Matthew 12:46-50
Jesus’ True Family
12:46 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.
12:47 Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”
12:48 To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
12:49 And pointing toward his disciples he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 3:21
3:21 When his family
heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
Mark 3:31-35
Jesus’ True Family
3:31 Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.
3:32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”
3:33 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
3:34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
3:35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”