Luke 8:20

and it was told him, saying, 'Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'

Young's Literal Translation

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 there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,

21and he answering said unto them, 'My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

John 7:3his brethren, therefore, said unto him, 'Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost;

1 Corinthians 9:5have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and 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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