Jesus

===Early life, family, and profession===
{{Main|Christ Child}}
{{See also|Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth|Unknown years of Jesus|Brothers of Jesus}}
[[File:William Holman Hunt - The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|''[[The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple]]'', by [[William Holman Hunt]], 1860|alt=Mary and Joseph find Jesus in the Temple]]

Jesus' childhood home is identified in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew as the town of Nazareth in [[Galilee]], where he lived with his family. Although Joseph appears in descriptions of Jesus' childhood, no mention is made of him thereafter.<ref>{{cite book |last=Perrotta |first=Louise B. |title=Saint Joseph: His Life and His Role in the Church Today |publisher=Our Sunday Visitor Publishing |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-87973-573-9 |pages=21, 110–112 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Reverend Archdeacon Kinane|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmUhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT138|title=Saint Joseph: His Life, His Virtues, His Privileges, His Power|page=138|chapter=Section VI – The perpetual virginity os St. Joseph|publisher=Aeterna Press|oclc=972347083|access-date=7 June 2021|archive-date=9 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309230526/https://books.google.com/books?id=EmUhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT138#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> His other family members—his mother, Mary, [[Brothers of Jesus|his brothers]] [[James, brother of Jesus|James]], [[Joses, brother of Jesus|Joses (or Joseph)]], [[Jude, brother of Jesus|Judas]] and [[Simon, brother of Jesus|Simon]] and his unnamed sisters—are mentioned in the Gospels and other sources.<ref name="Aslan2013">{{cite book|title= Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth|last= Aslan|first= Reza|author-link= Reza Aslan|year= 2013|publisher= Random House|page= [https://archive.org/details/zealotlifetimeso00reza/page/756 36]|isbn= 978-1-4000-6922-4|url=https://archive.org/details/zealotlifetimeso00reza/page/756}}</ref> Jesus' maternal grandparents are named [[Joachim]] and [[Saint Anne|Anne]] in the [[Gospel of James]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Brownrigg|first=Ronald|title=Who's Who in the New Testament|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXqBAgAAQBAJ&q=joachim|page=194|year=2003|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=978-1-134-50949-2|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=9 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309230540/https://books.google.com/books?id=JXqBAgAAQBAJ&q=joachim#v=snippet&q=joachim&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> The Gospel of Luke records that Mary was a relative of [[Elizabeth (biblical figure)|Elizabeth]], the mother of John the Baptist.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Luke|1:5, 36|KJV}}.</ref> Extra-biblical contemporary sources consider Jesus and John the Baptist to be second cousins through the belief that Elizabeth was the daughter of [[Sobe (sister of Saint Anne)|Sobe]], the sister of Anne.<ref>[[Patrologia Graeca|PG]] 97.1325.</ref><ref>[[Patrologia Graeca|PG]] 120.189.</ref><ref>[[Patrologia Graeca|PG]] 145.760 ([[Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos|Nicephorus Callistus]], ''Historia ecclesiastica'', 2.3).</ref>

The Gospel of Mark reports that at the beginning of [[Ministry of Jesus|his ministry]], Jesus comes into conflict with his neighbours and family.{{sfn|Harris|1985|pp=270–72}} Jesus' mother and brothers come to get him<ref>{{bibleref2|Mark|3:31–35}}.</ref> because people are saying that [[Mental health of Jesus|he is crazy]].<ref>{{bibleref2|Mark|3:21}}.</ref> Jesus responds that his followers are his true family. In the Gospel of John, Jesus and his mother attend a [[wedding at Cana]], where he performs his first miracle at her request.<ref>{{bibleref2|John|3:1–11}}.</ref> Later, she follows him to his crucifixion, and he expresses concern over her well-being.<ref>{{bibleref2|John|19:25–27}}.</ref>

Jesus is called a τέκτων (''[[tektōn]]'') in [[s:Bible (American Standard)/Mark#6:3|Mark 6:3]], a term traditionally understood as carpenter but could also refer to makers of objects in various materials, including builders.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Liddell|first1=Henry G.|last2=Scott|first2=Robert|title=An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon: The Seventh Edition of Liddell and Scott's Greek–English Lexicon |publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1889|page=797}}</ref>{{sfn|Dickson|2008| pp= 68–69}} The Gospels indicate that Jesus could read, paraphrase, and debate scripture, but this does not necessarily mean that he received formal scribal training.<ref name="literacy">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2001 |title=Context, family and formation |encyclopedia=Cambridge companion to Jesus |publisher=Cambridge University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSehrtQpcYcC&pg=PA14 |access-date=14 August 2015 |last=Evans |first=Craig A. |editor-last=Bockmuehl |editor-first=Markus N. A. |pages=14, 21 |isbn=978-0-521-79678-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907175830/https://books.google.com/books?id=vSehrtQpcYcC&pg=PA14 |archive-date=7 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Gospel of Luke reports two journeys of Jesus and his parents in [[Jerusalem]] during his childhood. They come to the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] for the [[presentation of Jesus]] as a baby in accordance with Jewish Law, where a man named [[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)|Simeon]] prophesies about Jesus and Mary.<ref>{{bibleref2|Luke|2:22–35}}.</ref> When Jesus, at the age of twelve, goes missing on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem for [[Passover]], his parents [[Finding in the Temple|find him in the temple]] sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking questions, and the people are amazed at his understanding and answers. Mary scolds Jesus for going missing, to which Jesus replies that he must "be in his father's house".<ref>{{bibleref2|Luke|2:41–52}}.</ref>