Luke 2:49

New American Bible - revised edition

And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

so I said, “See; I come with an inscribed scroll written upon me.

Malachi 3:1

Now I am sending my messenger— he will prepare the way before me; And the lord whom you seek will come suddenly to his temple; The messenger of the covenant whom you desire— see, he is coming! says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 21:12

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those engaged in selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

Luke 2:48

When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”

John 5:36

But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

John 6:38

because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.”

John 9:4

We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.