Mark 3:33

And responding to them, he said, “Who is my mother and my brothers?”

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In The King James Version

And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

In Context

32And the crowd was sitting around him. And they said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”

34And looking around at those who were sitting all around him, he said: “Behold, my mother and my brothers.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:9He has said to his father and to his mother, ‘I do not know you,’ and to his brothers, ‘I will disregard you.’ And they have not known their own sons. Such as these have kept your word and have observed your covenant:

Mark 6:3“Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? Are not his sisters also here with us?” And they took great offense at him.

John 2:4And Jesus said to her: “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet arrived.”

2 Corinthians 5:16And so, from now on, we know no one according to the flesh. And though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him in this way no longer.

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:32-35

The Family of Christ. 31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? 34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →

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