Matthew 12:47

And a person said to him: Lo, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, and seek to speak with thee.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

In Context

46And while he was discoursing to the multitudes, his mother and his brothers came and stood with out, and sought to speak with him.

48But he replied, and said to him that informed him: Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

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Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:47-50

Who Are Christ's Relations. 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the… Read the whole commentary →

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