Luke 8:21

"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

In Context

20But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."

22One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21"Not every one who says to me, `Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.

Matthew 25:40"But the King will answer them, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'

Matthew 28:10Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me."

Luke 11:27As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."

John 13:17If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

John 20:17"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: `I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

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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