Mark 3:34

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

32A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” 33Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

Mark 3:34 word by word

καὶ περιβλεψάμενος τοὺς περὶ αὐτὸν κύκλῳ καθημένους λέγει· ἴδε ἡ μήτηρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου.Read the interlinear

• Lookingπεριβλέπωperiblepō · to look aroundG4017
• at thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• who were sittingκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• aroundπερίperi · aboutG4012
• aroundκύκλῳkuklō · surroundingG2945
• Him, He saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Beholdἴδεide · look!G2396
• My motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• and My brothersἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for Mark 3:34

• Psalms 22:22I will tell of Your name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
• Matthew 12:49And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers!
• Matthew 25:40The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’
• Matthew 28:10Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
• Luke 11:27While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”
• John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”
• Romans 8:29For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;
• Hebrews 2:11For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason 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

Topics related to Mark 3:34

• Jesus, the Christ
• Righteousness

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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