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Mark 3:34
34And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:
Mark 3:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
- New International Version (NIV)Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
- English Standard Version (ESV)And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
Context of Mark 3:34
32And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without. 33And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren? And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren: 35for whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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καὶ περιβλεψάμενος τοὺς περὶ αὐτὸν κύκλῳ καθημένους λέγει· ἴδε ἡ μήτηρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Mark 3:34
- Psalms 22:22I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
- Matthew 12:49And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;
- Matthew 25:40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
- Matthew 28:10Then Jesus says to them, Fear not; go, bring word to my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see me.
- Luke 11:27And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
- John 20:17Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and [to] my God and your God.
- Romans 8:29Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be [the] firstborn among many brethren.
- Hebrews 2:11For both he that sanctifies and those sanctified [are] all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Commentaries on Mark 3:34
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 See the notes at Matthew 12:46-50.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 It is a great comfort to all true Christians, that they are dearer to Christ than mother, brother, or sister as such, merely as relations in the flesh would have been, even had they been holy. Blessed be God, this great and gracious privilege is ours even now; for though Christ's bodily presence cannot be enjoyed by us, his spiritual presence is not denied us.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-34In God’s Kingdom, one’s true relatives are determined not by blood but by a faith relationship (see also 10:29–30).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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