Luke 8:19

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

Cross References

Mark 3:21

When His relatives [or friends] heard about this [i.e., all that He was doing], they went out to take custody of Him [for safety reasons (?)], for people were saying, “He has lost his mind.”

Luke 8:20

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