Compare Translations for Luke 2:49

49 "Why were you searching for Me?" He asked them. "Didn't you know that I had to be in My Father's house?"
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?"
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?
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?"
49 And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?"
49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”
49 And He said to them, "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?"
49 “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
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?
49 And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?
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?"
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?"
49 He said to them, "Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I had to be concerning myself with my Father's affairs?"
49 And he said to them, Why [is it] that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be [occupied] in my Father's business?
49 He answered them, "Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I had to be in my Father's house?"
49 He answered them, "Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I had to be in my Father's house?"
49 Jesus said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you realize that I had to be in my Father's house?"
49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? Knew ye not that it behooves me to be about my Father’s business?
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?
49 And he said to them, "{Why} were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary [for] me to be in the [house] of my Father?"
49 Jesus said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
49 "Why were you looking for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"
49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
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?
49 And he said to them, "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
49 And he said to them, "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
49 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς · Τί ὅτι ἐζητεῖτέ με; οὐκ ᾔδειτε ὅτι ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου δεῖ εἶναί με;
49 And He said unto them, "How is it that ye sought Me? Knew ye not that I must be about My Father's business?"
49 And He said unto them, "How is it that ye sought Me? Knew ye not that I must be about My Father's business?"
49 And he sayde vnto the: how is it yt ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must goo aboute my fathers busines?
49 et ait ad illos quid est quod me quaerebatis nesciebatis quia in his quae Patris mei sunt oportet me esse
49 et ait ad illos quid est quod me quaerebatis nesciebatis quia in his quae Patris mei sunt oportet me esse
49 And he said to them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
49 "Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?"
49 And he said to them, What is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that in those things that be of my Father [wist ye not, that in those things that be my Father's], it behooveth me to be?
49 And he said unto them, `Why [is it] that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

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