48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
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And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. …
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 46-50)Many excellent, useful sayings came from the mouth of our Lord Jesus upon particular occasions; even his digressions were instructive, as well as his set discourses: as here, Observe, I. How Christ was interrupted in his preaching by his mother and his brethren , that stood without, desiring to speak with him ( Matt. 12:40 , 47 ); which desire of theirs was conveyed to him through the crowd. It is…
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