Mark 3:31-35

Good News Translation

Jesus' Mother and Brothers^(A)

³¹ Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside the house and sent in a message, asking for him. ³² A crowd was sitting around Jesus, and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, and they want you.”

³³ Jesus answered, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” ³⁴ He looked at the people sitting around him and said, “Look! Here are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does what God wants is my brother, my sister, my mother.”