True Relationships

46 While he(A) was still speaking with the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to him.(B) 47 Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”[a]

48 He replied to the one who was speaking to him, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?” 49 Stretching out his hand toward his disciples,(C) he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:47 Other mss omit this v.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, (A)his mother and his (B)brothers[a] stood outside, asking to speak to him.[b] 48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For (C)whoever (D)does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:46 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 48, 49
  2. Matthew 12:46 Some manuscripts insert verse 47: Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you”