Luke 8:21

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.

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  • John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye, if ye doe them.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that he which doeth righteously, is borne of him.
  • 1 John 3:22-23 : 22 And whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him, because we keepe his commaundements, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight. 23 This is then his commaundement, That we beleeue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another as hee gaue commaundement.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.
  • John 15:14-15 : 14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you. 15 Henceforth call I you not seruants: for the seruant knoweth not what his master doeth: but I haue called you friends: for all things that I haue heard of my Father, haue I made knowen to you.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Iesus saith vnto her, Touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but goe to my brethren, and say vnto them, I ascend vnto my Father, and to your Father, and to my God, and your God.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Wherefore, henceforth know we no man after the flesh, yea though wee had knowen Christ after the flesh, yet nowe henceforth know we him no more.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And I will be a Father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord almightie.
  • Heb 2:11-13 : 11 For he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one: wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Church will I sing praises to thee. 13 And againe, I will put my trust in him; againe, Beholde, here am I, and the children which God hath giuen me.
  • Matt 7:21-26 : 21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdome of heauen, but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lorde, Lorde, haue we not by thy Name prophecied? and by thy name cast out deuils? and by thy name done many great workes? 23 And then will I professe to them, I neuer knewe you: depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie. 24 Whosoeuer then heareth of mee these words, & doeth the same, I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded his house on a rock: 25 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rocke. 26 But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes, and doeth them not, shall be likened vnto a foolish man, which hath builded his house vpon the sand:
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, in whom I am wel pleased: heare him.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
  • Matt 25:45 : 45 Then shall he answere them, and say, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
  • Matt 28:10 : 10 Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 But that which fell in good ground, are they which with an honest & good heart heare the worde, and keepe it, and bring forth fruite with patience.
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came to passe as he sayde these thinges, a certaine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayde vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, & the pappes which thou hast sucked. 28 But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.
  • John 6:28-29 : 28 Then sayde they vnto him, What shall we doe, that we might worke the workes of God? 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, This is the woorke of God, that yee beleeue in him, whome he hath sent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 3:31-35
    5 verses
    86%

    31 Then came his brethren and mother, and stoode without, and sent vnto him, and called him.

    32 And the people sate about him, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seeke for thee without.

    33 But hee answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?

    34 And hee looked rounde about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and saide, Beholde my mother and my brethren.

    35 For whosoeuer doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

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    46 While he yet spake to ye multitude, beholde, his mother, and his brethren stood without, desiring to speake with him.

    47 Then one said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speake with thee.

    48 But he answered, and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? & who are my brethren?

    49 And he stretched foorth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Beholde my mother and my brethren.

    50 For whosoeuer shall doe my Fathers will which is in heauen, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

  • Luke 8:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come neere to him for the preasse.

    20 And it was tolde him by certaine which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, and would see thee.

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    55 Is not this the carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie, and his brethren Iames and Ioses, and Simon and Iudas?

    56 And are not his sisters all with vs? Whence then hath he all these things?

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    27 And it came to passe as he sayde these thinges, a certaine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayde vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, & the pappes which thou hast sucked.

    28 But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.

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    36 And a mans enemies shall be they of his owne housholde.

    37 He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me; he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me.

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    25 Nowe there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and sayd vnto them,

    26 If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

  • 10 Then hee called the multitude vnto him, and said to them, Heare and vnderstand.

  • 3 Is not this that carpenter Maries sonne, the brother of Iames & Ioses, and of Iuda & Simon? And are not his sisters here with vs? And they were offended in him.

  • 12 After yt, he went downe into Capernauum, he & his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: but they continued not many daies there.

  • 5 His mother saide vnto the seruants, Whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you, doe it.

  • Luke 6:46-47
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    69%

    46 But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?

    47 Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like:

  • Matt 4:21-22
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    21 And when he was gone forth from thence, he saw other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their father, mending their nets, & he called them.

    22 And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.

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    26 And when Iesus sawe his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loued, he said vnto his mother, Woman, beholde thy sonne.

    27 Then saide he to the disciple, Beholde thy mother: and from that houre, the disciple tooke her home vnto him.

  • 29 Iesus answered, and sayd, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath forsaken house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the Gospels,

  • 14 These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplication with the women, and Marie the mother of Iesus, and with his brethren.

  • 19 And when hee had gone a litle further thence, he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother, as they were in the ship, mending their nets.

  • 56 Among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, & Ioses, and the mother of Zebedeus sonnes.

  • 22 And it came to passe on a certaine day, that he went into a ship with his disciples, and he sayd vnto them, Let vs goe ouer vnto the other side of the lake; they lanched forth.

  • 3 His brethren therefore sayde vnto him, Depart hence, and goe into Iudea, that thy disciples may see thy woorkes that thou doest.

  • 48 So when they sawe him, they were amased, and his mother said vnto him, Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee with very heauie hearts.

  • 29 And whosoeuer shal forsake houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, he shall receiue an hundreth folde more, and shall inherite euerlasting life.

  • 42 And they said, Is not this Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother wee knowe? Howe then sayth he, I came downe from heauen?

  • 5 But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,

  • 47 He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.

  • 34 Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.

  • 29 And he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kingdome of Gods sake,

  • 3 But he answered & said vnto them, Why doe yee also transgresse the commaundement of God by your tradition?

  • 21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdome of heauen, but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen.

  • 21 And the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shal rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

  • 38 I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

  • 21 Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?

  • 16 Iesus answered them, and saide, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

  • 21 And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome.