As soon as his term of priestly service was ended he went home;

So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and returned home.

After spending the full number of days they started home, but the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother did not know this,

"Return to your home, and tell them all that God has done for you." So he went away and throughout the whole city he published how much Jesus had done for him.

"When he gets home he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

Then Peter said, "Look! we have left our homes and followed you."

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb, but when he stooped and looked in he saw the linen wrappings by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering at that which was come to pass.