Lord without bringing something with him.

1 Samuel 1:21

Elkanah went up to Shiloh to offer the yearly sacrifice to the Lord. He also went there to keep a promise he had made. His whole family went with him.

1 Samuel 1:3

Year after year Elkanah went up from his town to Shiloh. He went there to worship and sacrifice to the Lord who rules over all. Hophni and Phinehas served as priests of the Lord at Shiloh. They were the two sons of Eli.