Luke 2:49

And he said to them, Why is it that ye were seeking me? Had ye not known that I must be among the things of my Father?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?

In Context

48And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him, Child, why did thou this way to us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee sorrowing.

50And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. And LORD, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.

Luke 2:48And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him, Child, why did thou this way to us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee sorrowing.

John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.

John 6:38Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 9:4I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:42-52

Christ Sitting with the Doctors. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not,… Read the whole commentary →

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