Luke 2:49

Then said he vnto them, Howe is it that ye sought me? knewe ye not that I must goe about my Fathers busines?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

48So when they sawe him, they were amased, and his mother said vnto him, Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee with very heauie hearts.

50But they vnderstoode not the word that he spake to them.

Read all of Luke 2

Cross References

Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord whom ye seeke, shall speedely come to his Temple: euen the messenger of the couenant whom ye desire: beholde, he shall come, sayth the Lord of hostes.

Luke 2:48So when they sawe him, they were amased, and his mother said vnto him, Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee with very heauie hearts.

John 4:34Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.

John 6:38For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me.

John 9:4I must worke the workes of him that sent me, while it is day: the night commeth 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 2:49