But after his brothers went up, then he also went up to the feast day, not openly, but as if in secret.
My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.
All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.
Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves.
While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak with him.
And responding, Jesus said to him: "Permit this for now. For in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all justice." Then he allowed him.
And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: "Because he has gone mad."
And so, Jesus no longer walked in public with the Jews. But he went into a region near the desert, to a city which is called Ephraim. And he lodged there with his disciples.
And his brothers said to him: "Move away from here and go into Judea, so that your disciples there may also see your works that you do.
For neither did his brothers believe in him.
When he had said these things, he himself remained in Galilee.
But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,