Mark 3:33

33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

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Mark 3:33 in Other Translations

KJV

33 And he answered them, saying,Who is my mother, or my brethren?

ESV

33 And he answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

NLT

33 Jesus replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”

MSG

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

CSB

33 He replied to them, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"

Mark 3:33 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:33

And he answered them
The multitude that sat about him, and informed him of his mother and brethren being without, and desirous of speaking with him:

saying, who is my mother, or my brethren?
which is said not through ignorance or contempt, but either, as displeased with the interruption given him; or with a view to take an opportunity from hence of expressing his superior value to his spiritual relations; which looks with no favourable aspect on the superstitious notions, and veneration of the virgin Mary among the papists; (See Gill on Matthew 12:48).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 3:33 In-Context

31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.

32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

Mark 3:33

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Mark 3:33 Meaning and Commentary

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