Luke 2:49

Conservative English Version

Jesus answered, "Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I would be in my Father's house?"

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

'I enjoy pleasing you. Your Law is in my heart.' "

Malachi 3:1

I, the LORD All-Powerful, will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then suddenly the Lord you are looking for will appear in his temple. The messenger you desire is coming with my promise, and he is on his way.

Matthew 21:12

Jesus went into the temple and chased out everyone who was selling or buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of the ones who were selling doves.

Luke 2:48

When his parents found him, they were amazed. His mother said, "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been very worried, and we have been searching for you!"

John 4:34

Jesus said: My food is to do what God wants! He is the one who sent me, and I must finish the work that he gave me to do.

John 5:17

But Jesus said, "My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working."

John 5:36

But something more important than John speaks for me. I mean the things that the Father has given me to do! All of these speak for me and prove that the Father sent me.

John 6:38

I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me,

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him, and he will never leave me."

John 9:4

As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work.