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Luke 2:49

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49And he said to them, “Whyr were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary for me to be in the houses of my Father?”

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Luke 2:49: And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Footnotes

  1. rLiterally “what is it that”
  2. sOr “things” (= business)

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Why were you searching for me?” he asked them. “Didn’t you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house?”

NLTNew Living Translation

“But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

KJV 1900King James Version

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