Luke 2:49

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And he said to them: "How is it that you were seeking me? For did you not know that it is necessary for me to be in these things which are of my Father?"

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 21:12

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and he cast out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of the vendors of doves.

Luke 2:48

And upon seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: "Son, why have you acted this way toward us? Behold, your father and I were seeking you in sorrow."

John 4:34

Jesus said to them: "My food is to do the will of the One who sent me, so that I may perfect his work.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, "Even now, my Father is working, and I am working."

John 5:36

But I hold a greater testimony than that of John. For the works which the Father has given to me, so that I may complete them, these works themselves that I do, offer testimony about me: that the Father has sent me.

John 6:38

For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 8:29

And he who sent me is with me, and he has not abandoned me alone. For I always do what is pleasing to him."

John 9:4

I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no one is able to work.