Luke 2:49

He said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I had to be about my Father's business? + 2:49 Some scholars translate “about my Father's business” as in my Father's house .

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

48When they saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Listen, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

50But they did not understand what he meant by those words.

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1“See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come,” says Yahweh of hosts.

Luke 2:48When they saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Listen, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

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

John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 9:4We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one will be 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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