Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said to them: “How is it that you were seeking me? For did you not know that it is necessary for me to be in these things which are of my Father?” "
— Luke 2:49, Catholic Public Domain 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?”
“And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father’s house? ”
“He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"”
“But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?””
“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?”
“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?”
“And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?”
And it happened that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, listening to them and questioning them.
But all who listened to him were astonished over his prudence and his responses.
And upon seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: “Son, why have you acted this way toward us? Behold, your father and I were seeking you in sorrow.”
And he said to them: “How is it that you were seeking me? For did you not know that it is necessary for me to be in these things which are of my Father?”
And they did not understand the word that he spoke to them.
And he descended with them and went to Nazareth. And he was subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom, and in age, and in grace, with God and men.