Luke 2:49

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And He replied to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I had to be in my Father’s house [i.e., the Temple, or, “about my Father’s affairs”]?”

Cross References

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven to do what God, who sent me, wants me to do, not what I want to do.

John 8:29

And God, who sent me, is with me; He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to Him.”

John 4:34

Jesus answered them; “My food is doing what God, who sent me, wants me to, and accomplishing His work.

Luke 2:48

When His parents [finally] saw Him, they were very surprised and His mother asked Him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Look, your [step-] father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

John 5:17

But Jesus said to them, “My Father is continuing to work and I am working.”

Matthew 21:12

Then Jesus entered the Temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold things there. He upset the tables of the cashiers [i.e., those who exchanged foreign coins] and the benches of those who sold pigeons [for sacrifices].

John 9:4

While it is still daytime we must perform the acts of God, who sent me. Nighttime is coming, when no one can act.

John 5:36

But my testimony is greater than John’s. For the deeds the Father has given me to complete, the very deeds I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.