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

As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “The womb that bore You and the one who nursed You are blessed!”

“And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see Me there.”

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

“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him in this way.

I will be a Father

to you,

and you will be sons

and daughters to Me,

says the Lord Almighty.

For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Which

But the seed in the good ground—these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, bear fruit.

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

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him.
Listen to Him!

“What can we do to perform the works of God?” they asked.

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

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Dear friend, 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 came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”