The Child Jesus
Enters the
Temple
Honor Thy Mother and
Father
• How many times do we
answer our parents rudely?
• When they ask us to do
something, do we listen
right away? Or do we wait
and wait until they start
yelling at us?
• Where in the Old
Testament does it say to
honor your mother and
father?
• Even though Jesus was
God, He set a great
example for us by obeying
His parents.
Passover in Jerusalem
• Every year, Jesus and His
family would go to Jerusalem
to attend the feast of the
Passover.
• One year, when Jesus was
12, after the feast St. Mary
and St. Joseph returned to
their home but Jesus stayed
behind.
• They didn’t notice that Jesus
wasn’t with them till much
later.
Where’s Jesus?
• St. Mary and St. Joseph went back to
Jerusalem and asked among their
relatives and friends where Jesus
was.
• 3 days later they found Jesus in the
Temple sitting among teachers
listening and asking questions.
Jesus’ obedience
• When St. Mary and St.
Joseph saw this, they
were amazed but St.
Mary asked Jesus,
“Why did you do this?
We have been looking
everywhere for you?”
• Jesus responded by
saying, “Why do you
seek me? Don’t you
know that I must be
about my Father’s
business?”
• Jesus knew that St. Mary and St. Joseph
did not understand what Jesus said and
why he said it.
• However, He listened to them and went
home with them obediently.
• Jesus answered very politely. He told
them that He was doing God’s will for Him
on Earth.
• He could have argued and asked to stay
longer, but Jesus obeyed His parents and
got up immediately and returned home
with them.
Questions
• How old was Jesus at that time?
• Where was the child Jesus?
• Why was He in Jerusalem?
• Who was looking for Him?
• What did St. Mary say to Him when
she found Him?
• How did Jesus answer her?
• Where did they go after that?
Conclusion
• Christ says that we must
strive to be like Him. This
story tells us how we must
be obedient to our parents.
• Jesus was God!!! But He
still had respect for His
parents and obeyed them
immediately.
• Sometimes we don’t want
to listen right away, or we
are impatient with our
parents and we answer
rudely.
• Jesus reminds us every
day that we must obey and
respect our parents to the
fullest!!
Conclusion
• Also, we notice that Jesus was really
curious about the word of God. He is
showing us the importance of asking
questions and increasing our knowledge of
the Word.
• We all know that Jesus knows all the
answers, but by asking these questions,
He shows us the need to ask questions
about the Bible and our church.
Memory Verse
“He went down with them and came
to Nazareth, and was subject
(obedient) to them”
-Luke 2:51