Mark 3:35 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 3:35

For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

KJV

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

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Commentary

1 voice

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 3 (604)

But since he who does the will of the Father is called sister and brother of the Lord, on account of both sexes who are gathered to the faith, this is not surprising; yet it is greatly to be wondered how one is also called mother. For he deigned to call his faithful disciples brothers, saying: Go, announce to my brothers. Therefore, he who could become a brother of the Lord by coming to faith—it must be asked how he can also be a mother?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For whosoever shall do the will of God,.... By believing in Christ, receiving him as a Saviour and Redeemer, and submitting to him in all his ordinances, as King of saints: the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother: such are openly, and manifestly related to Christ in a spiritual sense; and are as dear to him, and more so, than such persons are who stand in such a relation to others, or did to him according to the flesh.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

In the verses which immediately precede this passage, we see our blessed Lord accused by the Scribes of being in league with the devil. They said, "He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casts he out devils." In the verses we have now read, we find that this absurd charge of the Scribes was not all that Jesus had to endure at this time. We are told that "Jesus' mother and brothers arrived at the house where he was teaching. They stood outside and sent word for him to come out and talk with them."

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃς	hos	Who[ever]	G3739 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
ποιήσῃ	poiēsē	may do	G4160 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θέλημα	thelēma	will	G2307 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ,	theou	of God,	G2316 →
οὗτος	houtos	he	G3778 →
ἀδελφός	adelphos	brother	G80 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀδελφὴ	adelphē	sister	G79 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μήτηρ	mētēr	mother	G3384 →
ἐστίν.¶	estin	is.	G1510 →

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
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
leads to
- Luke 11:28
  But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
- Luke 6:46
  Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
- James 1:22
  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Titus 1:16
  They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Through
1 John 2:17
The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
leads to
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- 1 Corinthians 7:31
  and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
Through
James 1:25
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
leads to
- John 13:17
  If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

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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 Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark