Luke 2:49

And he sayde vnto the: how is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must goo aboute my fathers busines?

Tyndale New Testament

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 sawe him they were astonyed. And his mother sayde vnto him: sonne why hast thou thus dealte with vs? Beholde thy father and I have sought the sorowenge.

50And they vnderstode not the sayinge that he spake to them.

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Cross References

Luke 2:48And when they sawe him they were astonyed. And his mother sayde vnto him: sonne why hast thou thus dealte with vs? Beholde thy father and I have sought the sorowenge.

John 4:34Iesus sayde vnto them: my meate is to doo the will of him that sent me. And to fynnysshe his worke.

John 6:38For I came doune from heaven: not to do myne awne will but his will which hath sent me.

John 9:4I must worke the workes of him that sent me whyll it is daye. The nyght cometh when no man can worke.

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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