Mark 3:33

And, answering them, he saith—Who are my mother and my brethren?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

In Context

32And there was sitting around him a multitude, and they say unto him—Lo! thy mother and thy brethren, outside, are seeking thee!

34And, looking around on them who, about him, in a circle, were sitting, he saith, See! my mother and my brethren!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:9Who saith of his father and of his mother, I behold them not, And, his own brethren, regardeth he not, And, his own sons, observeth he not,—Because they watch thy speech, That, thy covenant, they may preserve,;

Mark 6:3Is not, this, the carpenter? the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?—and they were finding cause of stumbling in him.

John 2:4And Jesus saith unto her—What part can I take with thee, O woman? Not yet, hath come, mine hour.

2 Corinthians 5:16So that, we, henceforth, know, no one, after the flesh: if we have even been gaining, after the flesh, a knowledge of Christ,

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:32-35

The Family of Christ. 31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? 34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →

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