Matthew 12:48

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But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me,

There was a crowd sitting around him when they told him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

He said to them, "How did you come to look for me? Did you not know that I must be at my Father's house?"

The wine gave out, and Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine!"

So from that time on, I have estimated nobody at what he seemed to be outwardly; even though I once estimated Christ in that way, I no longer do so.

And his mother and his brothers came. And they stood outside the house and sent word in to him to come outside to them.

His mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him, on account of the crowd.

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "