Marcos 3

New relationships

31 Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him. 32 A crowd was sitting around Him; so they said to Him, "Look, your mother and your brothers and your sisters*The reference to ‘sisters’ makes clear that the ‘brothers’ were indeed Mary’s sons. Some 30% of the Greek manuscripts omit ‘and your sisters’ (as in TR, AV and NKJV). are outside asking for you." 33 He answered them saying, "Who is my mother or my brothers?" 34 And looking around at those seated in a circle around Him He said: "Behold my mother and my brothers! 35 Because whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, my sister, my mother."*The claims of Christ’s Kingdom are more important than the claims of one’s family. Of course, if a true disciple’s family does not share his commitment, they are not going to like it.