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But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
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A New Spiritual Family
Commentators agree that Jesus redefines family, placing spiritual kinship above biological ties. He declares that those who are truly related to Him are not defined by blood, but by their shared commitment to God's word. As one scholar notes, "Family ties are at best temporal; spiritual ties are eternal." This new family is open to anyone who follows Him.
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Luke
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These which hear the word of God and do it (ο τον λογον του θεου ακουοντες κα ποιουντες). The absence of the article with "mother"…
19th Century
Anglican
My mother and my brethren.—The answer agrees very closely with that in the other Gospels. But note the use of the wor…
Baptist
The spiritual relationship surpasses the natural. But what a sweet and humbling word this is! Dear brothers and sisters, do you hear the Word of Go…
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Luke turns at this point to the story of Jesus and his relationship to his family.
Jesus does not, of course, dishonor his family (vv.19–20) …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he answered and said to them Not to his mother and brethren, but to those that told him of them, who either desi…
Presbyterian
There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy ar…
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