Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”