Translations
Modern
…and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
Traditional
And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
Literal
And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they say to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers outside seek You.”
Latin
…et sedebat circa eum turba: et dicunt ei: Ecce mater tua et fratres tui foris quærunt te.
Original
Greek
English
…and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
Notes
Mark returns to the story from 3:20–21.
Your mother and brothers: Many people understand the brothers of Jesus to be children born to Joseph and Mary after Jesus was born (see also 6:3; Matthew 1:25; 12:46; John 19:26–27). Some interpreters think they were Joseph’s children from an earlier marriage or the cousins of Jesus. They hold this view because of the Roman Catholic belief that Mary remained a virgin for her whole life.
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