Luke 8:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, Μήτηρ μου καὶ ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀκούοντες, καὶ ποιοῦντες αὐτόν.

Transliteration

The de apokritheis eipen pros them, Mētēr of me and adelphoi of me these eisin the ones the logon of the Theou akouontes, and poiountes it.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *apokritheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative masculine singular - having answered
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *Mētēr*: nominative feminine singular - mother
• *adelphoi*: nominative masculine plural - brothers
• *eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - are/exist
• *logon*: accusative masculine singular - word/message
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
• *akouontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - hearing/listening to
• *poiountes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - doing/performing

Word Meanings

• *logon*: word/message/account/teaching
• *akouontes*: hearing/listening to/obeying
• *poiountes*: doing/performing/practicing/accomplishing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  He answered and sayd vnto them: my mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God and do it.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But he answered, & sayde vnto the: My mother and my brethren are these, which heare the worde of God, and do it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But he answered, and sayd vnto them, My mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God, and doe it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He aunswered, and sayde vnto them: My mother & my brethren are these, which heare the worde of God, & do it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But he replied to them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

Referenced Verses

• John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
• 1 John 3:22-23 : 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him. 23 Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.
• 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
• John 15:14-15 : 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know what his master is doing. Instead, I have called you friends because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."'
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
• 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.
• Heb 2:11-13 : 11 Both the One who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one Father. That is why He is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying, 'I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will sing Your praise.' 13 And again, 'I will put my trust in Him.' And again, 'Here am I, and the children God has given Me.'
• Matt 7:21-26 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?' 23 Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!'
• Matt 25:40 : 40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
• Matt 25:45 : 45 Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’
• Matt 28:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.'
• Luke 8:15 : 15 But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.
• Luke 11:27-28 : 27 As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, 'Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts that nursed You!' 28 But He replied, 'Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'
• John 6:28-29 : 28 Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?' 29 Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God: that you believe in the one he has sent.'