“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?”.

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?' - What is the meaning of Luke 2:49?

49 Jesus said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you realize that I had to be in my Father's house?".

Jesus answered, "Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I would be in my Father's house?" ... And he said to them: How is it that you sought me?

And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?”

And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?” NKJV: New King James Version

49 And he said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary for me to be in the house of my Father?”

Jesus said to them, “Why would you need to search for me? Didn't you know that it was necessary for me to be here in my Father's house, consumed with him?”

49 "Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?".

CHAPTER 2 The Birth of Jesus. 1* In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus* that the whole world should be enrolled.