Mark 3:34

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

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Mark 3:34 in Other Translations

KJV

34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren!

ESV

34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

NLT

34 Then he looked at those around him and said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers.

MSG

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

CSB

34 And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, "Here are 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).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 3:34 In-Context

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 3:34

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