Luke 8:19

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

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In The King James Version

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

In Context

18So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

20And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

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Cross References

Mark 3:21And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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