Luke 8:21

21 Jesus answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and obey it!"

Luke 8:21 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:21

And he answered and said unto them
Not to his mother and brethren, but to those that told him of them, who either designed to reproach him with them, by reason of the meanness of them, or to interrupt him in his work:

my mother and my brethren are these;
pointing to his disciples:

which hear the word of God;
which he had been preaching, and was meant by the seed in the preceding parable:

and do it;
behave in their lives and conversations agreeably to it; and observe the precepts and ordinances in it; elsewhere called the will of God his Father; (See Gill on Matthew 12:49). (See Gill on Matthew 12:50).

Luke 8:21 In-Context

19 Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but there was such a crowd they could not get to him.

20 Someone said to Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

21 Jesus answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and obey it!"

22 One day Jesus and his followers got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let's go across the lake." And so they started across.

23 While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A very strong wind blew up on the lake, causing the boat to fill with water, and they were in danger.