Luke 2:49
And he said unto them, Wherefore did ye seek me? did you not know, that I must be occupied with my Father’s affairs?
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
50And they understood not the meaning of what he spake to them.
Cross References
Luke 2:48And when they saw him, they were struck with surprise; and his mother said to him, Son, why hast thou behaved to us in this manner? lo! thy father and I have been seeking thee in anguish of heart.
John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John 6:38For I came down from heaven, not with a view to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no man 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 →