Here is a Bible difficulty to ponder. Try to answer yourself, and then scroll down for my answer.

A: No, Jesus did not break any of his mother’s commands. Mary might have thought Jesus was disobedient based on Luke 2:48. However, sometimes parents are mistaken when they think their children are not doing the right thing. They never gave a command that Jesus disobeyed, and Jesus might not even have been aware they had already left.
   In general, children are to obey their parents. However, if our parents contradict a command from God, we have to obey God and not our parents on that particular point.