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Luke 2:49
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?'
Luke 2:49 · Young's Literal Translation
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? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
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In context
46 And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,
47 and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
48 And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'
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?'
50 and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,
51 and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,
52 and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.
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