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Contemporary English Version

Mark 3:34

Then he looked at the people sitting around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Brotherhood of Man;   Social Life;   The Topic Concordance - Disciples/apostles;   Family;   Will of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Brother;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel According to;   Mary, the Virgin;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   James;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brotherhood (2);   Communion (2);   Dependence;   Enthusiasm;   Gestures;   Holy Spirit (2);   James ;   Kingdom of God (or Heaven);   Look ;   Mystery ;   Parents (2);   Son, Sonship;   Struggles of Soul;   Winter ;   Womanliness;   Worldliness (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mark, the Gospel According to;   Mary;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 13;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
King James Version (1611)
And he looked round about on them which sate about him, and saide, Behold my mother and my brethren.
King James Version
And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
English Standard Version
And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
New American Standard Bible
And looking around at those who were sitting around Him, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!
New Century Version
Then he looked at those sitting around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
Amplified Bible
Looking at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!
Legacy Standard Bible
And looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He *said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!
Berean Standard Bible
Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!
Complete Jewish Bible
Looking at those seated in a circle around him, he said, "See! Here are my mother and my brothers!
Darby Translation
And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he looked at the people sitting around him and said, "These people are my mother and my brothers!
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee looked rounde about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and saide, Beholde my mother and my brethren.
George Lamsa Translation
And he looked at those who sat near him and said, Behold my mother, and behold my brothers.
Good News Translation
He looked at the people sitting around him and said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers!
Lexham English Bible
And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Literal Translation
And having looked around on those sitting around Him in a circle, He said, Behold, My mother and My brothers!
American Standard Version
And looking round on them that sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren!
Bible in Basic English
And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!
Hebrew Names Version
Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
International Standard Version
Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
Etheridge Translation
And looking upon those who sat with him, he said, Behold my mother, and behold my brethren:
Murdock Translation
And he looked upon those who sat by him, and said: Behold my mother ! and, behold my brothers !
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had loked rounde about on his disciples, which sate in compasse about hym, he sayde: Beholde my mother, and my brethren.
English Revised Version
And looking round on them which sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren!
World English Bible
Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And looking round on them who sat about him, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren.
Weymouth's New Testament
And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bihelde thilke that saten aboute hym, and seide, Lo! my modir and my britheren.
Update Bible Version
And looking round on those that sat round about him, he says, Look, my mother and my brothers!
Webster's Bible Translation
And he looked around on them who sat about him, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!
New English Translation
And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
New King James Version
And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!
New Living Translation
Then he looked at those around him and said, "Look, these are my mother and brothers.
New Life Bible
He turned to those sitting around Him and said, "See! My mother and My brothers!
New Revised Standard
And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, looking around on them who, about him, in a circle, were sitting, he saith, See! my mother and my brethren!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith: Behold my mother and my brethren.
Revised Standard Version
And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he loked rounde about on his disciples which sate in compasse about hym and sayde: beholde my mother and my brethren.
Young's Literal Translation
And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he loked rounde aboute him vpon his disciples, which sat rounde in compasse aboute him, and sayde: Beholde, my mother and my brethren.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and casting his eyes round the company, there, said he, are my mother and my brothers.
Simplified Cowboy Version
He motioned toward all the cowboys who were sitting around and learning from him. "Here is my family right here. Whoever rides for the Boss's outfit is my family."

Contextual Overview

31 Jesus' mother and brothers came and stood outside. Then they sent someone with a message for him to come out to them. 32 The crowd that was sitting around Jesus told him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside and want to see you." 33 Jesus asked, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?" 34 Then he looked at the people sitting around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. 35 Anyone who obeys God is my brother or sister or mother."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Behold: Psalms 22:22, Song of Solomon 4:9, Song of Solomon 4:10, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon 5:2, Matthew 12:49, Matthew 12:50, Matthew 25:40-45, Matthew 28:10, Luke 11:27, Luke 11:28, John 20:17, Romans 8:29, Hebrews 2:11, Hebrews 2:12

Reciprocal: Mark 8:33 - turned Luke 6:20 - he lifted John 19:27 - Behold

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he looked round about on them which sat about him,.... To find out his disciples among them, and point them out particularly, by stretching forth his hand towards them: and said,

behold my mother and my brethren: not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; his mother, because, in regeneration, he was formed in them; his brethren, because, by adoption, his God was their God, his Father their Father; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 12:46-50.


 
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