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

Now it happened that as he said these [things], a certain woman from the crowd raised [her] voice [and] said to him, "Blessed [is] the womb that bore you, and [the] breasts [at] which you nursed!"

And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid! Go tell my brothers that they should go to Galilee, and there they will see me."

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

Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"

So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}, if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}, but now we know [him this way] no longer.

and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me," says the all-powerful Lord.

For both the one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified [are] all from one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Which

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

[While] he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!"

So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"

If you understand these [things], you are blessed if you do them.

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

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments 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

And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent [word] to him to summon him.

But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"