Matthew 12:46

And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

In Context

45then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'

47and one said to him, 'Lo, thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, seeking to speak to thee.'

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Cross References

Matthew 2:11and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

Matthew 2:20saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died — those seeking the life of the child.'

Mark 2:21'And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not — the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' — and they were being stumbled at him.

Luke 2:33And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

Luke 2:51and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:39-46

The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this… Read the whole commentary →

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