Luke 2:49

Plain English Version

Jesus said, “Why did you look everywhere for me? I had to be in my father’s special house. You should know that.”

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

God, it makes me really happy to do everything that you want. I always think about your laws and obey them.

Luke 2:48

His mother and father were shocked, and Mary said, “My son, why did you do this to us? Your father and me, we have been worried about you. We have been looking everywhere for you, for 3 days.”

John 4:34

Jesus said, “Nobody gave me any food. I do everything my father wants me to do, and that keeps me going. It is like food for me. My father sent me here to do his work, and I want to finish it.

John 5:17

Jesus said to them, “God, my father, is always working, and I am always working too.”

John 5:36

You see, John told you that God sent me, but the things that I do show even more clearly that God sent me. And I have to finish the job he sent me to do.

John 6:38

I didn’t come down from heaven just to do my own ideas. I came here to do everything my father sent me to do.

John 8:29

He is the one that sent me, and he is with me. He doesn’t leave me, because I always do things that make him happy.”

John 9:4

We have to keep on doing God’s work while we can. He is the one that sent me here and gave me this special work to do. You see, my work shows God’s great power, so I am like a light for all the people in the world. I have to do God’s work while I am here. It is like I am working in day-light. But I will not always be here to do the work that God gave me. Then it will be like night time, and nobody can work at night time.”