But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
O Lord, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells.
I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart.”
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness.” Then he consented.
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, “He is beside himself.”
Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples.
So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples may see the works you are doing.
For even his brothers did not believe in him.
So saying, he remained in Galilee.
But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,