Mark 3:31-35
Summary for Mark 3:31-35: 3:31-35 a Mark resumes from 3:20-21 b.• Your mother and your brothers: Jesus’ brothers are commonly understood to have been children born to Joseph and Mary after Jesus’ birth (see also 6:3 c; Matt 1:25 d; 12:46 e; John 19:26-27 f); some interpreters instead believe that they were either Joseph’s children by an earlier marriage or Jesus’ cousins, due to the Roman Catholic belief that Mary was perpetually a virgin.
Summary for Mark 3:33-34: 3:33-34 g In God’s Kingdom, one’s true relatives are determined not by blood but by a faith relationship (see also 10:29-30 h).
3:35 i Doing God’s will includes repentance from sin, faith in God, and following Jesus (1:15 j, 18 k, 20 l).
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