Luke 2:49

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

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  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Suddenly, the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—behold, he is coming,
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.
  • John 5:17 : 17 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.'
  • John 6:38 : 38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'
  • John 8:29 : 29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'
  • John 9:4 : 4 'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.'
  • Matt 21:12 : 12 Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves,
  • Luke 2:48 : 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us this way? Look, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you!"
  • John 2:16-17 : 16 To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!' 17 Then His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for Your house will consume me.'

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