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46 Andi while* he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and brothers were standing there outside, desiring to speak to him. 47 And someone told him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing there outside desiring to speak to you.” 48 But he answered and* said to the one who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Behold my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
i | Some manuscripts omit “And” |
* | Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“speaking”) |
* | Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb |
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