Luke 8:21

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Summary

Luke 8:21

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

My mother

Which

General references

Mark 3:31

Luke 11:28

Bible References

My mother

While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

Then Jesus *said to them, “

Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”

Therefore from now on we recognize no one

according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.

“And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.

For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Which

But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”

Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.

and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

General references

Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”