Mark 3:33

33 He replied, "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).

Mark 3:33 In-Context

31 Then his mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent a message asking for him.

32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you."

33 He replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

34 Looking at those seated in a circle around him, he said, "See! Here are my mother and my brothers!

35 Whoever does what God wants is my brother, sister and mother!"