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Luke 2:49
He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
Luke 2:49 · World English Bible
Luke 2:49 in other translations
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house ?”
He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
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In context
46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
47 All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
48 When they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.”
49 He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
50 They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
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