Matthew 12:48

Matthew 12:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
• New International Version (NIV)He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”

Context of Matthew 12:48

46While Jesus was still speaking to the crowd of people, his mother and his brothers arrived. They stood outside the house. They wanted to speak to Jesus. 47Someone told him, ‘Look! Your mother and brothers are standing outside. They want to speak to you.’ Jesus replied, ‘I will tell you who my mother and my brothers really are.’ 49Then he pointed to his disciples. He said, ‘Look! Here are my mother and my brothers. 50My brothers and sisters and my mother are those people who do what my Father in heaven wants.’

Matthew 12:48 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν τῷ λέγοντι αὐτῷ· τίς ἐστιν ἡ μήτηρ μου καὶ τίνες εἰσὶν οἱ ἀδελφοί μου;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• heὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for Matthew 12:48

• Matthew 10:37Nobody should love his own father and mother more than he loves me. If he does, he cannot be my disciple. Nobody should love his own son or daughter more than he loves me. If he does, then he cannot be my disciple.
• Deuteronomy 33:9The Levites left their own families so that they could serve you well. They obeyed your word. They were faithful to your covenant.
• Mark 3:32A crowd of people was sitting around Jesus. Somebody said to him, ‘Look! Your mother and brothers are outside. They are looking for you.’
• Luke 2:49Jesus answered them, ‘You should not have needed to look for me. I must be doing what my Father wants me to do. You should have known that.’
• John 2:3When people had drunk all the wine, Jesus' mother said to him, ‘They have no more wine.’
• 2 Corinthians 5:16So that changes how we think about people. We no longer use human ideas to think what they are like. At one time, we thought about Christ as humans think. But now we think about him very differently!

Commentaries on Matthew 12:48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? - The reason of this seeming disregard of his relatives was this: they came to seize upon him, for they thought he was distracted. See Mark 3:33.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46-50Verses 46-50 See also Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21. His brethren - There has been some difference of opinion about the persons who are referred to here, some supposing that they were children of Mary his mother, others that they were the children of Mary, the wife of Cleophas or Alpheus, his “cousins,” and called “brethren” according to the customs of the Jews. The natural and obvious meaning is, however, that they were the children of Mary his mother. See…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 46-50Verses 46-50 Christ's preaching was plain, easy, and familiar, and suited to his hearers. His mother and brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him, when they should have been standing within, desiring to hear him. Frequently, those who are nearest to the means of knowledge and grace are most negligent. We are apt to neglect that which we think we may have any day, forgetting that to-morrow is not ours. We often meet with hinderances in our work…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48-50Those who are true members in the family of Jesus obey the will of God. They show this obedience by obeying the commands of Jesus (see Matthew 7:21). Obedience does not earn entrance into this family, but a person cannot be a member of this family if they do not obey him (see 3:15; 5:17–48; 6:10, 12; 7:13–27; 21:31).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Matthew 12

• 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