Luke 2:49

And he said vnto them, How is it that ye sought me? Wist yee not that I must bee about my fathers businesse?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's {house?}"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?
- American Standard Version (1901)

And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?
- Basic English Bible

"Why were you looking for Me?" He asked. "Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?"
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And 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?
- Darby Bible

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

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be in my Father's house?
- English Revised Version

He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Luke 2:49

2:49 Why sought ye me? - He does not blame them for losing, but for thinking it needful to seek him: and intimates, that he could not be lost, nor found any where, but doing the will of a higher parent.