Luke 2:49

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

And He said to them, Why did you look for Me? Did you not know that I must be busy in the affairs of My Father?

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do Your will, O My God; and Your Law is within My inmost being.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I am sending My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me. And the Lord whom you are seeking shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Matthew 21:12

And Jesus entered into the temple of God and threw out all the ones selling and buying in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves.

Luke 2:48

And seeing Him, they were astounded. And His mother said to Him, Child, why did You do so to us? Behold, Your father and I were looking for You, greatly distressed.

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, My food is that I should do the will of Him having sent Me, and that I may finish His work.

John 5:17

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

John 5:36

But I have the witness greater than the one of John, for the works which the Father has given Me, that I should finish them, the works which I do themselves, witness concerning Me, that the Father has sent Me.

John 6:38

for I have come down out of Heaven, not that I should do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 8:29

And the One having sent Me is with Me. The Father did not leave Me alone, for I do the things pleasing to Him always.

John 9:4

It is necessary for Me to work the works of the One having sent Me while it is day. Night comes when no one is able to work.