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Mark 3:32–33

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3:32A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers61 are outside looking for you.” 3:33He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”62

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  1. 61 Many read “and your sisters” here after “your brothers” (A D Γ 700 it). However, the pedigree of several of the which lack this phrase is considerable (א B C K L W Δ Θ f1, 13 28 33 565 892 1241 1424 2542 lat sy). It seems likely that this phrase was added by an early Western scribe to harmonize this statement with Jesus’ response in v. 35. has the words in brackets, indicating some doubt as to their authenticity.
  2. 62 Grk “Who is my mother and my brothers?” The use of the singular verb ἐστιν (estin) here singles out Mary above Jesus’ brothers, giving her special prominence (see ). This is slightly unnatural in English since the predicate nominative is plural, though, so a plural verb was used in the translation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

“Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A crowd was sitting around him and told him, “Look, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside asking for you.”

He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”

NLTNew Living Translation

There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and someone said, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.”

Jesus replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.” And he answered them and said, “Who is my mother or my brothers?”

KJV 1900King James Version

And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?