Luke 8:20

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

21And he answered and said: My mother and my brothers, are they 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, and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Judas?

John 7:3And the brothers of Jesus said to him: Leave here, and go into Judaea; that thy disciples may see the works thou doest.

1 Corinthians 9:5Or have we not authority to carry about with us a sister as a wife; just as the other legates, and the brothers of our Lord, and as 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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