Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
Luke 8:21
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
- KJV
- And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
- WEB
- But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
- ASV
- But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.
- LSV
- and He answering said to them, “My mother and My brothers! They are those who are hearing the word of God, and doing.”
- YLT
- and he answering said unto them, 'My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'
- DBY
- But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do [it].Elohim
- DRC
- Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God, and do it.
- GNV
- But he answered, and sayd vnto them, My mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God, and doe it.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτόν.¶ (“it”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: ποιοῦντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ποιοῦντες; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτόν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· Μήτηρ μου καὶ ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούοντες καὶ ποιοῦντες.
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, Μήτηρ μου καὶ ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν, οἱ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούοντες καὶ ποιοῦντες αὐτόν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς, Μήτηρ μου καὶ ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν, οἱ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀκούοντες καὶ ποιοῦντες αὐτόν.
- SCR1894
- ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν προς αυτους μητηρ μου και αδελφοι μου ουτοι εισιν οι τον λογον του θεου ακουοντες και ποιουντες αυτον
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- Luke 11:27–28As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!” But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the…
- James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- 1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
- Hebrews 2:11–13For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the…
- 2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- John 15:14–15You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My…
- John 6:28–29Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
- Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Matthew 7:21–26Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in…
- Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- 2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
- Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- 1 John 3:22–23and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we…
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