Mat 12:46-50 | ESV | STEP | While he was still speaking to the people , behold , his mother and his brothers stood outside , asking to speak to him .

aFor ver. 46-50, see Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21

b ch. 13:55; Mark 6:3; John 2:12; 7:3, 5, 10; Acts 1:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; Gal. 1:19

Matthew 12:46-50

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers

46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, ^ahis mother and his ^bbrothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert verse 47: Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you”} 48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For ^dwhoever ^edoes the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”