Luke 2:49

A Conservative Version

And he said to them, Why is it that ye were seeking me? Had ye not known that I must be among the things of my Father?

Cross References

John 6:38

Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 8:29

And he who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do things pleasing to him.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. And LORD, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.

John 4:34

Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.

Luke 2:48

And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him, Child, why did thou this way to us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee sorrowing.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now and I work.

Matthew 21:12

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold the doves.

John 9:4

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.

John 5:36

But I have testimony greater than of John, for the works that the Father has given me so that I might complete them, the same works that I do, they testify about me that the Father has sent me.