聖路加福音 2:41-51
耶穌的父母每年逾越節往耶路撒冷去。祂到了十二歲時，他們又照節日的慣例上去了。過完了節日，他們回去的時候，孩童耶穌卻留在耶路撒冷，祂的父母並未發覺。他們只以為祂在同行的人中間，遂走了一天的路程；以後，就在親戚和相識的人中尋找祂。既找不著，便折回耶路撒冷找他。過了三天，才在聖殿裡找到了祂。祂正坐在經師中，聆聽他們，也詢問他們。凡聽見祂的人，對祂的智慧和對答，都驚奇不止。他們一看見祂，便大為驚異，祂的母親就向祂說：「孩子，為什麼祢這樣對待我們？看，祢的父親和我，一直痛苦的找祢。」耶穌對他們說：「你們為什麼尋找我？你們不知道我必須在我父親那裡嗎？」但是，他們不明白祂對他們所說的話。祂就同他們下去，來到納匝肋，屬他們管轄。祂的母親把這一切默存在心中。
Gospel according to Luke (2:41-51)
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said to them. He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.