Luke 8:20

And it was told him, saying, Thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, desirous of seeing thee.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come near him because of the crowd.

21Then he answered and said to them, My mother and my brethren are they, who hear the word of God, and practise it.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

John 7:3Then said his disciples to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest.

1 Corinthians 9:5Have we not power to carry about with us a sister wife, as do also the other apostles, even the brethren 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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