the feast. (43)And when they had
concluded the days, as they were returning, the child Jesus remained at
Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew it not: (44)but supposing him
to be in the company, they went a day's journey; and they sought him
among their relations and acquaintances; (45)and not finding him, they
returned to Jerusalem in search of him. (46)And it came to pass after
three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the
doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions. (47)And all who
heard him, were in a transport of admiration, at his understanding and
answers. (48)And when they saw him, they were struck with surprise; and
his mother said to him, Son, why hast thou behaved to us in this
manner? lo! thy father and I have been seeking thee in anguish of
heart. (49)And he said unto them, Wherefore did ye seek me? did you not
know, that I must be occupied with my Father's affairs? (50)And they
understood not the meaning of what he spake to them. (51)And he went
down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was in subjection to them:
though his mother preserved all these sayings in her heart. (52)And
Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.

CHAP. III.

NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius
Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and
Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis,
and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene: (2)when Annas and Caiaphas were
high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the
wilderness; (3)and he came into all the country on the confines of
Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
(4)as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths strait: (5)every valley shall be filled up,
and every mountain and hill shall be levelled, and the crooked ways
made strait, and the rough roads smooth: (6)and all flesh shall see the
salvation of God." (7)He said, therefore, to the multitudes who came
out to be baptised by him, Ye broods of vipers, who hath warned you to
fly from the approaching wrath? (8)Produce then fruits worthy of
repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even
Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to
raise up children to Abraham. (9)But now is the ax laid