48 When Joseph and Mary saw Him, they were bewildered; and (A)His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, (B)Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You!” 49 And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that (C)I had to be in My Father’s [a]house?” 50 And yet (D)they on their part did not understand the statement which He had [b]made to them.

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  1. Luke 2:49 Or affairs; or business; lit in the things of My Father
  2. Luke 2:50 Lit spoken

48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother(A) said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father(B) 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?”[a](C) 50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.(D)

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  1. Luke 2:49 Or be about my Father’s business