Luke 8:21 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 8:21

But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.

KJV

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

The moral teacher who gives himself an example to others, when about to enjoin upon others, that he who has not left father and mother, is not worthy of the Son of God, first submits Himself to this precept, not that He denies the claims of filial piety, (for it is His own sentence, He that knoweth not his father and mother shall die the death,) but because He knows that He is more bound to obey His Father's mysteries than the feelings of His mother.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ is pleased to own those as his nearest and dearest relations that hear the word of God and do it; they are to him more than his mother and brethren. Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

These verses form a practical application of the famous parable of the sower. They are intended to nail and clench in our minds — the mighty lessons which that parable contains. They deserve the especial attention of all true-hearted hearers of the Gospel of Christ. We learn, firstly, from these verses — that spiritual knowledge ought to be diligently used. Our Lord tells us that spiritual knowledge is like a lighted candle — utterly useless, when covered with a bushel, or put under a bed.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
ἀποκριθεὶς	apokritheis	answering	G611 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτούς·	autous	them;	G846 →
μήτηρ	mētēr	Mother	G3384 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀδελφοί	adelphoi	brothers	G80 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
οὗτοί	houtoi	those	G3778 →
εἰσιν	eisin	are	G1510 →
οἱ	hoi	who	G3588 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	word	G3056 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ἀκούοντες	akouontes	are hearing	G191 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ποιοῦντες	poiountes	doing	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 1:22
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
leads to
- Romans 2:13
  For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
- James 4:17
  Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 6:46–48
  Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
- John 13:17
  If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- 1 John 2:3
  By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
Through
1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
leads to
- John 3:3–5
  Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Through
3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
leads to
- Isaiah 1:16–17
  Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- Psalms 37:27
  Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke