While Peter was talking, a bright cloud came over them. A voice came from the cloud. The voice said, “This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him. Obey him!”
Luke 8:21 - Easy To Read Version Jesus answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those people that listen to God’s teaching and obey it!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He answered them, My mother and My brothers are those who listen to the Word of God and do it! American Standard Version (1901) But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it. Common English Bible He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who listen to God’s word and do it.” Catholic Public Domain Version And in response, he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God, and do it. |
While Peter was talking, a bright cloud came over them. A voice came from the cloud. The voice said, “This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him. Obey him!”
“Then the king will answer, ‘I tell you the truth. Anything you did for any of my people here, {\cf2\super [389]} you also did for me.’
“Then the king will answer, ‘I tell you the truth. Anything you refused to do for any of my people here, {\cf2\super [390]} you refused to do for me.’
Then Jesus said to the women, “Don’t be afraid. Go and tell my brothers (followers) to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
And what is the seed that fell on the good ground? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching with a good, honest heart. They obey God’s teaching and patiently make good fruit.
Someone said to Jesus, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside. They want to see you.”
Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me. I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers (followers) and tell them this: ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father. I am going back to my God and your God.’”
That is why we never become weak. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.
“I will be your father,\par and you will be my sons and daughters,\par says the Lord All-Powerful.”\par \i (2 Samuel 7:8,14)\i0 \par
Do what God’s teaching says; don’t just listen and do nothing. Why? Because when you only sit and listen, you are fooling yourselves.
You know that Christ is righteous (good). So you know that all people who do what is right (good) are God’s children.