³²And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers^j are outside looking for you.” ³³And he answered them and^* said, “Who is my mother or^k my brothers?”

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Footnotes

jSome manuscripts add “and your sisters”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
kSome manuscripts have “and”

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?”

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?

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