Luke 8:20

And it was told Him by some, who said, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You.”

English Majority Text (NT)

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, and could not approach Him because of the crowd.

21But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” 1 Jesus Calms the Storm

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Jude?

John 7:3His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see the works that You do.

1 Corinthians 9:5Do we not have the right to take along a wife who is a sister, as do also the other apostles, 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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