Luke 8:20

And it was reported to him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

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In The King James Version

And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

In Context

19Then his mother and brothers came to him; but they were not able to go to him because of the crowd.

21And in response, he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is this not the son of a workman? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude?

John 7:3And his brothers said to him: “Move away from here and go into Judea, so that your disciples there may also see your works that you do.

1 Corinthians 9:5Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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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