²¹ He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”^(A)

²² Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.^(A)

¹⁷ Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.^(A)

²⁷ As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”^(A)

²⁸ He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God^(B) and obey it.”^(C)

¹¹ Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.^(A) Anyone who does what is good is from God.^(B) Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.^(C)

²⁹ If you know that he is righteous,^(A) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.^(B)

¹⁸ And,

¹¹ Both the one who makes people holy^(A) and those who are made holy^(B) are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.^{[a](C) 12} He says,

¹³ And again,

And again he says,

¹⁴ You are my friends^(A) if you do what I command.^{(B) 15} I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.^(C)