Luke 2:49
New Living Translation
49 “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”[a]
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- 2:49 Or “Didn’t you realize that I should be involved with my Father’s affairs?”
John 8:29
New Living Translation
29 And the one who sent me is with me—he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him.”
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John 6:38
New Living Translation
38 For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.
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Malachi 3:1
New Living Translation
The Coming Day of Judgment
3 “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Psalm 40:8
New Living Translation
8 I take joy in doing your will, my God,
for your instructions are written on my heart.”
John 5:17
New Living Translation
17 But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.”
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John 4:34
New Living Translation
34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.
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John 2:16-17
New Living Translation
16 Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17 Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”[a]
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Luke 2:48
New Living Translation
48 His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”
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Matthew 21:12
New Living Translation
Jesus Clears the Temple
12 Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
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John 9:4
New Living Translation
4 We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us.[a] The night is coming, and then no one can work.
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- 9:4 Other manuscripts read I must quickly carry out the tasks assigned me by the one who sent me; still others read We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me.
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