Luke 8:20

And it was told him, saying: Thy mother and thy brothers are standing without, desiring to see thee.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

19And his mother and his brothers came to him; and they could not come near him on account of the multitude.

21And he answering, said to them: My mother and my brothers are these, who hear and do the word of God.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph[13:55], and Simon, and Judas?

John 7:3His brothers therefore said to him: Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou doest.

1 Corinthians 9:5Have we not power to lead about a sister as a wife, as well as 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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