Luke 8:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁰ And it was told to Him [by someone], “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to see you.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And it was told Him, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to have an interview with You.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And it was reported to him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Luke 8:20 Cross References

Mark 6:3

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters living here among us?” And they were led to doubt His true identity.

Luke 8:19

Then Jesus’ mother and [half-] brothers came to Him, but they could not get near Him because of the [large] crowd.

Luke 8:21

But He replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those people who hear God’s word and obey it.”

Acts 1:14

These men continued in united prayer [for the kingdom to come (?); See 1:6; Matt. 6:10] along with [certain] women, Mary the mother of Jesus and His [half-] brothers.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Do we not have the right to take a believing [i.e., a Christian] wife with us [on our preaching tours], just like the rest of the apostles, and the Lord’s brothers do [i.e., James, Joseph, Judas and Simon. Mark 6:3], and Cephas [i.e., Peter]?

Galatians 1:19

But [on this trip] I did not see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. [Note: This “James” was not one of the original twelve apostles. See Matt. 10:2-4].