Luke 2:46 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
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.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
LSV Literal Standard Version
And it came to pass, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And it came to passe three dayes after, that they found him in the Temple, sitting in the mids of the doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
It came about that after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And it fortuned after .iii. dayes that they founde him in the temple sittinge in the middes of the doctours both hearynge them and posinge them.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,
FBV Free Bible Version
It was three days before they found him in the Temple. He was sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y aconteció que tres días después le hallaron en el templo, sentado en medio de los Doctores, oyéndolos, y preguntándoles.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció, que tres días después le hallaron en el templo, sentado en medio de los doctores, oyéndoles y preguntándoles.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Después de tres días, lo encontraron en el templo, sentado entre los maestros de la ley, escuchándolos y haciéndoles preguntas.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Tres días después lo hallaron en el Templo, sentado en medio de los maestros. Los oía y les preguntaba.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Pasaron tres días, hasta que lo encontraron en el Templo. Estaba sentado entre los maestros religiosos, escuchándolos y haciéndoles preguntas.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Después de tres días lo encontraron en el templo, sentado en medio de los maestros, escuchándolos y haciéndoles preguntas.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
καὶ ἐγένετο μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας τρεῖς εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ τῶν διδασκάλων καὶ ἀκούοντα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπερωτῶντα αὐτούς·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και εγενετο μεθ ημερας τρεις ευρον αυτον εν τω ιερω καθεζομενον εν μεσω των διδασκαλων και ακουοντα αυτων και επερωτωντα αυτους·
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Καὶ ἐγένετο, μεθ᾿ ἡμέρας τρεῖς εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ τῶν διδασκάλων, καὶ ἀκούοντα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπερωτῶντα αὐτούς.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και εγενετο μεθ ημερασ τρεισ ευρον αυτον εν τω ιερω καθεζομενον εν μεσω των διδασκαλων και ακουοντα αυτων και επερωτωντα αυτουσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ τῶν διδασκάλων καὶ ἀκούοντα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπερωτῶντα αὐτούς·
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ τῶν διδασκάλων καὶ ἀκούοντα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπερωτῶντα αὐτούς·
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et factum est, post triduum invenerunt illum in templo sedentem in medio doctorum, audientem illos, et interrogantem eos.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ бы́сть по трїе́хъ дне́хъ, ѡ҆брѣто́ста є҆го̀ въ це́ркви, сѣдѧ́щаго посредѣ̀ ᲂу҆чи́телей, и҆ послꙋ́шающаго и҆́хъ, и҆ вопроша́ющаго и҆̀хъ:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Через три дня нашли Его в храме, сидящего посреди учителей, слушающего их и спрашивающего их;
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και μετά τρεις ημέρας εύρον αυτόν εν τω ιερώ καθήμενον εν μέσω των διδασκάλων και ακούοντα αυτόν και ερωτώντα αυτούς.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И после три дана нађоше Га у цркви где седи међу учитељима, и слуша их, и пита их,
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I posle tri dana nađoše Ga u crkvi gde sedi među učiteljima, i sluša ih, i pita ih,
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَبَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَجَدَاهُ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ، جَالِسًا فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْمُعَلِّمِينَ، يَسْمَعُهُمْ وَيَسْأَلُهُمْ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC