Son/daughter: why
have you treated us
like this? Don’t you
know how worried
we have been ?
Jesus , Mary, Joseph /
To Jerusalem
describe thefestival
story of Jesus
lost in the Temple /
returning
home/ realised
To explain what this story tells
lost / searching
/ 3 days
us about Jesus
/To evaluate
templewho
/ talking
to/
Jesus is from
worried /this
“why...?”
story. / my
father’s house / Mary
wondered
1. Summarise the story in your
books in your own words,
using the prompts. Give your
story a subtitle.
2. What is surprising about Jesus’
reply “didn’t you know that I
would be in my Father’s house?”
***What do you think Mary
“pondered” about, after the
incident? (last verse)
Answers: G, B, F,
E, A, D, C
Apart from getting lost in the
Temple, there is no more
information about Jesus growing up.
What could his life have been like in
the mean time ???
They lived in a small busy town so he
might have…
There was a lake nearby …so he might
have…
The family was quite poor…so he might
have…
Israel, his country, was being
governed by the latin-speaking
Romans, so he might have…
Jesus had lots of cousins…so he might
have…
Jesus was Jewish, so he might have ….
Joseph, Jesus’ adoptive father, was a
carpenter…so he might have….
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Do you think Jesus
had a normal
childhood ?
Was growing up
for him like it is
for you?
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Jesus , Mary,
Joseph /
Jerusalem festival
/ returning
relatives / lost /
searching / 3
days / temple /
talking to/
worried / “why...?”
/ my father’s
house / Mary
wondered