Mark 3:32
30 Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
33 But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
34 Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
- KJV
- And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
- WEB
- A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
- ASV
- And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
- DARBY
- And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.
- BLB
- And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they say to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers outside seek You.”
- ÅB
- Og folket satt omkring ham, og de sa til ham: Se, din mor og dine brødre er utenfor og spør etter deg.
- OTB
- En folkemengde satt rundt Ham, og de sa til Ham: «Din mor og dine brødre er utenfor og leter etter Deg.»
- B1930
- Og folket satt omkring ham, og de sa til ham: Se, din mor og dine brødre er utenfor og spør efter dig.