Luke 2:49

And he said to them: How is it that ye sought me? Did ye not know, that I must be in my Father's house[2:49]?

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 seeing him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: Child, why didst thou thus deal with us? Behold, thy father and I sought thee, sorrowing.

50And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them.

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Cross References

Luke 2:48And seeing him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: Child, why didst thou thus deal with us? Behold, thy father and I sought thee, sorrowing.

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

John 6:38Because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own 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 is coming, when none 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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