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Butδὲheὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςand saidεἶπενto the one whoτῷhad toldλέγοντιhim,αὐτῷ“WhoΤίςisἐστινmyμουmother,ἡ μήτηρandκαὶwhoτίνεςareεἰσὶνmyμουbrothers?”οἱ ἀδελφοί
Matthew 12:48
Study it in the app“But he answered and said to the one who had told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 12:48, word by word
- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- motherμήτηρmētēr
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētēr” appears- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother
A man born of the same parents as another, or of the same family.
Where else “adelphoi” appears
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Matthew 12:46-50
46While he was still speaking to the crowds, look, his mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to him. 47And someone said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to you.” 48But he answered and said to the one who had told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Look, my mother and my brothers! 50For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
31And his mother and his brothers come, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. 32And a crowd was sitting around him, and they say to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.” 33And answering them, he says, “Who is my mother and my brothers?” 34And looking around at those who were sitting around him, he says, “Look, my mother and my brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
19And his mother and brothers came to him, and they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20And it was reported to him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” 21But he answered and said to them, “My mother and my brothers are these: those who hear the word of God and do it.”
The context
47And someone said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to you.”
48 · This verse (above)
49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Look, my mother and my brothers!
To study Matthew 12 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jesus answer the Pharisees when they criticized his disciples for picking grain on the Sabbath (vv. 3–8)?
2. What it means
What does “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” mean in Jesus' reply (v. 7)?
3. How I live it
Jesus says the mouth speaks from the heart's abundance (v. 34). Which of your words today would you like to guard?