Luke 8:20

and it was told Him, saying, “Your mother and Your brothers stand outside, wishing to see You”;

Literal Standard Version

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 there came to Him His mother and brothers, and they were not able to get to Him because of the multitude,

21and He answering said to them, “My mother and My brothers! They are those who are hearing the word of God, and doing.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is this not the carpenter’s Son? Is His mother not called Mary, and His brothers James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

John 7:3His brothers, therefore, said to Him, “Depart from here, and go away to Judea, that Your disciples may also behold Your works that You do;

1 Corinthians 9:5Do we not have authority to lead about a sister—a wife—as also 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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