Mark 3:31-35 |Matt. 12:46-50 |Luke 8:19-21 | | |46 While he was yet | 31 And there come his| speaking to the |19 And there came to mother and his | multitudes, behold, | him his mother and brethren; and, | his mother and his | brethren, and they standing without, | brethren stood | could not come at they sent unto him, | without, seeking to | him for the crowd. 32 calling him. And a |47 speak to him. [1]And|20 And it was told multitude was | one said unto him, | him, Thy mother sitting about him; | Behold, thy mother | and thy brethren and they say unto | and thy brethren | stand without, him, Behold, thy | stand without, | desiring to see mother and thy | seeking to speak to |21 thee. brethren without | thee. | 33 seek for thee. And |48 But he | But he he answereth them, | answered and said | answered and said and saith, Who is my| unto him that told | unto them, mother and my | him, Who is my | 34 brethren? And | mother? and who are | looking round on |49 my brethren? And he | them which sat round| stretched forth his | about him, he saith,| hand towards his | | disciples, and said,| Behold, my mother | Behold, my mother | My 35 and my brethren! For|50 and my brethren! For| mother and my whosoever shall do | whosoever shall do | brethren are these the will of God, the| the will of my | which hear the same is my brother, | Father which is in | word of God, and and sister, and | heaven, he is my | do it [_see John mother. | brother, and sister,| 15:14_]. | and mother. | [Footnote 1: Some ancient authorities omit ver. 47.] _In §§ 64 to 69 we have the first great group of Parables with the visit to Gerasa and the return to Nazareth._ § 64. THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES[a] Same day. Beside the Sea of Galilee. Introduction to the Group