Mark 3:34

34 Looking around, taking in everyone seated around him, he said, "Right here, right in front of you - my mother and my brothers.

Mark 3:34 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:34

And he looked round about on them which sat about him
To find out his disciples among them, and point them out particularly, by stretching forth his hand towards them: and said,

behold my mother and my brethren:
not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; his mother, because, in regeneration, he was formed in them; his brethren, because, by adoption, his God was their God, his Father their Father; (See Gill on Matthew 12:49).

Mark 3:34 In-Context

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?"

34 Looking around, taking in everyone seated around him, he said, "Right here, right in front of you - my mother and my brothers.

35 Obedience is thicker than blood. The person who obeys God's will is my brother and sister and mother."