Jesus Teaches at the Temple
Luke 2:41-50 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Luke. Luke loved Jesus and wanted others to know and love Jesus, too. And the word gospel means “good news!” Our true story is about someone AMAZING. His name is Jesus! Have you ever heard of Jesus? We just celebrated His birthday at Christmas, but in this story, Jesus was twelve years old. Can you count to twelve with me? Ready? GO! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve! Good counting! Jesus was twelve years old when He traveled with Mary and Joseph to a big celebration in the city of Jerusalem. It was so much fun! When the celebration was over, everyone went back home. But Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. I wonder where Jesus was. If I was a twelve-year-old kid, I might be by the animals. Let’s make some animal sounds. Can you say ‘baaa’ like a sheep? What about chickens? Maybe Jesus was chasing chickens? Can you cluck like a chicken? That was fun! But ...