But when His brothers had gone up, then also He Himself went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
"Behold, I am sending you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
And while He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.
But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him.
But when His relatives heard, they came out to seize Him, for they were saying, "He has lost His mind."
Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but He went away from there into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there He stayed with His disciples.
His brothers therefore said to Him, "Depart from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see the works that You do.
For not even His brothers believed in Him.
When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, being born of a woman, being born under the law,