Luke 8:19

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they could not speak with him, because of the multitude.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

In Context

18Take heed how ye hear: for to him that hath, shall be given; and from him that hath not, shall be taken even what he thinketh he hath.

20And they say to him: Thy mother and thy brothers stand without, and wish to see thee.

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Cross References

Mark 3:21And his kinsmen heard, and went out to take him; for they said: He is out of his reason.

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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