Luke 8:20

He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

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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, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

21But Jesus answered and said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is not this man the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? Are not his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

John 7:3His brothers therefore said to him, “Leave this place and go to 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 with us a wife who is a believer, as do the rest of the 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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