But he answered and said unto him that told him
Of his mother and brethren being without doors, desiring, and
waiting to speak to him,
Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
These questions are put, not as if he himself was ignorant who
were his mother or his brethren; or as suggesting as if he had
none; or as denying that these were in such a relation to him; or
as casting any slight upon them; or as intending to teach men
disrespect to parents and kindred, according to the flesh; but as
displeased with the man, or men, for interrupting him in his
work; and to let them know, that the business of his heavenly
Father was preferred by him to any his natural relations could
have with him; and that he might have an opportunity of pointing
out who were his relations in a spiritual sense.
