Luke 2:49

And He said to them, “Why [is it] that you were seeking Me? Did you not know that it is necessary for Me to be in the things of My Father?”

Literal Standard 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 having seen Him, they were amazed, and His mother said to Him, “Child, why did You do this to us? Behold, Your father and I, sorrowing, were seeking You.”

50And they did not understand the saying that He spoke to them,

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1“Behold, I am sending My messenger, || And he has prepared a way before Me, || And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple, || Even the Messenger of the Covenant, || Whom you are desiring, || Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts.

Luke 2:48And having seen Him, they were amazed, and His mother said to Him, “Child, why did You do this to us? Behold, Your father and I, sorrowing, were seeking You.”

John 4:34Jesus says to them, “My food is that I may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work;

John 6:38because I have come down out of Heaven, not that I may do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 9:4it is necessary for Me to be working the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; night comes when no one is able to 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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