Mark 3:33
He answered them and said,“Who are my mother and my brothers?”
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- Mark 3:21 : 21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”
- Mark 6:3 : 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.
- Luke 2:49 : 49 But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
- John 2:4 : 4 Jesus replied,“Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”
- John 7:3-5 : 3 So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing. 4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.)
- 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.
- Deut 33:9 : 9 He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.
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47Someone told him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”
48To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
49And pointing toward his disciples he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!
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34And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!
35For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
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30(because they said,“He has an unclean spirit”).
31Jesus’ True Family Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.
32A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”
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35For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,
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5(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)
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33So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.
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