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Luke 2:49

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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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Luke 2:49 in other translations

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

Luke 2:49 · American Standard Version

Luke 2:49 in context

  1. 47All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
  2. 48When 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.”
  3. 49He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
  4. 50They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
  5. 51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.