Luke 2:49 - American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁹ And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father’s house?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁹ And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁹ And He said to them, How is it that you had to look for Me? Did you not see and know that it is necessary [as a duty] for Me to be in My Father's house and [occupied] about My Father's business?

Common English Bible

⁴⁹ Jesus replied, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁹ 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?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁹ And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? did you not know, that I must be about my father's business?

English Standard Version 2016

⁴⁹ And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Luke 2:49 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Matthew 21:12

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;

Luke 2:48

And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing.

John 4:34

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

John 5:17

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

John 5:36

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 6:38

For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 8:29

And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

John 9:4

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.