Mark 3:31

31 Just then his mother and brothers showed up. Standing outside, they relayed a message that they wanted a word with him.

Mark 3:31 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:31

There came then his brethren and his mother
At the same time he was speaking to the Scribes, who seem to be different persons from his friends and kinsmen, ( Mark 3:21 ) ,

and standing without;
for Christ was within, in the house, talking with the Scribes and Pharisees, and preaching to the people; and the crowd being so great, that they could not get into the house; they

sent unto him, calling him:
they not only sent one in to let him know who they were, and that they were without doors, desirous to speak with him; but also, with a voice as loud as they could, called to him themselves; (See Gill on Matthew 12:46).

Mark 3:31 In-Context

29 But if you persist in your slanders against God's Holy Spirit, you are repudiating the very One who forgives, sawing off the branch on which you're sitting, severing by your own perversity all connection with the One who forgives."

30 He gave this warning because they were accusing him of being in league with Evil.

31 Just then his mother and brothers showed up. Standing outside, they relayed a message that they wanted a word with him.

32 He was surrounded by the crowd when he was given the message, "Your mother and brothers and sisters are outside looking for you."

33 Jesus responded, "Who do you think are my mother and brothers?"