49"Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"


In Context

46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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.

Luke 2:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:49And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? did you not know, that I must be about my father's business?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:49And 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be in my Father's house?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:49And he said to them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:49He said to them, |Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:49And 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:49And he said to them, How is it that you sought me? knew you not that I must be about my Father's business?