Matthew 12:46
While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak with him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
47And someone said to him: “Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking you.”
Cross References
Matthew 2:11And entering the home, they found the boy with his mother Mary. And so, falling prostrate, they adored him. And opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew 2:20saying: “Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For those who were seeking the life of the boy have passed away.”
Mark 2:21No one sews a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new addition pulls away from the old, and the tear becomes worse.
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.
Luke 2:33And his father and mother were wondering over these things, which were spoken about him.
Luke 2:51And he descended with them and went to Nazareth. And he was subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:39-46
The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this… Read the whole commentary →