Luke 2:49

49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[a]

Luke 2:49 in Other Translations

KJV
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?
ESV
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?"
NLT
49 “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
MSG
49 He said, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I had to be here, dealing with the things of my Father?"
CSB
49 "Why were you searching for Me?" He asked them. "Didn't you know that I had to be in My Father's house?"

Luke 2:49 In-Context

47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”
50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "be about my Father’s business"
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