Mark 3:33

The Passion Translation

He answered them, “Who is my true mother and my true brothers?”

Cross References

Mark 3:21

When his own family heard that he was there, they went out to seize him, for they said, “He’s insane!”

Mark 3:32

When the crowd sitting around Jesus heard this, they spoke up, and said to him, “Jesus, your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

Mark 3:34

Then looking in the eyes of those who were sitting in a circle around him, he said, “Here are my true family members.

Mark 6:3

Isn’t this Mary’s son, the carpenter, the brother of Jacob, Joseph, Judah, and Simon? And don’t his sisters all live here in Nazareth?” And they took offense at him.

Luke 2:49

Jesus said to them, “Why would you need to search for me? Didn’t you know that it was necessary for me to be here in my Father’s house, consumed with him?”

John 2:4

Jesus replied, “My dear one, don’t you understand that if I do this, it will change nothing for you, but it will change everything for me! My hour of unveiling my power has not yet come.”

2 Corinthians 5:16

So, from now on, we refuse to evaluate people merely by their outward appearances. For that’s how we once viewed the Anointed One, but no longer do we see him with limited human insight.