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48 And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.” 49 And he said to them, “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”[a] 50 And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.

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  1. 2.49 Jesus stresses the priority of his duty to his Father, which involves a high degree of independence of earthly ties.

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