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 Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and told him, "How blessed is the womb that gave birth to you and the breasts that nursed you!"

The king will answer them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'

Then Jesus told them, "Stop being frightened! 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.

Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

So then, from now on we do not think of anyone from a human point of view. Even if we did think of the Messiah from a human point of view, we don't think of him that way anymore.

I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters," declares the Lord Almighty.

because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

Which

But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"

Then they asked him, "What must we do to perform God's works?"

If you understand these things, how blessed you are if you put them into practice!

Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.

Since you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by God.

Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The person who does what is good is from God. The person who does what is evil has never seen God.

General references

Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him.

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"