Mark 3:31-35

Expanded Bible

Jesus’ True Family^(A)

³¹ Then Jesus’ mother and ·brothers [or brothers and sisters; ^Cthe Greek word can mean “siblings”; cf. 6:3] arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to tell him to come out. ³² Many people were sitting around Jesus, and they said to him, “Your mother and brothers^[a] are ·waiting [looking; asking] for you outside.”

³³ Jesus asked, “Who are my mother and my brothers [and sisters]?” ³⁴ Then he looked at those sitting around him and said, “·Here are [Look; ^TBehold,] my mother and my brothers [and sisters]! ³⁵ My true brother and sister and mother are those who do ·what God wants [the will of God].”